........................................................................................................................On an autumn day, a woman in a dress and wide brimmed hat stands atop a small rise on a dirt path that runs through a small wooded valley. The afternoon is giving way to evening and the light from the setting sun turns the whole area the color of flame.While at first it looks like a peaceful scene of a fall sunset, something is amiss. The girl has turned to look back over her shoulder with a nervous glance. Something seems to be following her, something that comes as the darkness chases the sun over the horizon.My goal for this image was actually to create a horror scene, but without any obvious scary elements: no monsters, skeletons, darkness, etc. So I've positioned the woman in such a way that she looks back away from the light as if the darkness of evening itself is pursuing her. Also, compositionally, I've trapped her in a narrow, secluded valley and boxed her figure in with long dark tree trunks that run up off the top edge acting almost like the bars of a prison. Finally, to further the point, I selected a title that references one of America's oldest horror stories.To create this image I used digital techniques including 3D rendering and digital painting.Resources Used:Poser: IntrovertArtist.com/Poser Victoria 4, the female model: introvertartist.com/v4 Margot Medieval Clothes, the dress: introvertartist.com/margot Amusing Hair, the womans hair: introvertartist.com/Amusing Vue: IntrovertArtist.com/Vue Topaz Adjust: IntrovertArtist.com/Adjust GIMP: IntrovertArtist.com/Gimp Thanks for looking!Daniel EskridgeP.S.Follow me on Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheArtOfDanie… Also, I have a Zazzle store: www.zazzle.com/artofdanieleskr… and, of course, a blog: www.introvertartist.com