DSG 385: Character: Navajo medicine man

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Today's topic is: Character: Navajo medicine man

[Gouda boy]

Navajo medicine man

http://www.traction-it.nl/img/Navajo.jpg

[Iotrez]

Pretty cool Gouda boy.


http://homepage.ntlworld.com/simon.davies/Navaho.jpg

[JABAJAWOOLU]

wow talk about good topics goin on lately. im gonna have to try to jump into this one. what is the best canvas size to use guys? mine always ends up too small.

[SimoSK8]

Heh, Gouda your medicine man looks like he's jumpin in water puddles:D ! Perhaps a "stop the rain"-dance?

Iotrez, yours reminds me so much of a shaman creature from one of the Finnish Mauri Kunnas illustrated books(http://www.maurikunnas.net/default.cfm?template=bookview&firstbook=633&cd=2003)! Too bad there ain't no pic of it..

[illy]

alrite, i'm feelin a bit more comfortable and bold with my wacom. i hope it keeps gettin better!

http://www.softwareoutlet.com/illy/sketches/medicine-man.jpg

[Matt Dixon]

http://www.vortex.plus.com/MedicineMan.jpg

Illy - I'd say your Wacom confidence is definately coming through - looking good. ( Is the 'man in the moon' supposed to look that shocked? :) )
Iotrez - You have such an original style, and I love the exaggerated perspectives you use. Really nice.
Gouda Boy - Interesting to see how you use such a deceptively simple approach. I like it..!

[ApricotSoup]

Amazing pieces by everyone so far =]

http://img25.photobucket.com/albums/v74/apricotsoup/DSG_385_-_Navajo_medicine_man.jpg

[Gouda boy]

Very cool stuff all! Total respect for your use of colour Matt! Iotrez: I like your angle!

[plaf]

quick'un.

http://www.skjoldbroder.dk/gfx/24bit/injun.jpg

[Osmus]

heres a small tribute to a great people that were assed out of everything they had. great work everyone.

http://img7.photobucket.com/albums/v18/osmus/navajo.jpg

[Osmus]

another one.

http://img7.photobucket.com/albums/v18/osmus/navajo2.jpg

[Iotrez]

Thanks alot Matt Dixon, great pic from you as usual. Thanks Gouda boy

Cheers for the link SimoSK8, some nice illustrations there.

[RefrigeratorCo]

I had a MUCH cooler concept the moment I was done.... grrr.

Maybe when class is done (I did it in art history) I'll do the other one.

http://webspace.ringling.edu/~mlewis/DSG1.jpg

[Mr Man]

Heres mine, i havent had much time today so i made a quick rough 10mins one.
http://img21.photobucket.com/albums/v63/mrswoman/ooga_booga.jpg

[Mr Man]

oops not agn!
http://img21.photobucket.com/albums/v63/mrswoman/ooga_booga.jpg

[artistanbul]

a nice topic and all I do is a head. a head... a crappy head to boot...
I hate me.


http://horace.seksendort.com/navajoo.jpg

[Osmus]

if your heads crappy that makes mine..uh..many types of mixed feces?lol i like your head

[shadoman]

Not a lot of submissions today, I guess St. Pat's has gotten the best of us...

After a few drinks, here's a quick 30 minute light pencil sketch then altered Hue in Photoshop. Reference used for face and upper torso.
http://www.shawnadomanis.com/dsg/dsg385.jpg

GoudaBoy - Very nice contrasted picture with a lot of movement implied.
Iotrez - Great as always. I am digging the style.
Illy - I agree with Matt, your recent works have shown much improvement. Nice concept too.
Matt Dixon - Your lighting always shines man. Those "medicine sticks" are badass.
ApricotSoup - Good idea, but I think that it would have held up better if you used less of an outline approach and gave it more mass-based highlights.
plaf - Very cool and stylish. The palette fits.
Osmus - Good work. I like the first one much better, but I think that it would have worked more if some of your lines weren't so think around the nose and eyes. Did you use a mouse or a tablet?
RefrigeratorCo - I like the tomahawk approach to the character. Mohawks and hawks.
Mr Man - Oh those eyes are freaking me out!
artistanbul - Very sweet! I do not think that's crappy. I really like the spots on the chin.

[Osmus]

i used a mouse with regular old paint..i was in the library. yeah after i posted it i did actually thin the lines on the nose and eyes..but didnt repost..thank you for your response!

[Dark Priestess]

Hi. I'm new here. You guys are awesome though, so I thought I'd try this out.

http://theshadowedpath.net/pictures/medicineman.jpg

[illy]

thx guys. hopefully i can keep it up. and wow matt wow... awesome as always. but now i HAVE to change the moon. lol. it looks so funny after you pointed it out.

awesome work everybody!

[franticflame]

I wish I could've had more time for this but I didn't. =/
Beautiful work everyone. =)
http://thefearlessfew.com/franticflame/dsg/04_03_17.jpg

[OtterFrenzy]

http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~jzanevel/images/Navajo%20Medicine%20Man%20copy.jpg

Just a quickie today. Challenging topic.

[JABAJAWOOLU]

had a great concept for this but absolutely no time to work on it. wanted to do a medicine woman, with the spirit of a bear behind her. =( oh well maybe later. GREAT JOB GUYS!

[Angusbeef123]

cool

[redships]

great stuff here! as for mine...well, anatomy, anatomy, anatomy.......

http://img35.photobucket.com/albums/v107/redships/medman.jpg

[llothcat]

http://www.llothcat.com/dsg/medicineman.gif
nearly passed this one up because of the ancestory issues..it's amazing how much people go with Lakota or Cherokee rather than Navajo, Hopi or Apache when it comes to anything that has to do with Native American subjects...most of what i see here is a good example of what i'm speaking of.