I wanted to look into some artists that were working round the time my character is set (WWI and before), as before now I have only looked at contemporary artists and would like to see some more historic art. While looking into artists, my Brother suggested I look into the art of Mucha.
Mucha was an Czech Art Nouveau artist who worked during the late 1800's and early 1900's. He produced a lot of posters and designs, mainly featuring women. One of his most famous pieces of work is a poster featuring four women representing the four seasons (shown above).
I really like the style that Mucha draws; it is realistic but at the same, stylised, using large outlines and swirling patterns for hair and plants. I feel that the style shares similarities with classic fantasy, with the women pictured reminding me of elves form Lord of The Rings.
The large outlines and flat colours remind me of my own character designs, albeit on a much lesser extent, I would love to be able to produce some character designs in this style but I am not skilled enough to even imitate it.
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