Keynan, King of Lions (2015)

This is a funny story about a misunderstanding that led to something unexpected.
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In 2015, while collaborating with Scale75, I received a brief for a knight with a sword, armor and a shoulder pad with a dragon.
In my mind, that meant a knight and a dragon together as part of the composition. But I couldn't figure out how to make both characters feel important while fitting everything into a 75 mm scale.
So I sketched a version with a lion companion instead, as an alternative proposal.
Only later did I find out that they had actually wanted a dragon on the knight's shoulder pad!
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The funny part is that they loved the lion concept so much that it became the version chosen for production.
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Sometimes translation challenges can lead to surprisingly good ideas.
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Wonderful 3D model made by David Fernández Barruz
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/dK3Gw