Dark Cleric

When we travel it's hard for me to keep where we have been straight.

 

I remember that this guy was part of a larger tableaux in a church. He's carved wood. (I have no idea why people who have an awareness of God keep getting portrayed as mystics...)

 

I don't remember which church, though I am fairly sure it was in New York.

 

The carving is very small. And he looked pretty mysterious, making me think of a fantasy novel with wizards and rangers more than a church guy.

 

I could see him in a tavern sitting off in a quiet corner, sipping a beer while Frodo makes a fool of himself with a certain magical ring.

 

So that's the way I made this image: a few painted layers and some brush stylings. I added deep shadows around the fringes of the shot and where the hood covers his eyes. Then I bathed the center part of the image with golden light.

 

I added a couple of layers of blur and texture to give it a graphic novel feel. Finally I added deeper brush strokes so it would look like I spent hours with a paint brush whilst starving in a garret somewhere a stones throw from the river Seine.

 

This image presents itself best at a large size...and looks pretty cheesy when viewed here. So, if you can squeeze a couple of extra seconds into your visit, can I suggest you view it large?

 

This should be the last in the series of "trying to turn a statue into a painting kinda thing" for a while.

 

Tuh-fricking-dum.

Done