Merantau: Erik versus Yuda (on Elevator)

[ Mock up sketch ] Eric - Merantau

This is the only poster where Eric appear clearly. But I disatisfied with the pose, thus, in the bus on the way home, I open my notebook and start sketch. I had three idea, two from the "job interview scenes" and one from "lift scene".


In the job interview, Eric had to won the fight against a big guy. After a series of deadly punch, he broke the guy's backbone
and throw him to the floor.



The lift scene was more tricky. I didn't know how low Eric and Yuda's stance. These are the reference:


and this is my mock-up sketch. Note that when I drew the pics, I did it on the bus on the way home. No picture reference. All came from my mind.


If I want to draw Eric, which move will be look good on picture?

The Photography Lady

An old friend of mine.
I use two photo as reference here:
The picture of the camera and the other picture of her without camera.
Thus, the scene was from my imagination.

Yuda from Merantau

The trailer and Behind the scenes can be seen on Youtube and Vimeo.
Googling "Merantau"

Yet Another Burning Hanuman

I have drawn this theme many times and I never became bored of this theme.

Duhsasana Humiliate Draupadi

The picture was inspired by a scene in Mahabharata where Pandava was lost to Kaurava. Duhsasana tried to claimed Kaurava's victory by stripping Draupadi clothes. A miracle was happened, Draupadi clothes suddenly became so long and thus, Duhsasana failed in his attempt.

On the left, there were four Pandavas which are Sahadeva, Nakula, Arjuna, and Bhima. There should be Yudhistira but he was behind Draupadi and thus could not be seen on the pictures. On the right side, there were Kauravas, laughing at Duhsasana's attempt.

Karna vs Arjuna

The picture is inspired by a scene in Bharatayudha. Arjuna, the third son of Pandu fought Karna who defended Kaurava. Unknown to Arjuna, Karna was actually his eldest brother from the same other, Kunti. Karna knew this fact, but his loyalty, his solidarity and his friendship to Duryodhana made him insisted to be in Kaurava side.

The first president of Indonesia, "Soekarno" was named based on Karna.