God Is the Violence by TD-Vice

Yeah, it's all fun and games until it happens to you. Well, not unless someone attacks you and you think 'great, justification for getting violent', but you know what I mean. It's not fun to actually get hurt. Not that I'm judging, I totally get the enjoyment of violence. Whether it's games, movies or combat footage from Syria, there's just something about all that mayhem that looks really cool, but you could never pay me enough to actually be there. It's obvious though that all the people travelling to join those ISIS crazies and others like them think differently.

To them, it's got to be exactly like the guy in this painting. Violence IS their god, death is their religion and life is simply a medium for them to spread their faith through bloodshed. They don't want to die, they simply don't care if they do, right until the point that it's actually their time to go and then you see the fear, not because they're dying but because they won't be able to kill anymore. Fun time's over. Either that, or they die with the thought of 72 virgins in mind. In that case, the fun's just beginning and they're just nervous on their first day of eternity.  

Anyways, I'd agree that violence is great for weeding out the wicked since war attracts such people, but when they're the ones who win, that's when there are problems and they always seem to win. Then those strong enough to stand up to them do so and then yesterday's heroes become today's tyrants and yadda yadda. And all the people who just want to be left alone simply do not get what they want. I guess the only way to escape it is to move somewhere else. It might be cowardice, but in the end, the only ones who win are those who live.

Nice art style, really brings out the inner urge to split some skulls. Good song for this is Archive-Bullets

this shit is just pure awesomeness. very fucking well done

i like all the skulls and all the red, the walls towering into the sky and the bullets coming out of the clouds,
it's a shame some people cant tell the differences from bullets and bombs.

If the bombs are falling, wouldn't he get killed? Smashed to a pulp? Alongside the other bloody skulls? So he's not immune to violence per say, but is a victim himself.

Speaking of which, when will you do a piece on the Boston brothers? Or do you disapprove of muslims blowing shit up?

"Knowledge is power and power tends to corrupt, so... learn more and be evil, I guess."

This one is making me all poetic and shit

"...and there he is, sitting on his 'throne', right in the middle of the bullet storm, patiently waiting... wearing that silly smirk of his, that smirk of death, staring, preparing himself for the tasks ahead... "

Kinda reminds me of the comic Godkiller.

It is always interesting to see your personal work, TD. I might not always comment, but I always think it is interesting.

In this, counter to say the Uber Alles pic ([link]) which had a great layout or +HOLY+([link]), which I didn't comment on because diametrically opposed views and a wish to avoid ideology crash, this picture lacks a certain bon vivre to it?

I has your traditional colours of black, red and white, which I can understand why (I like them no matter, but imho they can't beat blue and yellow, heh), but beyond that... the picture is nothing special

The white walls catch the viewers interest, but the red intersections cause a problem here: they have no coherent vanishing point and that causes mental disconnect with the viewers. We do not have our view instinctively led to the figure in the centre thru the cross-bars on the red partitions in the white, which I assume was your point? The bombs are in my eyes touched in to further lead the eyes to the actual view point, but they can't hide the missing vanishing point.

I can totally see your defendant, protective nationalist point, so to speak, with this. I can see the symbolism. But it vanishes to me in shoddy execution when I KNOW you can do better.

Nice work.
I like that nasty red you used.
Really sets a mood for war!

Lovely, great job with the shades of red The falling bullets are nice touch.

I was wondering when you were going to finish this one. I like the added raining bullets and the new details on the door.
Also, the Nordic people, in my opinion, have one of the most well thought out afterlives I have ever heard out, and learning a lot more about them are what made me become pagan in the first place.
By our natures, we are violence. Our violence begets violence, which begets violence, and a glorious cycle is born. The violent are not the freaks. The ones that reject their true natures are the abnormal ones.

Hello there, Saint Peter.

You're correct on the god-violence. Every religious history is steeped in bloodshed. These free-love assholes deny it, but violence is in our nature as humans and as animals. Every revolution is based in it, and every problem is solved by it. Anyone who fails to see this is ignorant.

Always like when you post stuff like this, from your dreams and what have you. They always turn out looking cool and have a somewhat surrealist vibe. The black, red, and white tones always set a certain mood to it as well.

I like the little smirk on the guy's face, but the hand holding the knife just seems a bit off to me.

I much prefer your original pieces to your warhammer stuff.

I love this piece!! Truly GORE-geous (I'm sorry) and dark, good combo!!

I think the only thing I can critique on is that the character's right arm seems a little stiff and the knife seems to be at a weird angle compared to how the hand is holding it. That's about it!!

I love all your work!!! I wish I had half your talent!

Name a god that hasn't a thing for violence. I don't admire it but I don't despise such phenomenon either.
Afterall that is what is reality.

I like the consept of this image. Reminds me of some sort of modern glasspainting.
The feeling of the end of times shines through.

I remember an old sketch from you, this seem an evolution of it.

Wonder how could be the cathedral of the God of Violence,,,,

what can i say?war and death are the very first words that came in my mind. I like the red sky and by the way - you made it interesting - when imma lookng at the middle i can see the scy but when imma looking on those walls it seems like we are in a very small room.blood and gore man.everywhere..

I was looking forward to the completion of this piece.
The themes lend themselves well to the pic, and as people have said, it does sort of look like a tarot card. The person in the middle has a cool outfit. I am sort of confused about the 'walls', since to me they look a bit like razor blades. But, all in all, it's another well done piece.

The perspective is a bit off on the walls to his sides. Otherwise good work.

gOTTA DEEP ONE HERE!!