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Mike-Dragon — Magical Night

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"When the night has come
And the land is dark
And the moon is the only light we'll see
No I won't be afraid, No I won't be afraid
Just as long as you stand, stand by me

So darling, darling
Stand by me, oh, stand by me
Oh stand, stand by me,
Stand by me

If the sky that we look upon
Should tumble and fall
Or the mountains should crumble to the sea
I won't cry, I won't cry
No I won't shed a tear
Just as long as you stand, stand by me

Whenever you're in trouble, won't you stand by me
Oh stand by me,
oh won't you stand now?
stand by me."

Yes... It was inspired on that song.

I'll say... I'm kinda proud of this one. Not exactly as imagined, but still great if i consider my limitations. Again I've tried some new effects and techniques for shadows and light. Also a pseudo-texture for the mountains, the land and the sea. Practicing some perspective again is also good and I guess I made a good job here. I wanted to add some trees but they would look too small. It would be hard to make them. I'll leave it for a next opportunity.

P.S: I think that sky could have more stars. |= .

Time: About 3 hours.
Tools: Photoshop CS2
Layers: 25 layers. (not counting the watermarks)
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Comments: 46

shadowlion69 [2012-03-16 20:02:29 +0000 UTC]

would have been cool to have the clouds shaped as a dragon..

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Mike-Dragon In reply to shadowlion69 [2012-03-17 01:20:57 +0000 UTC]

I know. D: Though I suck at drawing clouds and was too lazy to draw any on this picture.

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shadowlion69 In reply to Mike-Dragon [2012-03-17 18:41:29 +0000 UTC]

well you can keep it as an unfinished project and finished it another time. i do that alot with my jewelry projects-lol and photos

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FeatherSpiral [2010-06-10 19:44:34 +0000 UTC]

Holy cow, you're amazing on the clouds.
They're so realistic, I can see them move.
No, really. I can.

I daren't qualify the plains and the mountains as being realistic though. They lack the level of detail and texture of the clouds and the moon.

Still beautiful though. I can almost hear crickets chirping there.

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Mike-Dragon In reply to FeatherSpiral [2010-06-15 03:22:55 +0000 UTC]

Heh, thank you very much. ^^ However I can't get much credit for them in this work since I've used brushes for this one.

Yes, the land is not realistic nor supposed to look realistic. After all I did not added details or texture to make it look real or something.

Thank you very much. ^_^

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pokeinuyasha [2009-11-29 16:53:20 +0000 UTC]

FFFF. You're getting really good at landscapes, Mike! <33

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Mike-Dragon In reply to pokeinuyasha [2009-11-29 16:55:55 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! ^^

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pokeinuyasha In reply to Mike-Dragon [2009-11-29 17:24:32 +0000 UTC]

No prob! x3

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Mike-Dragon In reply to pokeinuyasha [2009-11-29 18:21:09 +0000 UTC]

Btw... Guess what InyWolf suggested me yesterday?

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pokeinuyasha In reply to Mike-Dragon [2009-11-29 19:07:13 +0000 UTC]

Whut? o.o

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Mike-Dragon In reply to pokeinuyasha [2009-11-29 19:16:41 +0000 UTC]

Collab. We three. :3

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pokeinuyasha In reply to Mike-Dragon [2009-11-29 19:59:11 +0000 UTC]

OMG That'd be so freaking awesome!

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Mike-Dragon In reply to pokeinuyasha [2009-11-29 20:04:52 +0000 UTC]

We just need you to come online on MSN so we can RP something or battle on SSB. :3

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pokeinuyasha In reply to Mike-Dragon [2009-11-29 21:10:55 +0000 UTC]

Ayup xP And then we could have an idea!

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Mike-Dragon In reply to pokeinuyasha [2009-11-29 21:14:57 +0000 UTC]

Yuuup!

