0.o thats cool! I like the dark/evil effect it gives off.

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WOW, that owns!

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Awesome.
I love the colors, I love the backdrop, I truly adore the character.

Im particularly fond of the patch where the "spine" is exposed.
The background truly adds alot of depth, and puts some nice focus and defination to the main aspect : the demon.

A +Fav for sure.

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very nice m8!! i should add this to my wallpaper soon

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the back, is that a (stone)texture where you brush up the details and highlights?
or is every single scratch brushed.

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its a mixture of things really. There are three main custom brushes I have made in Photoshop, one is stone (marble) one is a kinda rusting metal that I took and the other is a bark texture. I also use the Cloud one that comes with Photoshop. Using these I basically just added and added and added to the back in progressive passes and let the texture take shape.

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A very interesting design and theme choice.

Colour:
Here I see you use black and red as your main focus (it's your favourite combination of colours isn’t? ). Naturally this colour style suits the theme you are trying to create here. The blacks and red used for the fiery background are my most favourite, then comes the foreground and it's colour style using most grays and earthy colours. These two separate colour choices become conjoined to their area very nicely. And I also credit you on your overall colour variation throughout the entire piece.
The head of the creature embarks it's own colour style also, using the grays as I said, but when you focus more on this individual you come to realize how it truly looks evil, and for me may even jump out of the screen, this I think is primarily brought through by the intense red in it's eye, but also by the shape and expression on his face which I will get into more later.

Style/Texture:
I take it you used your Wacom tablet for this one as with many others...
This means that the natural look to be expected is smooth, but this one (looking at the figures back particularly) reveals a lot more texture; this is also seen in some of the terrain as well. I have said it before, but I still this your develop with each new deviation, and this being no exception to that. It's also interesting that I notice that aspect in style and texture as I usually notice differences between other pieces of yours through objects and colour. This most likely means that the way you have texturized the terrain, background and figure has different to your other pieces.
So briefly, in texture, you use a soft unfocussed look for the fiery background, and a very realistic earthy look for the terrain and creature. As you state in your description it seems to have taken you sometime to create this look.

Objects/Structure:
There are only a few objects in this one, making not too complex of a piece in a structural sense. The figure being probably the main focal point was a good idea in this because you naturally wanted to capture some emotion. But also the background... It somewhat plays it's own major part being the horizon. It's unfocused yes (the unfocussed look is also great if I might add) but, it for me is a good distraction from the creature. I find myself constantly looking at it and wondering what it would look like focused.
The creature though is perhaps one of the best designs I have seen for a long time, however when I look at his shoulders vs the dark rock face, his upper lever looks almost 2D. It might of needed some more shading in the area to create a 3D look. But ultimately it's fine, and I admire the spine and head, which reminds me of the Borg Queen (Star Trek).

Theme/Concept:
As I briefly explained in colour, the figures expression is very; creepy is probably the best word for it. I can just imagine myself perhaps spying on him from behind, and then having him suddenly stop and slowly turn around spotting you. I also stated just before how I always caught myself looking into the distance at the background, well it for me in this section I feel this having it's own theme. Like the fact how it being the primary good distraction from the creature, I has this sort of illusive aspect about it that I can't really explain well, I guess that's a good thing though. A whole week on the concept, I can see why you put a lot of though into it.

Composition/Overall:
Thank you for providing such a detailed description of the tasks you undertook to create the piece, this I always admire. A whole week on the concept, I can see why you put a lot of though into it. In some ways it it's all that unique but in others it is. I have mixed feelings about that, but the overall design, and concept it quite distinctive from many of other works.
I anticipate your next release. Well done once again.

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woof. nice job

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that's damn good stuff here. the strange look, texturing and dark atmosphere work hand in hand. well done.

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