The Velvet Revolvers

[Jeso]

Jeso : OOoohhh, that lion warrior is looking so badass! That sword looks a bit strange to me, the way it grows bigger towards the end, I could definitely be wrong about this, but I don't think swords grows bigger towards the end, these type of swords are normally characterised in cartoons or something like that.
Unless you are trying to show it in perspective, in which case I think you should "turn" the handle more into perspective, in line with the blade

Herers some figure studies from photos from Scott Schuman, such an amazing blog!
Trying to simplify masses of shapes and create cleaner and more confident lines :)

Yea I was trying to foreshorten the sword and make it come towards the viewer, but kinda failed, and it also looked wrong to me. I figured I'd fix it on the fly. But what you said made a lot sense, I'm going to play around with that handle's perspective.
Cool studies bro, Thanks for linking the blog, Gonna check that out!