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Description The Hundred Handed One

The Plane Above - chapter start artwork; Dungeons & Dragons. Β©Wizards of the Coast

Acrylic, Approx 21" x 19".

Original Artwork for sale; Β£1500

The Paladin stood his ground against the monstrosity, trusting that his faith in Avandra would serve him in battle against the dread abomination - as it was the Eladrin utilised something more immediate...

This was created as a chapter start for a D&D supplement, and spreads across two pages of a book, with the guttering falling about a third in from the left.

To accomodate this I tailored the composition so that interest occured on both pages, with the flow of The Hundred Handed One and the spell effect carrying the composition across the gutter. The effect was further emphasised by the strong colour contrasts in the figures; Red, Green and Blue.

Lastly the Horizon line was titled and a low POV chosen to further accentuate the dynamic action.

The D&D book can be found here:

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Comments: 368

Cherry-91 [2019-01-29 21:17:15 +0000 UTC]

Amazing work of art !

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Aeluruss [2015-03-22 17:25:27 +0000 UTC]

Great work!

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James-Dark-Blue-Wolf [2013-11-06 04:20:37 +0000 UTC]

DUDE! This blows my mind! Freaking awesome!

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RalphHorsley In reply to James-Dark-Blue-Wolf [2013-11-21 18:08:29 +0000 UTC]

Great - Thanks

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James-Dark-Blue-Wolf In reply to RalphHorsley [2013-11-21 18:10:02 +0000 UTC]

Your welcome

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luffy-mike [2013-08-25 17:07:05 +0000 UTC]

hehe me and my party actually fought that in some sort of nightmare prison we were there but our physical bodies were uncounscious

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RalphHorsley In reply to luffy-mike [2013-12-19 09:19:04 +0000 UTC]

Sounds bad!

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RalphHorsley In reply to luffy-mike [2013-12-19 09:18:06 +0000 UTC]

sounds bad!

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HundredHands [2013-08-07 07:24:57 +0000 UTC]

Spectacular work. Β What a menace that hulking swarm is!

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RalphHorsley In reply to HundredHands [2013-12-19 09:08:37 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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Shelfcloud [2013-02-12 19:22:39 +0000 UTC]

Amazing piece mate! How come I missed this 1 is beyond me.

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RalphHorsley In reply to Shelfcloud [2013-02-13 18:59:41 +0000 UTC]

Glad you spotted it now

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Shelfcloud In reply to RalphHorsley [2013-02-14 19:34:45 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad I am

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paladinpriest [2012-08-18 04:37:50 +0000 UTC]

that monster can be a famous porn star ya know

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RalphHorsley In reply to paladinpriest [2012-09-20 10:20:29 +0000 UTC]

Hmm...

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Telnavi1 [2012-08-04 03:10:24 +0000 UTC]

I had to fight that beasty. Needless to say who one.

Truely masterfull!

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RalphHorsley In reply to Telnavi1 [2012-09-18 15:30:29 +0000 UTC]

cool - Thanks

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SquirreLJ [2012-06-22 00:14:59 +0000 UTC]

This is quite the monster. Would you mind if I used it for a campaign someday?

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RalphHorsley In reply to SquirreLJ [2012-07-25 07:33:50 +0000 UTC]

NP - it is an offical D&D beastie

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SquirreLJ In reply to RalphHorsley [2012-07-25 21:48:02 +0000 UTC]

That's awesome.

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GCORP1 [2012-06-21 21:22:15 +0000 UTC]

This piece is epic! wow....the detail is unreal!!

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RalphHorsley In reply to GCORP1 [2012-07-22 10:12:27 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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Bulletrider80s [2012-03-20 13:09:38 +0000 UTC]

absolutely stunning!

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RalphHorsley In reply to Bulletrider80s [2012-03-27 07:59:31 +0000 UTC]

Thnaks a lot

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Superbum [2012-01-26 11:35:01 +0000 UTC]

I really like it when an artist does an epic piece with an enemy that is a large grotesque organism composed of smaller ones. I can only imagine the kind of Dryad that would be willing to lead a would be adventurer to that kind of tree.

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RalphHorsley In reply to Superbum [2012-01-27 08:35:57 +0000 UTC]

That's great - thanks

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UiiZaelic [2012-01-10 00:17:02 +0000 UTC]

wicked! I love the battle scene!

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RalphHorsley In reply to UiiZaelic [2012-01-10 09:35:16 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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sevenofeleven [2011-11-15 12:04:43 +0000 UTC]

The Hundred handed one was sent to Tartarus because it likes to play Patty Cake, the racket was just too much.

Again thanks for describing how you set up your pictures.

Looks great.

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RalphHorsley In reply to sevenofeleven [2011-11-17 12:26:33 +0000 UTC]

Thanks very much

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Jesse-the-art-maker [2011-10-25 20:15:16 +0000 UTC]

Jesus man! There to much to look at all at one time! You are so talented! I could probably spen all day looking at this painting you made! Its even good enough to be a wallpaper for a desktop, or a poster in my room! Its incredibly Amazing!

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RalphHorsley In reply to Jesse-the-art-maker [2011-11-17 16:45:23 +0000 UTC]

Thanks very much

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AlexAlexandrov [2011-10-25 08:58:25 +0000 UTC]

Nice !! How much time do you spend on sketching if i may ask? Gorgeous drawing !

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RalphHorsley In reply to AlexAlexandrov [2011-11-17 16:53:25 +0000 UTC]

This - about 2-3 days.

Thanks

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AlexAlexandrov In reply to RalphHorsley [2011-11-17 19:33:31 +0000 UTC]

I apreciate the reply Ralph thanks

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evoluzione [2011-10-21 18:13:35 +0000 UTC]

DM:And your action this turn... ME: My character reconsiders the life decisions that led her to this point... my mom always wanted me to be a pastry chef.

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RalphHorsley In reply to evoluzione [2011-10-22 09:35:19 +0000 UTC]

lol - Thanks

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dasamus [2011-10-10 18:33:03 +0000 UTC]

i loved this monster because of this amazing art
thank you for this

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RalphHorsley In reply to dasamus [2011-10-21 18:01:45 +0000 UTC]

Cool - Thanks

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Nighteyes1 [2011-09-17 04:10:50 +0000 UTC]

epic

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RalphHorsley In reply to Nighteyes1 [2011-10-06 10:25:14 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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StephenRSpiteri [2011-09-06 15:59:05 +0000 UTC]

HoooooOOOLLLY S- *Kaboom*!!

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RalphHorsley In reply to StephenRSpiteri [2011-09-07 12:15:23 +0000 UTC]

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StephenRSpiteri In reply to RalphHorsley [2011-09-07 13:03:33 +0000 UTC]

I know right!!

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yudaofeng [2011-09-03 04:35:47 +0000 UTC]

Strong!

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RalphHorsley In reply to yudaofeng [2011-09-05 18:07:30 +0000 UTC]

thank you

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phillebovsky [2011-07-26 17:42:43 +0000 UTC]

great work!

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RalphHorsley In reply to phillebovsky [2011-09-05 18:18:45 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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phillebovsky In reply to RalphHorsley [2011-09-06 17:03:39 +0000 UTC]

youre welcome

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AKK-STUDIO [2011-07-08 07:10:11 +0000 UTC]

How could u do these pictures with traditionel way.. Bravo..

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