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Published: 2017-03-12 01:33:58 +0000 UTC; Views: 21107; Favourites: 750; Downloads: 0
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I had a ball painting this one. To paint dragons professionally, the dream! The epic, strong, regal pose of the Frost Dragon Inspired me and was transfixed to my painting till he was done.Hope you like it as much as I enjoyed painting it!
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Being able to draw a dragon is something you can study by studying anatomy and practising texture drawing. You get the hang of it over time. Being able to draw it in a gesture that makes it look majestic and dominant, is something you need to understand. I have seen countless dragon artworks, and many managed to nail it, but when someone fails drawing a dragon, its not so much the way it looks, but rather the gesture and position is lame. A dragon is a fierce creature, its epic. And you Sir managed to nail it. The way its standing there, intimidating, the way it looks DOWN on you, a gesture of dominance. It clearly indicates that it is strong, at least stronger than you. Fantastic! Next up, something very important, many, MANY people get wrong. 'Colour theory'. What colours fit together? What colours can I use for expression? What fits with the theme? In this case, its not too difficult. The theme is clearly 'Ice'. You didn't have to draw a colourful artwork. However, what I really like, is that you used purple to indicate shading on some parts of the dragons scales. You still made use of many different tones and colours for your painting, even if you could've just used a bunch of different blue tones. And often the artist regrets that decision, because its more difficult than they expected to get all of the colours fit together. You also managed to nail drawing the icy texture by highlighting with a white pen, I believe. A lesser experienced artist would've probably not highlighted making it look like a regular blue dragon. Also very important is the background. A background can add so much to an artwork, and many seem to underestimate how important it is. Often they get lazy in the end, and end up either completely ruining the artwork with a bad background or simply don't add one at all. In this case however, it doesn't take away from the main focus, being the dragon but also adds to the tension, by letting the viewer know where the scenario takes place which is not a location it like to find a dragon at, to be fair. Very nice. All in all, the impact is amazing, because you managed to nail the gesture as I said. Your techniques are clearly on the more experienced side as well. Sadly its not very original, since there are countless dragon artworks. Solid piece, well done! Makes me wanna take a look at 'Crystals of Fate'! And to end it up. Sir, you basically already made your dream come true. It is a professional painted dragon.
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Such a strongly worded and passionate response, I am honoured, thank you for your words.
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always. Good art deserves a good response. I'm happy you like my critique. I'm still practising writing those in english^
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You can probably tell from me favoriting this piece before the critique that I really love it. I mean, this dragon just looks amazing, and terrifying. The coloring and line work here is also very impressive. I love the background being this giant rain and/or snow storm. It just makes the dragon being there both more dramatic and more impressive looking. I...have nothing more to say to this, except that I wish that I had the funds to get artwork from you. You said you were good at drawing dragons, and you weren't kidding. Keep up the good work, JSA.
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Wow I don't know what to say, other than it's really good. I like the effects in the foreground and background and they are subtle enough not to over power the center of attention which is the dragon.
I kind of like how the wings curve leading our eyes to the head, and even with so much happening in the image it never gets too hard to make out anything.
At most I would say the mountains behind the dragon could pop a little more, but that is really such a small thing in the grand scheme of the picture.
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haha, thank you. You are very kind 
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haha, thanks mate! Glad you like it!
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O: So spiky and cool! This is stunningly epic!
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Gorgeous, I love the scale details and the striking scenery! 
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Thank you! Really happy with how he turned out 😊
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Awsome dragon
my suggestion is to make a fight scene with two of these, that'd be awsome
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Haha, heck of a piece that would be! Maybe one day if ever the time becomes available. Schedule at the moment is pretty nuts!
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Hmm, didn't think of that, though their dragons don't have 6 limbs.
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Awesome! I love the way you did the scales!
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Damn, I wanted to write own critique... What the beautiful dragon!
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Haha, by the time I realised I'd turned critique on, I'd recieved 3 and I meant to turn it off haha. Humbled by the response though
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Wow so amazing! Is Crystals of Fate a good game?
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It will be! Still in development at the moment
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Cheers, loved painting it!
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