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Jianre-M — My Personal Dragon - Colored
Published: 2012-07-31 17:43:38 +0000 UTC; Views: 1127; Favourites: 42; Downloads: 0
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I finally got around to coloring "My Personal Dragon ". The original drawing was based on a "What kind of Dragon Are You" Quiz by *Dreamnorn . which, unfortunately, no longer seems to be up.Anyways, according to the quiz I was mostly 'Water', secondary 'Wind', and just a dash of 'bubble' (which is a cat-like dragon)
I thoroughly enjoyed drawing the lineart, and when it came time to color, I took into consideration my friend ~ScreamingLama 's birthday present Fanart "Dragon Rider Morning Ride ".
All in all, I'm very happy with the results. Blue is in fact, my favorite color... and it was interesting making a critter that was ALL cool colors.
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This is so beautiful. I love the color pallet. Your technique in shading in it is fantastic the way it shows the muscles of the dragon. The style of the dragon is so unique and graceful looking. Just georgous.!!!!
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Thank you very much! 
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np~! woud you mind looking at the dragons i drew?
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I will when I get a moment, do you have links to the specific dragons you'd like me to look at?
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erm... that just seems to go to your featured gallery. can you link me to the specific image? 'cause I wasn't able to find it with a quick browse.
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don ask... i'll send later okay? the computer is against me now...
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[link] here's one. and... [link]
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(sorry for amazingly late reply...)
so I looked at both dragons, and while I wasn't sure how detailed a critique you wanted, figured I'd give you a few mild pointers at least just in case.
the first image "Look out with what you wish" the dragon has a very interesting design, I'm assuming it was meant to be a spectral or spirit-dragon (as I'm not familiar with the story.) if so, you did well conveying that. I don't know how the dragons were described in said story, but the creature you drew looks a little awkward with the eyes on the side of the head. Most predatory animals have forward-facing eyes to help them hunt. (this does include reptiles like snakes and lizards.) something you might want to look into for designs where you've drawn the dragon straight-on. the shadow angles are also pretty well thought out. (on another note, did you mean to have the title say "Be Careful What You Wish For?" like in the English Fable?)
Good job!
as for the second image "Shukei, Eien no Yoru..." you did a fantastic job on the weapon details for this one, I like it a lot. the dragon has good teeth, (and most wild animals have yellow teeth, virtue of lacking toothpaste.) I do have to admit that between the weapon and the wings on the humanoid character the giant dragon in the background gets a bit confusing... hard to see enough of him to figure out what he looks like or where he's going. Also, as someone who personally owns a snake, the scales all go in one direction really. like armor plates on the head and then pointing down to the tail. That said, the teeth look great and the human character has fantastic details.
Good Job!
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i love you. you and your feedback. best feedback i ever had.
yeah, dragon's are tricky for me. especially from the front.
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I'm very glad you liked it! 
they're tricky for a lot of people, including myself, I do prefer get at least a 3/4 profile turn when I can. Depending on what animals you're basing your dragons on, you might want to look up some photographs of different angles to give you some ideas to play with.
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When i first drew a Dragon, i used an eragon Dragon as ref
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ah... that explains a lot actually....
no offense to Eragon, but those dragons aren't very well proportioned and the scales are rather half-hazard and unrealistic.
better would be to look at the Dungeons and Dragons dragons. ... you can find those in the Draconomicon book, or "A Practical Guide to Dragons" which is the non-gamer consumer version, they spend more time working out the anatomy at least. if that's not your style then I'd still suggest looking at animals that have similar features to what you're drawing.
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I'm currently playing a game in which i have to fight a Dragon, so i think that'll be a good example...
a five-headed Chinese Dragon, gawd... -__-
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that helps.
have you ever played "Breath of Fire"? particularly the 3rd game has some fantastic dragons in it.
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Never heard of it, but sounds amazing
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You can still get Breath of Fire 3 on Amazon... I think they still have a PSP version. 
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aha. i'll look it up on the webs
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Thank you very much!
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Thank you! I'm glad you like it! 
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Its nice to see somethin' from ya', Jianre. :3 She's gorgeous~ I like the fins, the fluff, and the epic wings. x3
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Thank you! I'm happy to be working on more digital stuff.
Thank you very much! I'm very happy with how the wings came out, they were a bit of an experiment.
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Awesome!
I wish I could do wings more similar to those, but I have difficulty with it. D;
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Yes it is! I love doing both though to be honest, I have some seriously awesome Markers! and of course, I ink all my work by hand.
in truth the wings are a bit new to me too, I'm still working on that.
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I do, as well. I will never lose my love for traditional art. I /had/ some seriously awesome markers, but they are all dying on me. OTL You ink all your work by hand? I find it easier to ink digitally, and it comes out prettier. I have a shaky hand, and it shows more with traditional inking. >.>;;
True enough~ :3
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Ah... yeah that bites. I use Copics, which you may have noticed... I've spent years collecting what I have. ^_^
Yes I do, I ink all my work by hand. I find that inking by hand takes a lot of practice actually, though I do also clean up the ink work on the computer. I find that my work comes out more proportionate when I'm working on it by hand.
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Copics are amazing. I use prismacolors. Used... Whatever.
Ahh, I see. When I ink by hand, it tends to get messed up due to how difficult it is for me to draw straight lines. And I erase all the pencil lines, so the ink gets worn out. OTL
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I still use those too sometimes, just a different marker effect. XD
I'm not terribly great at straight lines either, but I've practiced ALOT. and in fact use that same method. Pencil-then-ink, erase, ect... ... there are two tricks. ..
the first, and the one I use most often is to 'double-ink'. I go over my lines again, often with a thicker pen (as I tend to use a very small one for the initial lines.) adding lineweight and fixing lines that aren't quite right.
The second, which might work better if you don't have the patience for multiple inking, is to get an 'india ink' pen. they won't fade when you erase, or in sunlight or anything like that.
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I see~ I need to get some copics. I'd really like to see what I can do with em.
Yeah... You have more years on you than me, for sure. XD
I double ink once I've finished coloring the picture, especially when using colored pencils. But I'd rather use digi art and not /have/ to do that. XD *is lazy*
India ink... Hmm. I'll check it out. I think I've heard of those. Oh geeze, speaking of fading in sunlight... I remember one time I got this pen. Its ink flowed so smoothly, and the pen itself looked neat. I liked it. But one time I left a drawing in the car, and didn't realize it would fade in sunlight. I came back about an hour later, and looked at it, and was /really/ confused. I remember saying, "I thought I inked it..." XD Then I realized that it was the ink. The sunlight made it go bye-bye. XD I was pissed.
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