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pokeinuyasha In reply to Mike-Dragon [2009-11-29 21:21:12 +0000 UTC]

However, I don't know if I'll log on MSN again today... I dunno. :C

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Mike-Dragon In reply to pokeinuyasha [2009-11-29 22:55:59 +0000 UTC]

Awww, why? D:

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pokeinuyasha In reply to Mike-Dragon [2009-11-30 01:13:26 +0000 UTC]

I dunno, I think I'm too lazy for that now. 'XD

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Mike-Dragon In reply to pokeinuyasha [2009-11-30 01:55:21 +0000 UTC]

Aww. D:

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GMD88 [2009-11-28 01:28:09 +0000 UTC]

Your backgrounds are gorgeous!

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Mike-Dragon In reply to GMD88 [2009-11-28 22:26:52 +0000 UTC]

Why, thank you so much!

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wispywaffle [2009-11-28 00:39:16 +0000 UTC]

You're gettin good at these!!

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Mike-Dragon In reply to wispywaffle [2009-11-28 22:31:57 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! <3 Means a lot for me to hear that. X3

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DragonAura77 [2009-11-28 00:11:09 +0000 UTC]

How gorgeous!!
I love the detail, and the clouds look so amazing!!

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Mike-Dragon In reply to DragonAura77 [2009-11-28 22:32:25 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much!

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DragonAura77 In reply to Mike-Dragon [2009-11-29 14:28:58 +0000 UTC]

My pleasure!!

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Geckoman92 [2009-11-27 23:20:40 +0000 UTC]

Hmmmmm yes very magical indeed.

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realpeanut2004 [2009-11-27 14:01:28 +0000 UTC]

I bet I can see a Lugia emerging from the water under the moon @ the next very moment~

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Mike-Dragon In reply to realpeanut2004 [2009-11-28 22:33:45 +0000 UTC]

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unknown7777 [2009-11-27 08:12:10 +0000 UTC]

Still doing good PY :3

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Mike-Dragon In reply to unknown7777 [2009-11-28 22:41:37 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. ^^

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unknown7777 In reply to Mike-Dragon [2009-11-29 01:14:32 +0000 UTC]

Your welcome buddy ^^

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Shaprite91 [2009-11-27 02:23:51 +0000 UTC]

Cool.

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Mike-Dragon In reply to Shaprite91 [2009-11-28 22:42:22 +0000 UTC]

Thanks.

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hf81xd [2009-11-27 02:22:30 +0000 UTC]

*sniff* Beautiful :'] Just beautiful...

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Mike-Dragon In reply to hf81xd [2009-11-28 22:42:29 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! <3

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hf81xd In reply to Mike-Dragon [2009-11-29 03:15:57 +0000 UTC]

XD

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blackminorscales [2009-11-27 01:38:49 +0000 UTC]

Very awesome ^^. Did you make those clouds?

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Mike-Dragon In reply to blackminorscales [2009-11-28 22:43:07 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much. ^^ But I can't tell I made them with some brushes to save time and make the sky look more natural. <.<

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blackminorscales In reply to Mike-Dragon [2009-11-28 23:59:25 +0000 UTC]

Oh, then I shall not ask

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Mike-Dragon In reply to blackminorscales [2009-11-29 01:45:08 +0000 UTC]

Good. >.>

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BlooperKoopa19 [2009-11-27 01:37:35 +0000 UTC]

Did you make the moon and clouds yourself? O_o

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Mike-Dragon In reply to BlooperKoopa19 [2009-11-28 22:43:44 +0000 UTC]

I wish I had, but this time I used brushes so I could make the sky look more natural and also save some time. D:

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FeatherFall24 [2009-11-27 01:35:24 +0000 UTC]

wow, just amazing ^^

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Mike-Dragon In reply to FeatherFall24 [2009-11-28 22:43:53 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! ^^

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FeatherFall24 In reply to Mike-Dragon [2009-11-28 22:47:24 +0000 UTC]

your welcome ^^

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