My first image this year and the first image created using my new Quad core computer. Well the idea is a bit old (some might even say childish) and I have made some previous unsuccessful attempts to realize it. It is one of those ideas that hunts you until you get it out of your system. Gimp 2.4 with Wacom tablet and a bit of Blender 2.44 (for the basic background). Disclaimer: No, it is not Gandalf, Dumbeldore or Voldemort. The image has no literary basis.

I have worked on this piece during summer of 2007 in really short intervals between writing my thesis. It is hard to talk about the motives behind the image because the process of creation was so long that I forgot what feelings drove me to the original concept (the whole process started almost a year ago). But at the end I have somehow agreed that the picture is dedicated to all the “simple” soldiers who fall in the heat of the battle for the interest of their generals and politicians. Gimp 2.2 and Wacom tablet.

This one took me quite a lot of time, more or less because it was done during the exam period at late evening hours (with some ambient music provided by The Gathering).
Gimp and Wacom tablet.

A drawing made in those days that you think that you are the most worthless piece of garbage in the world and just falling lower (at least I have that kind of days). The drawing actually helped me get through that specific mood extreme faster. Pencil on paper.

A scene from a TV show gave me an idea for this drawing. Pencil on paper.