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Description Blue dragons are the second most powerful of the classic chromatic dragons. They are physically distinguished by the single large horns protruding from their heads and also by their ears, which are rather large and frilled. The tail is thick and bumpy, like that of a caterpillar. The wings are more pronounced than most other species'. They smell like ozone or sand.

They are more likely to be mocking and manipulative than outrightly cruel or murderous to 'lesser' creatures, aided greatly by their natural talents for hallucination. They are infamous for tricking desert travelers into drinking sand or going miles out of their way to avoid nonexistent dust basins.

Blue dragons tend to be carnivorous though they will eat plants on occasion. While almost anything is potential food, a blue dragon prefers camels above all else. They are enemies of brass dragons.

Blue dragons are orderly creatures, and are unusual for chromatics in that they keep fairly well-ordered, hierarchical societies. ~Excerpt from the Draconomicon


It seems I am going through the whole color spectrum, I kinda like how the blue contrasts with his rocky surroundings. Done in CS3 in about twelve hours
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FuriarossaAndMimma [2013-07-30 15:05:22 +0000 UTC]

Great work!

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Netarliargus In reply to FuriarossaAndMimma [2013-08-06 17:54:45 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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dragonmaximus [2012-09-21 06:05:06 +0000 UTC]

bellissimo

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Netarliargus In reply to dragonmaximus [2012-09-21 12:05:28 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Lumoswold [2012-03-11 18:37:44 +0000 UTC]

Fuckastic! *-*

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Netarliargus In reply to Lumoswold [2012-03-11 18:49:49 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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adorety [2012-03-02 02:34:53 +0000 UTC]

Fantastic and epic image. Excellent work!

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Netarliargus In reply to adorety [2012-03-02 17:13:04 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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HieizRenryu [2012-02-17 23:58:43 +0000 UTC]

very nicely done. crazy scenery, looks like it was taken from a national geographic magazine

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Netarliargus In reply to HieizRenryu [2012-02-18 15:31:44 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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HieizRenryu In reply to Netarliargus [2012-02-19 00:24:16 +0000 UTC]

you're welcome

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NikitaDarkstar [2012-02-17 20:38:30 +0000 UTC]

Not bad, not bad at all, but some areas do stick out as odd, such as the highlights and edges on the dragon looks very unnatural (and kind of ruins the picture considering the overall quality of everything else) and the gleam in it's eye just looks, well, bad. (Sorry, there's no other word for it.) There's a few other areas where you painted over the edges of things that just needs to have the opacity lowered a bit since they're to solid right now. (The choice of color is perfect but you need to lower the opacity and/or fill to get some of the natural color and texture variations to show through to make it look natural) But overall it's not bad, I really like the composition and depth you have in this.

PS: Listing sources would be nice (and sticking it under photomanipulations.. I'm fairly sure this belongs in that category.)

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MicheleHansen [2012-02-17 16:54:11 +0000 UTC]

Good job for a fast job. I spent twelve hours on a single set of details on a digital piece I am creating from a scan of a sketch.

I like the colors as well. You appear to be a classically trained artist: You know your complements. Orange is the complementary color for blue. Natural match made from the primaries.

Thanks for all the info.

I have a friend on my page named TwilightSaint. He creates shoulder dragon puppets. You should check his pieces out. They are incredible. You'll likely find a friend as he LOVES dragons as well.

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Netarliargus In reply to MicheleHansen [2012-02-17 17:20:08 +0000 UTC]

Actually I have no training whatsoever as an artist. It's just a "gut feeling" if you could call it that.

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MicheleHansen In reply to Netarliargus [2012-02-17 19:54:53 +0000 UTC]

Oh. One of THOSE--You and my buddy Meezerkat (DA ID). Natural talent. I so totally respect inborn talent...

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Demon-of-Sins666 [2012-02-17 05:14:57 +0000 UTC]

I've read that book your quoting. The dragon looks just like the one in the book! Good job!

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Netarliargus In reply to Demon-of-Sins666 [2012-02-17 16:13:00 +0000 UTC]

It's an excerpt from the Draconomicon.

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Demon-of-Sins666 In reply to Netarliargus [2012-02-19 00:11:15 +0000 UTC]

oh, not the same book... but it is from the same universe... but anyway you still drew him incredible well

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Netarliargus In reply to Demon-of-Sins666 [2012-02-19 00:22:01 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, it's from Dungeons and Dragons.

