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Description
Based loosely on the Lewis Chess pieces.
Fineliner pen on paper. IPad photo + Vintage Photo App for background.
The final scans might be used as "face cards" in a deck of normal playing cards.
Fineliner pen on paper. IPad photo + Vintage Photo App for background.
The final scans might be used as "face cards" in a deck of normal playing cards.
Image size
1936x1932px 3.14 MB
© 2015 - 2024 billiambabble
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I like your take on those iconic pieces; you capture their "just the other side of weird" expression really well.
I suppose they probably have characteristic period features, or whatever an art historian would call them, but whenever I see photos of the Isle of Lewis pieces, I can't get over their sad/crazy gazes. And I have to wonder, what did the sculptor(s) envision them looking like? Fierce warriors and serious nobles, no doubt, but perhaps also: veterans haunted by traumas experienced in their battles? And did their original owners/players take those somber expressions for granted? Or did they recall a specific bit of history?
Or did these pieces evoke some irreverent chuckling back in those days, too: "Methinks the king needs a little more fiber in his diet!" "Stop staring at me like that--and lower your spear, knave!" "Oh, bother; my husband's declared war again. I wonder how long it'll take for him to panic and send me out there to clean it all up for him." "STOP. STARING!"
(...And suddenly I'm wishing for a Terry Gilliam animation along those lines...)
Anyways, nice work on these! They're some of my favorite chess artefacts, and it's fun to see them done in your style. Any chance they'd show up in the Inked Adventures?
I suppose they probably have characteristic period features, or whatever an art historian would call them, but whenever I see photos of the Isle of Lewis pieces, I can't get over their sad/crazy gazes. And I have to wonder, what did the sculptor(s) envision them looking like? Fierce warriors and serious nobles, no doubt, but perhaps also: veterans haunted by traumas experienced in their battles? And did their original owners/players take those somber expressions for granted? Or did they recall a specific bit of history?
Or did these pieces evoke some irreverent chuckling back in those days, too: "Methinks the king needs a little more fiber in his diet!" "Stop staring at me like that--and lower your spear, knave!" "Oh, bother; my husband's declared war again. I wonder how long it'll take for him to panic and send me out there to clean it all up for him." "STOP. STARING!"
(...And suddenly I'm wishing for a Terry Gilliam animation along those lines...)
Anyways, nice work on these! They're some of my favorite chess artefacts, and it's fun to see them done in your style. Any chance they'd show up in the Inked Adventures?