Helseth fangirl, going on twelve years.
For some reason there are a lot of people who don't like Helseth very much. This may have something to do with the fact that he tries to have you killed (repeatedly). It's called consolidating your power, gosh. It's what you do when you ascend the throne!
What started out as a quick drawing to express my Helseth-ly love turned into a medium experiment. I enjoy working with both traditional and digital media, and sometimes the project dictates which I have to use, and sometimes I know right from the start which I want to use, but sometimes I can't decide. So I did two versions of this piece in the same day to compare the processes.
I don't always do pencil drawings if I'm working digitally - I usually scan in the thumbnail and estima-ink over that, or I jump straight into inking if I don't need to do a thumbnail. But since I was painting it as well I went the good ol' drawing route.
Ahhhh!
And here's the traditional version! The obnoxious metallic gold highlights don't show up in the scan, though. Such a pity.
I still work at being more loose when I'm painting. On screen, I think the digital version has more life and expression, but printed out, I'm not sure how it would hold up to real paint. If anyone prefers one over the other I'd be curious to know which!
Thank you for being a patient guinea pig, Helseth.