[WIP]All hope abandon, ...

[Reaper]

"Through me the way is to the city dolent;
Through me the way is to eternal dole;
Through me the way among the people lost.
Justice incited my sublime Creator;
Created me divine Omnipotence,
The highest Wisdom and the primal Love.
Before me there were no created things,
Only eterne, and I eternal last.
All hope abandon, ye who enter in!"
~Dante, Divine Comedy, Canto III

Hell's Gate

width: 2000 pixels
animations: yes
dynamic effects: None so far

That's right, I'm working on another background. Sorry for the non-descriptive title Figured I'm far enough to show what I've done so far and ask for some feedback.
If you couldn't tell, it's heavily inspired by the Divine Comedy :P Got most of the stuff done except for the backmost layer, which is extremely tedious to draw (shading on the demon still isn't quite done. Especially the chest and head still need work and the wings, obviously...).
I hope I'll get it animated, but that might very well exceed my abilities. The inscription and gate are already animated, though.
Mayor thanks to Blue Phoenix, his help so far has been quite invaluable.

Any opinions?

>Divine Comedy<
>Dante Alighieri<