Good use of a large image in high resolution - and a neat solution to an intrusive watermark! This looks like a scene from 'Ben Hur' which now has four crux figures inserted. This shows the level of detail which can be achieved on a large canvas. Figure scale and colour saturation are consistent and in sympathy with the faded colouring of the background. Nice work, hammers!
I am not familiar with the original background image, showing Jesus before Pilate. Pilate sits on the steps, wearing a white toga. The figure of Jesus has been deleted in an extensive repainting of the central area of the picture. This is skilfully carried out, reconstructing the upper steps and the lower part of the entrance, and deleting two of the original figures.
Thank you Bobinder ,in first place ,for your precision in details and generously favourable comments.I am not familiar with the original background image, showing Jesus before Pilate. Pilate sits on the steps, wearing a white toga. The figure of Jesus has been deleted in an extensive repainting of the central area of the picture. This is skilfully carried out, reconstructing the upper steps and the lower part of the entrance, and deleting two of the original figures.
Two nude figures have been inserted in the modified background. A female suspended in the entrance displays the marks of a violent whipping, and a tall, pale, slender girl rises on all fours to lift her cross from the steps. Her back is also visibly abraded by the whip, which probably accounts for the difficulty she is experiencing in shouldering the cross.
The background appears to have been enlarged from a low resolution image, and it is in soft focus as a result. I can understand the reluctance to blur the inserted figures accordingly, since they have required some effort in cutting out. But perhaps their sharp focus is appropriate since they are now the centre of attention. Nice work, Hammers!
I love this one, hammers! Great scene. One of your best.
Thank you Barbaria
The races in the circus had become boring, the last years. So it was decided to put a few obstacles on the track : crosses with naked crucified women. The charioteers would have to be extra careful to avoid them, but also to keep their eyes and their attention on the race, and not on the naked women!
The 'Double Show' title implies that the spectacle of a mass crucifixion has been combined with a chariot race, and no fewer than four crux figures have been inserted into the scene. Three of these hang on traditional crosses, whilst for the sake of variety, a fourth is spreadeagled against the fulcrum post at this end of the circuit. The distant ones defy positive identification, especially since the use of composite figures is a characteristic feature of the artist's style.
Nice to see you back on your thread, Hammers!
Thank you WraggNice to see you back on your thread, Hammers!
Thank you very much for your appreciation. If you get a look at my older work it includes images of larger size. But ,with the time, I began to concentrate onYou do great renders hammers
Good scenery!
Thank you!
