Moody Environments and Scenes
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Jeremias Fritsch
Hi! So I am reading the Elric of Melnibone Books right now and was wondering what you think of my Illustrations covering some of its scenes. Do you have any thoughts on what i should focus on more? What would help a lot is if you would try and describe to me what you see in them so I know if i communicated the main theme properly! Thanks a lot for the help in advance!
Whoa is that a huge man napping in the mountain crevice there in the second illustration? That is so cool. And scary. I see two people on horseback passing through what seems like a terrain with long grass? I say that because the horses' legs seem to disappear into the grass below. The grass area on the mountain behind them seems a bit flat to me. It looks like they are on a quest to find something or leaving on some dangerous mission because of the foggy environment around them. Also, because it is so foggy all around them the only light patch of land they are on seems a bit too bright.
The second illustration is my favouriteeee. I don't know if it was intended but those two rocky pillars look like the legs of the resting man and that is an amazing effect, I really love how you have done that. The rocks look like folds of cloth and really solid at the same time.
The third illustration caught my attention too, it makes me curious about the story behind these pictures. It looks like the man is stuck on a hostile island and waiting for someone to come or just really downtrodden and beaten. This seems like a really cold place with all that water hitting the sharp rocks and the mist.
The fourth one looks hellish. Like a ruined sky empire (because of the cloud like surface it is resting on). It gives me the vibes that this place has something to do with magic and not the good kind. With those red vein like structures that also seem to resemble a thunder strike. Those red blocks, especially the one on the right seems to be broken but still hanging in air. The piece in the middle of them looks like a clock and a crown because of the spikes. I love your use of red and black, it leaves no question about the mood of the scene, looks like it is about the aftermath of some curse or a war that destroyed a place.
Great work man.
Hey! Thank you for taking your time with this! Your were mostly right about everything. The last image is a Dimension the Main Characters enter to slay two Interdimentional God like creatures that are sucking the life force out of their Universe. In the books The city is described to be destroyed and in tact at the same time so the buildings remained the shadows they had when they were still in good shape. It is definetly supposed to give Evil Chaotic vibes! Image three is the main Character summoning the Straasha, a waterelemental which took him the entire day. At this stage of the book he is fairly weak and tired so the fact that you saw that in my depiction is amazing! In image one I wanted only the small patch of grass which the main charcters are on to be hit by the sun. I wasnt totally pleased by the effect I was able to create so I get why it seems off. And yes they are rushing towards a dangerous mission :)
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I haven't read the books myself, but I like the illustrations themselves and the dramatic rock formations in them. Great job :)
Thank you! I struggle a lot with rocks and put a lot of work into painting them so that means a lot to me!
Just came here to say I love them!:) The only one that I don't understand is the last one but I'm sure its explained in the books. You have surely piqued my interest in them, might look into them, so great job!:)
