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Published: 2012-01-24 07:33:41 +0000 UTC; Views: 2077; Favourites: 109; Downloads: 70
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Description Weelll... uh, this is a vaguely New Years themed picture.
It's also half of my Monster Girl of the Month submission for January.
(The first one was supposed to be posted at midnight on the 1st... but I was doin' stuff. XD
Still not up yet... going for the 31st, now.)
Anyway, this one was to be posted on the official start of the year of the dragon, so I got that right, at least.
...I think. XD

Anyhow, Protaea doesn't really look monstery enough to me to be the only submission of the month, though that was rather intentional. I wanted her to be more of a, well, a dragon.
And I wanted her to look like a creator goddess.

And there's more than enough "monster" in the other image.

...I dunno about the background here, but... I know I don't feel like changing it right now. XD

Sick and tired =drawitout is rambling. Woo.


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Comments: 49

drawitout [2014-10-09 06:38:05 +0000 UTC]

Holy shit how does this have over 100 favourites look at that wobbly bullshit jesus christ

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RAC1000 [2012-03-04 14:48:41 +0000 UTC]

such elegance to this being

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drawitout In reply to RAC1000 [2012-03-05 05:08:29 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much. I'm so glad she has that effect. c:

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missmidgetelmo [2012-02-29 04:25:06 +0000 UTC]

I love this.

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drawitout In reply to missmidgetelmo [2012-02-29 21:01:48 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much; I'm glad you do. c:

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Jaquier [2012-02-10 14:32:07 +0000 UTC]

Glowing fingernails? Cool

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missmidgetelmo In reply to Jaquier [2012-02-29 04:26:49 +0000 UTC]

I think the glowing fingernails might be my favorite part, too.
But then there's the eyes and the face and the ears and the ...horns? antennae? uh. yeah. and the hair. and the feet/paws. and the hips. and that TAIL, oh my. I just love it.

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Jaquier In reply to missmidgetelmo [2012-02-29 05:08:39 +0000 UTC]

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drawitout In reply to Jaquier [2012-02-11 00:05:11 +0000 UTC]

Haha, thank you. n_n

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Moreuse [2012-02-04 01:00:21 +0000 UTC]

OMG i love how you did the face.

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drawitout In reply to Moreuse [2012-02-04 01:07:44 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. I rather like her serene expression, too. n_n

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Moreuse In reply to drawitout [2012-02-04 01:08:56 +0000 UTC]

Well i also ment her mussle. I made a race a long time ago who's was suppose to look like that... but sadly i can't quit get there.

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drawitout In reply to Moreuse [2012-02-04 19:16:46 +0000 UTC]

Oh, I see.
Well, no worries, I'm sure you'll get the look you want eventually, with practice. n_n

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Moreuse In reply to drawitout [2012-02-04 19:44:16 +0000 UTC]

so how did you come up with your creatures?

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drawitout In reply to Moreuse [2012-02-04 19:46:42 +0000 UTC]

Well... they just sort of... happen, to be honest.
I get an idea, and I draw it out. Often, I'll refine it or make a few small changes afterward, but my species usually stay pretty true to their first concept art. c:

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Moreuse In reply to drawitout [2012-02-04 20:03:58 +0000 UTC]

Ya, creature i made called Onem were like that. I'm quit happy that you can do that.

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roundtower [2012-02-04 00:03:55 +0000 UTC]

Fantastic!

In the featured folder nΒΊ 3 in Special-Groups. (Best works).

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drawitout In reply to roundtower [2012-02-04 00:06:55 +0000 UTC]

Oh, wow! Thank you so much!

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roundtower In reply to drawitout [2012-02-04 11:49:23 +0000 UTC]

A real pleasure!!!

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Biohazard-Nurse [2012-01-28 18:30:13 +0000 UTC]

How does this not have more comments? This is GORGEOUS!

I love everything about this; first, the pose is so beautiful. Not only does it have motion, but it looks so believable, like she had been walking and then paused to react [if that makes any sense at all]. Her form is so sleek and flowing, I almost forget that she has human anatomy, because she looks like the form was meant for her species alone, as if humans were never part of the equation. I absolutely love the way her tail curves to the side, with the hair flowing so elegantly to the ground; it just looks so wonderful!

And I think it looks "monstery" enough x3. Monsters don't always have to be ugly, disturbing or unusual; they can be perfectly beautiful and still be monsters, at least in my opinion. While I tend to make my monsters pretty creepy looking, every once in a while I make one that's not, although they've never been as lovely as Protaea, here.

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drawitout In reply to Biohazard-Nurse [2012-01-28 21:21:04 +0000 UTC]

Oh, thanks so much!

That's exactly what I was going for! She was walking through what isn't much more than empty space, and stopped when she found a spot that she considered suitable to build more of her budding world in. One thing I really want to do is have my original creatures look believable in their own right, rather than a mix of an existing species and a human, so that is really thrilling to hear. Flowing hair is pretty much my favourite thing to sketch, and I've found it really relaxing to work with in digital media, too. c:

I'm glad she has enough of that feel to her, then. I have a fair share of bizarre monsters and characters in my gallery, as well. I do agree with you, I find beautiful and frightening to be quite a wonderful combination, personally.

