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KestrelShatterwind — WIP - Waiting

Published: 2006-07-12 01:16:09 +0000 UTC; Views: 669; Favourites: 21; Downloads: 148
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Description Work In Progress shot of my digital painting, "Waiting", featuring Riversong the white dragon.

Feel free to offer any advice, but be reminded that some things that you see are not finished, but the painting itself is still malleable so input is appreciated.

Painter 7
Photoshop 5.5
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Comments: 16

ageroth [2006-10-03 01:28:01 +0000 UTC]

Absolutely beautiful! One thing though, the right paw (the dragons right) might look better if it were turned to nearly vertical.

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CorrosiveFool [2006-07-12 20:46:59 +0000 UTC]

I looove how you color. Its so crisp and clear.

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KestrelShatterwind In reply to CorrosiveFool [2006-07-13 00:31:34 +0000 UTC]

Thanks *gnaw*

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Shusulan [2006-07-12 20:29:20 +0000 UTC]

oh god the clouds! I know the feathers and scales probably took more effort, but the shines on those clouds make me smile. I love the soft pink paws and nose, and the light and clean detailing of the wings and hair(mane?). keep it up, it's going to be beautiful!

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GarnetCross [2006-07-12 13:25:32 +0000 UTC]

She is very white. It's lovely, really--but everything you do just makes my jaw hit the floor anyway, heh. I love her coloration--white dragons are my personal favorite, for some reason. She kind of reminds me of a rat (pink paws, I think), but I like rats, too. Rambling. Keep up the gorgeous work, Kes. <3

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KestrelShatterwind In reply to GarnetCross [2006-07-13 00:31:04 +0000 UTC]

That pink stuff is actually a stem from that little black dragon picture. I put the pink tips on the black dragon as a mark of something fragile, fresh and newborn. I wanted that same effect on this adult dragon- I wanted a sense of not just majesty, but of frailty and youth.

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GarnetCross In reply to KestrelShatterwind [2006-07-13 07:00:14 +0000 UTC]

Pink like the skin of babes. It works wonderfully with the pallate, and it does give it a sense of innocence, so to speak.

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Celtic-Wolf [2006-07-12 12:05:30 +0000 UTC]

Don't usually feel compelled to comment on things..but dude. Those clouds are amazing. And I love how you've done her feathers. Looking forward to seeing the end result.

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KestrelShatterwind In reply to Celtic-Wolf [2006-07-13 00:28:39 +0000 UTC]

Thanks The clouds actually continue along the image a good distance, and they do some more neat cloudy things, but I didn't want to show TOO much of the picture yet!

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Tacimur [2006-07-12 09:34:44 +0000 UTC]

I'm already in love with the clouds.

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symn [2006-07-12 04:01:18 +0000 UTC]

Very meticulously detailed. Good work.

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Mordikai [2006-07-12 01:29:37 +0000 UTC]

holy crap. that's..quite beautiful..
I do have one thing that kinda erks me about it, is that she looks like a very dainty and elegant kind of dragon, I would think she'd have more of a wrist to her because her front legs look a little stick-like.

Not saying you have to change it because you're so good at these things and how would I know, right?

just gorgeous though..

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KestrelShatterwind In reply to Mordikai [2006-07-13 00:27:56 +0000 UTC]

I'm still having issues with the front hand that's poised above the ground. When drawing the lines for the image, I muddled around with that hand so many times, doing so many different things, and this end result is what looked least stupid, so I stuck with it (though I kind of think it looks too small)... But yeah. There might be a few anatomy issues that could have been fixed, but linework is the most difficult to rework, and if it's small enough to look over I'm going to look over it I actually had intended to redo her hair- the nice, sleek straight way it was drawn in the lines looked pretty, but coloring it to be believable is difficult. I might put some air under her hair, give it some direction.

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Mordikai In reply to KestrelShatterwind [2006-07-13 01:29:01 +0000 UTC]

ooh yes, that'd be very nice!

maybe, for the hand, try fliping it horizontaly. For me, different angles help.

overall I can't wait to see the final version, I can see it being a daily deviation.

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rapytur [2006-07-12 01:29:01 +0000 UTC]

Oh yes oh yes. <3

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nigram [2006-07-12 01:21:09 +0000 UTC]

very nice.....
good..,.,. have a nice day.................

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