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Published: 2010-12-08 20:26:45 +0000 UTC; Views: 5674; Favourites: 37; Downloads: 56
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Description Snowing for 5 straight days now and it's not gonna let up for a while. Already 9 inches on the ground on campus and this was perfect inspiration for a new dragon. Been WAY too long since I last did a full dragon drawing but homework and studying for exams was the killer these last 2 weeks....so I'm not dead. Just been really busy.


This is the better version I was looking for. Somehow the original ice background I wanted got wiped out near the end of the drawing and I tried to get it back but I failed. UGH! So mad at myself so I just put to get this background together in 30 mins. So frustrated at this cause the ice one looked really cool and Celsia is just a tad too dark now. Stupid photoshop CS5. Just ignore the blue under some of the grass. I tried redoing the background but it wasn't working right.


Anyway back to this drawing. Folks this is Celsia and I spent the last few days live streaming her. I decided that Storm needed a friend the other day and during the initial sketch I thought that it would be better for Storm to have a sibling like a sister. The name Celsia came from one of my roommates. Formulated name together....Celsius....Celsia....and itworked. Perfect name for the type of dragon she is.


So a little bit about her. Well she is Storm's sister but unlike storm who is a sky/air dragon she is a ice dragon. She obviously elements with her are ice and water. I'm trying to think of a good personality with her but I like to think she likes to keep Storm in line. Almost like making sure your brother doesn't do anything stupid or crazy.


The difficulty for this drawing came with that left rear leg. Did almost everything right up until that part. I spent nearly 2 hours sketch that angle up and it never looked right so I needed to see if anyone else had that angle and one of 's drawing had it. So thankful for that because I would have been screwed without it. I also decided to make Celsia realistic and that means another go with scales. But it wasn't like the Winter Wonderland pic....this time I went all out and tried to do every single detail. Really not liking the light blue scale outline. That's a mistake I will learn from. Just need practice with her but not bad for a true first attempt.


Well folks there's not much else to talk about with this one. Hope you all like it despite me wanting to kill myself over the dumb mistakes I made near the end of this pic. Leave a comment if you want....I reply to all of them! Oh and do you think she's too dark? Let me know!


Time spent: 14 hours over 5 days (Paper + Photoshop CS5)


Don't COPY, trace, or recolor her WITHOUT asking me. Not that hard folks! It's almost as bad as not having butter with a bagel in the morning. Just stupid.


Celsia + Art © Me
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Comments: 51

Toxic-Mario In reply to ??? [2010-12-13 02:36:01 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. Actually I really don't exactly like the background cause it was never suppose to be that. It was an ice background that got deleted somehow near the end of the pick. I couldn't undo what I did to get it back.

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suppari In reply to Toxic-Mario [2010-12-23 19:15:21 +0000 UTC]

No problem x3
Awww D8
but in my opinion this background is really great aswell ;D

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Toxic-Mario In reply to suppari [2010-12-23 20:19:59 +0000 UTC]

Thanks.

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suppari In reply to Toxic-Mario [2010-12-27 12:58:55 +0000 UTC]

Myy pleasure ;D

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VanillaHellen [2010-12-11 19:42:29 +0000 UTC]

This is totally awesome o3o
I love how you did background <3
And scales - they're win
Expression is wonderfull, and those wingsss~
Great job!

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Toxic-Mario In reply to VanillaHellen [2010-12-11 20:45:45 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! Surprised you like the background because I hate it. It only took 30 mins to make and isn't the original background I had. Somehow it got deleted near the end.

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VanillaHellen In reply to Toxic-Mario [2010-12-11 22:18:31 +0000 UTC]

Welcome 8D
Relaly? Whoah nice BG as a 30 minutes ;D
Aww what a shame! D: I hate
when something what you did on a pic
getting deleted ://

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Toxic-Mario In reply to VanillaHellen [2010-12-11 22:21:18 +0000 UTC]

I tried fixing up an ice background but I did something....and it just completely got messed up. I couldn't undo what I did so I had to just axe it. Was so frustrating cause she's a little too dark in this pic now.

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VanillaHellen In reply to Toxic-Mario [2010-12-12 00:01:52 +0000 UTC]

Fff, that is situation I have once in colouring >.>
History should be much longer D:
Well it don't look bad ^^

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Toxic-Mario In reply to VanillaHellen [2010-12-12 00:05:16 +0000 UTC]

Usually is but it wasn't the case for this incident.

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VanillaHellen In reply to Toxic-Mario [2010-12-15 16:18:47 +0000 UTC]

Aww :C

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Kelskora [2010-12-10 22:56:27 +0000 UTC]

Scales seem to be a pain I hear.
Awsome detail and pic!

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Toxic-Mario In reply to Kelskora [2010-12-11 01:12:01 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. Depending on who you talk to they are a pain. Some say they kill your wrist but for me they just take a while. I have strong wrists but they finally gave out after 2 days of doing these scales.

Glad you like this pic.

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Kelskora In reply to Toxic-Mario [2010-12-14 00:21:02 +0000 UTC]

Ya taking time makes it better, thank you.
You are incouraging!

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Toxic-Mario In reply to Kelskora [2010-12-14 00:29:38 +0000 UTC]

thank you!

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Kelskora In reply to Toxic-Mario [2010-12-15 00:22:16 +0000 UTC]

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creamyfan [2010-12-10 00:44:54 +0000 UTC]

how adorable!

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Toxic-Mario In reply to creamyfan [2010-12-10 00:54:14 +0000 UTC]

thank you! Glad you like it! Hoping to use her in another drawing soon.

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A7XSparx [2010-12-10 00:12:56 +0000 UTC]

Nice job. I absolutely love the grass, I don't have a grass tool, so I have to draw all the blades
Not fun, let me tell you.
Anyway, good work.

