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Published: 2015-04-03 13:16:01 +0000 UTC; Views: 36865; Favourites: 373; Downloads: 167
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A quick take on the Mesoamerican Aztec serpent god
Β I've always drawn him with wings and a longer, thinner build, but had an idea for a bulkier, almost fluffier upper body sans wings.
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Thank you, glad you dig them
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You're welcome :3Β
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Just whatever you do, DON'T MENTION THE TAIL, Quetzalcoatl is very sensitive about it. O.o If you get the reference I'm happy if not i'll look crazy.
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I sadly do not get the reference lol
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Ok, 1. I must look insane, 2. It's from a book series called Secret's of the Immortal Nicholas Flammel, Quetzalcoatl is the "person" who made Billy the Kid immortal, Billy tells Machiavelli not to mention the tail, he does it anyway.
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haha better, that's an interesting premise
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I like the texture. But I would not touch it..... Nice drawing
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Thank you very much ^_^
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Love your artstyle! How do you do that watery, kind of fluid look?
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Thank you very much
Time and harddrive space-permitting, I'll be doing a short tutorial or two on how i do it. It's nothing crazy-complex, more playing around with the Smudge tool a bit
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Awww yeah, thanks for the explaination!! Tutorial would be super cool! I'll try some stuff with this then ^^
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The brush I use for smudging is an Oil Pastel Large 121 I found somewhere..if you'd like to try it out, I keep a copy of it on my webserver for download haha:
www.Denjin108.com/oilpastel121β¦
My settings are Smudge, Normal mode, no toggles, 94%. Play with the sizes and the strength percentages, +/-6% gives a real wide variety of interactions
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OH, nice thank u very much! so nice of you!!
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I love all the colour you use
Do you grayscale first?
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Thank you! I've been trying to branch out with more vibrant colors for some of my works.
And yes, I usually work by doing a grayscale underpainting before moving to colors/textures. It's mostly refined, at least with the silhouette and general values, but those change up a bit as I add more onto it and then I do a fresh Normal layer over everything where I paint in finishes like edgings and cleanups.
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Ahh, all right.
Thank you for replying!Β
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