The Knight Of Atlantis Drakoe Lander fights against the evil Gandrakko. They fight for aeons, a never ending battle between good and evil.
This image is based on a one year old drawing, I had to modify both characters a bit. I mostly worked on this one for practicing coloration. I took my time and didn't rush - I needed 3 days (and worked 5-6 hours per day on it).
In this scene, the final battle between both of my characters has started. In every end of an aeon, they fought a desperate duell against each other. At the year "5000", it will finally end in the story named "The Wanderer 2 - Knight of Oblivion". But Drakoe will learn, that neither good nor evil can be defeated completely...
I wasn't sure if I would like this image after it's done. After comparing it with my older ones, I think, I got the best result out of my one year old drawing. I started an underpainting in Triplex mode and coloured it afterwards.
I still see much I could work out, but I will keep this energy to work on a new drawing/painting. But just colouring older drawings can be a great practice as well. And, to be honest, I wanted to do this image one year ago and never got beyond the drawing-step.
After all I am glad I didn't finish it earlier, as I improved a lot compared to last year.
I will keep on practicing, more relaxed for the rest of this year, but next year I'm going to free my inner beast. I am near the key to do so....
Tools: Wacom Intuos3 A3 + PS CS5.1
