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Published: 2010-12-22 12:28:41 +0000 UTC; Views: 18085; Favourites: 952; Downloads: 530
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This is a remake of my original Village Guardian piece. [link]It is a special picture to me, because I think it marks a turning point in my art. Many of the techniques I've been observing and practicing came together well in that piece.
I still really enjoy the composition and concept, but it was looking a little dated next to my recent art, so I thought I would re-draw the picture, using the things I've learned over the last year and a half.
I made it wider, too.
Enjoy!
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Thank you.
I'm glad you enjoy it.
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surely improved on this one
and as always the light effects out stands from the effects.
the smoke is well done as well, and is possible to notice the details on the small villagers
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I'm glad to hear that it's an improvement.
I tried to include many of the details that I've been practicing lately.
Making this one at a higher resolution helped, too.
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Wow. Remaking this picture really shows the magnitude of improvement you've undergone in such a relatively short time.
Though never be afraid to delve into some aspects of your old style if you feel the urge. Though this remake tends to feel more realistic (it's got more "dimension" to it), the previous version, and other artwork around that era, had a unique quasi-stained-glass style that made for an interesting "story-feel," like a mural.
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Thank you.
It was fun picking a piece like this to redraw, too. It's easy to show improvement when you redraw something that didn't turn out well, but the original here was definitely the best piece I'd ever made, when I completed it.
That is a rather interesting idea, too. At that time, I was basically enlarging images made on oekaki boards, while now I'm working in higher resolutions and shrinking the final image. Using that effect intentionally some time might be rather interesting.
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You really improved this one!
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Thank you.
Making it look like an improvement while retaining the good qualities of the original was a rather interesting challenge. I think it turned out well, though.
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Me too. It's alot more like your current style--
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What a calm, peaceful looking picture.
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Thank you.
I'm glad you enjoy it.
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Your work is amazing as always man 
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Thank you.
I'll do my best to keep improving.
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Gorgeous! You've perfectly captured the charm of the original, and somehow managed to make it more awesome!!
I'm awed by the sheer detail on the houses and the grass, not to mention the dragon looks great! Wonderful job!!
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Thank you.
I had to play around with a lot of extra layers, to try and recreate that charm. That was the toughest part of it, making it seem to be the same, in a way. Then, I tried to use things that I've learned since then to add more detail into the picture.
I'm rather proud of how it turned out.
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Well, you did a wonderful job, once again!!!
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Looks like your really making my decision to watch you worth it.
The dragon art you create is great, I have the urge to favorite alot of your stuff, but I didn't want to end up potentially cluttering your inbox by favoriting too many things.
Anyway, nice work.
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I'm glad to hear that you enjoy my art.
Now, I'll just have to do my best to keep improving to try and surpass those expectations.
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You're welcome, and im sure you will.
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Ooh yes, so much calmer 8)
The colors are a lot better, and I love the wider feel of it compared to the first one; especially with a glimpse of those trees behind that house
The composition in this piece has a more intact feel too 
plus shiny scales
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Thank you.
I tried to give a bit more space to those trees. I made the first one right after a set of background practice pieces, so I didn't really have a good idea about how to draw trees, then. I wanted to leave a bit more space for them now, though.
So, I think this has had some nice improvements.
The shiny scales were rather fun to draw, too. I put a layer with some harder lighting, and no texture above some of the other shading, for that effect with the shiny scales. I'm glad to hear that the lighting worked well.
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You're welcome!
It's so fun to compare these recreations 
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Thank you.
I'm glad you like it.
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This one is indeed improved... But I think it lacks a bit of contrast, a bit darker shadows... Because it somehow doesn't seem that fire smoke should be the darkest part of the image. (Well it seems the darkest part to me.) I also think that fire smoke should reflect a light a bit more than it is...
But indeed, this one is awesome, no argument to that.
Awesome as pretty much always I'd say.
And dragon seem to grow a bit as well, over the year.
...Wish I had progress at my drawing skills...
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I'm glad you enjoy it.
The dragon is a little wider in this piece, and I widened the view a little, so it does look a little larger.
You're quite right about the smoke. I just made a minor edit that adds a little lighting on the smoke to brighten it up, and slightly darkens the trees in the back, so the edges of the image are a bit darker now. That was an excellent observation. Thank you very much for pointing it out.
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No problem
And that minor improvements made some not so insignificant improvement of the artwork indeed...
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Indeed. I always think it's always annoying when there is that one distracting feature that detracts from a decent piece of art.
So, I like making those sorts of adjustments when I can.
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DUDE! Holy Crap! you finished it! This is amazing! And i loved the first one to!
The detail and time you put into your work is truly amazing!
Another wonderful job!
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Thank you.
I spent some time adding little details and adjusting the shading. I think it's a rather nice improvement.
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Its a wonderful improvement
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Wow, it's incredible how great your art was back then, and now your art is improved and even better.
It's amazing I especially admire all the details used, it's so awesome.
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I did make an update.
Re-drawing this one was a lot of fun. It was extra tough, getting the details right again, but I think it worked out rather well.
... It's calendar sized, too.
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I love the scale, tree and grass details the most, that was were most of the changes are. I must add, it would be so cool if dragons did live with us.
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Wonderful and magical! Beautiful work....
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Thank you.
I think it's a nice improvement from the older one, too.
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Almost makes me want to have a dragon as a pet....so beautiful is your art!
(You're welcome!)
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Thank you.
It was kind of tough getting all the small things right again, while increasing the detail, but I think it turned out well. It's still a fun setting.
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I love these kinds settings the most in Dragon Art, really reminds me of the book series Temeraire...
It is Great
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Woooah
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Thank you!
I always enjoy settings and quiet scenes like this, too.
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