[pixualize]

I knocked this one out in Pshop in about four hours. It's basically a study of how the light plays on the clouds. the dragon is added purely for interest. =>

http://pixualize.critical-depth.net/pics/stormdragon.jpg

Have at it!

Pat

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[stneil777]

ahhh cool dragon i like it. Good deatals also i wish more people would do dragons.
only thing the wings seem a little blurry. mabey add more detail to them just an idea.
But i really like this one alot.

[Tyson Allen]

the wings do look detached, but u know that.
I suggest gathering pics of real clouds and paint over them, just do a whole bunch of fast ones with different light settings.

[Ragnarok]

I looooooove the dragooon!
In fact the whole pic is lovely

[vector]

cute!

[hew]

The Rocks and the Dragon look great but stneil is right, the wings do looks sorta blurry , or maybe its that there almost the same colour as the background, also his front flaws look a bit off, I cant put m finger on it, there too chubby or soemthing, I dont know.

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[Collosimo]

Nice pic.

As far as a cloud painting study goes you seem to have strayed off task in order to produce something that generates more interest. Nice outcome, however far off task it is.

I agree about the wings being blurry. Sharpen them up a bit and finish them to a higher degree. They are in a need of a bit of texture too. Texture just like the body would be absolutely perfect. You gotta remember that a dragon probably wouldnt have much smooth skin on it all all, except for minor areas, and of course the skin on the wings. Even they would have battle damage and a bit of texture.

Hew mentioned the oddities of the forearms. They are pretty good but I think what he is finding strange is the fact that there is not a lot of definition between the arm, wrist and hand. I'm no expert on dragon anatomy of course! but I think that you should thin the arm down toward the hand so that it actually looks like a noticable wrist. It just looks a bit chubby the way you have it at the moment. I think that perhaps the problem that Hew pointed out also could be because of the hands and fingers themselves. I imagine the claws of a dragon to be bony but still strong and powerful. In your case they are a little bit undefined and maybe chubby.

This really is a cool pic you got here. Very envious of your talent. I hope my comments help.

(edit:schpelling! you know how it is with these big replies.)
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[This message has been edited by Collosimo (edited April 07, 2001).]

[pixualize]

Wow! Thanks for the feedback everyone!

The two main issues that you pointed out were the two problems that I saw with the piece also - blurry wings and big hands.

Ordinarily I'll work a piece up as a sketch and then scan it to color. With this one I did the sketch directly with the tablet and fairly quickly and got right into coloring without really a plan for what it was going to come out like as an experiment .

Thanks for all the constructive feedback.

Pat

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[trudel]

nice !

[trudel]

i mean real nice

[Elijah]

aside from the anatomy and the clouds I really like the compisiton, but the lighting just isn't right, the wings really should be in more of a shadow. This would really make a very cool contrast shape to go against the sky.