Concept: To depict two lovers deciding to forsake everything and go out on their own. First concept sketch helped me develop the setup to depict the two characters and showing them on the horse helped to show them in motion. Having the woman holding on to the man while on the horse helped create an emotional feel.

Getting into the details of the sketch I added a river/ocean background to give the feeling of crossing over into a new life and leaving behind another. From there I added in a celtic style border with the wrapping vines around it in order to make the whole presentation more intereting. Once the sketch was completed I added in a colored texture for the piece to give it a little more depth.

Medium: Pencil, background texture created in photoshop.

Completed Piece: Click here to see the completed piece of On Our Own