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NORTHERN STAR

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Something like a Viking movie poster. Wanted to something like that for quite some time, love the style of these helmets!

creation process:

helmet itself was created in freehand mx without the mail (type of armour consisting of small metal rings linked together in a pattern to form a mesh) first. used pen tool for it. reference was a shot of the Gjermundbu helmet. created the mail by cloning one ring path several times and linking them with the pathfinder in the end. used the free font "fava" for the text.

background is a free concrete texture i edited in photoshop. saturation is 0 (it was kind of khaki...). darkened the corners by defining the area in mask mode, then adjusted brightness. used an art filter on the whole background as i didn't want it to look too sharp, think it was Poster Edges.

as a last resort i darkened the area around the eyes - or where they should be - to get a more scary look. used the magic wand and a large brush with unsharp edges for this.
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Caradepato's avatar
Aye, the spanghelm definatly have a very special look to them.