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Deviousness `anmari has been spreading her infectious positivity throughout our community for over 6 years. Throughout this time Ana has been at the core of all things devious, passionately developing an eclectic gallery, helping organise devmeets, participating in chat events and also recently completed dedicating her time as a Community Volunteer. We are absolutely delighted to bestow the Deviousness Award for May 2013 to `anmari, congratulations! Read More
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Each time I look, I think I see something different.
I am not sure what it all means, or what it is all about; but no matter ~ it is still a fantastic piece of work.
And in truth, very much my kinda thing; I have a huge thing for medieval stuff of late.
It looks just like a XIX century engraving.
The scene is pretty dramatic with the king Theonen laying and Eowyn taying to protect him. I liked the inclusión of Merry, who is usually omited in order to give more protagonism to the contenders.
It's a nice panoramic of the battle, with a very well designed Minas Tirith (Which are also usually omited)
Finally, the Witch King, he steels the scene in his flying monture. It's remarcable how you draw him in an "old" style, by this I mean it's not overpowered or exagerated in any form yet his presesnce is still terrifying, the crown and the maze are unmistakably well caracterized.
The flying monture deserves a mention by itself. It not the Peter Jackson's reptilian-worm looking thing, wich looks great, don't get me wrong, but your version is much more likely to be the flying monster Tolkien was imagining: a very traditional and sober dragon shaped head, similar to those of John Howe or Ted Nasmith, but with your particular sign. The same comment about the Witch kings aplies here, not few times I see an excelent dragon/monster/knight concept overloaded with unncesesary spikes, shapes or points.
Overall, I simply love it, as a Tolkien illustrator's fan I can tell you have little or nothing to envy to them.