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TwilightSaint — Dragon, Listen Closely
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~~~'Dragon, listen closely...
'At dawn...we fight!'
I love this picture. I really, really, really do.
Sultan Saladin and his dragon Rahal the morning before a battle - like Fajr Prayer time, before sunrise... Saladin was crazy about Prayer.
I love Saladin. He's seriously my hero. <3 What an amazing person, he was.
So yeah, about the style. Instead of going in over soft gradients with hard cell-shading, I blurred the cells in places to soften them up, and then utilized low-opacity soft highlights with cell highlights. THOUGH, I think, honestly, the most striking part of the piece is the lighting effect - the backlighting. I usually work from standard lighting directions, usually the diagonal, but this piece is really inspiring me to work with some more unusual lighting angles.
So yep.
Enjoy!
Art/Dragon (c) me - Saladin (c) himself
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Comments: 154
The eye contact, the bond between the ride and the rider...... marvelous ^ infinity ....!!!
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Ohh, very nice! I love the eyes, the way they stand out.
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If only real history was this epic. I love how Saladin wears the same colors as his dragon, you can cealry see they belong together...ready to kick some crusaders.
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Thanks!
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A great work, I love the intestacy and soulfulness in Rahal's eyes.
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WOAH!!! AWESOME! The shading in this one is awesome, and you've really put in a lot of detail. Great one
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Thanks!
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this is gorgeous. and i love the backround you provided with your text, i can look at the picture and hear the song and ilike how that comes together.
and your lighting looks fantastic-- your experimentation worked out well! and the choice of strong background right behind their faces really draws some epic focus to their gaze.
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Thanks! ^^ I'm really going to work more with this style and also the lighting effects in coming pieces.
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i like the visible communication between dragon and rider
his upper lip could use some shading though
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Saladin with a dragon !!
that's interesting
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Thanks! ^^ I love my duo here!
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You are becoming much much better
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Wow amazing
I've always loved human/dragon relations in pictures x3
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This is gorgeous! I love the lighting and the intent look in the eyes of both the rider and dragon.
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Wonderful again! The dragon's impressions look so intelligent. Wow!
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Thanks!
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The stories you are telling besides your pictures are very interesting. Are they stories of yours or are they really true stories?
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Many of them are actually true! I, though, of course, add the dragons, hehe. History is fantastic.
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Wow. Fantastic fantasy 
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