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Published: 2014-09-19 17:34:29 +0000 UTC; Views: 5479; Favourites: 277; Downloads: 73
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...In her dragon transformation! The new movie's dragon didn't really do anything for me so I went with the classic Disney design. Took me three long months and a few dreadful liberal arts classes to finish her up.Related content
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Oh wow, this is extremely impressive, I LOVE your interpretation of the disney design. The vines are a great touch too! I will never forget seeing Maleficent transform into that awesome black dragon for the first time....This is the adult version and I absolutely love it lol
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Reminiscent of 'choose your own adventure' books, but with like ten times more gritty feeling!
Its an obscenely good style, I can just imagine the layers building up and up and up, watching Maleficent come to life!
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Thanks! that was three long tedious months
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Worth every moment. Your work is going to be huge dude, seriously. Keep it up, you're inspiring me to put more time in too.
These days there is too much emphasis on rushing, deadlines, clean edges. But three months on one picture, that is art in itself!
Have you ever done work for game-books and the like?
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Wow glad I can inspire! But I actually procrastinated on it for a long time too since I'm did this over the summer and I'm not under any time pressure. My actual school work tends to be less detailed due to tight deadlines.
I haven't done any work for anything yet though. Maybe over the summer I'll look for an internship somewhere before my senior year at art school.
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lol that is the curse of the modern world dude - people rushing things! With my own writing I take my time, gradually building Worlds layer-by-layer, pondering how to do it, reflecting on it, or just loafing and waiting for inspiration to hit again!
Just to let you know, I am always looking to commission talented, true artists to illustrate my game-books. And I can't stand deadlines and strict boundaries either, so they are really open. If you'd ever have the time and the inclination, would be absolutely awesome to work with ye
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Yeah, like I understand the purposes of due dates and deadlines and all...but some just seem to close in on me too close where I just barely get something done on time. Also when instructors waste our work hours by lecturing us with repeat information or giving us irrelevant activities to do or discuss ...that really frustrates me because it just sets me back and ultimately I got next to nothing accomplished.
I don't know when I'll have free time to do commissions though, since I need both time and money. But i'll keep you in mind.
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Wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy awesome!!! This looks great man!!
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HOLY SHIT, THAT IS AWESOME! I LOVE THE DETAILS, SHADING AND POSE.
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I like it. It has a kind of tradition book illustration feel.
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Thanks sort of went for that feel!
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Great work on the shading! Lots of nice values in there!
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I can sympathize. I too have spent many boring class hours drawing a dragon. The scales take forever.
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One of my instructors told us liberal arts classes are only good for picking plaster off your clothes. lmao he is right...cause being at an art school no one really cares about those classes we kinda just take them because they're required.
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The dragon in the old film was definitely much better - the new dragon was just so... boring and lacklustre, nothing special at all to set its design apart sadly. 
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Glad to hear that thanks!!
And yes I agree...the new design was nothing special. I was hoping for a beastly six limbed reptile...but no they gave us a generic feathery wyvern like wtf??? Smaug was the last great cinematic dragon I've seen that was worth watching ...still wish he had six limbs but he was overall magnificent.
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Aww, you're very welcome!
And yes, totally agree with you there. I prefer six-limbed dragons... or dragons with AT LEAST six limbs... sometimes more. (like this guy of mine, who I randomly called Erebus even though he's not really a character but just a design... bit outdated drawing that I'm not happy with the colouring of, but still, eight-limbed dragons ftw! vannjaren.deviantart.com/art/A… And hehe, if you download to get fullview... the tiny thing between his front claws is a full-sized castle. :'D Giant demonic helldragons are such fun! :'D)
And yes, Smaug was WONDERFUL... yes he was four-limbed, but he still had enough elements of "proper dragon" in him, as I'd put it. 
But he was way, WAAAAAY too generic - there was nothing to set his design apart or to make him interesting - it was just a small-ish boring-coloured dragon with feathers, scales and leathery wings. I felt cheated that they couldn't put at least ONE unusual twist on him. At least Maleficent-dragon from the original Disney film had those horns, and the frills round her face, and the nice colourscheme, plus the narrow catlike eyes, large scale, FOUR LEGS and green fire made for a much better dragon, and much less boring.
I also thought he wasn't a very impressive dragon if he couldn't manage to exterminate all those knights more easily, let alone be tied up with chains and pulled over to the ground.
Haha, part of me thought that she should just have made him more impressive and dangerous, and that would have solved the whole situation. :'D Instead of saying "Into a dragon...", she should just have said "Into a REALLY BIG dragon..." and that would have solved all the problems. 
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Haven't seen the new film but I absolutely adore your interpretation.
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