Goblin

Painting \ Figure | 04/02/05 @062 | DigitalDust | critiques (21) | views (1475)

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Her name is Goblin. Disturbed and abused, she has a magic ring that conjures up a serpentine overseer to reek havoc on any who mean to harm her...

Yes, I got a little "smudge tool" happy with my strokes, but I wanted to show a sense of a battered and torn character study, the shadow of the looming villian figure, the unfeeling gaze in her eyes, and the foreboding of the skull implied in the moon.

This was an illustration done for a short story titled "A Step Into Darkness" in the L Ron Hubbard Presents The Best of the Writers of the Future anthology published by Bridge Publications, Inc.

It is a collection of some of the best writers' stories from the writers competition and illustrated by winners of the illustration competition.

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Comments (21)

bellas

04/02/05 @103

very realistic and nice shading technique in this one

Madanapale

04/02/05 @153

Sad...but excellent concept and mood...the lighting works very well with the mood of the picture...The big eyes on the background are a scary but effective detail...very well done Darren!!
Carlos

Cushart

04/02/05 @317

i like the shadow

ChristineG

04/02/05 @427

I'm not a huge fan of the smudge effect, but the concept is good.

siffert

04/02/05 @527

Love the concept and the mood. Good work!

Quizzical

04/02/05 @702

Interesting -- I'm not confident with the smudge tool myself, but I think her clothing works very well with it. The face is great. I suggest refinement around the eyes of the serpent.

cupcake

04/02/05 @731

Nice mood . Well done.

eremita

04/05/05 @479

I love it!!

Xris

04/05/05 @951

Very good atmosphere and mood to this one Darren. Creeeepppyyy!

flowjoe

04/06/05 @290

Awesome Darren, well done

Flowjoe

Wysiwyg

04/06/05 @422

eh, there's no need to apologize for the smudge tool. The strong presentation of contrast surely makes up for it....wonder how this would look as a duotone, or maybe a tri color pallete...

MsMichelleLynn

04/06/05 @454

Very nice softness to this piece Darren. I like your shading technique. Her left cheek (to our right) I think needs a bit of work though. It looks indented.

Excellent quality from you as always.

dreams

04/06/05 @780

Nice mood.

Dax

04/06/05 @871

Very nice work!
Love the eyes of the snake!

Romeo

04/07/05 @986

great work .. great concept ..
I love it +10

DigitalDust

04/07/05 @240

Have'ta say I really appreciate everyone's comments on this and not beating me over the head for what I felt were it's weaknesses, but to see the emotive angle I was trying to achieve.

My thanks!

(and I just realized what those "Rate critique as" icons are for - does anybody ever use those?)

Eleni

04/08/05 @390

WoooooooooooW
I like it very much

Juro

04/08/05 @638

Nice original style, I like the shades and shadows, well done.

Andy--Jones

05/18/05 @141

Great image. You can really sense the isolation she must feel in that face.

liquidd

07/11/05 @825

Very Nice.

vanettda

07/23/05 @006

Darren, Good to see your work again after so long. You always were good, now you seem to be approaching greatness. I hope things are well with your family. Drop me a line sometime!

DtV

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