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Published: 2017-05-11 21:22:34 +0000 UTC; Views: 4495; Favourites: 319; Downloads: 92
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Description Will be used in more info to come^_^
yay, evening fun and more photobashing/composition practice. Wanted to make something inspired by the dreary yet colourful mood of The heart of the Sea-movie, as well as show off one of the fullgrown dragons of my HARPG setting out hunting, yes, mother dragon is hunting whale....and poor Caroleans just ended up in the middle of the run in their tiny boats XD 
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Comments: 21

NhuYArt1 [2018-03-05 17:14:26 +0000 UTC]

Love the atmosphere here. poor whale, but it's life . Your sea-background is perfect.

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Roiuky In reply to NhuYArt1 [2018-03-05 19:08:36 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! Yes sad for the whale, hopefully it dives just in time to get away though!

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Evodolka [2018-01-29 17:38:58 +0000 UTC]

truly a magnificent sight to behold

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Roiuky In reply to Evodolka [2018-02-03 09:23:38 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! Have so much more I want to write about the dragons and how they work in the ecosystem..hmm..yeah might do that today..

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Evodolka In reply to Roiuky [2018-02-03 14:16:31 +0000 UTC]

your welcome
would love to learn more on them

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AMEcco [2017-07-09 11:58:11 +0000 UTC]

The composition of this picture is amazing. And that is one ominous dragon. I almost didn't notice it at first!

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Roiuky In reply to AMEcco [2017-07-09 12:03:43 +0000 UTC]

thank you! yes, the great white sneaks up on it´s prey then BAM, dragon to the head

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Jullelin [2017-06-12 20:07:30 +0000 UTC]

Dive whale! DIVE!!!!

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Roiuky In reply to Jullelin [2017-06-14 11:23:35 +0000 UTC]

it won´t save you, not when the Great white goes hunting*^* 

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Zuci90 [2017-05-12 00:36:57 +0000 UTC]

That's one nice looking Wyvern.  
The whole piece looks in grim way very serene.
Love it. 

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Roiuky In reply to Zuci90 [2017-05-12 09:05:18 +0000 UTC]

yas, think i like wyverns the best of all dragon types, not sure why, maybe it´s the bat likeness but i just love themXD thank you!<3

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Zuci90 In reply to Roiuky [2017-05-12 13:38:22 +0000 UTC]

Ah, I still haven't decided which are my absolute favorites.  
I love Chinese dragons and their ability to survive and stay agile in any place basically, where it under water, all the way up in the air or inside mountains crawling in tunnels. 
However I think that dragons should have wings.  
Wyverns are awesome and make the most sense -when thinking realistically. But in fantasy literature that I enjoy reading and creating (Dragonlance and such), the lack of forelimbs makes them hard to write in. They have a spot in the world, but not very bright one, I'm afraid.  
I'd adore the four-legged winged ones, but I feel like their anatomy is off somehow. The designs looks cool, but just like a werewolf needs it's tail and looks silly without one, I find that four-legged dragons are missing something and it's out there just waiting to be discovered. ^^ 
 
Whoops..  I didn't mean to start writing a novel here, but I hope you like to read nonsense.  

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Roiuky In reply to Zuci90 [2017-05-13 15:14:24 +0000 UTC]

haha no worries, when it comes to the love of dragons there can be no nonsens!*^* 

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nekonotaishou [2017-05-12 00:29:56 +0000 UTC]

Love that dragon! Like the ones from Reign of Fire!

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Roiuky In reply to nekonotaishou [2017-05-12 09:04:29 +0000 UTC]

yes, i looove their design! they look so mean*^*

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valachhim [2017-05-11 22:32:14 +0000 UTC]

This is absolutely breathtaking! Love the cinematic feel and quality compossision. And the details on the dragon's head and upper body are just insane. Really cool how you acchieve such a harmonic piece with so many recources, and still make the matte painting pop

also, dragons + whales marry me

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Roiuky In reply to valachhim [2017-05-12 09:10:59 +0000 UTC]

thank you, I have some (ugly) progress images to share if you´re interested, but in general my tip is to put focus on what it is you find most important in the image, the dragon in this case, then the rest is just a meeeh of textures, lasso tool+texture brush, blur effects and it still sort of works^_^ and yes! been thinking up this whole hunting pattern/behaviour for my ice dragons, how they use gas to stay light enough in a pouch in their bellies(since they´re too big to stay airborn otherwise) and the gas can be ignited for a little fireaction but it would make it difficult for the dragons to take flight, meaning the fire is only a last resort thing, and definitely not something to use when you´re miles out to sea^^ The way they track whales are similar to the extra sense of the white shark catching up on the electro impulses in the preys body so she can follow the whales even when they are below the surface for a long time, then once they come back up she pounces...*^*

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valachhim In reply to Roiuky [2017-05-12 17:03:50 +0000 UTC]

I would LOVE to see progress pics! I'm currently fleshing out the first few portfolio artwork attempts so I am gladly willing to gobble up all your precious advice!
Your dragon behavior and the synapsis of humans and dragons working together really breaths life into them! I could really picture a BBC nature documentary about them hehe
And never under estimate lasso tools and texture brushes ID

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Roiuky In reply to valachhim [2017-05-13 15:13:55 +0000 UTC]

alright, i´ll put them together then and link you, might take me until next wweekend though, and a warning they really look terribleXD 

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MensjeDeZeemeermin [2017-05-11 21:41:13 +0000 UTC]

Perhaps planning on stealing a harpooned whale from the humans...

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Roiuky In reply to MensjeDeZeemeermin [2017-05-11 22:22:19 +0000 UTC]

perhaps..them lazy dragons!*^*

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