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Amarynceus — Dragon Orb
Published: 2005-12-26 23:30:50 +0000 UTC; Views: 3295; Favourites: 62; Downloads: 228
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Derwent pencils (2H to 4B) on smooth 100lb Bristol.Original is 5x10"
EDIT 09 January: Replaced image with new cropped photo at a smaller size.
EDIT 21 January: Replaced image again with one sans obnoxious faux watermark
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Comments: 61
I am massively impressed at how you rendered the clouds.
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Thanks!! I can't say I like them anymore (as I think I could do a lot better now) but I'm glad they still look okay.
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gosh finally a good art on dragonlovers club XD i like the way the dragon looks expecially his head *w*
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Oh my gosh, that's breathtaking. All the clouds... Everything is amazing! It's nice to see some pencil work in the midst of everything that's digital nowadays.
This is random, but I love your avatar ^^
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Thanks kindly. 
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This is a very amazing piece of work. In all honesty? I think the stones impress me the most. Maybe because stone is so hard to get right and have it look natural. The shading and depth on this is completely astounding, and that crystal ball has a really nice shine to it. And the clouds... My gosh, they must have been tedious to shade. This picture speaks worlds of work and effort. It's always great to see someone who obviously cares so much about what they do.
-Ri
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Thanks for the extensive comment! I appreciate it.
The clouds probably did take a lot of time, but it was a long while ago and I don't really remember if it was tedious or not. Probably.
And I'm glad you like the rocks; those are actually my least favourite part of the pic, so it's always good to know that they're not total rubbish.
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This is beautiful! Your dragon style is so unique, and the shading on the clouds is so soft..
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Thanks, and for the fave also. ^^
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Your pencil sketches are amazing. Love the details!
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Thanks! Thanks for the fave, too.
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Thanks kindly, for the comment and for the fave.
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There's just something about this picture that makes me want to stare at it all day. The whole drawing is amazing, but I think it's the texture and the shading that really make it click. Excellent job.
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Thank you for the comment and the fave.
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Wow! You are amazing! There is so much details and so much perfection in your works... i'm your fan!
Keep the excelent work! 
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WOW!!! Is best to describe your gallery... The detail alone is amazing in each piece. You can tell that lots of hard work and heart went into each piece. Thank you for sharing it with all of us who love art!!!
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Thank you 
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I really like your work. It keeps striking me as innocent, truly traditional - even in the concepts/ideas, it's such a good break from all the digital work we see around...
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Thank you. I'm wholly dedicated to the non-digital, that's for sure.
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Man.. the texture of those clouds, those clouds, that rock and those scales. The dragon design is beautifull too.
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Thanks. 
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That's not so necesary, for what I saw and read they don't care for the year, they prefer to show stuff about new artist, you can always ask Imagine about it anyway.
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Hmmm... the attachments that Ben Hunter sent me don't mention anything about the year, but in the body of the email itself it says "Each artist may submit up to 4 works, each of which must have been completed within the prior year. " I'd like to do some new stuff at any rate.
Good luck with submitting to them if you do! I think you have a good chance with your work.
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Doing new stuff sounds pretty reasonable.
And thanks, I'm still thinking about it, luck to you too and I think you have a very good oportunity to be, cause I was looking to the submissions that are at the moment and yours looks better than most.
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I don't think I need to explain why I knew I was going to like this one even from the small small thumb! What I did NOT know is that is was going to be so awesome! You make details so crisp and the shading is dead on. I am so jealous. Maybe if I keep drawing a lot, I'll get as good as you one day, I just hope I won't die of old age before that day arrives.
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Thank you. It's all just a matter of practice. Maybe I should dig out some of my really old work so people can see how far I've come.
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He's gorgeous! I can't say anything negative about it at all. The lighting/shadows plus the scales being in perspective gives him real deapth and make him almost pop off the page.
I have to ask...is there a reason you use smooth paper? I've been told that I should use paper with more "tooth" but I hate the way it blends, and the tooth makes for a drawing with odd texture. So I ignored the peanut gallery and stuck with smooth paper.
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I too hate to fight tooth. I work with tight linework most of the time so any imperfection in the surface of the paper drives me nuts.
A certain amount of tooth, however, is needed for smooth shading blends. Hot press, for example, can be not so hot for doing graphite work as the graphite smears rather than blends.
Basically, use whatever texture/surface suits your technique and tell anybody who says otherwise to go **** themselves!
Unless they've got a convincing argument to back their opinions up, of course.
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This is amazing! The softness in the clouds and the details in the rock and Dragon. I am too speechless!
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