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Submitted: April 17, 2007
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Traditional Art / Drawings / Fantasy

Original Size: 7.5x10
Medium: Brush, Quill & Ink
Copyright Notice: 2007 by Bob Giadrosich/Sharayah Press. All Rights Reserved.

    One of sixteen illustrations for an epic narrative poem entitled Red Snow, depicting the same character I created in Shield Maiden and the battle scene Red Snow.

    I knew that I wanted to do a close-up from the back of a central character in the story (to view the aftermath of the battle), and then, having penciled in most of the details of the composition, I realized that she was wearing chain-mail in the other shots...

    Now, drawing chain-mail up close was not really what I had in mind, but here I was. I do know what real chain-mail looks like.
    This is not it. Consider this a half-breed fantasy version, 'cause there was no way I was going to interlock every link.

   60+ hours went into this one, which caused me to reflect on the words of Boromir in the movie The Fellowship of the Ring, where he states:

"It is a strange fate that we should suffer so much fear and doubt over so small a thing. Such a little thing."

    I've gone off rings for a while...

love 3 3

joy 4 4

wow 6 6

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~ca4good Mar 3, 2013

beautiful!

~giadrosich Mar 6, 2013 Professional Traditional Artist

Thank you so much for your kind word and the fave on this one, ca4good!

~Voblin Mar 5, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

The eloquent and atmospheric picture.

~giadrosich Mar 9, 2012 Professional Traditional Artist

Thanks so much for the fave on this one, Vladimir, and of course, the kind words!

~Colin-Bentham Nov 4, 2011 Professional General Artist

damn! this must have taken hours and hours... great stuff

~giadrosich Nov 5, 2011 Professional Traditional Artist

Thanks! Yep, this one took a while. Actually, twice as long as need be, because I work over a complete pencil drawing. Needless to say, I went off chain-mail for a while.

~TheGypsyAssassins Mar 27, 2011

This is fantastic!!!! The detail and feeling are just amazing...

~giadrosich Apr 3, 2011 Professional Traditional Artist

Thanks so very much for stopping by and your kind words!

~M-the-copyist Sep 5, 2010

AWESOME

~giadrosich Sep 7, 2010 Professional Traditional Artist

Thanks so much for saying so!

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