HOME | DD
Rowye — Path to Utgard
#beautifulday #castle #contest #fish #fisherman #fishermen #fortress #giant #giants #gods #jotun #landscape #montserrat #myth #mythological #nord #norse #norsegods #path #rainbow #rainbowbridge #river #sunnyday #utgard #valley #viking #walk #jotunheim #nords #tallcastle #highcastle #way #contestentry #mythology #vikingmythology #vikingfantasy
Published: 2016-02-11 20:50:08 +0000 UTC; Views: 32844; Favourites: 464; Downloads: 0
Redirect to original
Description
A beautiful day, even if you're a giant.Done for the amazing THE NINE WORLDS CONTEST at for the world Jotunheim.
From norse-mythology.net/the-nine-w… :
"Jotunheim is separated from Asgard by the river Iving, which never freezes over. It lies in the snowy regions on the outermost shores of the ocean. Mimir's well of wisdom is in Jotunheim, beneath the Midgard root of the ash tree Yggdrasil. The stronghold of Utgard is so big that it is hard to see the top of it. And there the feared Jotun king Utgard-Loki lives. Utgard is carved from blocks of snow and glistening icicles."
So uhm... yeah, Utgard's stronghold is made of ice and all that... and mine isn't. What can I say... this is what I saw or what I felt in the moment I went for it and it's what came out. Certainly not as cold a place as it's probably supposed to be, but I guess we can just call it the er... Mediterranean version? Hah.
Another thing I had to consider was whether the giants are supposed to be gigantic in their world, or otherwise their world was made to fit their size. I've seen representations of the giants being huge compared to nature, but to me it doesn't make much sense that a world made for them would not have the according size, so I went with that. I also added the rainbow at the end as a symbol of the bridge between the nine worlds.
Other than that, happy with how it looks but I just spent far too long on this.
Here's a couple of images zoomed in:
Kindly featured by:
Stock used:
Featured Stock:
Foggy Bow Lake by EveLivesey
Stock Rock by CD-STOCK by CD-STOCK
Hanging Fishes by YBsilon-Stock by YBsilon-Stock
Roots by YBsilon-Stock by YBsilon-Stock
Roots 2 by YBsilon-Stock by YBsilon-Stock
Other stock:
Castle: At -Stock Castle007 and At -Stock Castle008 by At-Stock
Castle: Castle 32 by KarinClaessonArt
Castle: Castle Stock by XerStock
Castle: Czocha Castle II by feainne-stock
Castle: DSC_0216 Brewhouse Yard Cottages 3 by wintersmagicstock
Castle: PNG medieval house - 038 by HermitCrabStock
Castle: St Andrews6 by faestock
Landscape: Meeting Of The Waters by Burtn
Landscape: Ocean Stock 7 and Rocks 1 by prints-of-stock
Landscape: Viking village by azaleapoena
Tree: Fallen tree2 and Fallen tree3 by faestock
Tree: fir-tree by margarita-morrigan
Giant: Path to Utgard Model Stock by Jrennie1984-stock
Giant: MY fatness by GodsOnVacation
Giant: viking stock 25 by Liancary-art
Out of site resources:
pixabay.com
www.flickr.com/photos/23045224…
www.flickr.com/photos/sybarite…
www.flickr.com/photos/duncanh1…
www.flickr.com/photos/eusebius…
www.flickr.com/photos/kubina/
www.flickr.com/photos/hunky_pu…
And my own stock:
Montserrat, Catalunya 4 Montserrat mountains, Catalunya-3 Montserrat mountains, Catalunya-4
Everything else are my own photos or painted on Adobe Photoshop.
Facebook page: www.facebook.com/digitalrowye
Portfolio: digitalrowye.com
Society6: society6.com/rowye
RedBubble: www.redbubble.com/people/rowye
Stock: rowyestock.deviantart.com
More of my artworks:
Related content
Comments: 133
Amazing scene and explanation of your work.
Thanks for your entry and good luck
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Thank you so much, I'm happy you liked it!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
wow wonderful work 
you surely will win the contest ^^
Feature here + Feature
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Haha I can only hope, if I do I'll donate some points for your contest too. Right now I have only 62 points left, so I don't have much to offer.
Thank you so much for the words and feature, I'm happy you liked it my friend. 
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
no problem ^^ well anything is useful lol look: Next big contest - points received so far
my pleasure 
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Haha gave you my 62 for now. I'll gladly do a feature of winners too. \o/
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Your fabulous work has been added to this weeks feature
FEATURES OF THE WEEK!!!!!Helloooooo
Welcome again to our weekly feature, where we showcase just a few of the wonderful submissions that have been added to the group.
Oh and Happy Valentines day
Here is a small selection of the art added...
Broken bulbs - No more lights no more life by LucyPham88 The pursuit of happyness by Zakshakmak
Sacred Wood by kimsol
And that is all for this week... 
I hope everyone has a great day or evening. @
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Amazing! And I very much agree about the giants being sized accordingly with their own world.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Thank you so much! Glad we see it the same way, I'm sure it's a controversial one haha.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
You're entirely welcome! *hugs* The enormous size difference might explain why so few from other realms seem to visit the giants' realm. For one thing, they'd have to fight their way through super-tall grass and fend off super-sized bugs and mice and things....
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
It's awesome! I love how your artworks look like they're part of some fantastic novel. It's amazing how you managed to give a sense of the giants' size while keeping in mind this is their world.
Really well done.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Thank you so much Alette, yeah I tried to make them look brute but wasn't very sure if the size looked right.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Thank you so much, it always makes me very happy when the stock artist likes what I do with their photos!
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
great composition and details
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
This is one of your best works. Yeah, i know that i say the same thing every time you submit a new one... maybe that means you are improving your skills... just maybe
Is a beautiful scene, a pleasure for the eyes with this soft and dreamy look. I love the colors too. Sometimes you're like a magician... as you said, you did the giant's world
to fit giants size, and i'm agreed whit that... but the magic thing is that they still look really big, without a small environment that could help to the feeling of they are really huge.
Well done!
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Haha at least I think I am!
Thank you so much for the compliments, I did try to make the giants look like brutes but thanks for pointing that out, I hadn't noticed that.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Oh lol, so you did the trick but you hadn't noticed it... cheers haha!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Wow that's wonderful! very well done, the wealth of details, the precious work with lighting, all in a great harmony!
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Wow thank you so much Whendell, I don't take your compliments lightly!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Wonderful composition and scene!
Thanks for entering our contest and good luck
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Wow...brilliant work!
Love the details, and the atmosphere
A very clever interpretation of the theme, good luck in the contest
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
More like a very free interpretation hahaha, must be cause I'm living in Spain again and looking forward to the heat.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
hah well you made it yours, that's part of the creative process eh
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
| Next =>