Good lord, that is beautiful. The background really blows me away... It really gives the impression that they're soaring. The characters themselves are also looking good. The gryphon's back leg looks a tad short.

You've FLOORED me.

Whatever you did to make them seem so much higher than the castle--it WORKS. RIDICULOUSLY WELL. And every character has an interesting expression--my fave is the racoon. Fantastic piece: teach me how to paint rocks. ;)

There are some nits I have...The people on the castle should be smaller, I think. Right now, it looks like the crenellations only come up to their knees, and in midieval times, those usually came up more to their chests. Right now, the li'l folks dont' look like they could fit inside their castle.

Second, I think the shading would be a little more vibrant if you'd used complementary color for shading...Right now, the pic is a little greyed out.

But dang--your technical skill here? MARVELOUS. (applause.)

And here, I thought it was going to be a bit of Rescuers fanart. Well, glancing at the thumbnail, its got a couple mice riding an eagle. It fit.....

Very, VERY nice. Amazing texturing. In the grypon, as well as the background. And I like the design of the furs. They're like I've always pictured Redwall-type furs.

I like how you've done the arrows. But as has already been pointed out, the archers are a a bit out of scale. They look about as tall as the castle gate. (And great job on the castle, by the way. Looks like you spent some time researching them. Only quibble is that its so empty. The well and other building are nicely done, and the interior grass does looked trampled down, but its still pretty much blank. I'd kinda expect it to be littered with stables and supplies and stuff. But I understand that that's really nitpicking.) ;)

takes step back, whistled .....yeah. I'm impressed.

I first saw this and thought 'Redwall!!' but then remembered there are no gryphons in Redwall o_o Either way, it's an amazing picture. I love the perspective with the arrows especially. And how you made the rocky mountains and grassy fields to be sooo...rocky and grassy! xP You are just getting better and better at backgrounds and landscapes. lovez