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Commission for Nakito (www.furaffinity.net/user/nakit… ) of his character, Aurum, having a run in with Thulssa Yii and getting turned into a lizard. He said that his character's only real magic was a shield effect, so I decided to experiment and see if I could pull it off and maybe learn something new in the process.
What I learned was that this effect is time consuming and I need to find a new way to do it if I want to make it look really good. I'm certain there's a way to make this look better, but I need to figure out how to use my tools to do it.
Anyway, I did try an alternate, simplified effect, but it did not look good at all, in my own opinion, so i'm posting my first attempt. It's very visually busy and it distracts the focus a bit, but it has more impact this way.

I'll post the alternate and a version without the shield to my scraps for people to check out if they want.

Alternate: www.deviantart.com/tffan01/art…
No Shield: www.deviantart.com/tffan01/art…

Description
Commission for Nakito (www.furaffinity.net/user/nakit… ) of his character, Aurum, having a run in with Thulssa Yii and getting turned into a lizard. He said that his character's only real magic was a shield effect, so I decided to experiment and see if I could pull it off and maybe learn something new in the process.
What I learned was that this effect is time consuming and I need to find a new way to do it if I want to make it look really good. I'm certain there's a way to make this look better, but I need to figure out how to use my tools to do it.
Anyway, I did try an alternate, simplified effect, but it did not look good at all, in my own opinion, so i'm posting my first attempt. It's very visually busy and it distracts the focus a bit, but it has more impact this way.

I'll post the alternate and a version without the shield to my scraps for people to check out if they want.

Alternate: www.deviantart.com/tffan01/art…
No Shield: www.deviantart.com/tffan01/art…