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Published: 2009-08-27 05:14:09 +0000 UTC; Views: 2795; Favourites: 92; Downloads: 0
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Maximus is struttin' his stuff!This drawing is a request from ~Vevanak who has watched this drawing come into being (like a hawk, mind you) over the past few live broadcasts on my Livestream Channel. This character is from the Temeraire series. Cookies for anyone who has read it!
I really like the result and I think I'm finally getting the hang of those colored pencils! 
He's very shiny.9x12 Bristol Board
Colored Pencils
Lots and lots of time
Vev has bought the original, but I am making prints of this piece (even on metallic paper).
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Comments: 67
This is beautil! I love the colors you used! Maximus is SOOOO awesome!
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Maximus rocks! 
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You're welcome! :3 Maximus FTW!
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Yup, gotta support all that weight with something!
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Oh good! You put the word 'strut' in the first sentence in your description. Becuase that was literally the first word that came to mind when I saw the thumbnail of this. Very good job putting some attitude in the picture.
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Me too! I was like, "wow, what a show off!" Thank you for the comment!
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More skillful coloured pencil artistry! =O How do you do it?
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lol, thanks! My only explanation is tons and tons of time practicing!
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Whee shiny!
The colors and the musculature are really well done and I love his facial expression. The anatomy of the wings and how they attach to the body really shows some thought went into it.
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Thanks! I really appreciate that! It's always hard making the body parts look like they belong together. That's always the challenge with fictional creatures...
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Awesome! Not many people draw Maximus. It's mainly Temmy. It looks great!
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Tem gets too much attention! It's Maximus' turn for the spotlight!
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ahah nicely done
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I'm still reading through the books as well. I am part way through 5 right now
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Or else you taste good with catsup.
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Okay, I gotta know, What in the hell sort of colored pencils did you use!?! 
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They are Faber Castell Polychromos.
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Holy crap ... I've never even heard of those.
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They are wonderful! Get yourself some sometime!
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I was looking for some in Michaels, I didn't see any though.
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I picked some up at Michaels. They were near the charcoals and pastels.
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Well damn it. 
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ouch! That must have been a huge pack of them then! I know they're nearly $2 per pencil...
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I'm not sure, it had a wizard on the front ...
I'll have to see if I can get some online or something.
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Yeah, for sure. They're really nice. I won't go back to the cheap ones again!
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Lol, I dunno what you thought you saw on the webcam, but I don't think they "smudged" like you were saying. I was doing all the "blending" by using different pressures on the pencils and by going over colors I had already put down. What you might have been seeing was an illusion caused by the frame rate that Livestream is set at to provide a stream the internet could keep up with. The colored pencils definitely don't flow like a PS smudge tool or like wet paint. Though they are of higher quality than most colored pencils, they are still simply just that: pencils.
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Okay. 
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I'm using a smooth bristol for mine
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Oh ... well then, I assumed incorrectly!
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Lol, just practice, that's all.
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Maximus the regal copper!
Excellent work on his wings, the lighting is magnificent! I adore the shading you used on the scales, it makes them look very realistic and shine <3
I'd never think I'd see him of all creatures in my inbox, but I'm very happy to see that you drew him, and so well enough to be recognized easily at a glance
You also kept the same even coppery color throughout his body, which is definitely something to be proud of ^^
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