Gatekeeper (Face the Slayer) by JCD
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Description
"The slayer steps into the factory hall and finds herself face to face with the ominous gatekeeper. Despite the uneven odds, she instinctively draws her pistols, though her adversary stands motionless. His stoic silence allows her the rare luxury of surveying the environment before making the next move. One way or another, she's determined to pass and knows it won't be easy. Time to die..."
Created for DA's Resident Evil "Envision the Executioner" contest, this was sort of a mixed media piece as the executioner is a physical action figure that was lit, photographed and Photoshoped into my Vue render. Once in the scene, I overpainted the textures, added additional details and cleaned up the figure a bit before finishing up with some additional lighting treatments. The additional chains were rendered in the 3d scene and wrapped over the figure in Photoshop as well. The scene is Stonemason's Ministry set, though it's been made into a much wider room to accommodate lots of axe swinging. V4 plays Alice and in my version of the RE universe, packs a samurai sword for when things get ugly. Thanks for looking!
Comments (45)
Apple_UK
I like this: It has a story to it and it is well rendered. The poses and the atosmpkeric regression are very good. Well done JCD
chippwalters
Great job! One of your best! Either that's a very mean axe, or a Giant's left foot. In either case, it's an ominous foretell of what's about to happen.
rbowen
Excellent!
ShawnDriscoll
Favorited.
anitalee
Awesome
1971s
Horror is very well seen in this work ...
TaylorC
Great work. The subtitle just makes me think of a song... "You think you can destroy me? You'd better think again. I am eternal terror, my quest will never end. I'll trap you in the pentagram and seal your battered tomb. Your life is just another game for Satan's night of doom!" m/
muddy_chickn
wow...that is some freakin great work
gmvgmvgmv
Pretty gruesome scene, but well done. Love the streaming light rays. Fine work!
5391151
Very cool....nice job.
MarkHirst
Very chilling and gory, especially with that bloodied axe.
ThomasMacCallum
superb
2121
absolutely stunning....
necrophage
awesome scene and characters - great atmosphere and lighting! 5+
bigbraader
Cool & creepy. Excellent atmosphere. 5*
RadiZ
That is awesome man, i have never tried that technique my self, i have seen it done before, but not always with success, this however came out really, really great . .
texboy
whoa! she's got her work cut out for her.... fine image!!
thecytron
Awesome!
DangerousThing
Wow! The gatekeeper looks like an archetype for "Do not pass."
AwarenessLogic
The lighting and compositing on the Gatekeepr figure is supurb!
CrownPrince
WOW Nice!!
Krid
perfect scene with excellent lightning and atmosphere
Shiroyama
that is totally cool!
Orinoor
I love all the details you put into a scene, especially the fire in the background, it really adds depth. Fantastic work on the main character, wow, love the over the top axe, excellent work!
cvrad
very wicked looking image love the lighting and the charachter looks very frightening indeed
OrphanedSoul
Love the boot and it is excellent art!
ElorOnceDark
Wow! Fantastic work! Had you not explained your arduous process, I would've thought it was fully 3D rendered.
CATMANDO
That is one Evil looking beast she has to pass.....Excellent work.
flavia49
marvellous image and render!
sandra46
marvelous, superb image!