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This is one of the larger commissions I've been working inbetween other projects and sketch commissions. This though killed be as the paper liked to absorb more intense colours than water. I had to go over the image with acrylic inks several times (and they already are highly intense and brilliant!). In the end, the scanner also hated the blue tones and decided to turn everything green instead.
Sticking the two scanned pieces together was a pain as well.
So as always, the original looks much better and the contrasts are a lot more intense as well. *sighs*
This is for Vauvenal, an A3 large piece of wild brush strokes, delicate pencil strokes and insane whining about the overall look. Why? The picture completely came out of my head and I swear that whenever I draw water again, I will take references. I still need to practice painting landscapes A LOT but I'm happy that I at least understood the concept of distance a little bit so I hope you like it. xD
A3 watercolour paper, Acrylic Inks, Acrylics and Polychromos.
I spent two full days on it.
Thanks so much for looking! :D
Sticking the two scanned pieces together was a pain as well.
So as always, the original looks much better and the contrasts are a lot more intense as well. *sighs*
This is for Vauvenal, an A3 large piece of wild brush strokes, delicate pencil strokes and insane whining about the overall look. Why? The picture completely came out of my head and I swear that whenever I draw water again, I will take references. I still need to practice painting landscapes A LOT but I'm happy that I at least understood the concept of distance a little bit so I hope you like it. xD
A3 watercolour paper, Acrylic Inks, Acrylics and Polychromos.
I spent two full days on it.
Thanks so much for looking! :D
Category Artwork (Traditional) / General Furry Art
Species Hydra
Size 1184 x 861px
File Size 1.2 MB
Looks great, color wise, layout I hope is not as shown in this scan, as the wing of the dragon clips horrendously and if you make a fantasy piece with dragon as dominating element you should make sure that if it scales to the image, it fits into it entirely, only pictures where such clipping is allowed is portraits where focus is the presentation and study of facial features.
Anatomy, even on such fantasy creatures, if grace is your goal should be symmetrical and "work" with the pose.
The shoulders and collarbones on this dragon are very heavily off balance and ribcage appears skewed. These mistakes are really easy to avoid in sketching phase of the artwork, so perhaps inspecting proportions for symmetry with ruler, pencil or another tool of your choice before moving on to more permanent medium and pouring tons of effort and passion into picture would prevent you repeating such unfortunate eyesore.
I understand the difficulty of working a larger scale canvas as I mostly work in A2 or A1 in my work and even sometimes just roll out entire roll of canvas and make a massive landscape where seeing proportions literally calls for me to take a jog into distance to see if all scales up :P But part of making a beautiful work is in the effort and care you put into prepping it.
Color wise you could shade the grass with more blue undertones where sunlight does not fall to add more depth and atmosphere in the picture, and use even some pink in distance as contrast against yellow to give the grass the needed organic luminance instead of having to settle for linear naivety which often is a mistake of a beginning artist.
Blue shades to purple, green to blue, yellow to green, purple to browns etc.
Also high lights of water shade off with the color of the sky you are using, and "shadows" to the environment tones taken to tone or ten darker :P
All in all good job, easy to criticize which means the flaws weren't fundamentally FUBAR, Color scale is a bit flat and linear but well ececuted non the less. Definitely worth acclaim and +fav for the effort alone!
Anatomy, even on such fantasy creatures, if grace is your goal should be symmetrical and "work" with the pose.
The shoulders and collarbones on this dragon are very heavily off balance and ribcage appears skewed. These mistakes are really easy to avoid in sketching phase of the artwork, so perhaps inspecting proportions for symmetry with ruler, pencil or another tool of your choice before moving on to more permanent medium and pouring tons of effort and passion into picture would prevent you repeating such unfortunate eyesore.
I understand the difficulty of working a larger scale canvas as I mostly work in A2 or A1 in my work and even sometimes just roll out entire roll of canvas and make a massive landscape where seeing proportions literally calls for me to take a jog into distance to see if all scales up :P But part of making a beautiful work is in the effort and care you put into prepping it.
Color wise you could shade the grass with more blue undertones where sunlight does not fall to add more depth and atmosphere in the picture, and use even some pink in distance as contrast against yellow to give the grass the needed organic luminance instead of having to settle for linear naivety which often is a mistake of a beginning artist.
