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Published: 2007-08-02 07:41:31 +0000 UTC; Views: 1328; Favourites: 30; Downloads: 69
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My entry for =ulario 's contest (the details of which are discussed here ).
Inverted colored pencil shading (those curious about the original, non-inverted drawing see here ), based on a printout of ulario's original work (located here ), with some minor tweaks applied.
Took about 8-9 hours for shading, and don't even think about asking me how many scales there are ... *sigh* the curse of being a detail freak ....
8.5x11", full-views at 75px/in, roughly the same size as Ulario's original.
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<3 cool work you should draw monsters that are evil and bloodthirsy
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Can't. I've tried, but it never comes out looking that way in the end.
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Those are some awesome colors! The scale detail is insane 0_o great job!
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Hiya, just a little message to let you know this piece of work has been featured in Issue 14 of the art blog Devious Dragons
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I really like your inverting technique, come to think of it. The original looks strange compared to this. That color scheme really caught my eye too, and the shading and detail is very well-done. Annnnd I like the little mountains in the back too.
Good luck with the contest too.
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Very beautiful. Or handsome, depending on gender... ^_~
(Wouldn't want to go around insulting a dragon now, would we? Heh.)
~*~ Rad
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LOL! Holy crap that's a lot of scales... I don't think I'd have the patience to do that and I appreciate the amount of effort that went into it. 
Very creative job with the color scheme as well... The pink details contrast the green of the main body very nicely.
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Actually it was done in reverse on white paper, then inverted. (See the original version here .)
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Lol... I realize that, since it was my contest. I was just commenting on all the entries now that the contest is ended.
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Beautiful.. Your best dragon picture to date methinks. Looks like this took forever and a day to finish though ._. (you and your tiny scales!)
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that is so kick ass xD it looks so incredibly real o_o
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I missed your drawings
You should team up with him more often!
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Actually, IMHO, I think yours is one of the best.
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Yours still looks better to me. ^_^'
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that is awesome! what tools do you use?
my stuff dosen't seem to come out right with pencils!
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You're actually looking at the inverted version of the pieceit, the actual paper drawing looks like this and I wrote a little guide/tutorial to this trick about last year, available here.
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omg all these scales and details look fantastic *-* -loves it-
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With the artist's drawing and your kick ass coloring, it makes one hell of a picture. I bow down to ye with master scale skillz.
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