everything I've learnt has gone into this

[SCALEBACK666]

twelve (i think) months of working in xara and developing, discovering new skills have enabled me to do this.

[wizard509]

There is a lot going on there, so you must have learned a lot. Keep it up SCALEBACK666.

[masque]

Your drawings I've seen are very busy with lots going on, but one criticism I have is that's its a little hard to see what you are trying to convey. There's many different objects in the image including text and it seems to be telling some sort of story maybe but it's difficult to get a handle on what it's about. Or maybe I'm trying to read too much into it?
Keep up the good work though. You only learn by playing and working at it.
Derek

[wizard509]

Your drawings I've seen are very busy with lots going on, but one criticism I have is that's its a little hard to see what you are trying to convey. There's many different objects in the image including text and it seems to be telling some sort of story maybe but it's difficult to get a handle on what it's about. Or maybe I'm trying to read too much into it?
Keep up the good work though. You only learn by playing and working at it.
Derek

I agree with Derek here.
Make a big deal of the most important part of your design. All the other elements should play a supporting role such as leading the eye.

[gray]

Looking good, SB.

[Tabian]

Great work SB. You are really getting your own style going on now. I tell you what would make this look really HIP. If you put a black rectangle in front of the brick wall with a transparency applied that should really bring it to life. Then all you have to do is animate it and put a Banging Donk on it..! I’d like to see what stuff you come up with in the next twelve months.
10-10 Good Budy

[SCALEBACK666]

The sword was originally going to be the one used by Bilbo/Frodo Bagins (I haven't seen The Hobbit yet). What I did was mold an oblong to give i curve it the middle and extruded an oval shape. The markings on the blade and marble steps and plith're supposed to be very ancient runes (I used a font called Runes of the Dragon for the markings) and warped a bit of clipart for the dragon motif on the wall. The story is that a team of archeologists exacating in the north pole or in a remote part of the Andes/Himalayas have stumbled across an ancient tomb beneath ruins of a city and the sword is an object or great power.
Getting to the sword involves turning a certain page in the book.