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Published: 2011-02-17 20:28:35 +0000 UTC; Views: 3379; Favourites: 61; Downloads: 50
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As the night draws near, a traveling hedge knight faces an obstacle during his journey - the ancient bridge was ruined long ago, and no passage is left.A goblin occupies the other bank of the ravine, letting trough only those willing to pay the fare.
Intended as a speed-paint, but i liked the idea and worked on it for about 7-8 hours i suppose. Only the goblin i find too much cartoon-like, unfortunately.
Comments and critique appreciated!
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Rather magnificient! Your style is deft and lovely coloured. Ominous impression of decay and danger.
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At any rate, splendid artworks! Evocative to boot, and starkly shaded like a dream. Have a nice day.
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Brilliant, gives off a very fatasy-ish atmosphere
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soft, yet very distinctive characteristics of what a mind dreams of and ponders! I love the troll/gremlin oops goblin makes me think of "my precious" Lord of the rings, that was their perception so very realistic and not outlandish or chartoonistic at at all..I hope that is a word"cartoonistic".lol (do not feed me after midnight) I Love it!!!
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Oh thank you. I Appreciate that evocative opinion
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I think your picture is great, the contrast in light and darkness is well done and rendered. You can almost feel the dislike each of the characters in the picture has for each other. Good job.
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This is funny how people see the dislike in this picture. I didnt feel it while painting this piece, although when i think of it now, there's no other way one could look on this scene. 
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thanks for the story with this picture, kinda brings it more to life, I think it's great, what is it you don't like about your goblin?
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Thanks, the explanation clearly helps in an illustration
The goblin - i drew him on separate layer on top after finishing the rest of the piece, and i have an impression that he looks like... a sticker. But maybe its just silly me
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I have to disagree, he doesn't look like a sticker at all, in fact at first glance I barely saw him hiding there, to get a better look at him I magnified the pic, to see what you were talking about, so he fits well, Idk what you could do better, maybe put a little shadow on the ground behind his feet? maybe that will help him feel more grounded
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hmm, thats... actually well for me when you disagree
The shadow, it can be a little messed up, because after i drew the goblin i stretched him and turned him and moved.... and never got happy with. But he is as he is, and i don't go back to stuff, and change it, cause most often the stuff gets screwed up and worse than it originally was.
Thanks for you valuable opinions!
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It is a very cool painting, I like the soothing colors, and the idea it depicts. The goblin, well I like this goblin. He seems almost cute with his long ears and big nose, to the point I', worried that the proud traveler might kill him, or hurt him, instead of paying fee. By the way, is he having a pet dog, the goblin?
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Thank you very, very much for such a long and kind comment, i rarely receive these
I was actually worried as well, what if a hothead knight slays a foul creature? But then, i decided that such a goblins has to has some means to thrive on such a tollhouse. Maybe he has hidden traps and devices, and for sure he is mysterious and cunning beyond measure. He'll take care of himself, that's how he makes living on this forgotten pass.
And yes he has a pet... something 
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Good, you put my mind at ease... Goblin's safe. 
He reminds me of Weenog... a goblin servant of a wizard Oric from Icewind Dale (it's a veeery old PC game). Weenog was just a servant but liked to think he was Orics apprentice... (Now I'm writing bollocks, sorry, don't read it
Pet something... Good. at least he is not alone in the world
Keep up the awesome work!
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You know, when Icewind Dale came out i already then remembered some really ancient computer games
I've been gamemastering for more than dozen years now, and lately i use my homebrew fantasy setting, where everything is how i like it, not conceived by some developer
Thank you for the cheer, I shall work hard and not falter
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