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Published: 2011-11-10 21:56:23 +0000 UTC; Views: 99399; Favourites: 8591; Downloads: 0
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© Sam Burley - Do not use without permissionCheck out my website [link] , blog [link] or facebook [link] for more!
Feel free to email me at sam@samburleystudio.com - Don't send notes here on DA because I tend to miss them.
If you're interested in prints, check my site Contact page for rates and send me an email, or browse BFA: [link]
Thanks for looking!
PS. The original grayscale study I posted on DA can be found here: ([link] ).
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Good stuff! I'm not very familiar with oils although I've thought about getting started with them. Wasn't really aware you could do values as underpainting that well. Is the aim to just give some idea how the values are gonna look? I was under the impressions oils cover the previous layers fairly well. Loving it
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If you glaze in thin enough layers, the colors will shift with very little change to the value. I ended up going pretty opaque is most areas, but that's the theory.
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Absolutely Beautiful! i love it
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I knew expected this to turn out looking awesome, but holy crap this is breath-taking! You the man Sam
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this is really amazing! Absolutely beautifull!
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Best creature work I've seen you do yet, Sam! great job
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Beautiful Sam, just beautiful. Great colors, the angle is right on, and the shading is superb. Really well done.
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Waw! I wish I could be as good as you!!
Magnifique!!!!
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Gorgeous! An outrageously well-realized and professional piece. I know someone who's going to be overemployed.
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Haha, perhaps. Thanks Lia.
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Amazing, increadible...no words to describe this!
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I remember seeing an art similar to this
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How many hours did this take D: cool
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Of the course of a year, I have no idea. Easily over 100.
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Beautiful, the detail in the cloud wisps must have been difficult
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Haha, many many repaints there, but clouds are my favorite subject
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Well they turned out wicked in the end, great work
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This reminds me simultaneously of some of the Dinotopia illustrations, and of the cover of a scifi book floating around here somewhere -- Anne Mccaffrey's Freedom's Landing (this one ) and... all of those are things that I love.
(Not to mention, wow -- a dragon, rocky columns reaching for the sky, a very awesome colour scheme, and a brilliant composition -- I can never lay things out looking this cool....!)
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Thanks
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Holy mother of....
This is absolutely stunning!
In my opinion, this deserves to be a Daily Deviation.
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Haha, I think I'd be okay with that
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Love it!!!
This is such an inspiration for me.
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They're fun for sure. Take a look at Lars Grant-West and Todd Lockwood for some of the best dragons in fantasy. Each of them has a keen understanding of animal anatomy and it shows in their dragon designs.
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Thanks!!
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This is absolutely amazing! Every time I see it, I am lost in the beauty of every tiny detail. Sounds cheesy, but it makes my heart full to look at it.
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Definitely a good year for you then
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This is absolutely gorgeous. How on earth did you accomplish those cloud wisps or mists from the waterfalls. I have experience with acrylics, but not oils, so I'm not sure how difficult they handle, but the realism achieved in this piece is just mind numbing. The perspective, the colors, the atmosphere, all perfect! Fantastic job!! :3
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I've actually been using fast-drying oils for the most part, so it's really not too far off from acrylics. The clouds were repainted in dozens of layers until they looked right to me, usually wet into wet until that layer dried.
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Ah, that's awesome. Thanks for sharing the info. I've been dying to try oils recently, but haven't had the time yet. :3
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Now, that is a tail.
Beautiful work!
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hoooolllllyyyyy
frig....thats so
man i cant even describe...
gah
just awesome...everything....all the little details too >.<
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