dirtybug  01/27/04 @543

damn cool! great dynamics! want to see more of that! - maybe you could put the burning eye into that palantir (is that spelled correct?) - but just imo

Crow  01/27/04 @555

grey bothers me.. I'd put more colors to that, otherwise it's great work. oh, he looks more like Gandalf the White.. and then we could start arguing about palantir, 'cause Palantir of Orthanc was bigger than that and that thing it is in is different from Tolkien's description.. (Don't care about me, LotR's just the only thing I really know something about )

Yina  01/27/04 @559

wow very good painting skills!

jawine  01/27/04 @580

Good light and hands The beard overflows a bit into the clothing, but maybe that's intentional? The gray bugs me too but it looks like you used neutral or colorless gray. Don't do that it takes all the colordepth out of your drawing. Gray is always a little saturated in real photoshop saturation 0% gray doesn't exist irl

Haevion  01/27/04 @612

Great job! Good composition and colors, although many grey is used.

Ikaa  01/27/04 @623

Very nice. The figure is great (good to see a personal version of Saruman)

ChrisThatGuy  01/27/04 @673

Very nice. I like the limited colour pallette you used and the dynamic look you achieved with your brushstrokes.

Kassandra  01/27/04 @675

Love the red highlights!!!

tiger1313  01/27/04 @722

Stunning.What about giving smoe bright reflects on palantir?

rwwingsfan19  01/27/04 @736

awesome! i love the angled perspective.. the colors are great too.. i like how all the paint strokes follow the angled perspective +8 is all i can give.. i wish i could give more..

zeekgfx  01/28/04 @346

remarkable work. i'm especially impressed with how you handled the hair/beard.

Ani  01/28/04 @604

Thanks everybody for your comments... I should have coloured my grey a bit. A more cold grey, to contrast with the red light... Thanks for your criticisms about that.

Nightmare2060  01/28/04 @667

Vraiment bon,

kiwidoc  01/28/04 @712

I like the grey - it seems to fit with the idea that Saruman lost both his white and his many-coloured identities. This image shows that the palantir is more alive than the wizard using it.

EmmaLB  01/28/04 @885

It's great! Lol, I know comments like this aren't much help, but 'wow' just means I think everything is right in the painting, nothing to criticise.

PeachySticks  01/29/04 @010

Hooooly shiiiiit..... excuse me language but this is awesome. Anry-awesome. That's a compliment I love the well-drawn hands and fabric. The compositoin is very dynamic too. Nothing much to crit about this image; in one word, superb. *nodnod*

Halcyonic  01/29/04 @225

we wantsssss your talentsesss! Awesome work dude!

jestar  01/29/04 @296

Great job on the hair and robes. The face and hands are tops.

IcyGarnet  01/29/04 @338

This is a great piece, I love the colours, the idea, everything is great! Nice one.

FireAngel666  01/29/04 @683

i like the dynamics of this piece as well as the colours chosen... but the grey on his hand and face bothers me! it's either too dark or something(i know you can't make it lighter cause of his robe).... i really believe it would be better with skin colour(maybe with grey tints in to to make the greys in the image work together?)... btw! great composition with his on the side that that!

Shiv  01/30/04 @542

oui ton anglais esst très conpréhensible ^^ beautifull artwork i love the red light

Amik  02/08/04 @305

wow. that is soooo cool. 0=> !!!

Jun-Art  02/15/04 @977

Great!

Mila-22  05/27/04 @706

Amazing Illustration!!!

crystalkiss  07/04/04 @885

ooohh, tu est francais! j'étudie le francais au lycée et oui, comme Shiv a dit, ton anglais est parfait ^-^ *gasp* it's... so... PERFECT! *stare* it's just... FLAWLESS... and I LOVE Lord of the Rings *grin*

Kalininskiy  09/12/04 @794

Wonderful! +9!! my max

Jane  10/01/04 @376

The face is really good! +8

Torque03  10/05/04 @155

Too much grey, but there's a great feel to the composition!

snhdk  10/11/04 @260

this picture looks so smooth and the lighting is perfect it makes me wanna stroke his hair...lol

Galdor  11/20/04 @189

great as always ani <3

blackholes  12/10/04 @842

very good!

uncle-xeN  01/02/05 @515

really good +10

Eleni  04/11/05 @429

awesome

myguitarplaysit  07/28/05 @983

I really like the detail that you put into this one- But I agree with the others about a more intense background. Really nicely done 7/7

Basw  01/23/06 @066

Fucking awesome. Definetly +10 Dynamic, powerful and stylish.

arzuza-  09/03/07 @639

wow... I love the lord of the rings film, and when I saw this image I ran for admire it. The colors are very well done, the ligthing and illumination is good too. Good work