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'I got a bow...

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... okay? I like using my bow. I like standing back and riddling people through with arrows. STOP making situations where I have to keep running forwards and using my sword. I nearly died that time."

- Marc plz


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Harrr. e.x I did that thing again where I went looking through old pictures, and found a sketch similar to this. So I decided to re-do it.
I've always wanted to draw a good pic of him using his bow, but any I've attempted over the past year or more since his character's existed have always turned out wrong.

I'm not completely happy with it, cause the arm holding the bow is too short, but it got to a point where I couldn't be fucking arsed anymore, so I just tried to make it look like it was at an angle, pointing more to his left, but kinda failed.

The pose of drawing the string back on a bow is really hard, because even in real life it looks awkward and doesn't look right, and I always get annoyed whenever I see pictures where their arm is positioned wrong, but thar we go. x.x There's still loads of mistakes and flaws in mine.
I know my st00f, mainly because I was such a medieval fantasy freak when I was younger, and because I've done a fair bit of archery myself. I didn't use any reference for this picture though, just myself in the mirror a couple of times which didn't actually help.
Only thing I'm never sure of is whether you're supposed to hold the arrow against the inner or outer side of the bow, because half the places I did archery taught me inner and half taught me outer. Though I find it easier to aim on the inner resting it on my thumb, but you're not supposed to rest it on your thumb or the fletching can catch on its release and knock the arrow off course e.x

But yeah I'll shut up and stop being all nerdy and technical now.


The picture was originally bigger showing the top and bottom of the bow, but it was so mahoosive I was like fuck dat.
I am hoping to colour it or something, but I gotta be bothered.
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I've been working on this pose, and I still can't get it right. This is really good!