First attempt at drawing a sword

[Psaumure]

I was so inspired by some of the artists armor artwork on TG that I decided to draw a sword. The picture labeled soared 1 was my first attempt at drawing a sword.

I shared my work with a fellow artist (Black Panther) that was kind enough to share some of his expertise in vector drawing and gave me a few suggestions on how to make the sword look a little more realistic. After a few redraws, this is what I came up with in sword 2. This is a tribute to the value of this forum and the fellow artists that are willing to help. Thank you Black Panther for your help.

Note: the sword was drawn without the use of any bitmap fills or use of the bevel tool. Everything was done using fills, shading and transparency's.

[Black Panther]

Congratulation Paul, Great job on your Swords. Well done and thanks for the credit.
Regards BP

[zaphodeist]

Excellent work!

[jvila]

Great drawing !!!!
Go for more

[wizard509]

Those are really nice!

[GCFL]

love it!

[lupen]

Very good to be a first try. As always Black Panther is so devoted to help other members that he should be voted as the first unofficial assistent lupen

[gwpriester]

Sharp.

How about the stones? Are they bitmap?

Just kidding. Great renderings.

[ontos]

Great job Paul, there is something that sparks the imagination when drawing ancient artifacts. BP is a great teacher and you have grasped his teaching well. The sword blends in well with the stone background. Well done

[a4hire]

The Swords look great! The second does look like it has more depth.