Software: Photoshop CS3
Original size: 2800x3900 pixels
Time needed: about 30 hours

The character in my work is one of the characters in a famous Japanese Manga comic book series - Ouke no Monshou.
He is the prince of the Hittite empire - Prince Izmir.

In the story, Prince Izmir is very smart, has romantic temperament and excellent bow skills.
Though he is outstanding, he is not the first male character. Tragically, the first female character doesn’t love him. ;-)
The image that impressed me most in the whole comic books is the one he take bow and arrow - ready to shoot.

After reading all of the comic books I really had a mood to re-interpret this character in my way. So I made this painting.
Since the image of Prince Izmir was been created in comic books, it would be a little strange to make him too realistic.
Therefore, I kept several parts of his features in the comic books, for example his chin.

Attached are some of my references and some shots of the Prince Izmir in comic books.
Finally, this is an interesting experience for me, I hope you like this.

Some of my references
Some shots of the Prince Izmir


Some close-up shots.