Art for Nothingtoregret!

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Title: Calm before the Storm
Gift for: nothingtoregret
Artist: hanachan01
Rating: PG-13 for non-sexual nudity
Fandom: Macbeth
Warnings: non-sexual nudity
Artist's Notes: I was pretty excited when my requester said she/he wanted Shakespeare fanart. I decided to go with Macbeth, since it's always been my favorite though seeing as I've been drawing the Tenth Doctor on all my notes recently, it's a wonder I didn't go with Hamlet xD The idea behind this picture is the scene in which Lady Macbeth is concincing Macbeth to kill the king. Macbeth's nudity is supposed to symbolize his vulnerability when it comes to his wife's plans and also that I was really pleased with how his body turned out so I didn't want to cover it in clothes. Lady Macbeth's design is based off of a painting I found while doing research of her being portrayed by the actress Ellen Terry. I thought it was a striking image, teh pale skin against red hair and a deep green dress, so I did a similar design, but in my own anime-ish style.

The coloring was done by painting watercolor splotches, and then scanning them into my computer. From there, I collaged the splotches in Photoshop to create a pattern. I think this helped to get the natural yet even look I was going for.
Summary: Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, done in a mix of traditional and CGI.

Comments

[glockgal.livejournal.com]

Creepy, evocative and so very perfect for MacBeth and his Lady! OMG it's hard for me to look at her face for too long, I get shivers, I do. Wow.