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'Modern life is rubbish', thought the Sorceress, besieged by everybody and every 'nobody' of the Royal Court. They pleaded with her to save them - but simultaneously chastised her for letting the world slip into decay. After all, they reasoned that they had abolished religion and its practitioners in her favour.... surely she could do better than this to keep the forces of evil at bay? But to her mind, they had brought all these evils upon themselves - through greed and poor planning. There was even talk that the banks were beginning to stumble... a panic far more fearful to some than merely flood, plague or pestilence... now things would really have to change. Yes, this was one weird halloween!
Bemused... she had tried every trick in the book. Now she would have to try the one that isn't in any of the books... you can only try this one once - but the real trick is you can try it ALL the time and forever... Now if only they would all shut up a minute and let her concentrate on the spell...
"If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: Hold on!"
Produced in Daz|Studio and Photoshop. All props from Renderosity and Daz.
The poem is edited from 'IF' by Rudyard Kipling.
I'd like to dedicate this to everyone here at Renderosity at these dark times. In particular though, I would like to dedicate it to 'novelist'. An artist and friend here who has helped me so much in the past few months and without her support I would have never held on... thank you Cathy.
This work is copyright and cannot be used for any purpose without written permission from Peter Hague Concept - Design - Art Direction. All my images have an embedded digital ID throughout, which cannot be removed, even from a cropped section, and is registered.
This work is copyright and cannot be used for any purpose without written permission from Peter Hague Concept - Design - Art Direction. All my images have an embedded digital ID throughout, which cannot be removed, even from a cropped section, and is registered.
Comments (427)
WOW.... Fantastic.... So much detail, expression and posing. 5+ as usual.
GORGEOUS ARTWORK & AMAZING SCENE DEAR FRIEND :)
Holy cow, Peter!!! You definitely have a wonderful eye for details and a brilliant mind for stories. As always I am amazed at your awesome abilities. I hope some day I develop a fraction of your skills. Now you have to excuse me I going to go pick my jaw up off the floor. well done!!!
Excellent!!!!!
You did cool work! EXT pic!
That is an absolutely spectacular image to go with those words. Powerful, compelling and frighteningly prophetic. Beautifully done image, spectacular posing and lighting! A favorite for sure!
Stunning. Awesome. The rats. Love the books and the rats. Maybe times aren't so bad, after all. I'm smiling!
Amazing, the level of detail you provided in this portrait, to visualize the poem. Does resemble a political session. Fovorite +5
That so wonderful. I love every detail in this on. Really a masterpiece!
I am really speechless and don´t know what to say....A fantastic scene with incredible details, perfect setup and characters, wonderful postwork.....
Peter, what a wonderful depiction of the modern dilemma brought about by medieval thinking. The details are perfect in every way - and I love the rats...! Kipling's poem is also perfect in context - the mark of a true artist is relevance of their work decades or even centuries beyond their creation, as your images are destined to be!
Un tableau de grand Maître, bravo l'artiste :-) * * * * *
Astounding piece of work & the prose just tops it off......just brilliant!!!
As so many have already said, this is truly a masterpiece. Each character in this image is so alive--including the rats. I love the prose and the poem, the books, the history, the setting, and all the fine details. Everything. The image takes my breath away. I don't know what to say except thank you. And do keep holding on! We must all keep holding on if for nothing else but to witness such great art. This image ought to be hanging in a public museum. How fortunate we are to gaze upon your work.
Now there is a fine CPU load! Excellent and just love the detail and great poses!
This is the most coherent crowd scene I have seen in a render. Great detail work from props to poses. Magnificent work! Classic, in fact.
I'm in awe of the lighting on this one. Lots of wonderful details to enjoy--or not!--(I'm not a lover of rats!)
A wonderful image full of action and drama,Stunning :)
wow.. I love it! excellent work! I'm speechless
Peter, this is a very cool render, so much detail! I especially love the poem by Kipling! He's been a favorite author of mine for years. Ever read, 'The Elephant's Child'? A sweet and charming little story! Lea
Amazing, such detail, and such a true work of art!
FANTASTIC Storyline and what a Wonderful Creation to go with it!!!
stunning !
My God - so detailled - however a masterpiece
Great scene. Very detailed picture. Stunning..............5++++++++++++++
wow! What a great und very interesting work!!!!!
That's a lot of stuff you have managed to squeeze in one picture. A new old master? Keith
WOW!!!WOW!!!BRAVO!!!Amazing composition!!!
Excellent! This picture is as busy as a Brueghel painting . Great posing and compositing . And I like the poem too, used to be one of my favorite when I was a teenager. Bravo ! 5+++
great work!