I have been writing stories and poetry all of my life. My interest in art began when my Dad held my hand when I was about two years old and helped me to draw a face. Since then I have progressed through pencils and crayons through water colours and oils and finally I am doing most of my art on the computer. I have created all of the illustrations in my books and have a substantial art gallery here at Renderosity. I was born in England and travelled to Australia with my family when I was ten years old. We moved to Mount Gambier when I was a child and I returned here in the early 90s and have lived here since. My early life was filled with books and reading and every Christmas we always received a story book of some kind. I remember our book shelves being filled with the works of Kipling, Shakespeare, H. G. Wells, Jules Verne and Edgar Allen Poe, to name a few, together with a good smattering of Enid Blyton and many other children's authors. That early contact with books at my mother's knee inspired a love of reading and writing for which I will always be thankful.
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Comments (11)
ObiDonWan
In this kind of situation, I always admire the horse most. I suspect the horse in this particular situation would have his mouth open, a bit fearful but obeying master's command. The knight could be leaning further forward over horse's head, in order to strike dragon before it strikes horse. Watch out for the tail!
Toribev
Excellent expression on the knight's face.
Claywoman
Excellent!
KymJ
Nice image Jo and I just love the dragon and his pose. I hafta agree the horse kinda looks a bit like he's saying ..."another day, another dragon..sigh but it's a neat image all the same :)
cadmar
VEry nicely done!!
JosephineAu
Thanks for your comments. I just really wonder how you can put an expression on the face of a horse in full face armour. If anybody has any ideas how to put an expression on facial armour I would be happy to do it. Laughing here.
Trelligan
I really like the dragon. The only suggestion I have about the horse is that it's head should be shying a bit. (Tilt the head to the side, and move the sensitive nose away from the danger. Remember, a horse sees to the side of its head; facing danger head-on is for us predators with close-set eyes.) The problem is, the viewpoint is so high (to see the dragon well) that details of the horse's head are rather hard to see. My only cons are tactical. The spikes on a dragon's tail are not only offensive, they're defensive as well. Showing the 'naked' underside to a feared foe is like showing it's underbelly. The same with the wings. While they may be able to take (and give) a hit or two furled, unfurled they are quite vulnerable - just think what a sword could do to those membranes! The dragon should either face its foe head-on (or from the air!), or the nearest wing should be fully furled. Hmm, perhaps this is near the climax of a rush. In that case, the dragon might have been using its wing and not had time to furl up completely. But in that case, the knight should be less balanced, more leaning over to really get behind a blow.
Skipychic
Nice job, have to agree with Trelligan tho, but keep up the great work :)
drifterlee
Trust me, I have had horses all my life, and when they are used to things - like noisy horse shows, they look just like this one - bored. Excellent image!
DukeNukem2005
Wow!!! The exellent picture!!! Fantastic work!!!
kmw
This is very good, Jo. I do like that the human is the predator. In most images, it's the dragon. That's gonna be one great face-off too!