Alexander the Great

I finally retired my Wacom Graphire 4 from 2004, and got myself a new Intuos! To test it out I reconstructed the polychromy on the British Museum's famous Alexander the Great bust, which they have up for free on Sketchfab: https://skfb.ly/6tAot

Nothing really special! Painted in Painter and rendered in Marmoset. The skin tone and hair color are based on two frescoes from Pompeii assumed to show Alexander: The fresco of the Wedding of Alexander and Statira in the Casa Del Bracciale D'Oro, and the fresco of a seated Alexander from the House of the Vettii. The latter may be a copy of a larger more famous painting by Alexander's court painter, Apelles. If that is the case, it's the most accurate representation of Alexander we have. I also referenced the so called Alexander Sarcophagus, which preserves some polychromy, the famous Alexander mosaic from Pompeii, and various mummy portraits to try and simulate the sorts of brush strokes used. Enjoy!