Zulu Battle

This piece came together quickly but only as a result of lots of research to figure out what I wanted to do.a lot of my work has an emphasis on gesture trying to convey what has happened is happening and will happen in a movement that is how I Give life and animation to my characters in a still image. For this image a did a lot of research on Zulu shield and stick fighting even doing some quick animations to get ready to paint the final illustration.