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Published: 2003-12-17 13:31:11 +0000 UTC; Views: 5970; Favourites: 149; Downloads: 1203
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What if AutomaticAlabatross and JetpackDragonfly had a baby? Well...[EDIT, 17th November, 2006 - Pretty thorough reworking to fix most of things I've never liked about this image. The original can be seen here => [link] . I've also Changed the name from ConflagratingChimera to Pyropteryx like I intended to years ago.]
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Another 10-hour marathon wing-detailing session in Illustrator 10
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your painting and drawing skills are really amazing. Indeed, you are one of the best artists I've seen on dA!
you are on my friends list now.
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Love the wings! How long does it take you to do this kind of stuff?!
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oh man, you really have a way with curves and lines. your artistic mastery shows in every peice you make. this is just plain beautiful
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I really enjoyed looking at your gallery. It was hard for me to choose where I wanted to comment. I really like your work it is vry clean and flawless. (or least if there are any only you can see them.) I think that you have total potential to go far with what you do. Butterflies, dragonflies, and fairies are all my thing. I love the colors of this one. This Butterfly is the turbo flutterbutter
~Tamurai
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holy SHIIIIIIIIIIT, i love it. damn you got the skillz. well done
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Damn, you're gonna kill yourself with all that detail, but we love it anyways. It's great. And I knew you HAD to show the detail with all that time you put into it. It looks realistic, but not too realistic, since you don't want vector to look real, a good mix... Okay, I'll shut up now.
Anyways, it's great. Very nice. If I had money and a credit card I'd buy it... If I can convince some one with a credit card to buy it for me... you'll see my few dollars sent to you in a little while. ^.^
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Hey how did u make the wings for this? they really look like wings!!
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JetpackDragonfly gave me a bit of practice, then I just... drew them. I don't have any tricks.
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HaHa!! Indeed!!
Wat a dragon it is ...to!!
Love the fact you mix your own works..
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nice work indeed. i do agree that the typography is somewhat obtrusive, perhaps better left absent or tucked in the lower right. excellent color choices though, love your gradient work on the figures. usually i'm adverse to using a gradient as the only ingredient for the ground space, but the fact that you made it radial rather than linear was a wise choice. and i'm a bit bothered by how the tail leaves the frame. perhaps letting it end earlier or having it leave at an angle so that it does not seem so parallel to the flames would be better. i know this sounds like nitpicking but i think constructive criticisms are better than repetitive praise.
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Hey, two years later and I've taken your criticism on board! Well done me...
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Damnit, I like the writing!
Thanks for the criticism (I'll probably actually do something about the typography this time). The tail is deliberate - having it leave the frame at the same angle as the fire gives it a sense of motion.
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What a great idea!
The flame was so well done!
It's a great work
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Thanks, but you know, I'm not really the sort that draws dragons. I'm really not.
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one of the bets vector pics i ever see for me, great!
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Nice. So now seems that nearly everyone's doing dragons.
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I've shown you my dragon, now you show me yours.
Um, ew, shut up Johnny.
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'This very pretty. I like how you do the flames coming from the mouth. As usual the wings are lovely but they're a bit too butterfly - in their shape - for me (I have to stare at butterflies all day, that might be why)
By the way, mine isn't really a dragon at all. It's just the buzz term I use so everyone goes "ooooh, dragon, I love dragons!!!1111" Works everytime.
...damn Aussie.
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Actually I think you'll find the front wings here are more like the hind wings of e beetle (which have a hingey bit halfway along the front edge to allow them to fold under the elytra - that is the hard shell like forwings...and no I'm not a nerdy entomologist otherwise I'd know the word for "hingey bit"
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Great style, great idea, this remind me my terminator dragon in some ways 
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Thanks. Originally this was vertically framed, but it just wasn't working, so I changed it. Actually, square would have been been best, but it is intended for a print, so I had to use this aspect ratio.
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excellent work. actually, astounding is probably the best word. the typography lets it down i think, but that's nitpicking.
i'd definitely buy a print of this (if you removed the writing).
be very proud
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Thanks, I'll consider changing he writing - or removing it (though it looked a little bare without it).
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Amazing stuff, I dig the wings and the colours are very nice.
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