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Incarnadine91 — Guardian of the Rainforest
Published: 2009-08-28 14:45:06 +0000 UTC; Views: 2097; Favourites: 37; Downloads: 102
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EDIT: I have discovered that I really can't paint a forest canopy digitally, so I had to resort to a picture off the internet, blurred and edited for saturation, levels etc. Not my ideal bg, but it'll do. The clouds are all mine, though
EDIT2: What? I got the *DragonSpirit-Club weekly feature? What what what?
A request for ~The-Greenie-Fire for winning 1st prize in my "Darkness Before the Dawn" contest. I know, I know, that was ages ago, but I've been busy this summer (*GASP* I actually have a social life now!) and I did promise that it would be top-quality.
She asked for a "forest guardian" dragon but I asked if it could be a rainforest guardian to fit with her entry, in the aztec feathered serpent mould. I started this the night before results day when I needed something to distract me - hence all the detail in the feathers, so I couldn't think about anything else!
It's taken a week to complete, about an hour for each layer of feathers. There's five different colours in each individual feather, using about twelve different pencils over the entire wing in order to get that blending effect from green to blue to purple, with sea green as the base. Hope you enjoy it - now I've just got ~1mm0r7al999 's 2nd prize to do, along with =rohirrimshadow 's trade, =shadowsand 's ref preoject, Zodiac: Jinx Part 8.... *mutter mutter*
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Comments: 93
This is really neat! <3 I love how everything blends together, including the colors. Though, if the creature is flying, there's a little something funky going on with the tail, as it should be placed outward to be used as a rutter. Overall, nice! <3
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Thanks - this was drawn in order to distract me on the might before my last exam results day, hence all the detail to take my mind off things 
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Yup, I thought there was a reason for it, aha. ^^
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The Beautiful dragon and beautiful combination colour!
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Thank you - it's one of my favourites, yes
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Thanks very much, and for the fave too!
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Sure!
See this cute thing:
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I love the colouring, really cool
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Thank you!
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Carna... you did it very well!
the background fits on your creature and feel envy on it,
coz my lizard doesn't had yet background and don't how to do it and you give me idea how to
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Thanks, and I'm glad I inspired you!
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It was nice without the background, but it's now mush more complete! I really like the fact that the background is blurred. It gives a sense of height and of speed. The height is also reinforced with the clouds, which are nicely done by the way. Finally, the view from above is great. It's a really good work you got there
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Thank you! 
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Honestly, you did a really good job!
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oh wow, the background looks fantastic with the picture XD
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Well done, well done indeed! The background really makes a difference!
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This is really amazing! The guardian really looks like a rainforest guardian, with the feathers and all. And a dragon species called amphiteres (I hope that's the correct word o.o) yet also very much an amphitere I'm currently working on.
But back to the picture. I already mentioned it is amazing, I especially like the way you have coloured it. I is so detailed and the way you've used different colours is really good looking. Those feathers on the wings that turn slightly purple little by little are very lovely. 
The background fits very nicely, you've cut it nicely and the handmade part and the photo don't looks too different, they fit well together. I even thought that the clouds were part of the photo too.
Great work!
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Thanks a lot! 
I'm glad you like the colouring, as I said it's some of the most detailed I'd done in order to distract me from results
I'm flattered that you thought the clouds were realistic, they really were only quick things 
Again, thank you very much!
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You're very welcome!
And what comes to my piece, I think I can finish it in few days.
Actually I didn't notice that the tail would look odd when it's bend in speed. I guess it is okay, at least it doesn't look bad at all. It's rather disturbing when you can't fit all things well in the picture. u__u
Haha, I see!
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I know, like the little bit of the wing that got chopped off. That annoys me 
I'm glad
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Such things are very annoying. But it doesn't seem to bother too much.
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