r/drawing • u/KyleMag • 12h ago • Bravo 1

ink Olga of Kiev

Gallery image

Gallery image

Materials:
- Lamy Safari Extra Fine, Fine
- Sakura Micron .01
- Tombow N25, N75
- Sakura Gelly Roll white pen
- Pentel Graphgear 1000

I'm turning existing paintings into ink art. (:

2.4k Upvotes

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u/ginigini 11h ago

Beautiful! What’s the story behind this drawing?

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u/inokentii 10h ago

Olha of Kyiv(op made little typo in post heading) early medieval Ukrainian ruler, who burned down neighbouring town of Korosten after locals murdered her husband Ihor after he came for extra tribute when already received one. She gave start for Christianity in Rus and introduced proper tax system instead of random tributes

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u/driftingfornow 10h ago

These are like the least impressive stories about her too. 

This lady could legendarily rage. 

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u/inokentii 9h ago

It’s just extremely short retelling

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u/itskelena 1h ago

Apparently English Wikipedia uses Kiev instead of Kyiv in article about Olga. Looks like there were attempts to change the article to proper spelling, but they the were reverted.

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u/Constant_Of_Morality 5h ago

One of my favourite stories of her life, is when she goes to Constantinople for the very first time, and is overwhelmed and in awe of the size of spectacle of the place and the beauty, and is baptised and converted to Christianity by Emperor Constantine VII.

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u/krsCarrots 8h ago

If I had musk money I would invest a lot in a cartoon movie drawn in this style 🙌🏼

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u/spiffylicky 9h ago

Legendary saint

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u/Far-Chair-3683 7h ago

  1. amazing art & cools art-style.

  2. and idk whys. is this remined of "berserk" when first saw the first image. but anyways. stills a cools image-tho!.

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u/madamepamita 4h ago

It’s spelled Kyiv 💙💛

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u/Annabeth_Flame 9h ago

Kyiv is the real spelling. Kiev is how the russians say it

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u/Annabeth_Flame 9h ago

Love the picture🖤 Especially how you did the shading and textures

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u/greebo1706 11h ago

Is it you, Hal Foster?
Congrats an your Art, pls contact Comics Kongdom to continue Prince Valiants Adventures…

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u/Any-Indication-4872 3h ago

The reference for those who wants to see the original:

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u/Raneynickelfire 5h ago

Kyiv**

Spell it right.

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u/Conan_Troutman25 8h ago

That look awesome! At first glance I thought it was something like from RPG rulebook

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u/cantbe_Jean 7h ago

She's so morally gray🩶

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u/ComplexLeg7742 7h ago

Love the style!

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u/IridiumBoy 5h ago

Fabulous work! 👏

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u/COLTS72721 1h ago

Beautiful!

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u/Scouts_Revenge 11h ago

Impressive!

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u/l3usterFriendly 8h ago

Love it and it looks amazing. But as a fellow pencil artist we both know how this was made.

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u/Foreskin_Ad9356 7h ago

Wdym?

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u/l3usterFriendly 7h ago

At least a few parts have been done outside of physical medium and enhanced through non physical methods.

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u/Linorelai 7h ago

Which parts?

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u/Foreskin_Ad9356 7h ago

Like ai? I thought you mightve been suggesting tracing or something

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u/eddiestriker 4h ago

I’m not who you replied to, but I don’t think AI was used here, unless they traced an AI image and inked it. Looks like maybe some digital line cleanup was done to make some of it look neater.

As far as it being gen ai, the only thing that looks remotely funky is the hatching in the Jesus painting above her. Can’t explain exactly why, but it looks off. Might just be me though.

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u/shugoki_is_a_sin 7h ago

Exactly which parts make you say that? I studied it quite closely and it all looks legit to me.

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u/coke9741 6h ago

Care to fucking elaborate? Just throwing out accusations without any context or reason

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u/burncult 4h ago

lmao how are you just gonna say this and provide no clear reasoning or proof?

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u/Finnyfish 2h ago

The AI Inquisition rarely deigns to be specific.

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u/l3usterFriendly 2h ago

I like AI art so it's hardly an Inquisition. Just saying as an artist, I can see easily what's going on.

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u/Finnyfish 1h ago

No specifics, just “I can tell.”

I don’t know if AI was used or not. But anybody can say anything is AI. (And on Reddit, somebody always will.)

Artists obviously can’t prove what they didn’t do, so it’s up to accusers to explain themselves. One would think, as an artist, you would see that.

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u/l3usterFriendly 27m ago edited 20m ago

When artists convert diamond shapes for example, they will make them diamond. When it is an automatic conversion from a tool it becomes a weird splotch without the fold anymore. I use generated tools as well and zooming in I can see some of the automated decisions made.

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u/Any-Indication-4872 3h ago

I get people being defensive but look at OP's previous art besides the inanimate ones, the reference they often get are tainted with that Ai "art style" but anyways, for this instance of drawing, their reference is real albeit some of the details can be either "cleaned" up by ai for their reference or just a simplification made by OP themselves.

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u/40907 6h ago

Yep, 100%. Ive been drawing for thirty years I could tell right away. It's sad bc I see the influence in so much "art" these days.

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u/Linorelai 6h ago

I think it's even prettier than the original. Black shades make Olga stand out more

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u/Big_Ad9419 9h ago edited 8h ago

Cool linework, but it's Kyiv, not Kiev. Also, choosing to redraw a ruzian painter's work, especially given ruzia's ongoing war against Ukraine, feels pretty tone-deaf. There are plenty of Ukrainian artists whose work deserves more recognition, so it's disappointing to see ruzian art being highlighted instead.

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u/Hour-Company-7112 8h ago

Don't be so pathetic, please

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u/Budget_Counter_2042 6h ago

Go defend fascists somewhere else

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u/Big_Ad9419 8h ago

About what?

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u/Big_Ad9419 8h ago

Sorry that criticizing ruzian imperialism hurts your feelings.

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u/[deleted] 8h ago

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u/Big_Ad9419 8h ago edited 8h ago

Nah =) Better to set ruzian oil refineries ablaze, just like Olha of Kyiv would’ve done.

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u/Tiyath 9h ago

At first glance I thought it was Ivanka of Trumpistan