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Published: 2015-01-08 04:36:07 +0000 UTC; Views: 774; Favourites: 51; Downloads: 0
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Description ....because Asian Dragon.

I think I may have died a bit shading all those scales (and yet they still ended up looking flat....sigh). Despite that, I did have a lot of fun making this, it was definitely a Β learning experience, and I actually am pretty satisfied with the end product (it's a pretty huge improvement from the last time I did scale like this).

If anyone has any tips, please do share, constructive criticism is totally welcome and appreciated !

Art(c)EmeraldRainDragon
Please don't use in any way without permission.
I still hate my scanner and hate how yellow the drawing shows up...I might take a picture and reupload later
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Comments: 19

KaiWolfbain2 [2015-01-14 03:39:12 +0000 UTC]

OH god I love your traditional dragons!~ gorgeous scale work! as per usual!~

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EmeraldRainDragon In reply to KaiWolfbain2 [2015-01-14 20:13:07 +0000 UTC]

Thanks ^_^!Β 
Scales are a pretty big pain to color individually, but it really does pay off in the end

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KaiWolfbain2 In reply to EmeraldRainDragon [2015-01-30 19:21:03 +0000 UTC]

oh do I know it, makes it look soooooooooo much more dimensional its scary.

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Ddraigtanto [2015-01-11 17:38:56 +0000 UTC]

This is pretty good! Nice job! One slight issue though: The Imperial dragons are supposed to have five toes, not four. Apparently, Korean dragons have four, and Japanese dragons have three... *mumbles* I wish I read that up earlier...

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EmeraldRainDragon In reply to Ddraigtanto [2015-01-11 19:32:03 +0000 UTC]

Rats, I was hoping no one would point that out , but yeah, you're correct. While the exact specifics differed from Dynasty to dynasty, the 5-toed dragon (at least in chinese culture) was always reserved forthe emperor/those of imperial bloodline, whereas 4-toed dragons were generally for high-ranking nobles instead.Β  By the time I'd realized my mistake, I had already inked the lineart, which is pretty embarassing considering that I am Chinese, and my parents have told me the whole claw-number thing before, so...fail on my part lol*hides in a box*.

I really had intended it to be a dragon modeled after the Imperial kind, but in retrospect, maybe I should change the title to "Long", since it's not really an Imperial dragonΒ 

Thanks for the comment and !

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Ddraigtanto In reply to EmeraldRainDragon [2015-01-11 19:44:46 +0000 UTC]

Hmmm, yeah. I can't say I'm much better. In my stories, I'm using the fiction book Dragonology for parts of my lore of Asian dragons: Imperials, Chinese and Lindworm dragons have 5 toes, Japanese and Korean have four, and Indonesian dragons have three. So... Yeah, I can't really judge.

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SweetKokoa [2015-01-11 17:36:07 +0000 UTC]

WHoa this is so nice!Β Β 

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EmeraldRainDragon In reply to SweetKokoa [2015-01-11 19:32:11 +0000 UTC]

Thanks ^_^!

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SweetKokoa In reply to EmeraldRainDragon [2015-01-11 19:34:18 +0000 UTC]

Anytime!

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AnneStenbyeArt [2015-01-09 20:56:09 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful colours! It really caught my eyes. The flow of it is also very pleasing although the middle loop seems a little narrow Lovely how delicate the feet and hands/claws are.

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EmeraldRainDragon In reply to AnneStenbyeArt [2015-01-09 23:06:37 +0000 UTC]

Thanks (for both the compliment, and the input) !

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Lin--Wolf [2015-01-09 03:07:57 +0000 UTC]

This is very cool!

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EmeraldRainDragon In reply to Lin--Wolf [2015-01-09 20:14:04 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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Lin--Wolf In reply to EmeraldRainDragon [2015-01-09 23:09:41 +0000 UTC]

No prob. n.n

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46Kibahime [2015-01-08 20:22:42 +0000 UTC]

Incredible work! Love it!!

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EmeraldRainDragon In reply to 46Kibahime [2015-01-09 03:05:39 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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46Kibahime In reply to EmeraldRainDragon [2015-01-09 05:34:19 +0000 UTC]

Any time, Lass

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Revonsusi [2015-01-08 11:19:21 +0000 UTC]

he looks very lovely <3

I'm big fan of asian dragons.

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EmeraldRainDragon In reply to Revonsusi [2015-01-08 18:08:03 +0000 UTC]

thanks ^_^

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