Commissioned twitter banner and profile picture art for Africa Fantasy Art twitter account. The client wanted the illustration to explore themes of African literature based on culture and fantasy. I really enjoyed working on this project as there was a lot of creative freedom and we collaborated in exploring ideas and concepts.
Sketches
Sketch exploration 1
Sketch Exploration 2
Sketch exploration 3 - Sadly, this did not make it in the final composite.
Inked artwork ready for coloring
Complete line-work for the banner. The two sketches were combined to have a long horizontal format and the profile picture would be a crop of the dude reading the book.
Colors
Initial color treatment - the client felt that this was too red and requested for more earthly tones and a bit of blue/purple. I added more depth by adding a sky and refined some of the lighting and shadows a bit more.
Final artwork - Detail
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