Five layouts that inspire me...

This run down monastery, with cobwebs and broken benches, is a great image. I love the dark, creepy lighting, and how it works so well with the very medieval architecture. The way the light source from the doorway just peeks in just adds to the moody atmosphere. The candles are a nice touch as well.


The angle alone could make this image for me. The perspective gives this forest an overwhelming power, and it minimizes the marine who's trying to navigate his way through. The gorgeous lighting creates such dramatic atmosphere, and the way the moss has grown wild and hangs like a tattered cape give it a sinister edge.



This image really has a clever use of perspective in that it uses it to just enhance the sense of motion of this stormtrooper getting flung through the pillars. Also, the colour use is really interesting. I like the almost pastel-like, non-realistic approach to the painting. It has an almost natural, loose feel to it as a result.



I love this otherworldly, dreamscape sense that I get from this image. It feels like a fantasy where anything really can happen, whether it be good or bad. It's frightening yet inviting with its colour use. The way the rocks are shaped, the way the curtains flow, and how the background fades into the mist. It's really gorgeous.



I have enormous respect for the artists at Blizzard. The way they capture emotion, atmosphere, and an absolutely undeniable sense of dread in this image is amazing. The lighting, the fog, the simply stunning level of detail, and the colour-use work together to create a location that, even though it seems pretty clearly dead, you would be looking over your shoulder every other second if you were there. I love the way the buildings on the right don't just go straight up, but rather they almost arch inward, skewing one's normal perspective into something almost otherworldly and overwhelming. Something's clearly not right here.