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©2007-2009 ~Dazvinik
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Hmm, full view is apparently necessary to be rid of the annoying background blackness.

General Info:

The fifth and final piece for my Independent Study this semester. I started off as a simple sketch of a dragon that was done at work. I liked him enough to want to color him, and spent quite a while attempting to come up with a dynamic layout for him. I decided that a square or rectangular shape was not working for this particular scene, so in an attempt to 'think outside the box' a bit, I encased him in an oval. I was more satisfied with that, but then quickly realized that the image would look quite a bit better with a frame of some sort, so I added that in as well.

I had do do at least one dragon image this semester, I focused mainly on humanoid creatures, so this was a nice excuse to revisit my roots, so to speak. :)

Constructive criticism is welcome as long as it remains constructive; I always welcome hearing other people’s ideas and opinions. However, I ask that you please respect that all final decisions in regards to a piece remain mine, as I am the artist. :heart:

Hopefully I won't have to fight with this to get the transparent background to work. Although the image is ovular, the canvas in Photoshop is still a rectangle. Background color tends to throw off the overall image a bit... =/

Technical Details:

Programs used - Adobe Photoshop CS2
Time Taken - 20-30 hours

Image, Character, etc. is © T. N. Barner 2007, All Rights Reserved
Please do not copy/redistribute/modify/STEAL my work.

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:iconvixen-fox:
:faint:

Thats wicked!!

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Everyone!!
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:icondazvinik:
Thank you! :D It felt quite good to paint a dragon again.

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Live for vengeance
Kill for love
Die with honor
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"Fear is good, keep that. But travel light, forget hate."
:iconvixen-fox:
No prob :glomp: I bet it did... And it looks great! So that would make it even better :)

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Everyone!!
You Simply MUST check out the amazing ~Horsehuggingdragon Shes Rad =p
:iconsilverskydragon:
*dies* :wow: GOD UR GOOD I TAKE A MOMENT AND I BOW TO YOU! :worship: let me bask in your greatness! :faint:

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I :heart: amy lee! :love:

I cant save your life, though nothing i bleed for is more tourmanting
Im losing my mind and you just stand there and stare as my world DEVIDES!
:icondazvinik:
Aww, thank you so much, but I still feel as though there is so much I could do with the piece yet. :XD: Ah well, I'm coming to terms with the fact that I will never be satisfied. You're very kind.

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Live for vengeance
Kill for love
Die with honor
When the time comes

"Fear is good, keep that. But travel light, forget hate."
:icontokage-kami:
Awesome!

I like the details.

But the head is maybe a bit too small compared to body..

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Share your good feelings and they'll come back to you.
:iconsilverskydragon:
that my very tallented friend is the artists curse....very rarely do we actually like what we've done enough to say were done...mostly we just get board with it! :lol: ;)

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I :heart: amy lee! :love:

I cant save your life, though nothing i bleed for is more tourmanting
Im losing my mind and you just stand there and stare as my world DEVIDES!
:icondazvinik:
XD Indeed!

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Live for vengeance
Kill for love
Die with honor
When the time comes

"Fear is good, keep that. But travel light, forget hate."
:icondazvinik:
Thank you!

His proportion is one of the few things I am actually pretty happy with. :) I tend to stray away from 'typical' lizard-like proportions with my dragons, giving them longer limbs, a more muscular torso, and either narrower or overall smaller heads. Defining their shape/ratios has been a constant work in progress though, and I haven't gotten it quite nailed yet in some respects.

--
Live for vengeance
Kill for love
Die with honor
When the time comes

"Fear is good, keep that. But travel light, forget hate."

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