My super talented friend Andrei Riabovitchev has posted his Cossackpainting on his blog. And I thought: Aha! I have something to answer! Here you go, see :) Funny, but 16 years ago I did a very similar composition. Different style, different part of Russian history though... And this one was done for a graphic novel, not for a vodka label :o)
See, I told you. I'm not really into super heroes. But, there's a guy who's working behind me -- Anton. And he looks very cool as Captain September... how he use to call himself all the last time. I like this name! Sounds very romantic, doesn't it :)
Well, here, this character doesn't look exactly like Anton, but ... I was just having fun drawing the sketch.
One more... a bit different look, different style... same fun :)
Here is another sketch about Little Masha. She is sitting under Wise Tree -- her friend -- she use to come up to. She loves to be down there thinking about nothing, watching horizon...
I'm not really into monsters, superheros or villains. So here you go - a Little hero, in her constant search of another unbelievable adventures, is dashing somewhere your mom told you: "You don't even think about it!!!"...
This one is about my son... about that time when he was coming into the World. Wierd, you know, he was just like a tiny little "nothing". And now, I can tell him "Give me five dude!" He gives :)
--- And, yes, sorry for the bad quality of this JPG. The art is under the glass and I took the picture right through...
Today, well, I have to draw a few clean designs of a character I'm working on. Instead, I ended up with these random people. And I still need to draw that main character. Ok, tomorrow...