Hi all,
i'm glad that i finished this piece just in time for submission to the Digital Art Masters Book, it hopefully gets in there. I painted it while having a bad cold, that wasn't a lot of fun occassionally, but most of the time it was. This image is somehow a further exploration of my Falls Environment Concept i painted some time ago, i really wanted to show the scene from a different point of view. The people living there do believe that the deep falls are the gate to another world, that's why they honour reputable persons with a special monthly funeral ceremony where their corpses are send down the river and the fall in burning coffins. It is a pretty wealthy folk, so i've decided on a very detailed architecture with elements of precious materials like gold or copper. All handpainted in Photoshop CS2, no photo elements.
Well, that's all, i hope you like it and comment on it. On the other hand i'm always open for critique, too.
Thanks for looking.

Here are a few detail shots: