What is mdf board? I wanna know, so I can avoid the stuff! *grin*

Anyway, that aside; Wow. You should most definitely be extremely proud of this. This looks entirely beautiful. I'd really like to know what media you used to create this.. This is breath-taking!

Medium density fibre board. Its not actually made for painting on, but I had a few small pieces lying around, so I thought I'd try to put them to use.

Thanks muchly.

Looks like it ultimately came out pretty good. My paintings always seem to go through an ugly stage. Glad you didn't give up! Anyway, great apinting!

Well, I.. don't think it ever quite got past the "ugly" stage, personally. But I'm really glad that you think it looks all right ^_^
Thank you.

I'm going to need to agree, this is a very awesome piece of artwork. It's fantastic! The scales, water and even the plants are highly detailed and very realistic :)

Thanks so much :)

There is nothing "Ugly" about this painting. It's absolutely beautiful.

Well, isn't this awesome.

This looks amazing... that being said I want to build a treehouse on him D=

Cunning plan! Put him to good use.
Thanks.

Im not quite sure whats going on here but its awesome

Simple. The dragon is sitting there with trees growing through it. It makes perfect sense.
I'm glad you like it.

It still doesn't look bad tho, blue, but I know you're the worst perfectionist out there *hugs* If anything the colors look a tad ... blah... with lack of a better word, but that is probably just the scanner or this laptop >v>

I still like ovo and want if you want to sell it.

The dragon is being recycled by nature :O

It's not your laptop, the colors are very.. brownish, from painting watercolors on brown board. And I desaturated it in photoshop further >> Color is unacceptable!
Thanks.

mdf clearly stands for muddahfuckin'. mdf board, voila.

If he is a fail dragon, he clearly would cost less than the standard, less-fail dragon. And therefore I want to buy one. He appears eco-friendly. His chin-goatee-root thing is the best, too.

I really do like this one, though...your coloring captures lots. The sky and water aren't shining with beautiful perfect angelic color...they match the mood of the fail dragon. And he is fail, so obviously we can't have shining beautiful perfect angelic ANYTHING. I take your attempts at claiming failure and use it against you! I would also like to use one of those legs against you. That may sound provocative, but I intend only to beat you with the muscleyness so you might not berate yourself as much. Actually, I don't even want to beat you. I just want that leg. That is a very nicely done leg. It's better than ENERGY LEGS.

It is too early in the morning for good commenting. I do truly like the mood set by the colors, though...and his treeliness.

Quite ecofriendly :O Fully recycleable.
The brownness of the entire thing accentuates the fail. This is what happens when you paint watercolors on brown board. It results in fail dragons.
I am glad you like the legs! With added POWER THIRST, these can become energy legs x10000.

Thanks muchly :) Too early for good commenting? This is lies. You always manage to provide comments abounding with entertainment and in depth-ness, even when they are created early in the morning. I appreciate this greatly. And I counter your early morning comments with exhausted-dead responses! So cunning.

Thats a dumb dragon. He learned his lesson.

Lets hope he did :O

I can only say so many times how amazing your paintings are. it's like every time you upload something, my jaw just drops.

Thanks so much :)

Thanks so much :)

This is truely stunning, i love the colour and detail of the dragon. A surreal and beautiful concept.

Thanks very much. I'm glad you like it.

I don't think it's at all fail, the texture of the scales looks amazing, it's beautifully melded with the tree roots, and the picture on the whole looks awesome ^_^

Whatever ugly appears, it works. Looks like Fail Dragon didn't move for too long, too sad. And now zee can't move.
Back legs show so much emotion. Glad I'm not zir.

This is what happens when you forget to move for a few years.
Thanks for the comment :)

This is so beautiful! I absolutely love the anatomy and the trees! I once wanted to draw a dragon like this but more consisting of soil with a couple of trees on the back. :D
The colours are absolutely stunning as well! And you call it a fail? :o

I love the concept of earth/tree dragons. Dragons seem to suit it very well, somehow. I'd definitely encourage you to go ahead with that idea. Other similar pictures you've done involving different creatures have been amazing :O
Thanks very much!

This one's so great

MDF = Medium-Density Fibreboard. It's a common construction material.

And... oh, I don't know what worries you, Zarathus... this is utterly beautiful, beyond words. The emotion and the expression... and the lighting... and the whole composition...

Oh, my. *bows* It is beautiful.

Yep! I think perhaps acrylics would be a better choice for painting on the stuff.

Thanks very much, Seht :)

I think he/she is stuck o.o

Poor thing, it looks like its in a predicament of giving up and refusing to go on anymore. ;;

Could be. There wasn't any real intention behind this picture, but its definitely interesting to see what others can draw from it :)

looks very nice 2 me!

Fail? :o I think this is awesome. Love all of it, specially the muscles.

Really love this design. Unique character :)

Normally when one slumbers, one should take care to avoid trees growing through one's midsection.

Very cool, though, very cool :D

I agree!
Thank you.

simply amazing work. If this is what you consider ugly work, I really want to see what you consider to be your best work.

I'm still working on that. Eventually.. I will produce something I'm not unhappy with >_>
I'm glad you like it though. Thank you!

I'd rather call it a fall dragon. I like the environment that is a dragon that is an environment. I can relate...

I'm glad you like it. And it is also good to know that at least one person can relate to what it depicts..

Heh, this dragon certainly did fail...poor guy laid there so long that things started growing on him. *chuckles* Though in all seriousness, I really like the theme of becoming one with nature. A nice and surreal depiction of it.

And at number one on tonight's top ten list of "signs you've been sitting in one place too long," we have...!

I can imagine MDF might be a hard medium to use with watercolors; it would have to be quite thirsty. Anyway, you seem to have overcome that smashingly. At risk of sounding like a pretentious dork, I would say it almost seems to have lent something to the piece in the texture of the earth. Maybe it's my imagination, but I get a sense of very fine soil texture, and your extravagant shading really brings it to life. Not that soil quality is somehow terribly important artistically, but it adds something subtle; more than just seeing the picture, you almost feel like you know how it'd feel to be standing there.

Sorry for the horribly late response.
I think at least part of the problem was over-using black on this, it ended up much darker than I had in mind. I'm glad the earth looks good to you. I actually used the color of the MDF for that, and just applied black for the shading/texture.
Thanks very much for your thoughts.

A proper paragon of sloth? With his expression - and the lay of his tail and neck, each giving an appearance of motion - he seems quite alive, if not lively. He also appears to be eating one of the roots. Perhaps chewing his way back out of his predicament?