Judges lesson series (4-6)

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The last illustration (4-6) from a lesson on Gideon where Gideon and 300 men surrounded the Midianite camp, stood in place while smashing pots, blowing horns (right hand), waving torches (left hand) and shouting.

I was a bit baffled on this one – trying to figure out the logistics of smashing a pot to expose an already lit torch that's held in the left hand and all done in a way to get enough oxygen for the flame while in the pot ... and then there's the question of how they smashed the pots.  I could have avoided all those minor issues and just have the pots already shattered in the picture ...but I really wanted to include one pot shattering!

Print size: 24x34cm.  Tools: Adobe Photoshop CS6, Wacom Cintiq 18SX

Judges lesson series (4-5)

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Illustration (4-5) from the lesson on Gideon.

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Judges lesson series (4-4)

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Gideon and his servant sneak into the Midianite camp and overhear two soldiers discussing a dream involving a round barley loaf tumbling into camp.

 I finished by inserting a fire ... then removing it, then decided to just show a few sparks and glow at the feet. With 2-3 days for each illustration, it doesn't leave much time to tweak or refine the illustration.  (I just noticed the spear shaft needs to be much thicker).
When working with certain colors in RGB mode (especially saturated oranges, purples, reds, etc.) it becomes very important to do a "soft proof" in Photoshop to see if colors become muted or muddy when printed in CMYK.

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Judges lesson series (4-3)

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The remaining 300 men were those who drank from their hands and didn't kneel down.

My favorite part was painting the Mts. where I could use loose brushstrokes and not have to stay within any lines! It felt so therapeutic slapping down those colorful (digital) pigments. ;-)

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Judges lesson series (4-2) – Gideon

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9,700 of Gideon's men are sent home based on how they drink. 300 remain ...against 135,000.

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