Ride for free

[agios]

"…and then suddenly the sky took fire and the earth became red; and everything started to look so narrow, so blurred… your whole life becomes a light in the air or a shadow in the ground…everybody has to pay his depths…to meet his destiny…as we ride to light…for freedom!"

This began as a speed paint but i liked the whole idea and so i decided to finish it...addinh some details and drama!
Completely in Photoshop, about 10 hours. No references used.

http://www.websight.gr/gallery/KNIGHT4.jpg

[Udone]

yea, it's cool... very well done...

[zao75231]

I like how you are guiding my eye towards the night in shiny armor, but something just doesn't look right to me. I think you should make the background more Grey as it gets further back to the soldiers, and maybe lower the saturation a little? i dunno. The explosions compete with the clouds and maby if you added more flying bomb rocks. Don't just let my eyes rest on the knight, make it look like that movie Kingdom of Heaven. I think there may be some flatness going on, but i dunno, my eyes are tired. Job well done, cheers!

-Rob:D

[bwkeough]

i like the drawing. although I'm unfamiliar with the quote, my guess is that the "red" and "blurrry" are more descriptive of the experience rather than what a camera would photograph. I would go with less pink and fuzzy -- add some hard edges and some other colors. push the contrast a bit more, too. You can go darker than your current shadows and all that armor should have some hard bright shiny spots.

[Surfeit]

I'm intrigued by the unusual color scheme--not something I generally see on a battlefield. The diagonal composition gives it good dynamism, too. I would suggest reevaluating the lighting on the knight and horse in the foreground, though: seems like the light source on the horse is coming from the upper right, while the strongest light hitting the knight looks to be from the opposite direction (behind him). I know the horse is dark, but I would expect to see more light hitting its rear flank, judging by the appearance of its rider.

[agios]

thank you all for you nice comments and really usefull critique...thank you!

[stoph]

this is nice, but i feel its lacking the sharp, definitive edges that metal should have.. the armour, that is. youve painted big highlights, but you need to include edges.