This is just great! All of it! The details, the colors, the feeling. Superb

awsome stuff! great perspective...how bout a little shot of breath coming out of her mouth? +6

Thats awsome! So many details, well chosen colors and the character with fear on her face... Nothing more to ask for That piece goes in my privat collection of best digital work.
+9/9

amazing.. i love it all.. the details the colors hte expression the idea..
+8.. i wish i could vote higher...
amazing work

great job! especially the expression on her face; i can feel the cold..brrr

Really cold.. I mean cool :> Nicely done

Great, has a sort of slashermovie meets film-noir feel to it.

Saw this at CG networks,very well done,no crits.

Amazing! Very well-done. The mood is fantastic.

very high quality work....should go to top 1!!!

Thanks everyone for all the compliments, they really mean a lot! I'm glad you all got the mood and feel I was going for. This was the first tme I've ever illustrated something like this, I was getting nervous about if I made it look cold enough or not, and if everything made sense in the piece, etc. I'll be updating my website soon, so you can all see what I have there at www.chrisjanderson.com

Chili - I was going to add breath coming out of her mouth, but I couldn't find a way to do it without adding to much detail to the piece.

It's going to be a challenge trying to out do this piece. I'm still trying to figure out the subject matter. Thanks again everyone.

-Chris

great concept Chris...i love the drawing and the atmosphaire...great look in the eyes of the woman, the fear, the need for help...i just wanna say that maybe in a very cold day like this with all this snow...the water must be frozen, ice...but thats just a though...great job again!!!

Great work, the forsty tree branches and water are very well done. Perhaps her feetare misshapen; they seem to "fan out" a bit too much. That's a minor flaw though.

Very beautiful, I love all the details that you put in it. I will be looking for your next posts

I'm not giving the highest grade just because this is so skillfully painted, but because of the emotion so well achieved in its wholeness. Perfect

Wow

I think there is something wrong with her legs, they kind of remind me of froglegs, () in the way they are bent, and her right ankle is also bent in a rather wierd way. I think there might be some issues with her hips aswell. Anyways, I really like it, it has a great feel to it =)

When you're life is danger, sometimes your body seems to numb out certain objects. I guess that is where we come to realize that the bitter cold is not even affecting her. Nice job, I like it...good psychological art. Only critique is that the two trees on the side of the picture don't seem to fall in place with the lady. It could seem that they are planted in the middle of the street. I shouldn't say much. I can't do any better anyways...hehehe

Looks kindalike where I live (North sweden) =)
Except for the missing breath which I really think would add to this piece I´ld also like some whiter or more "frozen" feets and ankles considering the fact that water leads cold ten times better then air.

Other then that I think it´s a superb job.

Excellent,

the feeling from this piece is amazing. the water at her feet and on her axe is life like and the terror in her eyes is something so deep. you should do more like this piece.

Can´t stop looking at it =) Still if I´m gonna be really picky I noticed one more thing about the feet. Shouldn´t there be a kinda angled view of them? you know when you stick half a pole in water it looks kinda bent beeing seen from the surface due to the cut angle of the light when it passes the surface of the water..

Amazing! Strong! What a great pic!!!

skills and techniques are perfect

but too much SEX SELLS in it once again...

Pretty stuff. You painted it perfectly, maybe I would have some suggestions to water (and lights on it). Anyway you deserve for good marks for it

Very nice!!! Has a cartoony look, but also very nice detail! I realy like the look of the feet in the water and the water coming off the axe!

Lovely, so much emotion!

i like the concept its cool although the one thing that bugs me is the pose i think it would be very awkward to swing an axe in that position and it looks as though she has just swung it at something but you dont get to see what (this could all be wrong unless its a very light axe although it does look very big and heavy). i do love the style the trees are done in though and the water is fab over all +6

Beautiful. Truely elite; I love the story behind the picture - we don't see that enough now a days. It is apprent you put a lot of feeling, idea, and creativity in this peice! Wonderful, I look forward to seeing the artwork you will submit in the future.

Hey, I love it...but it ENOYS me that I can't do anything remotley like that....aaargh...

Wow ! that feet !...it's a pretty good picture anyway, i'm naughty..! ;-) Love the story.

POST MORE Man ! this is AWESOME !

This is just great...very well done +8

Perfect perspective. Very good job.

+9

Would be cool for a christmas card. Happy hollidays +9

definitely your best work inmy opinion

stuff for my favs

no crit just great
+10

you can see how she is scared shit-less in her face.. i love it