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Published: 2016-02-27 00:57:47 +0000 UTC; Views: 8142; Favourites: 474; Downloads: 0
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~~~Epic Scene Commission for of King, the dragon, overlooking his tundra home~
Whoooo, another piece that I'm freaking in love with! I was amped when Ivan told me his idea - like I've said before on other pieces, one of my favourite types of scenes to do is dragons doing what they do best - being damn epic. And when he described the background, I was even more excited to begin.
Again, I tried something different for myself, and shaded King with the background visible, (I usually hide it so I can focus on the character.) I really wanted to focus more on the light source and atmospheric effects, from the subtle light from the aurora and reflections from the peak on which he's standing. By keeping the background visible, it was more evident to me where exactly these should show up on King, and it helped me to think of the piece as a whole, rather than character and background separately. Again, I tried to be a good artist by blurring the distant parts of King's wing and the peak.
Also, I experimented and found out the PERFECT way to add snow to trees! I love how those turned out!!!
Also-also, King's wings were done with excruciating detail. I've been watching documentaries on pterosaurs, which have been hella inspiring and informative, so if you stare reallllly closely enough, you can find the blood vessel detail I added to his membranes.
Thanks for looking, and have a great weekend, y'all!
Thanks a lot, Ivan!
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Comments: 53
TwilightSaint In reply to GrowLegends [2017-01-25 01:21:51 +0000 UTC]
Airbrushed and smudge tool on a large soft-edged airbrush setting.
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SpiritBird-250 [2016-03-02 22:15:03 +0000 UTC]
Oh my goodness, this looks exactly like a scene from a fantasy novel I wrote a long time ago! I got a bit of nostalgia seeing this, that's how much it reminded me.
Plus, it reminds me of this soundtrack: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAvPP5… ;
Either way, beautiful picture, I adore it!
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L-James [2016-02-29 19:38:11 +0000 UTC]
Great detail, excellent scene, the dragon's stance and expression look so solid and powerful +o+ Very nice work!
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Enaxn [2016-02-28 22:55:47 +0000 UTC]
The colors of the auroras right next to that sunset are SO SO NICE!! Delightful use of contrast!!! You did a great job with the auroras too!!!! They're so hard???? to draw???? I DON'T GET IT???? The snowy trees are awesome too!!! The snow part is such a task too. I always like the draw the tree in first and then cover it with snow??? idk. THE CHARACTER IS SO NICE TOO!!!! They look so big and POWERFUL!!! The little flying dust bits are just the perfect touch too. AMAZING job buddy!!!
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TwilightSaint In reply to Enaxn [2016-02-29 20:57:10 +0000 UTC]
Hehe, thanks a bunch hun! XD A lot of people have been asking, so I actually did up a quick gif-guide to illustrate how I do auroras! - twilightsaint.tumblr.com/post/… They're legit really easy - just takes progressively larger-to-smaller airbrushes, and I do 'em each on separate layers so I can adjust how bright the main 'body' and 'shafts' of the auroras are, depending on the piece. ^^
I did the same thing with these trees! Just roughed in the forest, then actually used my custom cloud brush (lol) on scatter to get the kind of patchy look, and did that for each tree bough. And hells yeah, big epic dragons are the most fun to work on! I absolutely love getting to work on pieces like this!
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Enaxn In reply to TwilightSaint [2016-03-05 22:39:12 +0000 UTC]
NICE that's how I do my auroras too!!! Ahh your backgrounds keep getting better!
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Slavky [2016-02-28 15:33:23 +0000 UTC]
beautiful aurora effect. Would you mind making a short tutorial about how you painted it?
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TwilightSaint In reply to Slavky [2016-02-29 20:54:21 +0000 UTC]
Thank you! And sure thing, I've whipped up a mini gif-tutorial! twilightsaint.tumblr.com/post/… They usually take 3-6 layers of airbrush layers, all on highlight settings. ^^
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Bublamorce [2016-02-27 14:52:04 +0000 UTC]
I just found you and oh my god.
This is amazing!
Also,if you don't know who i am,i'm Bublamorce Games on youtube
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HeeshDraggie [2016-02-27 14:14:24 +0000 UTC]
This is one very mighty looking piece you done Muzafr! I love one of those dragon scenes too, it just brings me excitement and glory! The landscape is absolutely Outstanding and so much worth of effort done throughout the peak, trees, and mountains. Love your improvement on the wings <3 ^v^
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Insane-Randomness [2016-02-27 10:17:32 +0000 UTC]
That snow has got to wreck havoc with that prosthetic limb...
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KingDreki In reply to Insane-Randomness [2016-02-27 21:57:19 +0000 UTC]
One would assume, but surprisingly the snow wouldn't do much to it . The limb was designed well.
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Blue4Eagle [2016-02-27 07:06:15 +0000 UTC]
Nearly thought it was city lights below but instead it's snow covered trees haha! :> nice work though.. <3
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TorchFlame27 [2016-02-27 05:31:06 +0000 UTC]
The background is beautiful, simply stunning! Especially the aurora borealis and the trees (it does look like you've perfected the art of trees
) Keep up the awesome work!
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ZauberParacelsus [2016-02-27 05:17:45 +0000 UTC]
Two of my favorite things: dragons and the aurora
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yoyonah [2016-02-27 04:14:03 +0000 UTC]
Love the look of the entire piece. You're highly skilled .
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KingDreki [2016-02-27 03:38:12 +0000 UTC]
This was amazingly done! I love it so much! The beard spikes and the horns look amazing and the background is fantastic. I also love the amount of detail that you put into the wings! I cannot say enough about this piece
Thanks again!
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TwilightSaint In reply to KingDreki [2016-04-12 00:26:19 +0000 UTC]
Thanks so much, so happy ya like! Welcome!
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ShadowDragon22 [2016-02-27 02:09:20 +0000 UTC]
Wow there's so much detail in this, that background is fantastic, I really like the colours and details You've done a good job making the dragon look as if he is a part of the background. You have really been improving
Great work!
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TwilightSaint In reply to ShadowDragon22 [2016-04-12 00:26:32 +0000 UTC]
Thank you very much, that means a lot!
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savrin330 [2016-02-27 01:07:43 +0000 UTC]
That's a gorgeous background and love all the details of King.
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