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GhostlyArtz [2018-06-29 23:46:28 +0000 UTC]

Hi! I stumbled across this through

Over all, it is a nice picture. My favorite part would be the background, it is very nice and scenic looking. The dragons themselves are interesting (I especially love how you gave them different body types and head shapes) and I love the little differences you have between the two.

Now, I am going to nitpick (but I'll throw out suggestions as I nitpick) so I apologize in advance because I always prefer to hear what is bad rather than what is good so that is how I am going to nitpick.

The major thing I would suggest working on is lighting. White is not the best thing to do highlights with unless they are thin highlights and/or the source of light is very close and very bright. Since your source of light is far away I would suggest using a yellow or light orange to do the high lights (some kind of gradient or mix of the two?) If you'd like a quick example of what I mean let me know. The same could be said for shading but with different colors (since it's a sunny day I'd say using some reds, blues, and purples. More blues than anything since it isn't a sunset or sunrise. These are more ways to... accent (if that is the right word) your shading so you don't have any dark abyss/crevices and would help with layering your shading such as with the green dragon's head I noticed you have some shading to portray the overhang but then stop that shading once you got to the underbelly.)
     -notes for shading white, using a blue or muted orange is helpful. Also it's best to keep your greyscale from being completely grey scale, adding a little bit of some other color is helpful when it comes to shading.

Now for the dragons, I would highly suggest drawing out the entire body. I'm pretty sure they are supposed to be bumping the sides of their bodies together however it looks like they only have the two front legs and wings (if that is their actual design ignore this). By drawing it out, I don't mean you need to draw out everything, just do a quick round circle for the butts and some blobby rectangle thing for the hind legs, what is shown you can color in as some muted grey thing with very little details but it will be there so people will that the body continue after the wings since you have the characters portrayed in a... 3/4th's (I wanna say is what it is called) manner. If they were a full frontal view it wouldn't matter too much (I'd still suggest doing the rectangles for hind legs because otherwise you are portraying that the hind legs are placed exactly behind the front legs) but seeing as it is a partial side it looks... off.

For the background- my only suggestion is for the mountains having a more drastic change between the tops and the valleys, it might look nicer? Maybe, I don't know. Also, instead of having them different shades of grey, color them different shades of blue/green blue and have them vanishing into the sky. Again, the background is nice so I can't really comment too much on things to change.

Overall, it is a nice picture. The above would be my biggest critiques about the piece, hopefully they were helpful. If I worded something weirdly or you have questions feel free to let me know. Have a great day!

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AncientInsainity [2018-06-29 20:52:49 +0000 UTC]

This is very well done, the colors go together very nice and i like the shading, the river and grass look nice too. However, i have some helpful criticism for this:
The 2 dragons look like they're coming from the same body because of they way they're curved. I understand if they're bumping sides but i would consider altering it like this. Curve the bodies just a bit more so they're facing forward toward the camrea, have them bumping together, dont forget to add more space because of the wings, and put the black dragon's head on top of the green one's as they walk.
Or, if you want them facing the right more,  i would recomend redrawing the hole thing so you can get the angle of the picture correct to a diagonal look, like a " how u walk past someone on the street" kinda  look to it, level to where u can see the horrizon, but angled enough to where if someone was beside the first person, you could see them too. I would also sudjest only 2 rows of mountains in the background, i think that would make the sky look more vast and would make it nicer

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adam-ant2 [2018-06-29 19:41:10 +0000 UTC]

You should definitely feel proud of this.

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GuardianOfDawn [2018-06-29 13:27:52 +0000 UTC]

Vwry cute work! You both looking so great! So cool drawn! 

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CrystalMoonGazer [2018-06-29 05:01:10 +0000 UTC]

As an agender asexual who loves dragons, I really enjoy this wonderful artwork!

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HazelRose3637 [2018-06-29 04:24:24 +0000 UTC]

I love these dragons Nice representing other groups, too! ^^

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Pomegranate-RainWing [2018-06-18 17:26:40 +0000 UTC]

Very good! This looks so cool!

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