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This is my second samurai themed piece based on a scene from the Takashi Miike film "13 Assassins." If you haven't seen the movie, get crackin! I believe it's available on Amazon Prime for instant view, but if you can catch it on the big screen, it's really the way to go.

Done using Photoshop in 8 days working about 3-6 hours a day. I used a Logitech MX518 mouse and a Wacom Bamboo Craft Pen and Touch tablet. Everything is painted using an assortment of brushes. No textures were used at all and nothing copied from the source. Hand-eye all the way.

My goal was to finish this in about a week with a reasonable amount of detail and realism, while maintaining a painted but not stylized look. I'm pretty happy with the results overall. Some spots still feel kind of raw, but it works for me!

Didn't start off with a sketch, as one normally would, just roughed in the shapes and starter colors with a thick brush and then set off on the long journey of detailing the world. I'm now pretty confident in using the tablet and the mouse for their strengths and weaknesses, so this will be my last technical exercise. Next I need to do something original. I want to create my own world, not paint someone else's (as awesome as this one is).

Link to source: [link]

Description
This is my second samurai themed piece based on a scene from the Takashi Miike film "13 Assassins." If you haven't seen the movie, get crackin! I believe it's available on Amazon Prime for instant view, but if you can catch it on the big screen, it's really the way to go.

Done using Photoshop in 8 days working about 3-6 hours a day. I used a Logitech MX518 mouse and a Wacom Bamboo Craft Pen and Touch tablet. Everything is painted using an assortment of brushes. No textures were used at all and nothing copied from the source. Hand-eye all the way.

My goal was to finish this in about a week with a reasonable amount of detail and realism, while maintaining a painted but not stylized look. I'm pretty happy with the results overall. Some spots still feel kind of raw, but it works for me!

Didn't start off with a sketch, as one normally would, just roughed in the shapes and starter colors with a thick brush and then set off on the long journey of detailing the world. I'm now pretty confident in using the tablet and the mouse for their strengths and weaknesses, so this will be my last technical exercise. Next I need to do something original. I want to create my own world, not paint someone else's (as awesome as this one is).

Link to source: [link]