Darkshore Gate, Poster Edition by tking

3D Studio Max • Fantasy • posted on Feb 19, 2006

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T.King(c) Original Artwork 'Darkshore Gate' Poster. Part of my 2006 Art Gallery. Darkshore Gate gives passage to the Ashland's, for those who dare to enter. The ominous fortress is inhabited by giant skeletal creatures known as the Dark Keepers. Guarding the immense gate are Dark Keep Sentries. Covered with spiked onyx plate and draping black silk, and armed with rune etched scythes, they allow only the damned to pass. This image has been reduced from 7000x4000 to 1280x841. I hand-spline everything from the ground up with 3D Studio Max, UVW map everything with hand-painted composite textures, post-process in Photoshop using a Wacom Cintiq. Then put it all together with bubblegum (spearmint flavour), toothpicks, spackle, and cheeky hamsters to work the lifts. Hope you enjoy this release. :)

Comments (15)

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Rockdog

10:02PM | Sun, 19 February 2006

This is pretty awesome job there..

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lygher_xero

10:51PM | Sun, 19 February 2006

very very overwhelming

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Oils_on_Display

12:25AM | Mon, 20 February 2006

.:looks cool - kinda like the black gate from Lord of the Rings:.

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Rayvin

1:37AM | Mon, 20 February 2006

Nice work... you have a wondeful imagination!

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Quiter

1:54AM | Mon, 20 February 2006

Alright then and where can we find the full scale version of this picture, it looks really magnificent.

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Mint3D

5:02AM | Mon, 20 February 2006

Thats a place i would like to explore!! Wonderful work on modelling and whole picture has wonderful magic :) !!

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Myako

8:57AM | Mon, 20 February 2006

wonderful creation thomas, a very unique design it gives an atmosphere similar to the JRR Tolkien storys ;D

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dreamlight

9:13AM | Mon, 20 February 2006

Very cool scene... Looks scary!

wingnut55

5:17PM | Mon, 20 February 2006

forbidding and atmospheric (be careful that it doesnt scare the cheeky hamsters...)

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FrenchKiss

1:35AM | Tue, 21 February 2006

Most excellent modeling! This is beautifully done!

MgraFx

6:58AM | Fri, 24 February 2006

yeah geat model, but i'am a nice bastard.... if the light come from behind the mountains, why there's too glow effect and lght between model and mountains, i think that in center of mountain must there's some kind of shadows or less glow light effect, if not excuse me for mine bastrd comment ah ah ah. Great patience work yeah!!

tony_br22

12:34PM | Fri, 24 February 2006

Cool looking model and render .. excellent stuff

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tking

4:38PM | Sun, 26 February 2006

There is a volcano behind the mountains, shooting a pilar of fire upwards, causing ash and soot to create what is now kwown as, Darkshore. What you're not seeing in this 70mm view, is the full height of the "afterglow" far above the fortress' highest tower/peak. It is casting a glow on the water, and there is ambient light coming from the approx. the NE. All of my scenes are created with the effects using a horizon line, geospherical layered fractal clouds, a sun, and whatever volumetric light (ergo the volcano) behind the fortress. Hope that explains it a bit. :)

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