WOW!WOW!WOW!!!Great!

those clouds rock!

Oh,man....this is the most incredible work that I `ve seen in the last time...
5++++!!!

im stuned! its incredible!!! +5

very nice philip...I'd like to see more of this series.I'm glad to see you working in b&w..maybe we can start a b&w renaissance around here

sigh!! this is awesome. I just dying to see the colored version

very stunning. even in black and white, it's still beautiful.
so much detail. I love high detailed images.

wwwooww

That is absolutely great! +5

Oh... my ... god. O_O *lacking words*

i'd like to know how much was charcoal and how much was digital. what i'm most curious about is how in the hell do you make curvilinear geometric shapes on photoshop?

Amazing! +5

Absolutley awesome

-gawks at the details- i'm moving there.

Spectacular...
The level of detail is just phenomenal, excellent work. +5
I'm wondering though...just out of curiosity, how long did this take you Philip?
I would imagine it would take quite a while.

Thanks so much guys for all your comments...this drawing was a labor of love so all the feedback is really appreciated!
dremerc: all said and done very little of what you see here is charcoal. The initial design/composition and feel was done with charcoal and then all the refining and details were done in Photoshop.
Quill: It's very hard to say how long this actually took as I worked on it off and on for about 3 years. Whenever I felt like it I would spend a couple of hours. I usually have a couple of projects like this going while I'm doing other paintings. They help me break up the monotony of working on the same image. It also allows me to do something this detailed without putting to much pressure on when I finish it. Plus after a day of working on something like this I need a break from it...it's much to intense

absolutely fabulous!!!+5

That's gorgeous! I love the way the city looks protected. Beautiful clouds!

*Magical*

What can i say!? hip! hip! hip! hurray! hurray!
Sh++++t i whish i had patience (and time ) do do things like this now!!!

Amazing... Will you add color to it eventually? Although it does have a certain magical quality in black and white. Wonderful work. Thanks for sharing your talent with us.

Good work

dienchanted: I do plan to eventually put some color to it...but I really need a break from this piece for the time being. I have a couple color sketches done for it now but, none of them are doing it for me yet. Once I come up with something I really love I guess I'll paint it up.
Thanks for your comments.
Phil

the bw version looks very nice too.. I like the style of the towers..its like what neo-russia would look like in the year 2300

fantasic!

wow amazing the detail is just so very well done amazing job +5

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My God! The level of detail and the smoothness of this piece is incredible! I love it!

both beautiful and original!
u got my 7+
well done!

Omg that is just incredible! What talent you have.

Oh, the details! I'll add the colors myself, in my head

Outstanding. More, please! +4

Wow, three years work? And here I was thinking that spending a month on an image was a long time
It can be hard to pull off a great black and white picture, as details can disappear and images can look murky. But you've got just the right amount of contrast.

Like it! very detailed

Holy cow, this is beyond outstanding! I'd like to make a 3D image of this. Perhaps I will.

What can I say that hasn't already been said?
All I know is as the image loaded up I sat there going "oh yeah, oh yeah" in a kind of a quiet / awed fasion you get the big +8 from me dude.
I love the building concepts, especially the upside down looking one of the top left
The depth and the mistical feeling from the amazing greyscale finish is perfect.
MORE MORE!!

I wanna be with those people at the brige.+7 - all I can give.

Very Nice work.

THe detail is totally unreal

how do you do the clouds..i try and try and try but never come close to your result...very well done you are good.

amazing doesn't even begin to describe it....i lovelovelove the clouds and the details on the towers...send me a copy of your short story when it's done!!

Very very very Nice work. i think it's nice for game/film.

amazing!!!!