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Demon-of-Sins666 In reply to Netarliargus [2012-02-19 00:26:13 +0000 UTC]

yeah, thats what i thought... what an awesome game

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Majcen007 [2012-02-16 23:11:35 +0000 UTC]

Thou shall not pass!

You really outdid yourself this time... I can't even put into words how great this background and dragon look now

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Netarliargus In reply to Majcen007 [2012-02-17 00:33:25 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. One does not simply walk into a Blue's domain.

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Halesstryx [2012-02-16 15:07:40 +0000 UTC]

Awesome work! Loved it!

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Netarliargus In reply to Halesstryx [2012-02-16 17:17:50 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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TayJay5 [2012-02-16 13:46:49 +0000 UTC]

That is AWESOME
Lov Eet!!

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Netarliargus In reply to TayJay5 [2012-02-16 17:17:55 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Skaizek [2012-02-16 13:18:50 +0000 UTC]

Wow

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Netarliargus In reply to Skaizek [2012-02-16 16:55:28 +0000 UTC]

Wow indeed, thanks.

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IFoldBooks [2012-02-16 10:11:04 +0000 UTC]

Wow, I really like this. The stocks blends really well with each other.

You may want to watch the pixel density though, you can notice how the camels and the shrubbery beside it are of different resolutions.

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Netarliargus In reply to IFoldBooks [2012-02-16 17:15:40 +0000 UTC]

Thanks.
So that's what wrong with it. I figured something looked off about them but I couldn't put my finger on it.
You'd say the camels need to be in a higher or in a lower resulution?

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IFoldBooks In reply to Netarliargus [2012-02-17 14:21:53 +0000 UTC]

Either have the background in a higher resolution (which is impossible) or have the camels in a lower resolution.

Or you can just paint over the whole thing.

I think

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Netarliargus In reply to IFoldBooks [2012-02-17 16:13:38 +0000 UTC]

Ah, thanks for the tip.

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ownall15 [2012-02-16 01:58:04 +0000 UTC]

nice job with photoshop, thats a pretty seemless blending of an illistrated image and an actual photo, at least thats what it looks like. let me know if im wrong.

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Netarliargus In reply to ownall15 [2012-02-16 17:18:39 +0000 UTC]

No, you're right, it's a matte painting. If you can't tell the difference between what's a photo and what's drawn then I have done a nice job.

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ownall15 In reply to Netarliargus [2012-02-17 05:25:58 +0000 UTC]

Ya you really did good, i can barely tell.

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RedMoonRogue [2012-02-16 01:39:50 +0000 UTC]

UH-OOOOOOH.

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Netarliargus In reply to RedMoonRogue [2012-02-16 16:54:17 +0000 UTC]

I am gonna guess that's a uh-ho in the good sense of the word, right?

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RedMoonRogue In reply to Netarliargus [2012-02-16 23:24:24 +0000 UTC]

Yes. ;D

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Krazzulimaii [2012-02-16 00:25:53 +0000 UTC]

Wow, this is really well done

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Netarliargus In reply to Krazzulimaii [2012-02-16 16:54:23 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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xXShadowGaleXx [2012-02-15 23:08:54 +0000 UTC]

That is absolutely amazing! It looks like you took a photo of the event ^ ^

I swear, one day you are going to be famous for your art...

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Netarliargus In reply to xXShadowGaleXx [2012-02-16 16:55:11 +0000 UTC]

Aww, thanks. Though I'm not in it for fame and glory...and I am certainly not going to make a fortune.

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Enferlain [2012-02-15 22:58:45 +0000 UTC]

Hey, I've seen this on your fa! That's why I had a deja-vu like feeling. Oh kay.

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Netarliargus In reply to Enferlain [2012-02-16 17:15:59 +0000 UTC]

Indeed you have, now you can look at it twice.

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Enferlain In reply to Enferlain [2012-02-15 23:01:22 +0000 UTC]

But it's really great As I sad you're quite getting quite better at this with each picture you do.

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Arkaios [2012-02-15 22:35:54 +0000 UTC]

This is fantastic! I love the realistic feel of the character c:

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Netarliargus In reply to Arkaios [2012-02-16 17:16:07 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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mydragonzeatyou [2012-02-15 21:26:37 +0000 UTC]

awsom

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Netarliargus In reply to mydragonzeatyou [2012-02-16 17:16:20 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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kiinastar [2012-02-15 21:25:57 +0000 UTC]

Wow, this is amazing!!!

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