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faile35 — The Dragon Emergent
Published: 2006-05-31 16:51:28 +0000 UTC; Views: 5718; Favourites: 91; Downloads: 418
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This one's about 15 years old, based on an idea I had when I was 16 (years earlier). It's one of my earliest oil paintings ever (I think it's the fifth one in my life). It is the second one I did purely from my brain without looking at anything. I began using it as a wallpaper for my computer desktop a few years back, and some high school students "borrowed it" and began spreading it around the internet, so you may have seen it somewhere before. In any case, my signature is barely visible in the right-hand bottom edge. I am lucky to have saved this one when so much of my other art "vanished."Enjoy! --Faile35
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it looks as if he's auditioning to be the next Dragonslayer... good movie
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His hand is open, palm toward the dragon in a warding gesture. He's a wizard of some kind, I think.
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I love and adore dragons and you have done this dragon much justice. He is beautiful! I almost feel sorry for that man but I get swept up in the arrogance of the dragon too easily and find myself thinking amusedly What does he think he can do? He is against a dragon in his own lair. Dinner time. XD The swoop of the neck, the streching of the wings, the horns and scales, *purrs* I can almost see the entire sequence of him rising out of the lava. Gorgeous!
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Yeah, I see the same things in it you do. The guy is dead meat, really, although I think that anyone gutsy enough (or foolhardy enough) and capable enough to enter such a lava-filled chamber, may have some kind of plan or magic to defend themselves and get out of there. Yeah. That's it. I'm sure he does... 
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Good! Dragons should always be fun to paint! ^^ I'm glad that you're glad.
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That's bloody amazing! O_O I can feel the power, the heat....
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Thank you. I'm glad you like it. 
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As dragons should be, I think. Thanks. --Faile35
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Oh yes, apart from the little concrete one in my garden. My daughter likes to pick "her" up and cuddle "her"
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Kids can find an exception to everything... --Faile35
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She's just cute anyways, and also older than my little Willow
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A sapling, or another child? --Faile35
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Willow is an angel, and also a child. No jokes about my only daughter
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None intended. I'm sure she's great. --Faile35
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I think so, and lots of other people seem to
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Cute, happy little girls seem to have that effect on people.
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Oh yeah, especially blonde ones
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I was once a little blonde girl *sigh*
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That is beautiful. I really love the color. It gives a sense of danger and heat,.... especially around the dragon's chest. The scale of the man compared to the dragon is awesome as well. The shading (or rather lighting) in this piece is great! This is a beautiful illustration. 
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A woman, a man, a young man, a boy, a great deal of fear, and a mistaken belief in Godly will. Those are the magicians in this vanishing act. Thank you for the compliments. My favorite color has always been black,... which isn't really a true color, so my second favorite is red, and this piece has it in abundance. --Faile35
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You're very welcome. My favorite color is black as well,... but you're right. That isn't a color.
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By "mistaken belief in Godly will," I'm not saying that belief in God or belief in God's will, or even that a certain belief about God's will, is mistaken. There was a mistake made based upon what some people believed was "God's will," which was in part responsible for the vanishing of the pictures. I, myself, am a God-fearing person, which is why I am going to such ridiculous extent to clarify that one phrase... Black rules!!! --Faile35
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I understand.
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Yes, they did consider the works to be "evil" and "ungodly." Worse, I became convinced of it, too (I was the young man in question). Beauty, and art, are in the eye of the beholder. I was living under my folks' roof, and so they made the rules, determining that some of my absolutely best stuff was "inappropriate." When my younger brother made an effort to live by their rules--something that was necessary and good for him--the "crusade/inquisition" found its way into my stored art while I was away for a year (Italy, looking at the Sistine Chapel). He wanted to purge my art of some of the "questionable" material, and I didn't have the balls or the heart to tell him "no." When I came home, I was determined to fit in with the family, at the expense of the art, and so again it suffered. Only a few things survived that "iconoclasm," and I immediately regretted it.
Recently I had a sit-down talk with my folks and told them exactly what I'm painting these days, and that unless they wanted to be positive and supportive about it, I didn't want to hear anything about it from them--my ear is too open to their disapproval, you might say. They were sorry that my road has had its associated pains (it wasn't really their fault, although going against their wishes at 17 would have been much harder than at twice that age), and neither did they express a desire to see my stuff. I really love my folks, but we're a bit more distanced now than we ever have been--chalk that up as another price of the artist's life, I guess. --Faile35
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I'm so sorry to hear that,... yet I'm glad that despite all that happened you did not let it completely get in the way of your relationship with them. It is difficult to grow up in a home where religion has such a strong grip on the family members. I've always considered myself lucky that my parents allowed me to choose any religion I wished. Although technically my family is Catholic, we're not "practicing" Catholics. Church is within one's own heart. That's our motto.
You know what you're doing, and you know right from wrong. I'd like to believe that God is forgiving, and that a few paintings with gory scenes or nude women won't stand in the way of salvation (I hope I'm using that term correctly). There are more important things in life than a few "ungodly" drawings, but that's just my belief.
Artists/Creative people are always offending someone. I don't let it bother me too much anymore.
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You and I are on the same page. The same paragraph, even. Your "sentence" might be about blood and guts, while mine is about naked women in bondage, but- hey! It's an interesting book to read...
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Well,.. they have their lives, and you have yours. You each must lead your own life the way you see fit.
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And THAT's why I show my art here, instead of to my folks.
...unless dA decides to ban me for "Besieged I"... 
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Ban you for that piece?? I don't think so.
That's the perfect way to keep your folks involved.
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Wow... even then you drew like a pro!!!
Awesome!!! *faves*
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Well, thank you! And thank you!
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hello this is so very beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i love it so keep up the great great work & so back to work keep
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Wow! Thanks! You are the queen of smilies and exclamation points!
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i really like the intensity of the limited palette you used for this. you can almost feel the heat emanate from the canvas.
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Thanks! I like limited palettes, but I find myself diverging from them more often than not. Glad you like it! --Faile35
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Very impressive to achieve all this with so few colours. The water (or lava) looks so fiery. A great composition.
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Thank you, thank you! --Faile35
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It's beautiful, and sadly, I do think i've seen it before but it's incredible and I wholly credit you for it! :-D
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