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RalphHorsley β€” Balefire Liege

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Description Balefire Liege

Magic the Gathering; Eventide. Β©Wizards of the Coast

Acrylic, Approx 11" x 7.5".

Original artwork for sale; UKΒ£350.

The restless spirit scours the land searching for another victim to consume within its baleful fire.

I chose a warm red palette to echo, and reinforce, the spectral flames of the spirit. To pull the focus onto the beastie I use the lightest values on him, whilst placing the darkest around him on the rocks. This gives a strong contrast with each other, and against the mid range background.
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Comments: 123

MedeaSafir [2013-12-22 10:29:22 +0000 UTC]

fantastic work!

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RalphHorsley In reply to MedeaSafir [2014-02-06 08:35:58 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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SuperTeeter64 [2012-08-31 04:44:01 +0000 UTC]

Love the art and love the card. Just found this guy in my collection again. I'm picking up and playing again.

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RalphHorsley In reply to SuperTeeter64 [2012-09-20 10:16:36 +0000 UTC]

cool - Thanks

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SuperTeeter64 In reply to RalphHorsley [2012-09-20 14:20:02 +0000 UTC]

No, thank you.

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HelenPo [2012-01-10 18:47:37 +0000 UTC]

I admire how ghosty yet solid and dangerous it looks!

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RalphHorsley In reply to HelenPo [2012-01-12 10:13:48 +0000 UTC]

Great - Thanks

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Amitanchan [2012-01-06 17:50:54 +0000 UTC]

You did amazing job here.

Also, the card itself is fantastic.

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RalphHorsley In reply to Amitanchan [2012-01-09 14:52:28 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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TheDrazonian [2010-07-18 18:26:47 +0000 UTC]

...wow...

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RalphHorsley In reply to TheDrazonian [2010-07-20 09:25:09 +0000 UTC]

Great!

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TheKarelia [2009-09-19 14:13:22 +0000 UTC]

Super impressive! The colouring is amazing

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RalphHorsley In reply to TheKarelia [2009-09-23 08:16:57 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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TheKarelia In reply to RalphHorsley [2009-09-23 13:31:04 +0000 UTC]

YouΒ΄re welcome

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Djota [2009-03-26 15:36:49 +0000 UTC]

your gallery is really fantastic!

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RalphHorsley In reply to Djota [2009-03-26 17:07:42 +0000 UTC]

I am very pleased you think so

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LastDancer [2009-02-06 03:39:46 +0000 UTC]

I like the picture, and i love it more when i look at the Foil Bailfire liege i have

you did an awesome work on this one

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RalphHorsley In reply to LastDancer [2009-02-06 07:55:45 +0000 UTC]

Thanks very much

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LastDancer In reply to RalphHorsley [2009-02-06 14:19:11 +0000 UTC]

you're welcome

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TheRam [2009-01-11 00:49:11 +0000 UTC]

I'm really attached to artwork on cards, and I love this card, both for its art and its effect. I'm glad I found it's artist. keep up the good work! ^_^

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RalphHorsley In reply to TheRam [2009-01-12 11:17:03 +0000 UTC]

Thanks very much

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Jay-Chan3 [2008-10-09 23:05:33 +0000 UTC]

Awesome, really awesome. How did you get such effective transparency with acrylics?

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RalphHorsley In reply to Jay-Chan3 [2008-10-16 10:59:13 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. I just built the wash up slowly, and left this area without the darker values, before adding stronger highlights.

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Only-L [2008-09-09 16:08:35 +0000 UTC]

I love the image and the card, because it's very high and mighty ^^ helped me a lot at the tournament ^^

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RalphHorsley In reply to Only-L [2008-09-11 07:12:47 +0000 UTC]

Glad he helped your gameplay

thanks.

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TLOZ [2008-07-23 21:00:39 +0000 UTC]

great art
his head kinda looks like a slivers head
i like how it is pushing through the rock

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RalphHorsley In reply to TLOZ [2008-07-24 09:05:35 +0000 UTC]

I also put a bit of rock shwoing through from behind to try and give him a mouth...

Thanks

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Nether83 [2008-07-18 07:43:35 +0000 UTC]

Very cool transparency effect on the spirit and it really looks like it's pushing itself through the rock towards the viewer.

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RalphHorsley In reply to Nether83 [2008-07-21 10:26:34 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. I was happy with the end result, but was daunted at first

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Deems [2008-07-17 06:22:14 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful picture. Shouldn't be a "horror" but still, brilliant. Fire effect looks great on the translucent body.

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RalphHorsley In reply to Deems [2008-07-17 08:27:31 +0000 UTC]

Thanks very much

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jodipheonix [2008-07-17 05:18:47 +0000 UTC]

perfectly illustrated

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RalphHorsley In reply to jodipheonix [2008-07-17 08:27:10 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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HentaiNeko [2008-07-17 04:08:49 +0000 UTC]

OMG this is pure gold! !!!!

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RalphHorsley In reply to HentaiNeko [2008-07-17 08:26:59 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for saying so

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belovedfamous [2008-07-17 02:39:11 +0000 UTC]

well done

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RalphHorsley In reply to belovedfamous [2008-07-17 08:26:35 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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Dannys-angel [2008-07-16 23:14:15 +0000 UTC]

wow thats really cool looking ^^ great job.

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RalphHorsley In reply to Dannys-angel [2008-07-17 08:26:28 +0000 UTC]

Thanks very much

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feyautumn [2008-07-16 20:39:07 +0000 UTC]

Awe inspiring...(as usual)

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RalphHorsley In reply to feyautumn [2008-07-17 08:26:18 +0000 UTC]

Glad you think so - thanks

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ArtofBlake [2008-07-16 18:24:55 +0000 UTC]

Very good, mate. So cool. Fantastic composition, color choice, etc. Fave'd!

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RalphHorsley In reply to ArtofBlake [2008-07-17 08:26:04 +0000 UTC]

Thanks very much

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MadGeneticist [2008-07-16 06:21:50 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much for explaining your use of color and composition.

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RalphHorsley In reply to MadGeneticist [2008-07-16 07:46:04 +0000 UTC]

Glad it's of interest.

thanks

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petrichild [2008-07-16 03:04:54 +0000 UTC]

HHHOOOOLLLLYYYY shit.

that's just wicked.

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RalphHorsley In reply to petrichild [2008-07-16 07:45:50 +0000 UTC]

Glad you think so

thanks

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Zorro9 [2008-07-16 00:56:55 +0000 UTC]

Sweet.

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RalphHorsley In reply to Zorro9 [2008-07-16 07:45:35 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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Zorro9 In reply to RalphHorsley [2008-07-16 11:07:58 +0000 UTC]

Welcome ! Awesome gallery!

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