I'm just happy to see an image other than some kind of God Tree of Death! This is a great image, and greadual change from life to death is great, you've done a fantastic job on the blending. Good luck!

very beautiful.. I'm just curious if anyone knows what the words on the trees say.. it would be hysterical if it was something like EAT AT DENNY's LOL.. great work on this author.. nice blend

I've heard some of them talk about art :P

grt use of source very beautiful...............

great blending!

Life...death....I've heard Art described the same way. It's all subjective anyway. Great image.

Congrats for your third place, Akassa!

Congrats!

congrats

Congratulations for 3rd

Congrats!

Very elegant and pretty.. good luck on this one author

nice composition

nice highlights

nice work, I love the cheeky little smile it really works here

Nice Mood author I like the job. One thing I see is that she only has one red eye? Great job good luck with your entry

really nice!!!!!!

good

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!!!!

I prefer it to the other one. It's clearer and less confusing. Nice work!

Now it's not anonymous! I'd personally like to see a version with texture between this and the first one. I think the mods may ask you to choose one over the other, but that's up to them...good luck.

A rerun uh

Nice job to show the 'limbo' stage of death.

More lightning needed, but good luck!

what is the brown color in the floor? is it a shadow or blood

blood

it should be red, maybe it is that my computer color settings are different than yours

loks very scary... g8 job make the shadow bit lighter...

havent i seen this one???!!!

nice!!

solid .. good luck.. though I think the title would be better as Angels of Death.. sounds more menacing.. but that's just my opinon.. good luck

Very nice concept, I just don't understand the purple "thing" on the back of them....

MrLuna check the SBS for color

Creative use of the source!! Good Luck

good colors

If they are angels you should give them wings.

The fins on the bomb part are their wings.

I think the purple is an effective contrasting element. The over all effect of this work is very cool IMO.

Certainly a different approach I like the perspective and use of colors, it fits the theme. Good luck!

whoah freaky