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Tanqexe — Into Nibelheim
Published: 2004-03-31 09:31:01 +0000 UTC; Views: 4488; Favourites: 71; Downloads: 1116
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Scene from Richard Wagner's Das Rheingold, depicting Odin/Wotan's descent into the realm of the Nibelung to seek Albrecht and his ring. Heh, before Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, there was Wagner's opera magnum opus, The Ring of Nibelung, to which Das Rheingold is the first part of the four-part about the fall of the gods.Finally got away from school stuff, sat down last night, and finished this thing...I'm still likely to play around with it, so if anyone notices anything minor that I can fix, tell me...
Program: Photoshop 7.0
Time: On and off, about 12 hours...too slow, was correcting stuff I didn't like along the way.
References: Aside from looking up the rune symbols for Wotan, none.
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Comments: 43
Superb work, from one of my favourite subjects.
Not enough of this kind of thing on DA, in my view.
Good to see you know your facts, as well
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i love this. I've been trying to find a recording or a showing or hell even a written form of Das Rheingold for about a year now.
I'ts hard to find anything more than a synopsis. It warms the cockles of my heart to see it illustrated so beautifully.
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You've got that Nibelung atmosphere right Woden looks badass as usual
Wicked to see another Norse myth supporter, I too love Wagner & think is music is ethereal, beyond competition, and your art complements his well
But I prefer Gutterdammerung over The Ring, because Sutur features in Wagner's Gutterdammerung. Listen to 'Zuruch Vom Ring', where the actual defeat of the Aesir and collapse of all defense is processed into musical format. It's pretty...impressive stuff
I like it because in those last four minutes, the world is being burnt by Sutur & his sword, until it all sinks into the sea, and the flames beat against the ceiling of the universe.
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this is fucking brilliant! haven't got more words for it
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I absolutely love the usage of tint, tone and shades of warm/hot colors. *amazed and at awe* It really matches Odin's majestic nature and I suppose Wagner's powerful pieces as well. ^^
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Chalk it up to listening to too much opera music for the past few months =/
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There's a majesty to this picture that's almost overwhelming. The point of view is beautifully done, and lends an extra magnificence to the central figure. The flame-like colors are perfect - rich and opulent.
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I guess all the detail did show through then o_O
I'm always worried about how the image looks on other comps because of my LCD monitor.
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I have an LCD monitor, too, and I have the same worries. I always figure people with the CRT monitors are going to see the pics differently.
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Great work ^_^; Atmosphere and colours are great... but it makes me depressed and want chibi Gundams suddenly. o.o
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He's no fun T_T Oh well, I'll make do with scary demonic pictures for now ._.;
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Oh cass!! Its beautiful!! So wonderfully drawn!! The background is splendid!! >.< no faiiiir!
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you never cease to amaze me richard you truly are the best at what you do i am amazed.
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This is so beautiful. I love the warm colours....the picture is just so..I don't know.
Incredible job.
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i'm going to devour your brains, and steal some of you skills!
seriously, i like the color choices, makes it look dark and yet dangerous at the same time...something about evil and burning...what stands out to me the most is that glowing spear...it emits some sort of supernatural light, enhanced by the glows elsewhere in the pic.
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Colors? I'm getting there I guess ^_^;;;;
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That's awesome! there are so much red and fire, it's burning my eyes... so much evilness in this picture..
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set up a prints section already
yknow i love it man. *adds to favs
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Fantastic work on the lighting part and an instant 
Go on, Tanqexe!
Nektarios.
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Hehe, thanks Nektarios! Mmmm...Wagner...apocalyptical music.
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like the way this turned out man, the little guy looking back is a good entry too, really nice image
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oh yeah, that's a really awesome drawing/picture. i'm never sure what to call them. A+++++++
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i have this sinking feeling that Odin is going to walk through my door and squash me with his fingers. I don't want to die
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Very nice indeed - lovely textures, and the low viewpoint is very immersive. Great work!
It doesn't need crits, but if you want 'em, I'd say the brown 'fog' across the bottom of the pic is a little heavy - it works well at the edges of the image, but it's flattening the image behind the main figure - he'll stand out much better if you fade the fog into the background. I'd certainly lose or reduce it around the main figure's leading leg; as it is, it 's pushing him back, where it seems as if he should pop out of the composition. Same applies to the glow across his face and on the spear.
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Good thing I did the fog in layers; took out the fog in front and reduced the brightness of the glow. Is that a little better?
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Yeah - that helps to bring him forward. Never mind what I think though, do *you* think it's an improvement?
Personally, I think I'd fade the fog across the brighter bits in the background, too - the cave / furnace on the right, and the highlighted rocks opposite. If there was some kind of mist in front of such bright light sources, wouldn't the vapour flare a bit?
I still think the glow on the figure looks 'stuck on' somehow. The perceived light sources are at his back - have you tried putting the glow behind him?
I feel like an ass suggesting such trivial tweaks, particularly when you already have such an attractive image there. Feel free to ignore my rambling.
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Someone has skills. 
Program? Time? References? Tsk tsk, you should always write those things into the description (unless you are evilly fishing for extra comments, 
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I don't like limiting myself to sci-fi
Lemme edit the description, just for you
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I love it. Wonderful atmosphere you've created. I feel like I'm right in the middle of it.
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nice work, good theme! good light and coloristic! i like it!
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