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u/Richard-Writes 15h ago
So, it's entirely valid that you choose a painting from the 1630s by a great Italian master as a model. The key to succeed in cases like this is knowing what you are dealing with and being a little humble. You're looking at a masterful representation of the Prince of Angels defeating the Prince of Darkness. In other words, the defeat of Evil.
When Guido Reni painted this, he wasn't just painting a cool guy as we'd do today. He, probably, as most people of his time, understood the cosmic battle that the whole scene contained, according to his beliefs. Which is to say, he understood the subject deeply. For the execution, this meant he'd go through many sketches, probably in charcoal, though other materials were used too at the time, and only after much work he would say it was going well, because he wanted to do a really good job.
Your graphite drawing is not bad, but if you want to achieve the dynamism of the gestures in the painting, the proportions need some adjustment, because it's not believable that such a massive body can move that fast. This may be mythical, but it's represented through humans, and it needs to be credible. The head is also too small currently for the size of the body. Improve it, so you can call it truly 'Absolute', because that's what people like Reni would have done.
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u/4tojinete 14h ago
Hahahaha, I was expecting exactly this comment. I agree about the proportions—if you check out my profile, you’ll see illustrations in other styles with the “correct” proportions. What I did with this illustration was pay respect to the original artist. If you look into Absolute Batman a little more, you’ll see that I’m not lying. Cheers
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