Personal Development in Specialist Pathway 
20th/21st March 2013

My lecturer has shown me two artists that could help me a great deal - Albrecht Durer and Albrecht Altdorfer. These two artists were operating 1400s - 1500s and were both German. Both artists drew Knights and battles, Durer even drew a bit of fantasy - 

Knight, Death and the Devil -

Knight, Death and the Devil by Albrecht D� ArtinthePicture.com. 2013. Knight, Death and the Devil by Albrecht D� ArtinthePicture.com. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.artinthepicture.com/paintings/Albrecht_Durer/Knight-Death-and-the-Devil/. [Accessed 21 May 2013].   

Altdorfer created a large painting called The Battle of Issues 
  

These two paintings are very inspiring and I have included them in my research. I will begin development sketchs as soon as possible and i'll definatly be using some of Durer's work to infulence my sketchs.  

Many of the images I have looked at and used are concept images taken from games like Guildwars 2 and Warhammer. I have compared some of the Warhammer images to Altdorfer's Battle Of Issues and they are very similar to say the least. Alot of the banners look the same, some of the soldiers and even the sky. Even though some of the Warhammer images have their own style I believe Altdorfer was an inspiration to some of the Warhammer artists.

Other areas I have been looking at for research are games and films. I have found Ridley Scott's Kingdom of Heaven very helpful, the way the Knights and Soldiers are dressed in the film look really authentic. I have also looked into a game called Chivalry: Medieval Warfare, all the armour and weapons in the game are historically accurate even though the environments are of fantasy. With these two films and games in mind, I already want to move away from fantasy and make my Knight look historically accurate.