Friday, February 17, 2012

Young Robin Hood

I've had this little vanity project in the works for some time, messing it with it here and there, but I've finally managed to wrap it up. Seems a little anti-climatic because it's not really for anything other than a portfolio piece. Of course, it's also for to you, my loyal thralls, to love and adore.



In recent years, other authors have taken a handful of classic characters—from Indiana Jones and Sherlock Holmes to The Wicked Witch of the North and Captain Hook—and went back in time to tell the stories of their youth, which I've always thought was a pretty fun idea. So when trying to think of a book cover to illustrate, I figured hey, no one's talked about Robin Hood as a lad.

Who knows, maybe someday I'll even take a shot at writing it (I actually have a story idea). Until then, this will have to do!

5 comments:

Niko Geyer said...

Actually, somebody has covered that idea before! Leave it to Japan to make an anime about adolescent Robin Hood. I think they even managed to put a mana tree concept in there somewhere. And now I'm doomed to spend the next couple of hours looking up retro cartoon intros on YouTube...

I love this cover rendition; I actually adore all your book cover mockups, really nice work. Makes me want to do some cover tributes to books I enjoyed -- inspirational!

Rick Mortimer said...

I really love reading books when I was young especially Robin Hood. I think that his characteristic is truly amazing and fantastic. I think that I would love reading about this new version of Robin Hood book the Young Robin Hood.

Ingvard The Terrible said...

Ha! I should've known someone had tried it before. Leave it to the Japanese. Looks like it even had a sort of supernatural element to it, interesting...

Thanks, both of you, I'm glad you dig it =)

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Rick Mortimer said...

I really love reading books when I was young especially Robin Hood. I think that his characteristic is truly amazing and fantastic. I think that I would love reading about this new version of Robin Hood book the Young Robin Hood.