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André Szabolcs Szelp 2002-07-11 A real professional work Just great! What shall I say more, if that is the quintessence?   stan wisniewski 2002-07-11 April, you have a fantastic gallery! There are not enough true painters on Epilogue.   Holger Göbber 2002-09-29 HiHi One might argue that Balrogs have no real wings (at least that was yelled at me when I mentioned it careless as I am) but it is a very cool Balrog nevertheless. ;)   (April Lee) With Tolkien, it's often hard to tell exactly what his creatures looked like. Even the elves and humans! For instance, there will be many people who will argue that Legolas has dark hair, others that his hair is fair. In the text, it simply never says either way! Balrogs are creatures of fire and shadow. AFAIK, the text doesn't go into much greater detail. My version was somewhat based on John Howe's balrog, since he's my favorite Tolkien artist. But I didn't want to just copy Howe's design, so mine is a bit different. (Come to think of it, I also might have been influenced by Night on Bald Mountain from Fantasia, since I've always liked that demon!) Ihsan Alnasrawi 2003-02-19 This is stunning - the angle is great and the architectural background superb! We could really do with more "building work" in epilogue! This guys truly appears from hell, about to cause some serious damage...   (April Lee) I have the same reluctance to do backgrounds--particularly architecture (agh--straight lines! perspective!!!) that many Epilogue artists have. But I have to admit that a nice background can really help a piece to look better, so I try every now and then to actually put one in. Post a Comment