Fantastic title, and the blood looks so organic. Well done, this is a great image!

coool

The blood looks kind of like candy oozing out, tweak on the brightness and color of it too make it pop, and this would be a killer entry IMO

lchappell, thanks...I was afraid of the blood looking phony (the reference pic is just red paint) but I darkened it up, and you're right, it looks better now.

Yeah looks better already...nice recovery

great!

nice job with the blood. i like how he somehow doesn't care about the knife being in his eye

Totally Awesome..nice work..

Disturbing and incredibly clever. I love it!

Quality work on this is the dagger possible a little to bright for the amount of light in the scene

oooh this makes me cringe! Very good job on the blood, really realistic, I think you went overboard on darkness, would look a little better if it were lighter. But its not a big thing really, I just want to see more!

Warlock& Ory, thanks for your comments. If you look at the SBS you'll see that the dagger was darkened proportionally with the rest of the image. And I think the dark shadows are appropriate to the mood of the image. I thank you both for your insights and your comments. I wish more members would make thoughtful comments.

great

That's gonna leave a mark. Great work translating the shadow from the face to the source. This is a crazy man, smiling with a knife in his eye. Great mood.

Oh this scares me a little.

good work

OOHH.....good work

...and he doesn't even break his smirky smile. What a dude!!

i like the light effect

very nice

i would scream if I were in his place)bet he's a dark demon who doesn't feel pain

Could've let some blood run down the knife as well :-P very cool (although my question still stands: on what drug is he not to care for the knife sticking from his eye?! lol )

Well Stoli, imagine how hard it is to find a pic that says "I love having this dagger in my eye!"

Strong entry.. good luck author!!!!