The above sketch is of a Cold Model 1873 Single Action army revolver.
This revolver replaced the earlier 1851 Navy model, also from Colt. The civilian version of this firearm was better known as the “Peacemaker”. Of course, contrary to what you see in the movies, many pistols were very inaccurate. They were useless beyond 25 yards.
The saloon has always been a staple of the Western. In fact, some even consider the year 1920 to be the true end of the Old West; that year marked Prohibition going into effect. As all sales of alcohol were banned, this effectively closed down the saloons.
This was drawn from photo reference. I based this on a photo I snapped while visiting the Frontier Village out in Jamestown, North Dakota.
I studied a few photos online of dresses women wore in the Old West.
As noted in my comments in the above drawing, I’ll need to gather more references.
These were concept sketches for the characters in Poison Ivy Gulch. There’s no sense in doing this until I had some kind of characters to inhabit this world I created.
I made it a point to study comic strips in newspapers and book collections to get ideas for what these characters might look like. This is what I came up with.
Hats of all kinds, namely the iconic cowboy hat with its wide brim, is a staple of Westerns. Here, I wanted to draw various ones.
