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:faint: Finally...Its done....*wrists break*
Waaay over ten hours of work went into this piece. I'm so so so happy with the turn out with most parts of it, but others its like...blech. I dont' know the name of her character, but he's from one of her Elemental Dragon series Ruth Taylor over on DA gave me the choice out of several. For some reason, this black winged dragon just screamed "PAINT ME!!" so I did...XD
I hope you like this Taylor, I worked so very hard on this. ^^; Dragon's aren't really my forte' so I hope I did your beautiful creation justice. :D
Waaay over ten hours of work went into this piece. I'm so so so happy with the turn out with most parts of it, but others its like...blech. I dont' know the name of her character, but he's from one of her Elemental Dragon series Ruth Taylor over on DA gave me the choice out of several. For some reason, this black winged dragon just screamed "PAINT ME!!" so I did...XD
I hope you like this Taylor, I worked so very hard on this. ^^; Dragon's aren't really my forte' so I hope I did your beautiful creation justice. :D
Category Artwork (Digital) / Fanart
Species Western Dragon
Size 1280 x 1196px
File Size 55.4 kB
Its too dark.
Yes I realize its a black dragon in the darkness, even this can be done in a manner which vividly depicts incredible detail and contrast. Your under the impression it has to be black and dark because that's just what it is which is completely wrong in all artistic senses. You have to throw in some light on there otherwise you just spent 10 hours (which isn't that much time) and strained your wrist over a complete artistic failure. This is a ten hour rendition of "black on black." It really pains me as an artist to think you wasted so much time over something so unsuccessful and it disappoints me to imagine you being as proud as you are with it. How could you not see something very fundamentally basic was flawed in the beginning!?
You could have lit and colored this brightly and vibrantly and it still would have come across as a black dragon in darkness.
In the future you should research how to properly balance your contrasts. Hell, why not just go the whole way and look up techniques for a more interesting composition and dynamic pose. Hell just do some research on TRUE artists like Frank Frazetta and just analyze what makes their paintings really POP out and capture your attention.
Everything must be taken into consideration before anyone could be remotely proud of something they've done. I really don't see anything right with this image.
Hey, I like the touch you gave with the light bloom on the character from their red illuminating parts, its kinda nice. I wish you would have thought about the color and lighting half as much as you thought about a tiny, irrelevant detail like phosphorous bloom.
Yes I realize its a black dragon in the darkness, even this can be done in a manner which vividly depicts incredible detail and contrast. Your under the impression it has to be black and dark because that's just what it is which is completely wrong in all artistic senses. You have to throw in some light on there otherwise you just spent 10 hours (which isn't that much time) and strained your wrist over a complete artistic failure. This is a ten hour rendition of "black on black." It really pains me as an artist to think you wasted so much time over something so unsuccessful and it disappoints me to imagine you being as proud as you are with it. How could you not see something very fundamentally basic was flawed in the beginning!?
You could have lit and colored this brightly and vibrantly and it still would have come across as a black dragon in darkness.
In the future you should research how to properly balance your contrasts. Hell, why not just go the whole way and look up techniques for a more interesting composition and dynamic pose. Hell just do some research on TRUE artists like Frank Frazetta and just analyze what makes their paintings really POP out and capture your attention.
Everything must be taken into consideration before anyone could be remotely proud of something they've done. I really don't see anything right with this image.
Hey, I like the touch you gave with the light bloom on the character from their red illuminating parts, its kinda nice. I wish you would have thought about the color and lighting half as much as you thought about a tiny, irrelevant detail like phosphorous bloom.
Hold on...
I rarely reply to stuff like this but some of these things I can't even understand why you're saying them...an artist. I know I risk getting insulted myself but it needs to be said.
Firstly, an artistic failure? How is that a critique of the piece? And what give you the right to tell an artist how they should feel about a piece? You may not think it's good, but why do you have to invalidate the work that's gone into a piece? Work is work, no matter an artists skill level. Not everyone is a Van Gogh, or a De Vinci, or Caravaggio, or Frazetta. That doesn't make her not a true artist. By calling this an "artistic failure" isn't helping an artist, its tearing an artist down and making them feel their work isn't good enough. By making someone feel that their stuff isn't good enough, there's only one of two ways the artist can go (and I'm speaking from personal experience): They can give up or spend the rest of their life proving everyone wrong. Neither one is a good option. I suggest you look up the word "critique" because this certainly isn't on.
And (I know I asked already) why do you feel you have to tell someone that they shouldn't feel proud about something they've made with their hands and their imagination? And why do you feel disappointed about it? You certainly don't seem disappointed. You seem like the person who claims that they want to help an artist, but just destroys their self esteem.
Did you even take into consideration, that she's still growing as an artist. I know for a fact that she loves critique and I give her critique. But you've surrounded your critique in hate so much so that you can't tell whether you're being helpful or hurtful.
I already realize you'd probably tear this statement to shreds. I've never claimed to be an artist, just a cartoonist...but still...that wasn't very helpful.
Oh, one other thing...that last attempt to be "nice", you could've left that out. I think she would've felt a little better, though I can't speak for her.
I rarely reply to stuff like this but some of these things I can't even understand why you're saying them...an artist. I know I risk getting insulted myself but it needs to be said.
