My 2nd Entry For Week 4 of the HivePH Art Challenge.
October 28, 2022
It's almost midnight and Tropical Storm Paeng is keeping me awake with his torrential rain. I just hope there won't be so much damage to properties and loss of lives.
Greetings once again Hive Ph! This is my 2nd and final entry for the 4th of week of the Hive PH Art Challenge. In case you missed it, my first entry for this week is my tribute to my favorite TV series The Walking Dead: My 1st Entry For the HivePH Art Challenge Week 4
For this entry, which I can't think of a title, if for the prompt/them "Your Original Design". I decided to share with you a (yet to be named) Filipino super hero wielding a pair of ancient form of Arnis sticks.
Here is my final image.
Background
I was doing some research on "ironwood". Ironwood is a type of wood normally used as Arnis sticks. They are so called ironwood because they are almost as hard as iron. Kamagong is classified as one of this type of wood.
In my research, however, I learned that in the pre-Spanish era, the natives are using a different type of wood. It is known as Guijo or Guiso in tagalog. It is an extremely rare type of wood. It is much harder and more durable than kamagong.
Check out this page to know more about Guijo Sticks: https://www.traditionalfilipinoweapons.com/shop/iron-wood-gijo-sticks-from-the-philippines/
The Character Design
I wanted to design a full-blooded Filipino hero. I thought, why not explore and promote traditional Filipino weapons and garb. So why not a Filipino Martial Artist using arnis sticks, bolo, and other ancient Filipino weapons. Here is the final solo image.
In this image, our (unnamed) hero is wielding a pair of Guijo sticks. Originally, I only drew a more familiar rounded arnis sticks. Guijo sticks, on the other hand, are characterized by their octagonal, flat sticks.
It is said, that these sticks are designed to break the bones of their opponents. (Ouch!).
On his waist is a Filipino sword... to be specific it is based on "Panay Tanegre. It's a bolo-like weapon from the island of Panay...where I am now. The weapon is carried in it's wooden sheath with carvings of my own design.
The "salakot" or traditional farmer's hat, is lined with an "unknown" metal. Thus it's not just a sun shade but functions as an armor.
Here is closer look.
The Process
Again, I started by sketching it on a layer in Medibang Paint. Turned that layer to blue and traced it on another layer. This time, I used only 2 PX thick line for my outline.
I decided to put the outline of the right-hand guijo sticks on a separate layer.
As usual, I painted the flat colors. Then created at least two more layers for the light and dark tones.
I added some details on the design of the weapon and the salakot.
Lights, Camera, Action!
Do you want to see our hero in action? Here is a bit of a teaser. He is surround by three thugs one night. The thugs are armed with a metal baseball bat, a GI pipe and a huge knife!
Maybe I will create a short comic book what happened next.
Until then...
Thanks For Reading
