Raiders of the Lost Ark

I have been looking for another concept illustration that might allow for gold leaf, similar to the Princess Leia May The Fourth piece, on the physical giclee printout. Given my love for Indiana Jones film series and “Raiders of the Lost Ark” I thought that the head of the staff of Ra might offer an opportunity for a new gold leaf piece. 

Although the painting has depth to the crown, I am hopeful with some testing the print and composition will support the flat gold-leaf over select portions of the head of the staff of Ra. 

I will share the process here, so keep on the lookout for new posts here and on my social feeds.

Also, as I try to do with many illustrations, I created an alternative movie poster for this illustration to share on my profile at PosterSpy, but I really like the simple portrait without the titling and credit blocks of the poster.

These portraits were created using Adobe Illustrator, Corel Painter, and Adobe Photoshop.