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CorneredBook of Vile Darkness interior illustration.
Dungeons & Dragons.
Β©Wizards of the Coast.
Acrylic, Approx 21" x 19"
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'Cornered in your own temple and assailed by the agents of darkness, but yet to be defeated.'
This piece of art was created for the Dungeons & Dragons supplement 'the Book of Vile Darkness'. It is unusual to be asked to show a Golden Dragon in such a parlous situation, and I relished showing the details of the fight.
I tilted the horizon line to add tension, which along with the curve of the Dragon's back and wing leads the viewers eye to the action on the right.
The artwork also needed to fit into a strict format to fit across two pages, and you can find out more about that on my blog:
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Comments: 345
love this picture so much action good job
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Poor dragn ;s But i really like it ^^ Good job!
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Only Sauron could take down a gold dragon with fire...
Wonderful piece! Very unique, I love how the dragon is thrashing his whiskers about. Beautiful!
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Outstanding work!
I hope the dragon can escape that
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omg this piece is amazing! poor flying dragonborn.
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Love this!!! Seeing such amazing acrylic paintings makes me love acrylics even more than I already do! Every bit of this is awesome!
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Thanks - appreciated
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You're very welcome
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Reminds so much of my younger days. Sadly no one plays D&D anymore in my town and the work keeps my old team busy. Man, you're awesome! I used to devour these books's artworks.
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Poor dragon
Will he be able to escape?
By the way, that's a very beautiful pic!
I remember the first time I opened a D&D book. Nice pictures are a great addition, making them even more pleasant to read / search information in.
(Did you do some illustrations for the 3,5 edition? Just to have a "bad reason" to open them again to look for it 
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Thanks a lot.
Yes I have done lots for 3.5
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Oh, that's an instant favorite. There's a lot going on without it getting clustered, quite tense.
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what tools did you use to color it?
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oh, cool. thanks for replying.
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Great piece of work.
Thanks for sharing...
Featured in Inspirations at hangaroundtheweb.com
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I love the dragonborn in this image! Poor Gold Dragon... I hope he will survive that battle.
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first thing that popped in my head " WOW that's Amazing!!!"
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This is amazing! Wonderful job using traditional medium! I love the details you put into this.
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Thanks very much
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this is an amazing picture. you have incredible talent! mind telling me how long it took and who those red guys are? (sorry i dont play d&d, but i did used to play a different role playing game quite similar)
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The red guys are various baddies, it took about ten days.
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WOW!!! this would look like an epic battle
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"Why are they fighting a gold?"
*Reads the words, "Book of Vile Darknes"*
"Ooooh."
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wow this masterpiece look more done digital than acrylic paint XD
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