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Published: 2016-01-23 21:37:11 +0000 UTC; Views: 1061; Favourites: 78; Downloads: 0
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I drew this for fun! Seems like the dragon's waiting for something.
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Hello! I'm from ! I'm here to look at your art and talk about my subjective view of the piece.
A quick note: I am slightly colour-blind. The gist of it is that I can't tell some colours apart and the colours I do see are much duller than everyone else's. So basically I can't really comment on shading and such. That's all!
And right after I mentioned the colour stuff. xD The colours look fantastic! They make me feel full of wonder, magic, and adventure, and all go so well with each other. AND SPARKLES! (The shading looks fantastic as well.)
I can clearly see that this is a 3-D space and not a 2-D one. It doesn't sound like much, but it can make or break pieces.
You can draw really nice looking dragons, birds, and cliffs with water. I am jelly. Take the dragon. TAKE IT.
And now it's time for...... SUGGESTIONS! EVERYONE'S FAVOURITE PART OF THE REVIEWYTHINGS
The dragon and it's cliff seem to be at a weird angle? Or maybe it's just the dragon?
The rainbows look fine colour and placement-wise, but perhaps they could be faded a bit more? They could still probably grab the amount of attention it deserves, but not be as clashing with the background.
Not really a suggestion, more of a question. Where is the water on the cliffs coming from? Am I super blind or just not skilled in the art of cliff designing? Wait, I can answer that. Yes. Ignore this part. Why am I leaving it in? I don't know... a peek into my mind? I am really lazy and don't feel like removing it?.....
I think that's it for me. I hope that helped a little bit, or at least gave you a different perspective.
Bye!
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Thank you so much for your comment and all the compliments!~
Yeah, all the cliffs are at kinda weird angles, so I tried to keep it consistent. I hope it doesn't look too wonky!
Hmm, I'll have to play around with rainbows the next time I put them in something.
Hahaha! I was wondering where the water was coming from when I was drawing it. I could make up some big pseudo science explanation, but I'm just gonna go with it looks cool and doesn't need to make sense.
Thanks again!~
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Beautiful work full of fantasy! It give me the same wonderful feeling as The Last Unicorn.
The rocky outcrop/mountain looks fantastic and adds depth to the scene. The dragon character is nicely drawn too and I like the shiny scales.
In terms of the composition, I would say it is a bit hectic. There are many spherical shapes floating around that are perhaps not necessary to achieve the fantasy feel - which has already been achieved with the colour scheme, dragon and unusual setting. Because there are so many spherical shapes it throws the scene slightly off balance. For example the planets might have been an unnecessary addition, or if they are absolutely necessary than the lens flare could be taken out.
Another suggestion is to make the rainbows taper off sooner so that it is a shorter arch. The rainbows here come almost full circle (which is another addition to the other spherical shapes already in the painting) so they do take up a big area of the composition and because of this they draw a lot of attention. The main focus point is probably the dragon, right? But because the rainbows are so big and long they steal the show. To bring focus back to the dragon, I'd suggest making the rainbows into shorter arches or fading them in more with the background.
Hope these suggestions were helpful!
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Thank you so much for your comment! I really appreciate it!~
I see what you mean about the composition, I was having trouble with it and just kept adding things to test stuff out. It kinda ended up being a hodgepodge.
That's good advice on the rainbows, too. 
Thanks for the awesome suggestions! I'll do my best to improve in the future!
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First of all, wow, the colors you've used are beautiful and really make you stare at the image. The color scheme really helps give it that magical feel (purple is generally associated with mystery, magic, magical power). Something I would suggest to improve is to push the highlights and shadows of the grass around your dragon's feet. Right now it kind of looks like it is floating in place, but if it was standing there, the grass would react; some blades of grass would go in different directions, some would be sticking more toward the light, some away. Another thing to think about is that your rainbows colors are backward; red is on top and violet is at the bottom in the real world but as this is a fantasy piece, I am not saying that it is wrong. In fact, having the violet on top for a change can work quite well in establishing that this is not the real world and it certainly works very well in tying together your purple color scheme! So, that's not a criticism, just something to consider 
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Thank you so much for your wonderful comment!
I didn't think to push the highlights on the grass, but I did have a version with more detailed grass. It seemed to off-balance the picture with the level of detail, so I stuck to the soft fluffs. Now that I look at it, I think a compromise would probably've been better, though.
Yeah, I was playing around with the values on the rainbow and it happened to look way better backwards because of the heavy amount of purple. I guess I didn't think too much about it being backwards!
Thanks again for the critique! I appreciate it!~
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You're very welcome
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Absolutely breathtaking. I love the two moon effect and the sun is so bright and reflecting off of other items. The water off the rocks is truly fascinating. Great job!
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Thank you so much! I had fun with it!
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You're very welcome. I can tell you did.
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Very pretty, love the use of mixing blue and purple mist together. But don't you think that rainbow is a little to curved for how vivid it is (the first one that is), idk just looks a little off to me for some reason.
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Thank you!
Hmm, I'm not really sure about how the science of the vividity of rainbows vs how curved they are works. I just put it in 'cause it I thought it would look cool.
It might look off because it's not a perfect semicircle? The method I used to make it kinda warped it a little.
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Ah, a true spectacle of beauty. I am reminded of glaciers with auroras hovering above them, but at the same time, it has that mystical/magical feel that a world with dragons should have. Truly beautiful. Keep up the good work.
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You're welcome
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Is this going to be the cover to your next song? :3
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This drawing is absolutely gorgeous! 
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Thank you so much! I'm trying to get better and contrast between foreground and background... I can't say I truly achieved that in this, but I'm happy with how it turned out anyway!
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You are welcome! 
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You never cease to amaze me, this is fantabulas.
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Gorgeous colors! That crazy mountain thing is my favorite part of this. It's so magical. I'd love to visit this place XD
also, that grass shading. <3
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