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Published: 2014-09-20 19:45:10 +0000 UTC; Views: 705; Favourites: 26; Downloads: 0
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Yeah, I know, technically a wyvern, blah, blah, blah... I prefer to think of wyverns as a subspecies of dragons anyway.I had a blast making this It was a request from one of my close friends; a dragon perched on a sunflower suggestive of a yin yang sign. Rather than using the tail fluff as the red dot, I put a ladybug on the dragon's camouflaged tail. It's my first drawing done in sketchbook pro, and I really had a lot of fun playing around with that.
Sorry the image is a bit small. I drew the original sketch on a little 5x8 sketchbook and forgot to resize when I put it on the computer The idea was originally for an icon/symbol, so I guess it's ok.
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It looks a little baby dragon sleeping. It´s a very sweet image.
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Thank you 
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The little ladybug is taking a care of her...It´s her baby sitter. It´s a lovely image!
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Aww, I never thought of it that way before. What an endearing idea
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Again with the detail! 
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Thank you so much ^_^ I had a great time experimenting with this one
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You're welcome! Awesome sauce
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I love the reflective translucent thingy you did on the wings! Its really pretty! Makes me think of obsidian for some reason. Or like bismuth or somethin.
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Thanks ^_^ That was my favorite part to do! Even though it was the most challenging.
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You're welcome!
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This is amazing, S-A!!! I love how intricate you made its scales, that must've taken you hours upon hours K is gonna love it 
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Thanks ^_^
Actually, for the scales I used a photo I took of beach sand (the big, dark, grainy kind, from a trip to Cambria I think) and put a translucent layer of that over the shaded body, then another overlay of red tint on top so it wouldn't look so dusky and I could add the extra orange light areas... it's either a creative solution, or I cheated...
But either way, the whole thing did take me quite a few hours.
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Hey, you have to be creative in art, and that was a very resourceful use of media. Besides, I use tons of effects on my art, my favourite being the grain effect and crosshatching, so I suppose I'm technically "cheating", too. Anyways, great job again
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This is gonna sound dumb, but are those whole layer effects or brushes? You've got different programs than me so I was just wondering.
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Both actually, you can find them in effects and you can find the brushes both under "wet media brushes" I believe, all in Photoshop.
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I thought I recognized the grain filter from photoshop elements... my brush menu is a bit "buggy" as my computer sort of fights the program sometimes. Luckily, sketchbook pro seems to run super light on my cpu.
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Well, your first sketchbook pro picture turned out lovely, and Sketchbook seems just as useful as photoshop.
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