Public Domain Redesign Dart - Drawing a Roman Warrior by Shell Presto

Another entry in my Public Domain character redesign series. This time I'm drawing Louis Cazeneuve's Dart from the 1940s Weird Comics.

Watch me ink with a dip pen, hear me talk about redesigning characters for a different time period, Ancient Rome, and see me fail miserably, not once but twice, at creating a background for this artwork. The good news is, I do get it eventually.

I also talk a little about my experience with the Art Instruction Schools. If you want a more in-depth video on my experience, please tell me so in the comments.

Like many of Shell Presto's drawings, this has ties back to my work on my books in the Ascension Epoch universe. Learn more about the books I've co-written and illustrated, as well as the Ascension Epoch in general, here:
https://www.ascensionepoch.com
Or check out my and my husband's Challenger Confidential book, Copper Knights and Granite Men, directly:
https://www.ascensionepoch.com/wordpress/novels/copperknights.html
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Materials used:
Strathmore Bristol Board
Sumi-e ink (green bottle, Japanese writing. It's kanji, else I'd be able to read it)
Nikko G-pen nib
Copic markers
Liquitex Acrylic paints
Robert Simmons brush
Micron marker in 1 black
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Stuff I talk about in the video:
Our books, available on Amazon and other retailers:
https://www.ascensionepoch.com/all_books/
Dart's Public Domain Superheroes page:
http://pdsh.wikia.com/wiki/Dart
The Chronicle of Western Costume : From the Ancient World to the Late Twentieth Century:
https://www.amazon.com/Chronicle-Western-Costume-Ancient-Twentieth/dp/0500284474/
Art Instruction Schools:
https://artinstructionschools.edu