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Published: 2008-11-02 13:52:56 +0000 UTC; Views: 2888; Favourites: 96; Downloads: 79
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This is a digital repaint of Dragon Life 5 [link] . I loved the color scheme and composition of the original, but it just didn't have the effect I wanted in the oil-on-panel version. Part of the reason for that was time constraint.Painter X, Photoshop CS3
Wacom Intuos 3
25 hours
*Edit* Added some ambient blue light and some texture to the dragon.
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The dragon is so brilliantly red I love it. But the dramatic difference in detail between the creature and his environment makes it look like the image was painted by two different people.
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I really enjoy the contrast between the colours.
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Oh very cool! It looks like it could be a Welsh dragon with those colours! I am doing a welsh dragon at some point. Cool mountains as well!
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Wow! He's so pretty! I like the red color
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Love the detail in the mountains and the ledge!
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Thanks! First time I had fun with rocks.
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Much much better! He, she, it looks like it belongs now.
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Mountains are awesome here. really.
But the dragon's colour doesn't fit here. I'd add some violets and blues on the character.
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Actually, I just added more blue and updated this about 30 minutes ago. I'm not sure which version your browser is showing you...
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I can see these blue strokes...
but it's still not too much in my opinion; mixing blue and red is always very dangerous.
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Not always. It's good for striking contrast, which is what I wanted.
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Amazing background! Yeah, I want to go see some mountains now.
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Me too. I've seen the Rockies... but seeing the Alps would be great. I've only seen them from 20,000 feet up.
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Why stop there? There's plenty of mountains to see in the world!
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Dude, I'm from Nebraska. A landfill looks like a mountain to me. I think after the Alps, I'll have enough mountains to last a really long time.
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I dunno, I'd like to see alot of things out there...
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The dragon looks so pure, and almost untouchable the way you rendered him in the piece...Like a hallucination on a wonderful landscape...That's just cool...
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Man, you are AMAZING at backgrounds, I have to say. D:
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Hopefully not too amazing. The dragon is supposed to be the focal point... But the background was fun. ^^
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Dang that is a gorgeous picture and dragon. It's so cool being hide covered without any visible scales.. where's a tranquilizer dart when I need one.
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Eh... he has scales now. It was too smooth before, and contrasted too much with the rest of the painting.
Thank you though.
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You're right, it looks even better with the slight texturing (I can barely see it on this monitor, but somewhat can, especially on the wings). Adds a deal of realism, all the more, like with the blue lighting. Nicely done update ^^. Stillthinkhidebaseddragonsarenifty*cough*
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Reminds me of how much I need to visit the mountains
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Hmm, I hope you don't mind me giving a few crits
What puts me off a bit in this image is how stupidly realistic the background is, I mean, the mountains are painted awesomely, as are the rocks the dragon's sitting on. They're full of texture, shading and colour variation. But then there's the dragon. He seems not to belong there, mainly because of the smoothness of it's skin as opposed to the rough texture underneath him, and the fact that the entire dragon was coloured in one colour only (different tones of red). Think of colour reflections on the rocks, the dragon would have hints of dark blue/grey on his underside, and hints of lighter blue on the top side, since I assume there's where the light source is. Try and make the dragon actually blend with his surroundings, it'll add to the realism of the entire image.
Still though, this is an amazing piece of work nonetheless
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You are right. I was in a hurry to finish it last night, and even though those things had crossed my mind, by the time I finished the cliff I didn't really care any more. But that did help a lot. Thanks for the suggestion.
I tried some different leg anatomy this time. Did you notice a difference?
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Ah I see.
Yes, the shorter upper arm works better and the hindleg feels more natural
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