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Ulario — The Way the Wind Blows
Published: 2008-03-07 18:57:36 +0000 UTC; Views: 2802; Favourites: 109; Downloads: 207
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We can only grow the way the wind blowsOn a bare and weathered shore.
We can only bow to the here and now
In our elemental war.
We can only grow the way the wind blows.
We can only bow to the here and now
or be broken down blow by blow.
--From "Where the Wind Blows" by Rush
I've been working on this guy for a while. For the most part he's been sitting on my computer for the past few weeks and I've been working on him in bits and pieces in between working on other pictures. I had a certain picture in my head of what his markings should look like and getting them to actually look like that was a pain in the butt... but I think it's time to say that I'm finished with him.
I am rather pleased with how he came out.
Character Xunatahtek (pronounced SHOO-Nah-TAH-Tech), Terra Dragon Species & Image © 2008 Traci Vermeesch
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Comments: 16
Very nice work here.. and the poem is lovely too <3 fits the picture. *favs*
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Just sending you a congratulations for being featured in this week's issue of The Dragons of deviantART - [link]
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impressive. I like the scales and love the wings. the pose and face is so well done.
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Hmmm hmm hmm
The green glow on the chest scales is interesting, What is from?
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It's actaully not a glow. It's the natural coloring of his chest plates.
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ok
In any case its an interesting idea
Along with the small 
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nice. I like the way he seems poised at the point where his momentum and gravity cancel and he just hangs for a second.
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Wow. This is absolutely fantastic! Insta-fave.
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A very nice piece! (and the excerpt goes along with it quite well!) ^^
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Wow! Lovley work! The pose, angle, lighting, and background are superb!
Lovley poem too (correct me if I'm wrong, but the title is also used in a UK animated short)
All in all, awesome pic ^v^
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If you want to be more specific, they're song lyrics, not a poem. I seem to be inspired quite a bit by Rush's songs, and in my mind they're one of the best bands evah... even though quite a few people, including my boyfriend, don't seem to like them.
The jokes on him... I'm probably going to end up dragging him to a Rush concert this summer. XD
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XDD I never heard of em, I'm more of a classic guy, e.g Pink Floyd and Led Zepplin
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Rush = Classic
They've been around since at least the late 60s early seventies. In the words of my brother, "They're an old people band". XD
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