Model the subject into thin metal sheet with raised and recessed relief, with hammer marks and chased lines kept, highlights controlled, never smooth chrome, like an Iron Age bronze and gold plaque with knotwork borders. The Dagda, the Irish father-god, a mighty bearded figure in a short hooded cloak holding an enormous club over his shoulder with one hand and a great cauldron at his side that never empties, a harp hanging from a tree behind him, seen from far below, standing on a hilltop of standing stones, in a tall frame.
Light: a warm sunset glow from the left striking the chased gold edges of the club, cloak hood and the cauldron rim as bright highlights along the hammer marks while the recesses fall into deep umber and bronze-green; palette of bronze, gold, umber and verdigris with a few red enamel accents; heavy, ancient, polished metalwork; his vertical figure rises through the tall frame.
Tall 9:16 portrait frame, composed vertically with the figure rising through the height of the frame. A dignified, respectful depiction in an authentic Celtic spirit; no readable ogham, runes, inscriptions, letters or logos anywhere, only plain interlace and knotwork borders.
