The artwork below is copyrighted to Viktor Fetsch. I make no claim to this work as my own.
One of the many things I do to stem writer’s block and keep the creative juices flowing is surfing (insert link) deviantART. Just by checking out the most popular submissions over the last eight hours every couple of days is more than enough to give some flash of insight into a story arc that may be waiting to burst, or un-stall one waiting to carry on. It may not be a full-fledged story, but a component on one I’m currently working on – scenery scenes are spectacular for this. In my own way, I’d like to recognize these artists for truly amazing artwork, be it photography, ink on canvas, or manipulated photons in digital form. Each week I will endeavour to spotlight a certain artist, as well as the particular piece that caught my attention.
One of the many things I do to stem writer’s block and keep the creative juices flowing is surfing (insert link) deviantART. Just by checking out the most popular submissions over the last eight hours every couple of days is more than enough to give some flash of insight into a story arc that may be waiting to burst, or un-stall one waiting to carry on. It may not be a full-fledged story, but a component on one I’m currently working on – scenery scenes are spectacular for this. In my own way, I’d like to recognize these artists for truly amazing artwork, be it photography, ink on canvas, or manipulated photons in digital form. Each week I will endeavour to spotlight a certain artist, as well as the particular piece that caught my attention.
Tyrant Dragon really catches a piece of action, conveying
layers of detail in a snapshot that I can only hope my writing is able to
emulate. The obvious draw is the dragon,
which deviates nicely from the standard form we seem compelled to repeat; this
great horned beast is akin to the wild boar of its species, and it is
angry! The interplay between the dragon’s
breath weapon and the shield thrown up by the magic user is superb; the weapon
effects coalesce to a point where they are rebounded and directed by the
shield. The secondary effects used for
rendering rocks flying and the mists coming from the snow through lessening the
definition make it an all around masterpiece of action.
The scene itself also renders a clear example of a scene I envisioned within the Ochra Cycle. Although the dragon’s physical appearance differs, the power and overall feeling this piece generates inspires the scene I intend to write.
This is by far one of the more potent and impressive pieces I’ve seen under the Painting and Airbrushing sub-category in some time. I hope others find it and the other works by Viktor Fetsch to be equally inspiring.
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