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Savage City

Acrylic; approx 8.5" x 13.5"

Novel cover for the Robert Earl book of the same title.
© Games Workshop

Original artwork sold.

The swashbuckler hero and his sidekick stand back to back against the mainmast as their enemy mass around them.

Insurmountable odds? I think not!

The focus of the cover very much needed to be the hero. I tried to achieve that a number of ways throughout the composition and rendering.

The hero is the only figure looking directly out of the picture, whilst all the other characters are very keenly focused on him. I reinforced this effect by the colour scheme. The Hero has the strongest value contrast, blacks and whites, along with the colour contrast of being in a red-brown spotlight against the aquamarine surroundings.

The sail was left as a blank expansive area so that the title could be placed there.

Lastly his knowing smile tells us what he thinks about his predicament.
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You're work never ceases to amaze me. You really are a master of detail and perspective - I aspire to be like you one day, I only wish that day was today :-). Thank you for being an inspiration. Bex xxx

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You are still the man. Your eye for composition is almost unmatched and this picture shows it once again.

The color scheme choice for making the hero stand out works very well. And you know he's going to sweep the deck with the minotaurs ass after dispatching all the buccaneers. The sidekick going to get it though. Too bad for him.
The knowing smile on the heros face could have been a bit more obvious. Now it's shows only slightly and is easily missable.

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Beautiful work. I love the color use on it and the arrangement really lets us see your comfort level with the details. Great job.

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Great artwork! Your eye for detail and your totally incredible skill make this a completely worthwhile deviation to come and take a squiz at. Well done! :clap:

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Artists like you are the reason RPGs are such a popular hobby :)

Amazing work

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I love it. Go pirate fights!
I must say that i like the clothes and the wolfthings drool :P

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Simply great work. The effects you use works perfectly, too. :)
Fantastic Ralph, once again you manage to capture the subject matter perfectly. It's dark, it's ominous and you get a real feeling of the struggle for survival - I'd be chuffed to get a book cover like this for one of mine, nicely done!

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This is really wonderful, looks just like I'd imagine a ship-bound swashbuckling battle to look :)

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how does it feel to be able to draw like you ?

i envy you...

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