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There's a reason why artists live by вЂњkill your darlingsвЂќ. It dawned on them that they had to re-do some stuff. Sad artist noises were once more heard as they realized the finds they had collected in their PureRef were indeed inaccurate for the time period. Was that gear time period accurate? Were those crates truly used? What's up with those crazy large tents? Why are they even white? How strangeвЂ¦ But as we say in Swedish вЂњSkam den som ger sig!вЂќДЄnd yesвЂ¦ You saw right. In this stage our artist also started to add some more definition of the soldiers who suddenly got multiplied (in the distance you could hear sad artist noises who realized they had bitten off more than they could perhaps chew). A new skyline was added with a helping paintover to show direction from HOIвЂ™s art lead as well as defining the landscape some more. Right now they are just blurs and blobs as well as straight up photos.ДЄt this stage our artist went in the direction of adding more drama to the background. This felt more on-style with what we wanted to portray even if the time of day is wrong this feels more HOI.ДЄfter working some more with what tone and mood of the illustration should lean towards, our artist start to define some more characters.

^ And this one is more romantic/golden hour esque which in the end we went with. ^ More time accurate with a cooler tone of morning Our artist made two colour variants to choose from: But what kind of feeling was most interesting/epic? We know that the cavalry came through it. We know the German soldiers were camping near a forest.

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Next phase in the WIP series is colours! We wanted the illustration to be time accurate, so what do we know? We know that the cavalry attacked early as heck in the morning. They choose to change the direction of motion from left to right because that is the way we read as well as adding another rider in the foreground to give visual depth of the image. The first WIP thatвЂ™ll be shared is the very first вЂњcleanвЂќ thumbnail that Podcat and Archangel85 together with our artist went for.

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Pro tip here is always be clear on communication with the team to deliver the most accurate representation you can as well as often showing the progress to steer the illustration in the right direction. Here we also see our artist giving us the A-B-C-D options for easier communication with the team. For example, the darkest parts are the most visually interesting ones where we want you to look first and the lighter ones are secondary and not as important. Mostly to be able to tell hierarchy in the scene quickly. There's a bunch of ways to go about thumbnails and our artist usually use grey scale when doing these. Yes they take no time to make, thatвЂ™s the point. These are the thumbnails that they did for Podcat and Archangel85 to pick from! It essentially means that our artist is making quick, easily viewable suggestions for the loading screen depicting a cool looking battle, sketched up with the help and guidance of the reference material they gathered.ДЇun fact the word вЂњthumbnailingвЂќ is actually a direct reference to the human thumbnail in size and the word has been used as early as back in the 17th century for small imagery. With a PureRef filled to the brim with interesting angles, poses and an interesting mood and light our artist now starts to work on something thatвЂ™s called вЂњThumbnailingвЂќ. Time to hit google again and this time they found some more reenacting scenes to add to their growing collection. Of course our artist canвЂ™t stick to one source. Screen grab galore took place, no regrets. They also only had the trailer/making of available to them but that never stops an artist. Of course still not accurate but a great score for poses, mood and composition.

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But it is a start!Дoing some more research led our artist to a reenacting movie about the battle. The myth, the legend, the Krojanty Battle: This was one of the first images that our artist found and immediately banked it in their PureRef for later use. You may be familiar with the illustration by Jersy Kossak who specialized in painting military scenes. So! The tools are in place, the artist is ready and the prompt lands on their desk, saying вЂњPolish cavalry attacking resting German soldiers early in the morningвЂќ. CanвЂ™t forget the most important of them all now, can we? It keeps track of your images and is easy to organize and customize.ДЄnd of course, photoshop to draw in. The tool that our artist uses is called PureRef. The loading screen for The Krojanty Battle - An artist's journeyДЇirst and foremost, to have a tool to gather the most crucial thing to build an epic looking loading screen is a reference board.

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