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GreyRadian — Hydra
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Published: 2013-11-09 08:12:36 +0000 UTC; Views: 12770; Favourites: 613; Downloads: 0
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My entry for the Winter Xpo 2013, hope I make it through! It would be awesome to get something exhibited in another country!
This was also quite tough to do, I hope I did the lighting right (I've never really had the time to properly train colour/lighting/shading OTL), And also the water... i have no idea how to render water properly
I guess this will be the last original piece from me for a while, because for coming months I gotta prepare more fanart/MLP for artist trading
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First off, this is quite an interesting piece; after all who doesn't like gargantuan marauding, multi-head lizards?
The focal points are well established by the use of line and contrast, with the greatest points of contrast on the lower head's muzzle and the upper head's neck. Also, the splash of orange on the tongue really works nicely against the almost monochromatic blue hues of the rest of the scene.
When taking this the picture into gray scale, there is a nice range of values of lights to darks which, as the gentle gradient of the warm hues in the upper right to the cool hues in the lower portion of the painting, help guide the viewer's eye's to the focal points.
The line and brushwork is very clean and the atmospheric perspective is a nice touch giving the picture a bit more depth.
The only easily noticeable issue with the water I see is the mist near the lower head's neck, based on the angle of the lighting in the rest of the piece, it may benefit from being a little more subdued in terms of contrast and brightness, since it appears to be in the shadow of the neck.
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Thank you so much for the critique! You have brought up interesting points I never realised, such as turning it into greyscale, which I should definitely do to check my pieces in the future
And thanks for pointing out the splashes as well, I have ended up going back to try fix it as well ^_^
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It's my pleasure. Best of luck, and keep up the good work. 
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This is just awesome. Just seeing it makes me imagine battles and devastation....
You really did a great job ^^
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Well since you deserve it, it's my pleasure to tell you
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Fantastic piece of art O_O
I love this, immediatly fav!!!!
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In the videogames a Hydra isn't that big but in life how are you suppose to kill this thing with a sword
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Its called a mythology
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This is breathtaking! The texture and color palette really add to the feel of this piece, The way he fades into the background, I can tell that this is a gargantuan beast without any size comparisons!
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Wow! That is freaking wicked. I love it. It's so cool. Great job.
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Thank you so much for your comment
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Hehe! Your very welcome!
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Uhhh wait i didnt mean to say thanks to the first part...
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Wow, that's absolutely amazing!! Seriously, that's fantastic!
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Woah, this looks great!
Love the shading you put into the water.
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Thank you so much! I wasn't too sure about the water
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