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Published: 2006-01-17 06:28:13 +0000 UTC; Views: 3813; Favourites: 31; Downloads: 315
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So, here we go...I'm a creature of ritual and tradition, and my most important ritual is the beggining of the yearly portfolio... I've almost posted all of my stock of the past year, and I thought it would be a good idea stretch the artistic muscles from now on... I'm supossed to have a good collection to show for july the 19th, and I might as well start now...
So, this is the first one: all pen and dry brush work. Maybe I won't use this approach in the following pieces, depends on how it works once it's colored. I spent a couple of hours with a dinosaur book to get the functional anatomy right...
And yes, the basilisk is a rooster with snake tail, but what the heck...
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Many thanks! I have that thing for under-dogs too, I suposse, I can't color a drawing if I don't do a lot of inkwork first...
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I see; 
c y
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ooops I said in your colored version of it that it was a dragon.
my mistake ^_____^ I meant basilisk, but I was too impressed.
my inking master! *bow* I love the two pics so much
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So humbled I am, thanks!
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Amazing detail on those scales? Skin? Which ever it has! It's anatomy is very itneresting as well
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there are so many representations of the basilisk, another one is not doing any harm! 
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haha. well. i didnt see any rooster with a snake tail in harry potter 2..
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LOL... second reminder I have of that
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Your inking technique is so amazing. I absolutely floored by the detail you get with spotted blacks.
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Many thanks, bro! Actually, it's easier than it seems, you only need an old brush and some practice...
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wooowww i cant wait to see how it looks in color
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Hope it delivers
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In my opinion its left paw's a little off. I think it's either the perspective that's wrong or the general construction that's too Β«roundΒ», meaning that it looks a bit fat and not edgy enough considering the general visual style
But other than that it's boner material
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Wow.....I love the twisted creepiness, especially with the arms. Very cool 8)
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Coming from a master of the animals, that's a great compliment, thanks!
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Well... I'm glad you acknowledge that that's not a traditional basilisk. Because I was about to smite you for it.
You call that "functional" anatomy? You and your stacks of elbow-ridden monsters! Useless feathers, gnarled hands, snake tails, and underbite!
The face is my favorite part, though. The jaw feathers and underbite combine for a gulper eel/pelican effect, I think. And the eye's amazing, and even more so because it's drybrush.
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LOL... I knew you'd be the one to trash the anatomy, I'm always looking forward to it
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I prefer "thrash." 
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