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""What he had taken for a part of the tower was the shoulder of the Dragon of Pendor as he uncurled his bulk and lifted himself slowly up. ""
In my opinion, Wizard of Earthsea is one of the greatest fantasy epics ever written - in my personal rating, it stands even a tad higher than LOTR. Why? Wizard of Earthsea isn't your typical fantasy - it doesn't have massive fights, or tremendously powerful heroes. It doesn't even have much of action anyway - the dialogue never outweighs the plot too. It's a strange series of philosophical, ethical fantasy, where Le Guin immerses the reader into the world she created not by attacking his thirst for entertainment - but first for a thoughtful, personal story. Randomly I decided to make a tribut to the book with some fanart, of course, the one of the most "classic" fantasy scenes in the book where Sparrowhawk confronts Yevaud, the Usurper of Pendor. This is somewhat an experiment for me - I wanted to create a vibrant image, with the sense of sea and sun and the feeling of a vast waterplane behind, not dark, not subtle, but sharp and vivid as Le Guin described the environment. I took all the descriptions from book. Looked up other fanart and art on this scene and noticed that other artists tended to draw the ancient dragon in traditional western style, bulky and all. But Le Guin described them lean as hounds, and wormlike, beings of air and fire - thusly the design I gave the the dragon, arrow-like and aerodynamic, with long slender limbs. Kept the boat to a Greek style, as described too. The original is about 7200x5600 pix. It took me around 6 hours to complete in a fit of inspiration this day. And I'm really happy with this tribute Comments
  That is an amazing work. It's beautiful, if that word is appropriate.
-- Lauda Imperialis Corperalis There are only two things more beautiful than a gun: a Swiss watch or a woman from anywhere.   I didn't know that you draw such fantasy pics too.I think that's rare stuff by you ) -- My life for the swarm.^^  This is fantastic! Though not your usual subject matter, I can totally see your style shine through! It is a beautiful piece.
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-- Watching Nazi Vampires jumping off an airship without parachutes give me a hard on.  You know, as totally amazing as that dragon is... it's the sky that's really blowing me away here. All those colours and shapes in the clouds... fantastic. And I love how detailed the man and his little boat are, even down to the things he's carrying with him. All the little details are what make this so gorgeous to me. And it's nice to see you branch out with something that isn't blood and guts every once in a while.
-- What's the difference between a duck? One of its legs is both the same.  Wow... a fantasy piece... I feel like it's the first time you made one.
-- Sci-fi, mecha, fantasy and more at [link] !!!  Quite a romantic piece you have here, the way the colors blend with each other astounds me. I would love to hang a copy of this on my wall, but sadly I have no wall. Yet again you have completed a truly beautiful piece of work.
Jolly Good Stuff. -- "And lo the workings of the foes of mankind shall be rendered unto dust and memory. My life is a prison and death shall be my release."  Since I don't have a membership I can;t leave you an official 'critique' but I'll do my best here.
Very nicely done. The dragon is superb. The colors in the clouds are very good. Your color choice is very good, the water and clouds and everything looks very naturally toned. Detail levels seem just right as well. A few things though, the waves out at sea are good, but those coming int the bay seem off. The waves would continue to go in the same direction for the most part, only turning in as the drag from the shallow water slowed down the parts of each wave closest to the shore. Like with the wake from the boat. Your strokes so sharply changing direction sort of threw that off. Another thing is the windows and door in the structures within the dragons arms seem out of scale, especially compared to the ones on the larger tower. Finally, you used a texture on the larger tower, which, to me anyway, seems to be the only one used in the whole piece. It just seems odd in that way. Hope this helps. Great piece. -- There is no such thing as innocence. Only varying degrees of guilt. |
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The technique truly strikes you: there is a real harmony of colors making Le Guin's world become real, this balance creates a wonderful atmosphere, a mix between tension, majesty and bravery. The palette of colors reminds you this, especially the sky and sea looking deeply like some watercolor work. And of course, you just can be fascinated by the high level of details on this art or the elegant textures.
This art is a wonderful tribute and an amazing work which invites you to discover this world, its stories and characters: it is an artistic gate, one of this art running in your mind, you can't forget it... And you just want to read the books...
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