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Toxic-Mario In reply to A7XSparx [2010-12-10 00:14:30 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. Honestly this was suppose to be an ice background but something happened when I was lamost done with the pic and lost it all. She's just a tad too dark because this wasn't the original scene. Still it's not bad for a quick background.

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A7XSparx In reply to Toxic-Mario [2010-12-10 00:16:35 +0000 UTC]

That will explain the blue-ish color under the grass. I was about to ask about that but I figured it was just the sky showing through. I really gotta work on backgrounds. They're really complicated, and even something like this would make me happy

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Toxic-Mario In reply to A7XSparx [2010-12-10 00:19:00 +0000 UTC]

Yeah that freaking blue was me trying to recreate it but I failed. Whatever, this will have to do. Making backgrounds is tough but I'm working on trying to do trees. That's my main focus. Make my stuff look better.

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A7XSparx In reply to Toxic-Mario [2010-12-10 00:23:47 +0000 UTC]

I have a HUGE problem with rocks. Hate 'em. I may be a rocker, but when it comes to drawing and shading rocks I'm so much of a fail it's not even funny. I don't have much time to practice either because of a TON of AT's and cartoons I have to make

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Toxic-Mario In reply to A7XSparx [2010-12-10 00:27:47 +0000 UTC]

Yeah rocks are not that easy but trees are what I'm trying to practice on. Shading is not all that tough once you get used to it but if it's on an angle or pose you never done before then it can be tough.

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A7XSparx In reply to Toxic-Mario [2010-12-10 00:35:24 +0000 UTC]

I'm not so bad when it comes to trees. The overall drawing part is completely fine up until picking realistic colors. Meh. My artwork isn't very realistic, I'm more of a cartoonist. xDD
What I do is, I use the vine brush (on GIMP) for the leaves and pick similar browns for the bark

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Toxic-Mario In reply to A7XSparx [2010-12-10 00:47:10 +0000 UTC]

Yeah someone really should just teach me how to draw them well. Been practicing but it's just taking a while to get right.

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A7XSparx In reply to Toxic-Mario [2010-12-10 00:55:27 +0000 UTC]

i guess i will xDD
You have to start with a light scetch, make sure the bush part is rounded and the trunk is thick. I would go outside and practice drawing one. References really help

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Toxic-Mario In reply to A7XSparx [2010-12-10 00:57:45 +0000 UTC]

Yeah I have started some sketches on paper that i'm working on translating to photoshop. Been interesting so far.

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A7XSparx In reply to Toxic-Mario [2010-12-10 01:06:07 +0000 UTC]

IT'S A START!

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Toxic-Mario In reply to A7XSparx [2010-12-10 01:07:04 +0000 UTC]

yup

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Schihl [2010-12-09 23:46:49 +0000 UTC]

epic job!

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Toxic-Mario In reply to Schihl [2010-12-10 00:11:25 +0000 UTC]

Many thanks!

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Schihl In reply to Toxic-Mario [2010-12-10 00:21:22 +0000 UTC]

no probz!

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The-Nuclear-Pegasus [2010-12-09 23:41:24 +0000 UTC]

CUTEEEEEEEE!!!!

Nice work.

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Toxic-Mario In reply to The-Nuclear-Pegasus [2010-12-10 00:11:14 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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The-Nuclear-Pegasus In reply to Toxic-Mario [2010-12-10 00:11:49 +0000 UTC]

You're very welcome.

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fear6050 [2010-12-09 02:36:18 +0000 UTC]

YESYESYESYESYESYESYES DUDE!! EPIC WIN!! -Toxic-Mario added another dragon to his inventory! exp points up by over 9,000%

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Toxic-Mario In reply to fear6050 [2010-12-09 04:01:52 +0000 UTC]

Hmmmmmm is it over 9000?

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fear6050 In reply to Toxic-Mario [2010-12-10 03:41:00 +0000 UTC]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!! ITS OVER 9000!!!!!

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Toxic-Mario In reply to fear6050 [2010-12-10 04:45:01 +0000 UTC]

OMG!

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fear6050 In reply to Toxic-Mario [2010-12-10 23:14:21 +0000 UTC]

yupp take that 9000!!!

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Toxic-Mario In reply to fear6050 [2010-12-11 01:12:20 +0000 UTC]

WHAT 9000?!

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fear6050 In reply to Toxic-Mario [2010-12-11 15:55:24 +0000 UTC]

yes because it is over 9000 and 9000 just got pwnd

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Fudgee0 [2010-12-08 23:47:27 +0000 UTC]

Wow, I really like this! The pose and the emotion captured on her face is great!

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Toxic-Mario In reply to Fudgee0 [2010-12-09 00:09:01 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. I really worked hard to make her look good. Definitely the most detail.....scales wise I've put into a drawing so far. Glad you like it!

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Tigrar [2010-12-08 21:07:33 +0000 UTC]

She's cute

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Toxic-Mario In reply to Tigrar [2010-12-08 21:19:14 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. I was debating to make her and older dragon or the same age as my other dragon. Decide on sticking with the same age approach. Worked out well....I think. Thanks for the comment!

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legarsraide [2010-12-08 20:34:48 +0000 UTC]

Epic gg buddy.The name is awesome too.You're friend have had an excellant idea.The color doesn't need to be changed,she 's perfect.For the rest,well you can blow,you merited it

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Toxic-Mario In reply to legarsraide [2010-12-08 20:38:50 +0000 UTC]

Thanks dude. Honestly though she did need to be lighten up a little so I just did.

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legarsraide In reply to Toxic-Mario [2010-12-08 22:45:31 +0000 UTC]

you're welcome

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