This is my latest painting. It is inspired by the Cthulhu myth of HP Lovecraft as well as a little homage to the golden age of fantasy illustration and of course inspired by representatives like Frazetta or Vallejo and some others. It is based on a pencil sketch from one of my sketchbooks (last picture).
This is my interpretation of Joan of Arc. I'm not a believer, but she was. It's my entry to a contest by 3d total. It's a mixture of 2d and 3d techniques.
"The ancestors of this small animal once rose from a life on the ground into the air by jumping to catch prey from the air. Evolution caused the legs to become a kind of gliding wing system by elongated hairs that interlocked like a bird's feather." ...I don't know if this makes sense, but I thought walking on tail and claws was a funny idea. :)
A mechanical, gold-seeking Alicanto bird made by a dwarf smith... or something like that. 😆 Digital painting in Photoshop over a scanned pencil sketch.