Firstly, an artistic failure? How is that a critique of the piece? And what give you the right to tell an artist how they should feel about a piece? You may not think it's good, but why do you have to invalidate the work that's gone into a piece? Work is work, no matter an artists skill level. Not everyone is a Van Gogh, or a De Vinci, or Caravaggio, or Frazetta. That doesn't make her not a true artist. By calling this an "artistic failure" isn't helping an artist, its tearing an artist down and making them feel their work isn't good enough. By making someone feel that their stuff isn't good enough, there's only one of two ways the artist can go (and I'm speaking from personal experience): They can give up or spend the rest of their life proving everyone wrong. Neither one is a good option. I suggest you look up the word "critique" because this certainly isn't on.
And (I know I asked already) why do you feel you have to tell someone that they shouldn't feel proud about something they've made with their hands and their imagination? And why do you feel disappointed about it? You certainly don't seem disappointed. You seem like the person who claims that they want to help an artist, but just destroys their self esteem.
Did you even take into consideration, that she's still growing as an artist. I know for a fact that she loves critique and I give her critique. But you've surrounded your critique in hate so much so that you can't tell whether you're being helpful or hurtful.
I already realize you'd probably tear this statement to shreds. I've never claimed to be an artist, just a cartoonist...but still...that wasn't very helpful.
Oh, one other thing...that last attempt to be "nice", you could've left that out. I think she would've felt a little better, though I can't speak for her.
Maybe I could be of a little more help here.
First, I love the head shape. And the glowing markings are really good. Especially the eyes and tail tip. :D
Black is a hard color to work with in itself. Using pure black for shading usually doesn't work too well, so I agree with GORE that it's very dark. It is hard to make out the distinction in the wings. What I find that helps when working with black is work with light and dark grays first. Use dark blues or purples for the points that need the darkest shading. Sometimes I do use pure black, but in moderation. Even something that's "pure" black in color won't completely appear black. For example black cats or dogs...under light the fur can appear bluish or purplish (usually when wet) or reddish brown.
http://a3.vox.com/6a00b8ea0714ea1bc.....31a38fdb-320pi
Black dragons are pretty much just dark grey. This one's just a pretty simple example I found over google: http://www.canadiandragon.com/galle.....ack-dragon.jpg
Scales shine quite a bit under even the smallest bit of light. Black scales might appear blue or light bluish gray.
http://www.donatoart.com/magic/blackdragon.jpg (I just thought that picture was awesome XD ).
http://www.wettropics.gov.au/st/rai.....BlackSnake.jpg (to use a snake photo for reference)
For the points where the markings are glowing, don't be afraid to push that lighting a little more. For the eye, maybe add a little faint glow underneath or for the tail, make the entire edge red instead of the streak you have there. And the further away the glow is, the fainter the light should be. The rock he's standing on could use a little more back glow as well.
The rock needs a little more too. Rocks typically aren't that pointed, but this is a fantasy picture, so they could be. But they need a little more shading and lighting to make the figure more 3D. I wish I were better at explaining this though. Rocks aren't my forte...
Eh, don't want this to be too long, plus I'm not very good at critiquing anatomy so I think I'll leave it at this. Hope this crit was better than "the last one".
First, I love the head shape. And the glowing markings are really good. Especially the eyes and tail tip. :D
Black is a hard color to work with in itself. Using pure black for shading usually doesn't work too well, so I agree with GORE that it's very dark. It is hard to make out the distinction in the wings. What I find that helps when working with black is work with light and dark grays first. Use dark blues or purples for the points that need the darkest shading. Sometimes I do use pure black, but in moderation. Even something that's "pure" black in color won't completely appear black. For example black cats or dogs...under light the fur can appear bluish or purplish (usually when wet) or reddish brown.
http://a3.vox.com/6a00b8ea0714ea1bc.....31a38fdb-320pi
Black dragons are pretty much just dark grey. This one's just a pretty simple example I found over google: http://www.canadiandragon.com/galle.....ack-dragon.jpg
Scales shine quite a bit under even the smallest bit of light. Black scales might appear blue or light bluish gray.
http://www.donatoart.com/magic/blackdragon.jpg (I just thought that picture was awesome XD ).
http://www.wettropics.gov.au/st/rai.....BlackSnake.jpg (to use a snake photo for reference)
For the points where the markings are glowing, don't be afraid to push that lighting a little more. For the eye, maybe add a little faint glow underneath or for the tail, make the entire edge red instead of the streak you have there. And the further away the glow is, the fainter the light should be. The rock he's standing on could use a little more back glow as well.
The rock needs a little more too. Rocks typically aren't that pointed, but this is a fantasy picture, so they could be. But they need a little more shading and lighting to make the figure more 3D. I wish I were better at explaining this though. Rocks aren't my forte...
Eh, don't want this to be too long, plus I'm not very good at critiquing anatomy so I think I'll leave it at this. Hope this crit was better than "the last one".
Glad you found it useful! :D
See why don't people realize that giving a critiques isn't about telling people about what's wrong but rather giving advice on how to improve? In his journals or anything he doesn't seem that mean, but still...his comment was uncalled for...
If you want me to do a redline of anatomy I can, but I realize you probably don't want to work on this anymore. ^^;
See why don't people realize that giving a critiques isn't about telling people about what's wrong but rather giving advice on how to improve? In his journals or anything he doesn't seem that mean, but still...his comment was uncalled for...
If you want me to do a redline of anatomy I can, but I realize you probably don't want to work on this anymore. ^^;
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