A consept illusration for a comic project called Anhatol Legends, which I prepared with inspiration from Middle-Asian Turkish Mythology. Mankurts are slave warriors. During the long lasting wars between Avars and Gokturks, Avars used to remove the skin of the heads of Gokturk warriors they captured and instead they replace it with the neck skin of camels. After the painful days of slavery, the captured warriors become unconscious because of the treatment. Later on Avars re-educate these slaves and make them dreadful warriors, who feels no pain, and these were called Mankurts. In this illustration you may see a Mankurt Lord. It is prepared digitally with Photoshop CS and Intous 3.