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DSil — Guard of the Burning Coast
Published: 2006-07-14 02:14:43 +0000 UTC; Views: 4362; Favourites: 49; Downloads: 61
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I'm iffy about this picture. The composition is lousy, the dragon is unoriginal, and the anatomy has gone all to hell, but on the other hand, I'm please with some of the textural effects I achieved. Good old brush options in Photoshop can make some pretty good scaley skin. Unfortunately, when I converted it to a JPEG, the highlights got messed up a bit. Anyway, hope you guys enjoy.Adobe Photoshop 7
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Thanks for such enthusiastic praise! Much appreciated.
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Just sending you a congratulations for being featured in this week's issue of The Dragons of deviantART - [link]
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Cool work.Cool work.Cool work.Cool work.Cool work.Cool work.Cool work.Cool work.Cool work.Cool work.Cool work.Cool work.
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Thank you.Thank you.Thank you.Thank you... Thank you... Thank... y... *pant pant* ...out of breath!
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Very nice work! I love the metalicy look to the skin. The textures are really nice as well. Awesome work!
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really nice textures effects indeed. Some 3D feeling to it.
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Thanks! That's what I was goin' for.
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I agree, great job with the texture. And i like his mouth
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Thanks! That was pretty much the point of this piece.
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So, how'd do you use the brush tool to do skin textures, if you dont mind my asking?
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Hmmm, it's a bit hard to explain with just words. I might submit a tutorial sometime, not that you need any help with skin textures.
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My opinion i love it! probably cause me crazy right now but if i am slap me but i love it.
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your welcome lol i had too much sugar
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Great colors! Overall this is just amazing!! You did wonderful work on this!!
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Much thanks. I really appreciate the comment.
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awsome coloring it looks realistic in a way, keep it up
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You are right about the body though, but the textures you used are really good. I love the head as well! Just too bad it's a bit bright
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You're right. I ought to see if I can adjust the brightness of the pic.
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"who will guard the guards" -famouse saying but in you case im not sure that the guard reilises that his working 
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Hehe, good point! Thanks very much for your comment.
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So cool! I love drangons, so what if this one isn't as original as it could be? The coloring is great! 
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Thanks, buddy! Glad ya like it.
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dude check out my last to postings there like the best drawings of my life
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(To get rid of JPEG-related color problems, go to Edit>Color Settings and set Working Spaces>RGB to Monitor RGB.)
Nifty stuff, lovin' the scaldingly hot colors. Very atmospheric and the dragon's anatomy is worked out intelligently.
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Ahh, that's an excellent idea, I should try it out. Thanks for the comment, glad ya liked it.
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I rather like the wacky anatomy around the wings/shoulder joints; it's fun to see the big globs of muscle.
I'd say this is definitely a fun piece in terms of colors and textures. The scales look almost iridescent!
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That's the effect I was hoping for, so I'm glad it came across. Thanks so much for the comment.
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Haha, don't worry about the anatomy. Dragons don't exist, so who's to say you've got it wrong?
Anyhow, you got a really unique effect! I haven't seen too many Photoshop pieces with the sort of texture you've got going here... how'd you do it? It looks like you used a bunch of those "natural brushes" and some filters? (Do I spy with my little eye some dodge/burn?)
The whole picture looks really hot. (As in temperature). The lava is burning my eyes out! So bright!
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Thanks! Glad ya liked the effect. For the texture I used a brush with the options set to Dual Brush and with Airbrush checked under Other Dynamics. Then I just found a couple that looked scaley, and set the brush mode to Linear Dodge for the highlights and Multiply for the shadows, using various colors. Then for scale details, I just used a small white brush. Aaaaaand that's about it. I guess I also used a couple layers with the mode set to Overlay to fool around with the contrast in different areas. Thanks for the comment!
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I like this. You do have some great textures on the dragon, and I like the mix of the greens with the fiery oranges/reds/yellows of the background. Good dragon anatomy as well.
Tom
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Thanks! I'm glad you like it. I'm not very happy with the anatomy, truth be told, but thank you for the compliment anyway.
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Well I LIKE the anatomy...so there! Seriously, I like it.
Tom
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