behind the scenes - part two

This is the third image in the series.  In this one the protagonist is dressed up as a mockery of a civilized man by his captors...

My main bother with this one was to work out what would happen if he was lit from two opposite sides by the lamps, one near, one a little further back... I quite enjoy problems like that!

Once I had established where I wanted the lamps, I washed grey tone over the paper to see the shape of the composition and the location of the various elements.  I sometimes find this more useful than a pencil rough as it leaves all the specific marks for later whilst giving a very good guide to where stuff is going to go.

As with the first image I reached a point where I was happy with the picture aesthetically without it doing its intended job!  I had wanted to have the central character surrounded by his captors.

 

To that end I added another figure in the foreground.  The costumes of these guys are inspired by English mummers...