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Published: 2008-04-09 22:12:22 +0000 UTC; Views: 60008; Favourites: 1383; Downloads: 664
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Dance inspired because I am always in awe of the amazing acts of dancers. It took on a little more meaning though as I painted. This was one of the rare paintings that I saw as a glimpse in my mind and just wanted to get out on a (digital) canvas.
Tools: Photoshop CS2, Intuos 3 tablet
Time: No idea, less than 20hrs though I'd say.
Music: A mix! A lot of Darren Hayes though.
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Comments: 124
I really love this piece-its beautiful yet so elegant. I love that it has a slight creepy bat like feeling to the arms and wings and the translucent effect on the back fin is amazing!!!
-Casey
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I found you from alicexz's wishlist. Then I couldn't help but dig through your gallery. Whenever I find an artist that I like, I normally end up faving at least one artwork so that I can find them easily again. I really love the flow of the fabric and how it's slightly transluctant. And it's a dragon. So I choose to fav this.
I really love how you paint realistic dragons and your wings (especially bird wings) are just amazing. And clouds, very pretty clouds. Keep up the good work!
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Unbelievable. This is wonderful.
She's so fragile, very beautiful.
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So very delicate and compelling. I love the range of color.
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ahhh my scroll finger hurts now! anyway freakn GORGEOUS!
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I just love the opacity of the wings, they're perfect. "Translucent" is what I'm thinking of *u*
Beautiful, beautiful work
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It immediately made me think of Cirque de Soleil, and they're beautifully awe-inspiring acrobatics! The fabric in this is gorgeous!
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This is so beautiful and unique! I love the way it all flows and you've done a great job creating the idea of dancing! I am even more impressed that you drew and painted this all digitally! Very lovely!!
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What a beautiful to capture and create from your imagination!!! <333
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Your work is amazing! 
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Thank you!
Actually, I was way out of my depth with the cloth in this, it was all pretty experimental because it wasn't something I had a lot of experience with. I pulled up a lot of reference images of cloth though and tried to work out how it would fall and fold and went from there.
If you meant the ribbons, they were just done with a small brush and a high zoom to try and keep them flowing smoothly.
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I have featured this fantastic artwork in my latest journal [link]
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Wow, this is perfectly gorgeous! 
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Thank you. I worried about the composition of this one at first because it felt strange to have the main figure up in one corner but it fell into place more when I added in the ribbons.
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Looking at it again now, I still think it's an amazing piece. The ribbons do balance the main figure well, despite being so small.
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I usually don't care much about most dragon related art anymore, but this is too beautiful not to fav. It reminds me of some really old oil painting, love it.
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Thank you. I've had a few comments say that, actually, which I find really interesting.
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Absolutely exquisite, I so love the flow of this painting. She looks so delicate. The lighting and color scheme make the scene perfect. The sheerness of the back fin and the material flowing behind her are just so elegant.
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Thank you. 
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You are very welcome. It was a pleasure to look at such a beautiful piece of art.
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Wow...Why am I only just coming across this now?
I love the whole composition and how the image flows.
The colours and movement are amazing.
Great work!
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such lovely, lyrical lines.
now she's training for pas des deaux, right?
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Of course. 
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This is so gorgeous! It seems complicated and yet at the same time so simple. The elegance and flow of it just captivate my mind!
I'm not over fond of the head, however. Just seems a bit too odd to me but its just personal opinion.
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I think this may be the first painting I've done of a dragon without head adornments so it feels a little odd to me too. I liked the idea of a sleek serpentine look for this girl though - the subtly seemed to suit her better.
Thank you for your lovely words.
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Another stunning painting...
I really can't get enough of your work.
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As a side note, I'm completely adoring Decoder Ring, or what I can find of them.
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You're welcome!
Also, YAY! I WILL burn you a CD right now... haha... I'm abit slack with these things. And as long as my computer stays alive long enough... seems to be dying.
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Just sending you a congratulations for being featured in "Dragons - Issue 2"
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Thanks again! I'm honoured; those are some truly lovely artworks up there beside my painting.
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Just gorgeous. So delicate and full of grace--the title reminded me of the Josh Groban song by the same name, pretty fitting.
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The title of this was in fact taken from that song, which happens to be one of my all time favourites.
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she surely does! friggin gorgeous! great lighting and flow of motion, esp the "skirt" frills.
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