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This is the final homework assignment to my Clothed Figure 1 class. We had to collect reference and design our own version of a famous historical character chosen from a list. I wanted to practice drawing cowboys, so i picked old Wild Bill here. Im gonna print this out on a big 2 foot poster for class tomorrow 
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Pencil: 10 hours?
Photoshop: 1 hour
Wild Bill Concept©Me
.Pencil: 10 hours?
Photoshop: 1 hour
Wild Bill Concept©Me
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6690x4746px 22.67 MB
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ImpactI really like the feel of this. From a stylized perspective, I can find no big faults with it, except the grin in the 3rd picture on the top row seems a little forced. I really love the top right headshot. I think this could easily be concept art for a movie or video game (and one I would really want to see/play at that).
From an historical perspective, I see two major problems. The first is the holsters on the full body shots. Hickock was pretty well known as using a Plains draw, which positions the butts of the pistols forward to prevent them from falling out while riding a horse. With that in mind, it appears that the holsters you drew are on backwards. The second is that Wild Bill was well known for enjoying dressing up. I'm sure that his daily wear wasn't the nicest, but I'm not sure that a man known for wearing nice clothes in the old west would have allowed his coat to become so tattered. That is a very minor complaint compared to the holster thing though.