Land of Shadow

I did this for a "Reimagine Mordor" drawing contest. So this is Mordor the way I reimagined it... with two of it’s most famous sights: Barad-dûr, the towery thingy in the middle of the pic and Mount Doom, the smoky mountain in the background…

I wanted to make a contrast with all those jagged rocks and mountains and that’s why I went with a simpler, more minimalistic design for the structure of Barad-dûr. As for the Eye of Sauron, instead of having it hovering above the tower I made it concealed within the tower.

Comments and critiques are welcome.