It took two hundred years to build Hollow's End from a small village, to the walled city that once stood between the Azaira Mountains and the open sea. It only took the dragons three hours to bring the city to its knees. Every man, woman, and child of Hollow's End lost to the liquid fires of Asterath and his clan,... its outer walls melted, its innards reduced to mere ash upon the wind. Only Sharia survived the carnage, as she watched everyone she had ever known or loved die screaming before her eyes. May whatever gods the dragons worship have mercy on their scaly hides, for Sharia has none left to offer. There shall soon come a reckoning for Hollow's End.... One delivered coldly by a rage filled heart, as Sharia plunges her spear deep within the breast of the last dragon left in all the three kingdoms. It may not bring her peace, nor remove the images of devastation from her dreams... but, perhaps it will save another child from facing the horrors of dragon fire. For this, she would do what she must.
I always like to put a story to my images. If anyone reads this, perhaps you will add the next paragraph to the story? I think that would be pretty cool. Anyway, here is the breakdown of: "The Fall Of Hollow's End."
I wanted to create a portrait, so I started playing around with a 3D character. I wanted real emotion, loss, pain.... I played for quite a bit, and there it was. The pose (and stage) was set.
As you can see, I wasn't happy with the outfit, so with a bit of time, I finally got the image I wanted. I then took the render into my image editor and started to paint around it. Just,... the colour wasn't working for me... I needed mood. So, black and white with silver, grey, and black paint..... Yeah,... that's the mood.
I add a tear here, a dragon image within the moon there, a few buildings, a little smoke, some ash, and bang.... nailed it. lol. At least I think I did. Here is a giff of the process.
And as always, here is the final image. Thanks for looking, and if you want, let me see some stories develop in the comment section. Never know,... might be fun. Have a great day!
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Super impressed with this post!
Thanks! It was fun to create.
wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you totally captured that mood and the story drew me in! hehehehe
I love that you invited your readers to add to the story! hmmmm might have to try ;)
and you did - you really captured the mood of what you were going for. It's amazing as I read the adjectives that you described - i was thinking yep yep yep! that's exactly what I see on her face AND what I feel when I look at her!
and i would not have even noticed that little gem in the moon! hehehehe very cool idea to subtly put the dragon there!
nice work - as always, my friend :)
(sorry i've been a teeny bit quiet - i've been going nuts with mailing lists. i hate learning new programs hahahahaha) but i will be better at visiting your blog ;) 3 days is way too long to get here!
No worries, you've been busy. Glad you stopped by, and I hope you do add a paragraph or two. Like to see where you take it. Plus, your writing is a lot better than mine, sooooo, lol.
Sup Dork?!? Enjoy the Upvote!!!
Hello!
This is beautiful work! I loved it. And I would like to try and continue the story. Actually, there is a contest by @freewritehouse and sponsored by @mariannewest, where people collaborate to come up with a post related to a prompt.
If you are interested, I would like you to join me. I could continue the story. I think it matches the prompt nicely, which is "ten years of darkness", we just have to make a twist to that direction. Well, all I can do is write, I'm not an artist hehe.
There are nice prizes, but I don't know if you like or have time to this sort of thing. If not, that's ok. In any case, just let me know.
Best,
Rosa.