Gilje watchmen at an Esrian market.
While their service is compulsory, the foreign-born gilje don't make a big fuss about petty shoplifting. The hungry gotta eat, right?
Fun illustration I did while world building my ill-fated Gilje/Esrian setting. Hoping to revisit it in the future though!
While their service is compulsory, the foreign-born gilje don't make a big fuss about petty shoplifting. The hungry gotta eat, right?
Fun illustration I did while world building my ill-fated Gilje/Esrian setting. Hoping to revisit it in the future though!
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Category Artwork (Digital) / Fantasy
Species Unspecified / Any
Gender Multiple characters
Size 2500 x 1474px
Super cool scenery, so much life in here with all the characters!
It's gotta be rough running a fruit stand in any era with how common the petty thievery is. It doesn't sound very appealing at all.
When I still had a market stand and did market gardens, kids that asked for food weren't turned away; but they had to ask, not steal. If people started stealing from me, I would pack it up and there wouldn't be a farm stand to steal from anymore.
What a richly detailed scene! [which can be said about basically everything you make, if it's a whole scene, haha!]
But this is a cool change of pace, suddenly a medieval/fantasy sort of thing, instead of the sci-fi settings. Even if I love sci-fi moreso, it's a pleasant contrast. :>
Initially, I thought the two reptilian guards were perhaps just dopey and inobservant, and that was why the merchant was so cross with them - but it's even cooler to know they're just a chill and permissive pair who aren't tyrannical about such a small crime. <3
But this is a cool change of pace, suddenly a medieval/fantasy sort of thing, instead of the sci-fi settings. Even if I love sci-fi moreso, it's a pleasant contrast. :>
Initially, I thought the two reptilian guards were perhaps just dopey and inobservant, and that was why the merchant was so cross with them - but it's even cooler to know they're just a chill and permissive pair who aren't tyrannical about such a small crime. <3
The deets still quite floor me so, and that angry shopkeep's screams live rent free in my head for these poor sods lol
Fine work! Hope we see more
Fine work! Hope we see more
Five hours! This is the closest I've gotten to your release. Lucky me. Having said that, this painting is different from your other recent paintings, and it really struck me.
"Did you see a child steal fruit, Brohm?"
"Can't say as I did, Jaskis."
"Neither did I, Brohm."
"Jaskis, I think I hear a merchant disrupting the peace of Market Day."
"Yeah, Brohm, me too."
"Can't say as I did, Jaskis."
"Neither did I, Brohm."
"Jaskis, I think I hear a merchant disrupting the peace of Market Day."
"Yeah, Brohm, me too."
“Yes sir, I see. We’ll try to catch up to the apple thief to get his statement as soon we we can. Hunger is a terrible monster, and while we may not be able to stop it entirely, we can at least restore its victims and give them some measure of justice and peace.”
This is excellent artwork and there is a story to be told with every character in the scene. However, If the description is true for the world then there are grievous societal issues that, if not addressed, will contribute to its downfall.
People are probably thinking the big, bad business owner is greedy and can afford to lost a piece of fruit. Well, read on.
Stealing fruits and vegetables doesn't sound like much but if there aren't consequence or correction for stealing then it will continue and result in greater societal problems. Parents will send their kids out into the market to steal food rather than provide for them because poor, hungry, children won't be punished. Kids are quick learners and will figure out which shops have owners that are either too old and slow, inattentive, or won't resist the use of force; those shops will become routinely targeted and have something pilfered from them several times a day. It's only one fruit or vegetable, up until it's dozens of people taking only one throughout the day to the point where there is no point to have a market stand anymore.
Tolerate bad behavior and you get more bad behavior; crime degrades social trust which is the glue that holds a society together. It is difficult to have a functioning society under such conditions, much less an economy. I doubt it will take long for the community to either take enforcement into their own hands, up to and including making thieves disappear; and in turn, retribution. Riots and rebellion aren't out of the question.
Be it a cultural incompatibility or simply indifference to theft outside of their own people; that the Gilje aren't concerned with petty theft against the host population is a good example of why foreigners are a bad choice for guards and military. Both the lack of enforcement of law and using foreigners for military are often seen near the end of an empire.
I'm not taking into account the realistic nature of a medieval / Tudor time period, like food scarcity to the point of theft being life or death in a bad harvest year, the disruption of taxation causing unhappy government, and that both kids and adults were routinely put to the sword. There is simply too many inter-connected topics to cover in a comment and would better be covered by several books. Simply put, if you allow theft and disregard the rule of law, your society collapses.
People are probably thinking the big, bad business owner is greedy and can afford to lost a piece of fruit. Well, read on.
Stealing fruits and vegetables doesn't sound like much but if there aren't consequence or correction for stealing then it will continue and result in greater societal problems. Parents will send their kids out into the market to steal food rather than provide for them because poor, hungry, children won't be punished. Kids are quick learners and will figure out which shops have owners that are either too old and slow, inattentive, or won't resist the use of force; those shops will become routinely targeted and have something pilfered from them several times a day. It's only one fruit or vegetable, up until it's dozens of people taking only one throughout the day to the point where there is no point to have a market stand anymore.
Tolerate bad behavior and you get more bad behavior; crime degrades social trust which is the glue that holds a society together. It is difficult to have a functioning society under such conditions, much less an economy. I doubt it will take long for the community to either take enforcement into their own hands, up to and including making thieves disappear; and in turn, retribution. Riots and rebellion aren't out of the question.
Be it a cultural incompatibility or simply indifference to theft outside of their own people; that the Gilje aren't concerned with petty theft against the host population is a good example of why foreigners are a bad choice for guards and military. Both the lack of enforcement of law and using foreigners for military are often seen near the end of an empire.
I'm not taking into account the realistic nature of a medieval / Tudor time period, like food scarcity to the point of theft being life or death in a bad harvest year, the disruption of taxation causing unhappy government, and that both kids and adults were routinely put to the sword. There is simply too many inter-connected topics to cover in a comment and would better be covered by several books. Simply put, if you allow theft and disregard the rule of law, your society collapses.
Let's just say that the Gilje world isn't known for treating the lizards fairly either, so they only do what they believe is right and help their fellow overlooked and underfed urchins from time to time
You're kinda overthinking this haha
You're kinda overthinking this haha
Dumb kid, all he had to do was jog past with a guerilla film crew and he could've had it for free.
Absolutely wonderful use of color to help tell the story here.
Ohhh I love it! The expressiveness and colours remind me of Blacksad in this piece. It feels so alive!
Nice to see the cultural differences between the groups here :)
I just home the shop keeper doesnt shout at the Gilje too much. They dont deserve that they are good lads. Especially the right one who looks to be missing some of their tail D:
And the outfits all around this scene are great.
I just home the shop keeper doesnt shout at the Gilje too much. They dont deserve that they are good lads. Especially the right one who looks to be missing some of their tail D:
And the outfits all around this scene are great.
Really love the design of the helmet/armour.
Also enjoyed the clothing/outfit, background scene and all the energy of the crowd you captured in your work!
Brilliant job!!
Also enjoyed the clothing/outfit, background scene and all the energy of the crowd you captured in your work!
Brilliant job!!
Besides, I can’t imagine it’s much fun trying to chase a lithe, nimble shoplifter in that heavy armour!!
Love the Gilje's faces: "Why is this smelly mammal screaming like a lunatic?" ;) Looks like that bulldog in the background id upset about something too! Finely drawn and colored scene! FUN! :)
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