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Published: 2011-08-18 09:41:48 +0000 UTC; Views: 7176; Favourites: 231; Downloads: 0
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Continuing my current mood for Dragons (and Wyverns in this case), here's my next baby.The Swidhelm's Skywyrm Bull [link] was posed in Poser and then imported into Vue for the rest of the scene.
One of Quadspinner's monuments [link] was used as the rock tower (several on top of one another to give it enough height) and for the bg, I sculpted a terrain, created the eco-system and then placed the scotts pine trees in the foreground.
DoF effect was performed in Photoshop with the Lens Blur filter using Vue's rendered z-map.
Software - Poser, Vue & Photoshop
PS - title help from the lovely *GothicVampireFreak
Thanks for looking.
Visit Craig's Sketchbook for more Vue renders, illustrations and sketches.
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A very belated (but much appreciated) Thank You!!
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Excellent composition, and great pose work. This image must definitely be seen full size, that beast is awesome ! The Dof is really efficient, the dragon 'pops' litterally out of the screen !
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I just wanted to let you know that I put this in an art feature in my group , in the article "Realms of Fantasy and Myth: Week 42 - Wyvern" You can find it here: [link]
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Thank you very much - I appreciate it loads! And I feel very honoured in such company!!!!
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You're very welcome, and I'm so glad you enjoyed the article!
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How can I not - Loads of great images and it was in no particular order... but I was first.
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the dragon is absolutely amazing!!!
you may want to tweak the trees a little bit. they look like plastic models
double thumbs up!
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Thanks very much!
I'll look to change that in a 1.5 version.
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Nothing is like a good dragon, and this is among the best I have seen in a long while.
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The realism of this render is really amazing. And the dragon is so dynamic here. 
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Hahahah - I love the squee emoticon!!!!
I'm very glad you like it - it came out exactly how I wanted it (which is rare)!
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Yeah, the 'woot' has nothing on the 'squee' now!
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Dear Lord, my typos again... 
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...I feel like I'm writing a critique. I don't want to critique; there's nothing here TO critique!
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haha - Now there's a response I was hoping for!
This guy doesn't need fire when the sound of his roar is enough to make his prey freeze in fear!
Hopefully you'll also like my other dragons images to come!!! (although they'll be in a few weeks now)
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I can't wait to see 'em. Actually, I can, but it might be a tad impatiently. But take your time; the Mona Lisa wasn't painted in a minute.
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Wow - Thank you very much!! I see I'm in very impressive company!
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And thanks again for the feature!
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one word.
wow.
seriously, just the one.
but thats a good thing, believe me.
come check out my gallery sometime, i think you would like it.
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That's a perfect word - short and to the point!
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normally i rant on and on but this one surprised me as well as impressed me
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I like the pose! And the coppery look of the light on his scales.
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Thank you! It took many test renders to finally get it right. I see you're no stranger to retexturing yourself! (although this wasn't a proper re-texture in this image, just a bit of editing in Vue)
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Ah I see, well that and the light give his scales a nice metallic effect all the same!
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I wasn't getting the definition I wanted in the scales with the bump after I altered the specular value to make it more coppery - increasing the bump didn't work well enough. So I had to use the bump map image in the specular channel so it wouldn't shine in the recesses of his scales.
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