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Published: 2009-07-21 21:21:57 +0000 UTC; Views: 2032; Favourites: 53; Downloads: 3576
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I wish, I wish upon a star,That I could fly so free so far.
Touch the sky with my skin,
Feel the Earth and Rock within.
Taste the moon, lick our star,
All those twinkling treats afar.
~Danielle Crow
Here is my dragon I have had in my head, for around 2 years or so now. It has taken me a while to get him down on paper, and now that I have, I am in love with him.
I spent ages getting the background right, and because I have never really done my characters lineless before, it took me ages on him aswell. I hope I have captured enough detail in his scales.
Fullsized image is around 1600 pixels wide.
Worked at a 500 image resolution, so the orginal is over 4000 pixels wide so sadly this smaller version loses much detail.
EDIT;; Tried to lighten it up a bit on a friends computer since it looked super dark on their screen. Hopefully it looks slightly easier to see.
16 hours in Adobe Photoshop CS2
Drawn using Wacom Intuos 3 tablet
Character, Art & Design (c) Danielle Crow (Me)
Poem (c) Me
Spanish Moss Brushes (c) to the amazing:
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Comments: 43
Woah, come to think of it, he does look like Spyro! I never realized that before. xD
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Cool!
But, the dragon's colors are a bit unnatural compared to the background.
Other than that, it's pure joy
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Thanks!
Yeahh haha, it isn't my best.
However, he is supposed to be visable in darkness, for he glows slightly. x3
Thanks for the fave! ^.^
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Ooooh
Silly me
But if it was supposed to glow, you should (if you have Photoshop) go into Filter\Blur\Gaussian Blur and set it on around 3-6 px (or experiment yourself).
That makes a good glowing effect on the dragon
Sorry if you already knew that
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No, not silly you! xD You /are/ right, the background is far too dark. ^.^
Hehe, its fine,
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Thank you so much!
And I'm not overally sure since I'm quite busy but what were you thinking of?
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well could u draw 1 of these to ? ^^ [link]
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Will a quick sketch suffice?
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Then I'll get a nice sketch for one of your charries as soon as I can.
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[link]
yay 8D hope you don't mind being featured
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Nice dragon design. The character looks too light compared to the dark background. It takes away from the background.
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Yeah I realize that. ^.^ I might have to lighten it up some more. x)
On some computers it looks fine but on others it looks way too dark even when you turn the brightness up. xD But thank you!
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how come I have not seen this before, this is such a beautiful drawing
Look at the eyeeeeeee
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Haha, thank you very much!
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This is very beautiful! *o* I love the colors, design and markings. So pretty and he's all sparkly.
Sweet tree moss, looks real. xD
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He's so pretty, and I love how detailed the background is even in the darkness
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Thank you so very much!
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I haven't seen you on the LeoProboards. Leo is coming back by the end of the year, as said by Tiger, himself!
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The leo what? xD
Ohh, I should hope so! ^.^
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[link]
You have to create an account, but you can chat with everyone that has stayed loyal to Leo, and stuffs. ^^
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This is just really stunning. I love the moss on the tree and the lighting, as well as the detail in the sky. I just want to fall into the painting. The character is gorgeously intricate as well. Wonderful job!
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Thank you so much!
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You're very welcome! 
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Thank you!
Yes I agree with you fully there, I actually lightened it alot a while ago, I'll post it when I get home.
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<3 No problem! I can't wait to see it. ^w^
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This is incredible <3
I love the way you draw dragons 
I also like this lineless work, I have to try it myself one day XD But the detail is great, and I think that the work you put into the background really shows ^o^
Haha, I might draw him soon c;
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Bawww, thank you soooo much! ^.^
I love you.
<3
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Naww, you're welcome <3
I'm such an idiot, I forgot to fave this before xD
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This is amazing, the color flow so well, and the detail is incredible! Lovely work c:
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Thanks so much!! xD
It has been a pain in the backside to get it right though... and even now I'm still not happy with it. x3
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You're welcome~
Yeah I know, working on something large can be unfun at times xD
But this is awesome...c:
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