Blue shades to purple, green to blue, yellow to green, purple to browns etc.
Also high lights of water shade off with the color of the sky you are using, and "shadows" to the environment tones taken to tone or ten darker :P
All in all good job, easy to criticize which means the flaws weren't fundamentally FUBAR, Color scale is a bit flat and linear but well ececuted non the less. Definitely worth acclaim and +fav for the effort alone!
Oh, thanks a lot for taking your time and effort into giving me such good advice. I must confess I'm not very good at drawing anthro dragons. Everytime I stand in front of this task, I have to come up with an idea hor to depict the dragon best. Drawing non anthro dragons are probably my most favourite section. :D
I made a horrible mistake with the chest by giving it scales. They weren't there before and shading them out actually gave the anatomy the skewed look as muscles are more fleible than scale plates of a dragon I guess. :p
Yeah, you're right with the colouring. I really need to jump off using the same or very similar tones throughout the image. My scanner of course did the best job in destroying all the finer parts of colour variations as you mentioned. The dragon for example is partially shaded yellow and brown, the grass contains blue at the front and some orange at the back. It unfortunately somehow...well linear and just green.
I try to get better and next time really take references for a better vision how distance and enviorenment shading works. x)
I made a horrible mistake with the chest by giving it scales. They weren't there before and shading them out actually gave the anatomy the skewed look as muscles are more fleible than scale plates of a dragon I guess. :p
Yeah, you're right with the colouring. I really need to jump off using the same or very similar tones throughout the image. My scanner of course did the best job in destroying all the finer parts of colour variations as you mentioned. The dragon for example is partially shaded yellow and brown, the grass contains blue at the front and some orange at the back. It unfortunately somehow...well linear and just green.
I try to get better and next time really take references for a better vision how distance and enviorenment shading works. x)
Yeah, I think this might help a little with understanding distance:
The further the objects are the lighter they become, and the color of the lightness is dictated by the light of the sky because the further the object of a plane is, the more "noise" is there between you and the object in volumetric conditions like atmosphere and water. Each particle of dust, humidity, vapors and even just particles in air refract the light and cause a filling medium that reflects the primary wavelength of the sky which itself is colored by scattering noise from the sun reacting with the gases of that atmosphere and the filtration of wavelengths that the gas reflects back into space (in earth's case UV and yellow spectrum is weak because of oxygen) so our sky is blue as blue wavelength is most able to pass through the gas we breathe.
This is also why objects have "halos" of light creeping around them and why in space without atmosphere one side of space station can be 400 degrees and another 100 negative.
Each additional kilometer of distance adds about 10% additional diffusion of color into blue during day time. Really clear weather with low humidity may drop it to 6% which is why eagles favor hills and high or arid land like mountains where air is dry, there they see further in detail.
The further the objects are the lighter they become, and the color of the lightness is dictated by the light of the sky because the further the object of a plane is, the more "noise" is there between you and the object in volumetric conditions like atmosphere and water. Each particle of dust, humidity, vapors and even just particles in air refract the light and cause a filling medium that reflects the primary wavelength of the sky which itself is colored by scattering noise from the sun reacting with the gases of that atmosphere and the filtration of wavelengths that the gas reflects back into space (in earth's case UV and yellow spectrum is weak because of oxygen) so our sky is blue as blue wavelength is most able to pass through the gas we breathe.
This is also why objects have "halos" of light creeping around them and why in space without atmosphere one side of space station can be 400 degrees and another 100 negative.
Each additional kilometer of distance adds about 10% additional diffusion of color into blue during day time. Really clear weather with low humidity may drop it to 6% which is why eagles favor hills and high or arid land like mountains where air is dry, there they see further in detail.