Thanks so much, again. Your comment has honestly made my day.

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Kestus [2012-01-28 18:19:43 +0000 UTC]

The coloring of this looks quite awesome; I quite like the light glow on those claws, too.

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drawitout In reply to Kestus [2012-01-28 21:10:17 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much! :3
Painting all the soft glows in this was so fun, I really enjoyed it. n_n
I coloured the lines for this traditionally a few nights after, too, and liked how it turned out... but I don't want to bug people by submitting the same lines consecutively, heh.

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Blaquelire [2012-01-25 15:44:00 +0000 UTC]

It's awesome :'3!

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drawitout In reply to Blaquelire [2012-01-25 20:24:51 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! c:

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Blaquelire In reply to drawitout [2012-01-26 06:53:44 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome :3!

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half-dragon [2012-01-25 04:17:37 +0000 UTC]

Wait its the year of the dragon now?!

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drawitout In reply to half-dragon [2012-01-25 20:24:33 +0000 UTC]

Yep. 2012 is the year of the dragon.

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half-dragon In reply to drawitout [2012-01-25 20:41:38 +0000 UTC]

Sweet! Yay I love dragons this will be a good year!

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hydromonster [2012-01-25 02:05:57 +0000 UTC]

very sleek and beautiful
you always have such a talent with detail
wonderful claws/toes, her fingers and the tail
WOW that tail is wonderful

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drawitout In reply to hydromonster [2012-01-25 20:25:19 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much! n_n

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paladin095 [2012-01-25 00:55:15 +0000 UTC]

who that's so incredible!

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drawitout In reply to paladin095 [2012-01-25 19:42:51 +0000 UTC]

Oh, thanks so much! cB

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Kihtorii [2012-01-24 20:44:59 +0000 UTC]

Such a beautiful character design; simple but elegant.

I think you pulled of the goddess appearance nicely. I really like how you drew her hair and tail!

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drawitout In reply to Kihtorii [2012-01-24 22:56:22 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so very much. c: I had thought about making a few additions to her design, but I'm glad I went with the originally intended simplicity.

I'm glad you think so. I really enjoy drawing flowing hair like that. n_n

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CannibalxGoats [2012-01-24 19:59:09 +0000 UTC]

Love the way you did the colors c:

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drawitout In reply to CannibalxGoats [2012-01-24 20:25:37 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much. c:

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CannibalxGoats In reply to drawitout [2012-01-24 20:38:00 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!

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Snowfyre [2012-01-24 11:57:34 +0000 UTC]

very pretty work.

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drawitout In reply to Snowfyre [2012-01-24 19:29:12 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much. n_n

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DragonzFire93 [2012-01-24 07:38:47 +0000 UTC]

very cool! does look very godessy

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drawitout In reply to DragonzFire93 [2012-01-24 19:29:05 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much, I'm glad she does! c:

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Atalix [2012-01-24 07:34:57 +0000 UTC]

lol She's really beautiful, you're getting good at digital |D simple background, LOL I do that all the time

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drawitout In reply to Atalix [2012-01-24 19:28:51 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I'm just glad I'm able to enjoy working digitally, now. I hope I can keep improving.
Yeah, the background... I thought: "hmm, I want her to be somewhere... but... I don't really want her to be anywhere," because I wanted her to be creating it herself.

I think it will be much more fun (and economical XD) to work on detailed backgrounds digitally than traditionally.
But simple ones are rather fun, too. I can't imagine how long getting a gradient like this one would take using my markers. @_@

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Atalix In reply to drawitout [2012-01-24 19:37:46 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome! ^^ Oh yeah, it's really fun to see you getting into the digital world. I have no doubt. You'll easily get better on it <3 LOL It took me a while to figure out how to do digital, also it took me a very long time to use Pixelmator 2 for it's pen tool and exclusive use on the Mac
LOL Well, there is a tool that makes gradient in an instant |D every Photoshop software has it

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drawitout In reply to Atalix [2012-01-24 19:42:53 +0000 UTC]

n_n

Yes, I used the gradient tool in this one, then I made a separate layer for the bit of galaxy around her hand.

Gradients: 20 seconds in PS, estimated 2-4 hours with markers.

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Atalix In reply to drawitout [2012-01-24 19:46:53 +0000 UTC]

Sweet!
That would of been a long time just to make the gradient background. Thank god for photoshop to exist |D Have you heard of Sketchbook Ex?

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drawitout In reply to Atalix [2012-01-24 20:05:06 +0000 UTC]

No, I haven't. c:

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Atalix In reply to drawitout [2012-01-24 20:11:02 +0000 UTC]

Oh c: It's primarily made for tablet users, thought it'll be interesting to look up [link] |D Express is free, Pro and Design aren't

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