Russian Patterns

Earlier this past semester for my Surface Illustration we were doing various pattern exercises and now, during my holiday I've made this Russian folk art pattern digital. Have a look! I have a few different colour versions here.

a coloured version of the design

black+red

Burgundy + red

white + red

an black outlined rendition

 See how I've put my patterns to use on RedBubble!
Almost Christmas time by the way!

Exploring the Vikings (part 3)

Finally I am posting the 3rd illustration out of my Viking Illustration project trio.
This is meant to be the scene with the Well of Urd. In short: "The well of Urd is the well of life. It lies by the one root of Yggdrasil that is in Asgard. It got its name from Urd, who is one of the three Norns sitting in a beautiful hall by Yggdrasil, spinning the threads of destiny.

The Norns are the three fates who decide the peoples' and the gods' destinies. They also keep the ash tree Yggdrasil healthy with holy water from the well. Every day they pour water from Urd's well over the World tree to keep the branches fresh."




Illustration info:

Paper: Strathmore Bristol smooth 9x12 (image 7x 10'')
Colour: Koh-i-Noor colored inks + Daler Rowlney white gouache + Rapidograph (6x0/13)
Time:  Uncalculated, but a long time.

Process:

line work

at 95% completeness

detail

detail

detail

All 3 pieces together: