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Amanock — Moonlight Flight through the Canyon Lands
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Published: 2018-10-28 18:40:11 +0000 UTC; Views: 235; Favourites: 15; Downloads: 0
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Tribute to Nokt. Almost titled it, "Howling at the Moon", because of what her rider, Talon is doing...Stryx:
Fullbody: +1
Colored: +2
Shaded: +1
Background: +2
Biorhythm: +1
Personal work: +1
Rider: +2
Tribute: +2
Total = 12
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Comments: 6
I love how you draw the silken tails, it shows the flow of the movement really well, and you totally should have called it that
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Couldn't resist having Talon howling. Though it's sort of a small drawing of him, but can still see what he's doing. I really need to make a character sheet of her, front and back. Her chest markings are actually a stylized owl face, with a full moon in the center of it's forehead (Wiccan/Goddess symbols), with stylized "rib bone" markings. And she does have simple "bone/vertebra" markings down her spine. I put some thought into this "witch" bird's markings, because she is special in more ways then one. And I didn't want her to look like anything out there, be her own being. She's not evil though, more like a victim of circumstance. And taking advantage of it.
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Why is your traditional colours so vibrant and awesome!
I really love the pose. The lighting and colours used are almost dreamy. :3
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I use blenders (pencils and alcohol markers) like a mad. That's the secret with colored pencil, is the blenders and elbow grease. Don't be afraid to rub and hard. LOL It's really amazing how it makes the colors so vibrant. I also do test swatches to see how things blend and what colors work with what. I'm trying to show that not all traditional art, is bad art.
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It looks amazing.
I used to only do traditional, but was not happy with my colour pencil skills. I decided to try digital, which I do like in places. But I miss a good pen on paper sketching.
I'll have to look into those. Any brands you recommend? (or tutorial videos I could watch?)
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I use Prismacolor color pencils and those blenders and the same brand for alcohol marker blenders. And buy a lot of them because if you use them like I do, you go through a lot. The only problem I have with the Prismacolor pencils is some colors tend to break when you sharpen them. It sometimes seems like half my time is spent in sharping pencils.
I was taught how to use them in art school and on my own experimenting, it's been years since I have used them, and just getting back into it. I need more practice to be honest, or different paper... I'm always hardest on myself.
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