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This is the History Map for the Antony and Cleopatra artwork.
The preproduction artwork for this artwork was published (therefore released to the public) in the A.G.E. 2004 Aristocrat catalogue.
The first step was the thumbnails.
I did 6 thumbnails before deciding to go with the 6th one.
I knew I wanted the main figures by a pillar with the Egyptian landscape in the background, I just needed to land the final poses for these two main figures. Sketches #1- #3 are in the first column, the following column has sketches #4 -#6.
#1 Cleo is looking at us and Ant is looking at her. The poses are adequate, but pedestrian, thus boring. I was my own art director for this, so this was not good enough, I knew I could do better.She holds both Upper and Lower Egypt Ruling Staves, one in each hand. I liked that idea.
#2 Was an abortion from the start with Ant hugging Cleo, all grunt and moans, not appropriate for the characters, but it got my thoughts flowing that they were deeply in love with each other and sexual too. I crossed it off.
#3 This one has them kissing. I knew this wasn't right either, but I explored it anyway, just to see. Sometimes seeing what you don't want and can't use is just as important to know.
#4 This is closer to the effect I was after, but still not there. I liked her body posture and body language, I also liked their intimacy here, but it was not hitting it for me.
#5 A nice one, nice and cheeky, and her crossed hands were nice holding the Staves, but I got an idea while I was drawing this one that lead to the next thumbnail.
#6 What if Cleo did not hold both Staves? What if these lovers that ruled together as Egyptian King and Queen for 3 golden years before their deaths each held a stave. She holding the Upper, he holding the Lower. They still embrace, she holding him close at the face, resting into his strength of pose as he cradles her. But they both look out to their empire that they also loved. I knew I hit the mark right here. I was finished and ready to progress without further thumbnail sketches.
The second step was the pencil drawing/s. Presented here is the final line art, however there was a rough version with all construction lines, etc, that came before this one. The line art is finished to be clean so that all the information can be clearly seen as I paint over it, plus it locks down the details.
The third step was the tonal study over the pencils. On this occasion the tonal was done in Photoshop from a scanned drawing. This was to decide the light and shadows and the general tonal values.
The fourth step was the color study. The original size of the study was only the size of a larger postage stamp, it was colored with acrylics on a reduced photocopy of the pencils. This tiny thumbnail color sketch revealed much of the color information that I needed to progress to the larger painting with confidence.
The fifth step is the final painting shown in full and with a detail of the characters faces. It was painted traditionally in acrylics.
Art by Jozef Szekeres, Copyright belongs to Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited.
Used with Permission.
The preproduction artwork for this artwork was published (therefore released to the public) in the A.G.E. 2004 Aristocrat catalogue.
The first step was the thumbnails.
I did 6 thumbnails before deciding to go with the 6th one.
I knew I wanted the main figures by a pillar with the Egyptian landscape in the background, I just needed to land the final poses for these two main figures. Sketches #1- #3 are in the first column, the following column has sketches #4 -#6.
#1 Cleo is looking at us and Ant is looking at her. The poses are adequate, but pedestrian, thus boring. I was my own art director for this, so this was not good enough, I knew I could do better.She holds both Upper and Lower Egypt Ruling Staves, one in each hand. I liked that idea.
#2 Was an abortion from the start with Ant hugging Cleo, all grunt and moans, not appropriate for the characters, but it got my thoughts flowing that they were deeply in love with each other and sexual too. I crossed it off.
#3 This one has them kissing. I knew this wasn't right either, but I explored it anyway, just to see. Sometimes seeing what you don't want and can't use is just as important to know.
#4 This is closer to the effect I was after, but still not there. I liked her body posture and body language, I also liked their intimacy here, but it was not hitting it for me.
#5 A nice one, nice and cheeky, and her crossed hands were nice holding the Staves, but I got an idea while I was drawing this one that lead to the next thumbnail.
#6 What if Cleo did not hold both Staves? What if these lovers that ruled together as Egyptian King and Queen for 3 golden years before their deaths each held a stave. She holding the Upper, he holding the Lower. They still embrace, she holding him close at the face, resting into his strength of pose as he cradles her. But they both look out to their empire that they also loved. I knew I hit the mark right here. I was finished and ready to progress without further thumbnail sketches.
The second step was the pencil drawing/s. Presented here is the final line art, however there was a rough version with all construction lines, etc, that came before this one. The line art is finished to be clean so that all the information can be clearly seen as I paint over it, plus it locks down the details.
The third step was the tonal study over the pencils. On this occasion the tonal was done in Photoshop from a scanned drawing. This was to decide the light and shadows and the general tonal values.
The fourth step was the color study. The original size of the study was only the size of a larger postage stamp, it was colored with acrylics on a reduced photocopy of the pencils. This tiny thumbnail color sketch revealed much of the color information that I needed to progress to the larger painting with confidence.
The fifth step is the final painting shown in full and with a detail of the characters faces. It was painted traditionally in acrylics.
Art by Jozef Szekeres, Copyright belongs to Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited.
Used with Permission.
Image size
2852x1300px 2.21 MB
© 2007 - 2024 Jozef-Szekeres
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I LOVE this slot machine game at the Casino and the eye catching artwork. I am so happy to finally put a name to such beautiful art. I actually portrayed Cleopatra in a show called "When Shakespeare's Ladies Meet". Were you approached to do the artwork for Aristocrat Technologies Australia or did you seek them out? Some of my artist friends are going more "corporate" to get their artwork out there. Do you think that that is the best avenue for aspiring artists to take? Even in your case, I loved the artwork so much that I "Googled" it and found out more about your other artwork.