SF&F Picture 8 out of 12 by Jason A. Martin.

SciFi and Fantasy Art: The Slaughter of the Goblins

The title is up to you to decide: are the goblins planning to slaughter the minotaur, or is the minotaur planning to lay waste to the massive number of goblins? This picture has haunted me for the past five years, when I first drew it out. I didn't quite have the ability to accurately wrangle out my vision, so I put it away, and came back to it five years later, when I was able to make it more true to my vision. I went through about two dozen thumbnails of the minotaur, trying to combine the massive girth of a muscular torso with long, thin cow legs (which is how they look in real life) I asked a bunch of my colleagues, even professional artists, for critique. Even THEY had trouble with it! It was very easy to accidentally make the creature look caricatured due to the bizzareness of the physique. I ended up walking on the balls of my feet, posed in front of a mirror to get the proportions right. I then had to struggle with making him DYNAMIC, FLOWING, ENERGETIC. I'm STILL not happy with the results. Call it a 'Work in Progress'.


	Image censored due to its Parental Rating level (#2 of 4), as set by the artist...


	Categories: [Fights, Duels, Battles] [Mythical Creatures & Assorted Monsters] Techniques: [Pencil/Graphite Pen]

Date	Name	Comment
20 Oct 2002	MUSCLE WOLF <maxminotaur@hot...com	Loading... My money's on the minotaur. Great pic!
31 Oct 2002	The picky one	Loading... give the minotaur some equipment, and make a deeper background, and then that would be REALLY neat.
8 Feb 2003	Sébastien Brisson Léonard	Loading... Ho Yeah GO GOBLINS!!! great pic!
23 Feb 2003	Kristel	Loading... When I first saw the title of the artwork on the search I was like "OMG HOW SAD?! Killing gobgobs!" . Well anyway I realy like the pic. GO GOBGOBS!
21 Mar 2003	AJ Williams	Loading... This picture is nothing short of awesome! I'm going to have nightmares now!
1 Apr 2003	Goblinzfate14	Loading... My guess is that the goblins have a trap that lays in wait for the minotaur. he will probably fall into a pit of pitch(crude flamable substance I think)and the Goblins will light him on fire. HoHoHa! We Goblins are sneaky!!
28 Apr 2004	Cloudboy	Loading... I want to continue the story. The gobgobs hurt the minotaur on his chest, so the gobgobs push him into a pit, where he is trapped for a while. A sprite finds the minotaur, and she feels sorry for him, and lets him out. the sprite and minotaur both go to the gobgobs for revenge, and become a heroic warrior team. I'm rooting for the minotauar. You should add more on the backround, and add a nipple ring to the minotaur. Great piece!
7 Jul 2004	Carolyn K. Nicholakis	Loading... A truly fantastic picture. I think the minotaur is very well proportioned and looks fine. I don't think you should change anything except maybe color it. Either way it looks great!
30 Apr 2006	Gabrielle 'Gaby' L. Dorney	Loading... Dang goblins! get em all!!
9 Aug 2006	Grant Hammerhoof	Loading... All I can say is great detail! I think it looks awesome already!
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SciFi and Fantasy Art: The Slaughter of the Goblins