#historical epic

This poster design contest for “The Northman,” organized by “Talenthouse” was such a fun piece to do. It’s a dark, and dramatic Viking revenge thriller directed by an amazing director, Robert Eggers, and it comes out today.

After watching the trailer, and seeing the Scandinavian landscape as such an integral aspect, I channeled my inner Frazetta, and imagined our protagonist warrior Amleth, towering above the crest of an erupting volcano, (A nice symbol of his emotional state of rage within- he is a “berserker” after all). After researching the film deeper, I discovered the film’s story is an adaptation of a Norse legend, (the source material for Hamlet), so then I knew I wanted to portray Amleth’s father, King Aurvandil, as a ghost (a nod to Shakespeare’s play) The other supernatural elements/characters ended up migrating into the green smoke organically. At the bottom is our villain, the uncle Fjölnir , who looms menacingly, blocking the imprisoned Queen Gudrun between his sword and a cage of dead tree trunks.

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