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Published: 2019-05-26 17:23:21 +0000 UTC; Views: 866; Favourites: 31; Downloads: 6
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I got commissioned by one of our lovely Discord members to make a large painting of two of their characters in a mountanous region, having discovered a human settlement.At ~30 hours in Medibang and Photoshop combined over a 2-month period, this is my most ambitious piece yet
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If i could sum up this in one word it would be Indescribable. absolutely fantastic and thank you Pip!
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That background is incredible! I only hope to one day be able to illustrate regions like that. The lighting is fantastic on both Auron (the dragon) and Verdenak (the bird creature), and I especially love the way you drew Auron's wings. My only complaints would be how Verdenak's arms are sticking up oddly, and how Aurons head is super pointy. But considering you were drawing this piece for 30 hours, those are easily let go.
Great work over all, the detail is very precise.
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Thank you for the praise and critique!
The thing with Verdenak's arms, is that there's no way for his wings to be folded without his arms being bent at the elbow like that. I tried so many things, but his anatomy doesn't exist and unfortunately doesn't make sense unless his arms (and thereby wings) are always spread out, which seems a little weird to me? Since he's at rest, him spreading his wings doesn't really make sense for the composition, and apropros composition, it made for a very pleasant contrast to have the wings folded, while Auron's were spread out (since he's hovering in the air). Those were just some of the decitions I came to while making this piece. I spent a lot of time weighing believable anatomy and a nice composition, over that small detail, and I feel like the compromise in this pic is the best I could work out for him and the overall picture 
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You made some good points, which made me remember talking to Nevturrex before this commision was done, when I realised that I had actually dreamt them up several years ago and haven't done a redesign in quite some time. The last redesign was done when I was 13, so I think I'll do another one now.
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Thanks for replying, and cool! Why not take another stab at them? Could be fun
I've personally re-designed many of my old characters on the basis of me growing as an artist.
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