Black smith

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How to Be Your Own Blacksmith on a Budget

The life of a blacksmith in the 1800s, including information on 19th century tools, clothing, roles, wage, workshops and materials.

Hello Guys, this is my submission for the Artstation character design challenge: Medieval Back and Forth. No AI, No 3D nor photobash, all painted. It's really tough to come up with 8 hybrid designs with unique visual language in such a short period of time, but guess what, I made it, so cheers! I spent about 5 days in total for visual explorations, and for all the characters 1 day for design and line art, 1 day for render, so about 16-17 days in total. I have had so much fun and learned a…

Hammering

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Portrait for a friend

A few weekends ago I went along on a trip to 'The Australiana Pioneer Village' in Wilberforce with my photography group. I will put my hand up and admit that for the first thirty minutes I was thinking to myself "what the hell am I doing here..." and I had no idea what to shoot, no macro or seascapes to be had here! Then I opened my eyes and started to look around me. In the end it was a thouroughly enjoyable day and I came away with some interesting images, stuff way outside of my 'comfort…

Hephaestus was handicapped with a clubfoot, making him both the only Olympian who worked, and the only one who was not perfect. He was happy and creative, working with fire and metals in his forge.