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Published: 2011-08-24 14:28:02 +0000 UTC; Views: 3337; Favourites: 186; Downloads: 56
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Doing the scales on that dragon nearly killed me
Starting to love using textures!
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They are so cute together. I like the expression of the dragon, and how you painted him.
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I love the openness of it! Makes me want to go roll in the grass. <3
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so cute, great colours and luv the dragon :3 they're looking at the sky ?
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Nice art!
This is a cool one.
i like to see what I can make out of clouds as well.
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This is the cutest dragon ive seen in a while
love how it seems so at peace with the world haha
the girl is prefectly drawn too <3
and the landscape... fair play lol
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I need to go and fix up all the stuff Pinali mentioned x___x Then it should look a bit more ok as a general composition..
Thank you <3
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I can see Pinalis points, but this piece is still breathtaking
i look forward to seeing what you come up with
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Haha, I bet..scales can be fun, but are extremely tedious!! Turned out awesome though, and I'm curious to see how you will be using textures in the future c:
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Wow... the coloring and tetxturing of the dragon is marvelous! The whole image has somethign whimsical about it that just makes me love it as a whole. ^^
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this is amazing! I"m so glad you did do the scales, they really add to the realism of the piece. The detail of the background is so very fun! I agree with Pinali that the grass behind should be more faded, and the girls skin needs more warm colors, but other than that, this is amazing! Great job! (I just cant get over how wickedly awesome that dragon is...)
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also, i would be interested in this one if you ever had prints made
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I'll get the things Pinali mentioned fixed, then re-upload and make it available for prints
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yay! I cant wait! i've never ordered a print of DA, i usually dont like the art that much, but I just absolutely love this piece!
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Ooh, I love the life/energy in this one. The dragon is so cute with those big innocent eyes! All your work on the scales definitely paid off, as well, his form really stands out.
Regarding the girl, I love her pose and expression but I feel like she's very grey for someone in sunlight. Her skin is pretty bland and so are the shadows on it - I think she would've benefitted from a bit more yellow in the skin tone and more saturated shading colours in places (the darkest ones should be cool, though, yep)
Only other thing that bothers me here is the background - the blades of grass that are furhter away are shaded with the exact same range of values and colours as the ones right close up to the viewer, and it looks a bit strange. The patch of grass above the dragon's nose/claw is a bit distracting to my eye (when it shouldn't be since it's part of the background, not a focal point) but I'm not sure if that's just me.
I think if you pushed your atmospheric perspective on the hills a bit as well then the girl and dragon would "pop" more and create a more clear silhouette against the backdrop, helping to draw the eye to them.
I hope that's at least a bit helpful for you. 
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After staring at the picture for a while I can see what you mean! Especially with the grass.. I think I was so keen to finish the picture (the first proper picture I'd done in like.. several years) I didn't pay as much attention to things like my range of values. I think I'll fade out the background in the distance a bit with some blue, and do the same with some of the grass.
Really appreciate the input
<3
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No problem! I'm glad it helped ya
I also know that feel about doing art after a lengthy break, my 'trying to get back into it' pieces all looked like butts
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