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Red-Dragon-Lord [2012-12-22 16:28:32 +0000 UTC]
I'm a huge fan of dwarves and Orcs. You have presented the best of both in this amazing piece.
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tomorgel In reply to Red-Dragon-Lord [2012-12-22 19:22:40 +0000 UTC]
Thank you.
It's just my interpretation of Dwarves and Orcs as we (my brother and I) portrayed them in our novel (somewhat bluntly named "Orcs vs. Dwarves" by the publisher).
It's also an interpretation of the cover Art by Alex Tooth. The Original (with a truly amazing background art!) is this one. [link]
I just supplemented the weapons we actually used in our text, staffed the dwarf with the braided beard (those braid have some significance in the story) and went over the orc (they are by far less scrawny than the publisher wanted them on the cover. They are more like 2.10m-Rugby player types with individual tribal tatoos or scaring.
I like Alex' work but sadly the publishers art department gave not all our instructions to the cover artist.
By the way ... great dragon makeup and really nice orc armor! *g*
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