Juventus is a commissioned character concept from the game world of Threshold RPG. His player gave me a written description of a hunch-backed, club-footed blacksmith who dresses in fine clothes (off-setting his otherwise unattractive appearance?) This piece still needs a lot of work, but I like where it's going. I originally wanted more contrast between the pants and coat, but decided I didn't like the way it looked, so I opted to distinguish the two items with texture. I put a lot of time into this piece because a lot of things weren't working out quite how I wanted them to. I also did REALLY poor (absent?) planning in the beginning, so as I had ideas it was hard to bolt them on. Ideally I would have liked to have had this as a sketch, before going on to an illustration with a more appealing overall composition.