I always love seeing art from you lady! This is another spectacular piece! You forest scenery always brings me joy. I really love the dragon's wings and the lighting of this entire piece, from the stream to the open skyline just beyond the farthest trees to the dragon's healing touch and how the scales are ever so delicately shown. Love it all! ^^
... and now it is my new desktop wallpaper! ;D <3
... and now it is my new desktop wallpaper! ;D <3
while there are some (not many) noticable mistakes here and there (objectively speaking), you still managed to pull of a marvelous piece, where its strength comes mainly from the colors you chose and the incredible brilliance you put on them. I personally tend to do sceneries like this one, so I can somewhat understand your frustration, specially on the "it came all from my head" part. I'm an absolute enemy of refferences, even though I acknowledge them as a good method to learn certain things, the bad side is that it's very 'abuseable', so I always try to not use. Anyways congratulations on the whole piece.
Overall I love it.
You strike me as a true artist who strives. I will offer my perspective in hopes that it may be of use. If not, just tell me to stop babbling
I'll start with the bad:
The torso...
Flat, V-chested form works for humans but is rather far from a half-way mix between human, (which anthro is generally based on) and dragon. Perhaps more narrow and deep? Shoulder joints are looking kinda lonely out there so far away from the torso. Collar bone is extremely pronounced. (again, highly human-biased)
And perhaps, if your dragon is a flyer, then aerodynamics have to be considered. I'm not saying he should look like a jet fighter, but a more smooth and flowing shape might suit him. This is again in regards to the upper torso.
There's a few other things though...
The wing on the right seems a little larger but it's minor and I don't think most people notice.
The fox.....looks dead to me. Maybe I've been doing wildlife rescue too long, but that's my perception. This leads me finally to the description. It didn't seem to tell anything about the scene, but just rant about your stubborn scanner. I'd be interested to know the story behind the scene, assuming there is one. Is this friendly cuddling? Mourning? Dinner time??
But now I get to tell you what I enjoyed:
The hills are happy, ground is lush, and the trees are impressively done. I like the natural look of the bark, and the way you did the roots above ground suit the terrain. The stream looks cool and refreshing, and I really like the little details like the way his wing dips into the water and the resulting color offset.
I love the serenity of this image, and in spite of the color issues you mention, it's still a very soothing image. I like the organic look of the wing texture, though I think you could be more bold with the blood vessels. Bats seem like an ideal model for that.
The dragon has a great looking head, the face has emotion, the broken horn is interesting. Nice neck posture for the pose, and strong meaty legs, which I just think look good on a dragon
It's the kind of image that you can sit and study for a while to take it all in. And if you ever get that scanner calibrated or upgraded, I'll wanna see the rescan for sure.
Thanks for the great art!
You strike me as a true artist who strives. I will offer my perspective in hopes that it may be of use. If not, just tell me to stop babbling
I'll start with the bad:
The torso...
Flat, V-chested form works for humans but is rather far from a half-way mix between human, (which anthro is generally based on) and dragon. Perhaps more narrow and deep? Shoulder joints are looking kinda lonely out there so far away from the torso. Collar bone is extremely pronounced. (again, highly human-biased)
And perhaps, if your dragon is a flyer, then aerodynamics have to be considered. I'm not saying he should look like a jet fighter, but a more smooth and flowing shape might suit him. This is again in regards to the upper torso.
There's a few other things though...
The wing on the right seems a little larger but it's minor and I don't think most people notice.
The fox.....looks dead to me. Maybe I've been doing wildlife rescue too long, but that's my perception. This leads me finally to the description. It didn't seem to tell anything about the scene, but just rant about your stubborn scanner. I'd be interested to know the story behind the scene, assuming there is one. Is this friendly cuddling? Mourning? Dinner time??
But now I get to tell you what I enjoyed:
The hills are happy, ground is lush, and the trees are impressively done. I like the natural look of the bark, and the way you did the roots above ground suit the terrain. The stream looks cool and refreshing, and I really like the little details like the way his wing dips into the water and the resulting color offset.
I love the serenity of this image, and in spite of the color issues you mention, it's still a very soothing image. I like the organic look of the wing texture, though I think you could be more bold with the blood vessels. Bats seem like an ideal model for that.
The dragon has a great looking head, the face has emotion, the broken horn is interesting. Nice neck posture for the pose, and strong meaty legs, which I just think look good on a dragon
It's the kind of image that you can sit and study for a while to take it all in. And if you ever get that scanner calibrated or upgraded, I'll wanna see the rescan for sure.
Thanks for the great art!
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