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Giant

Giant

Drawing Drawing \ Figure | 06/11/04 @296 | Wormwood | Comments critiques (43) | Views views (6875)


Giant
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Giants are a sad race. Hunted endlessly for the fearsome presence they impose, they are unable to congregate and form any semblance of community. Their huge statures create a demand for food that they can never meet. Constantly malnourished, they are forced to scavenge and raid small settlements and outlying farmsteads, which only acts to further daemonise them. While physiologically they have the capability to match humans in intelligence, they are invariably rendered feral and moronic by social isolation and a lack of sufficient nutrition. Giants are ostracised by their fellow Fey Folk for their bestial decline, and fearfully butchered by all others. Adorned in the pillaged accoutrements of a culture that glorifies those who slay his kind, this giant masks his face and binds his scarred and oft-besieged feet with the shields of felled soldiers. Stooped and bowed by gravity, the giant is a paradox of immensity and shrinking shame.

Animator's blue colerase pencil. Photoshop.
Intended as conceptual design, this sketch involved me working as fast as I can while focusing on character development.
 
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VillageIdiot

 06/11/04 @319

as wonderful as ever, i think your visual language is fantastically sophisticated. there is a real depth to your work that make it a pleasure to revisit.
out of interest, how long did this take to do and at what size?
 
Pillick

 06/11/04 @343

amazing. Never thought of them that way...
 
EcrOn

 06/11/04 @345

wo0o0 amzing...
is very very good.good work (thumbup) (thumbup) +8
 
Fresh

 06/11/04 @349

like the detail in everything on him. the cows and tree are a subtle way of implying the scale here. nice show of talent and thoughtfulness.
 
Avatar AbbERLINE

 06/11/04 @350


wonderful, great job, ~:0
 
Avatar KeremBeyit

 06/11/04 @407

Nice. But I wanted to see his face, we cannot because of the church roof:) I love the cows and the cannon, beautiful piece. +9
 
Avatar DrInker

 06/11/04 @451

+9, good as always
 
Avatar skjondal

 06/11/04 @474

Very creative, you seem to have a lot of thought behind your creations :)
 
Avatar Juro

 06/11/04 @521

Excellent work, great detailing.
 
Avatar al2cl3

 06/11/04 @537

Unbelievable 8o That... That details. This drawing is so nice you did an incredible job Wormwood +7/7 (thumbup) (thumbup) :)
 
Yakunan

 06/11/04 @618

A beautiful piece. I especially enjoy the written character development, which serves as a nice compliment to your figure, certainly giving it more depth and personality. The cannon is an interesting touch--decoration or a means of protection simultaneously testifying to his intelectual capabilities?
Great work. Keep it up!
 
Avatar recon

 06/11/04 @619

+7
very high detail level! good work.........
 
Avatar maggock

 06/11/04 @634

Not only is the image wonderful, the description is great too - I've never thought of giants being treated this way until now.
 
fukifino

 06/11/04 @741

I swear..the story and art of this world better be published one day. It's all too damn good not to be.
 
Avatar Wolfvayne

 06/11/04 @795

Oh I just love your visions!! Stupifying ideas; it's just exquisite!! No crits +8
 
Avatar Wormwood

 06/11/04 @801

Thanks all.
Village Idiot, it's drawn about 11 inches tall, and the whole thing might take me about 2 days if I had no other work to do (but it's really hard to say, I like to work in fractured chunks on a lot of projects over a longer course of time).
Sorry, KeremBeyit, I've always really liked obstructed faces (gas masks, ninja hoods, etc).
Yakunan, the cannon is decorative; he's had them used against him, but he certainly couldn't figure out how to fire one.
Thanks fukifino, I'm working on books right now.
 
genesm

 06/11/04 @848

This is just brilliant! Wow!
 
Avatar hombrezoo

 06/11/04 @868

great!! love your style reminds me of the Bosch and Bryan Froud!!
 
Avatar Grafiker

 06/11/04 @880

great details again!
 
Avatar joshc529

 06/12/04 @172

Wow- another gorgeous piece. Very imaginative... (thumbup)
 
Avatar Lnr11c7

 06/12/04 @375

keith,you're really good artist worthy your votes, and this work is fantastic.. :) body design is so creative and achiving balanced pose in spite of amorphous structure of body and different weigth of accessories.. (thumbup) +7
 
BlindGuardian

 06/13/04 @623

Brilliant! +7
 
Avatar chain

 06/14/04 @076

I like it!!+7
 
Avatar Gianna23

 06/14/04 @674

Your writing makes this work even more interesting. I really enjoy reading your character backstories. I hope to see more from you and I wish you the best with all your artwork.
 
Avatar hmoob

 06/14/04 @676

sad story...I had to read it 3 times...I love it though. Seems the "Giant'kin" are a deeply sadened race...the look in his eyes show it. Like others have stated, I hope to see more AMAZING work from you.
 
Avatar Bars

 06/15/04 @505

Just Amazing...
 
Avatar jenr8r

 06/16/04 @436

That's absolutely amazing! Great detail on this! Fantastic work Keith! So, so impressive!
 
Kiolia

 07/07/04 @977

fantastic! It's fascinating to see something so big that you suddenly realize--yes--those are bits of /buildings/ it's wearing...and its physiology shows its improbable size...like those unfortunate people that end up being over eight feet tall and have awful bone structure. +5/5
 
Avatar adamfrancuzik

 07/29/04 @400

I realy like your descriptions! It makes me understand the image better. It is good work, just a bit trippy at first.
 
bobbykro

 08/27/04 @251

great !! love your wrk
 
Avatar Kalininskiy

 09/14/04 @678

WOW! This is good!

absolutely beautiful Wonderful! +10!! my max
 
Avatar ansatsu

 11/04/04 @422

nice.....great imagination....i really like it.. :)
 
Frogyellow

 02/10/05 @510

what i like about this drawing are the little details and referrences to scale. The two cows, the tree, the anchor, the canon, the shields on the feet. It's these funny things that really talk about scale. Had you written a text about a regular guy in the land of shrunkenness, it might be equally believable. In other words, I almost want to say the giant is normal, but everything else is miniature. The picture has fantasy, it has a story which is intruiging. Like the missing toe, it makes you wonder.

I find the writing on psychology and such an interesting way to respond to the image. From what i've seen many of your images seem to be a kind of 1 time snap shot of a profile or a figure. There is no context visual, but all the clues and details are somehow embedded in the detailing. So writing a kind of psychological profile in the same fashion seems like a pretty good way to resolve it.

Your figures are really rich, it would be cool to see how that energy might manifest itself if you were to draw purely a landscape or a scene without figures.
 
Avatar Zombihamma

 03/14/05 @658

wheres my saw?...
 
olegti

 03/23/05 @737

you are monster!!!
but I like your works
 
Avatar elf

 07/21/05 @506

Perfect again! adding you to my fav list.
 
Avatar Fealasy

 08/15/05 @395

hehehe we seem to be in the same artbook, cheers!
 
Avatar fantasticvolk

 10/27/05 @872

i like deep and dark concept and good lines...great work man.:)
 
Avatar blackholes

 11/30/05 @068

Amazing!
 
Avatar the-UFO

 02/06/06 @734

Amazing!
 
Avatar sdavis75

 05/19/07 @556

Holy cow, this is cool! +10 and to favs!!
 
Avatar Gavade

 05/21/07 @605

That is awesome, love all the small details going on, the texture backdrop works well with the pencils, top stuff!

Again, great details :)
 
Avatar monobots

 07/01/08 @492

cool, i know this image from an artbook.
 
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  Keith Thompson
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