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Before The Dawn by ~WhiteDragon2393:iconWhiteDragon2393:

Categories Digital Art > Paintings & Airbrushing > Fantasy

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Artist's Comments

Full-view an absolute must here.

A lone dragon traveling through the mountains before day break - Think of this as the spiritual successor to Blue Dawn Rhapsody.

After reading the first three issues of ImagineFX I really wanted to try a more painter-like style in Photoshop. I can be shot later for doing this without reference, this was really just me getting the feel for a new style. I love how this came out, but I kinda miss my linart, I'll probably try a new way of incorperating it into a painting in future. And I don't know about anyone else, but I really miss doing digital painting in Painter Classic. I hope I win a copy of Painter IX in that comp I entered in ImagineFX. Failing that, I've got some saving up to do.

Oh yeah, and you might spot the faint watermark I stuck on there. Any ripper should have one hell of a time trying to get rid of that and my sig without making it look flaming obvious. And if they manage it, why are they nicking other people's work when they're already that skilled in Photoshop?

Time taken: Lost count after 10 hours.
Done in Photoshop CS with a Wacom Graphire 3 A6 tablet.

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:iconmegzaz:
~megzaz Apr 9, 2006, 10:49:38 AM
Very nice texture to this. I really like the layout with the dragon off centre.
Everything is excellent. Well done!
Megz xx

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"I've seen him with girls of the night,
And he told Roxanne to put on her red light" Arctic Monkeys

All comments appreciated
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:iconzdragonblader:
~Zdragonblader Apr 9, 2006, 12:03:05 PM
Love it! as megzaz said, the textures are fantastic, they all flow really well. +fav!

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Dragons rest... Or perhaps they are simply waiting for us to believe...
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Interested in Fractals? *Apophysis!
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*dragonsthatservegod Apr 9, 2006, 1:06:35 PM
Absolutely BEAUTIFUL!!! I love this one, it is so realistic. Reminds me of some of the spiritual dragons I believe in. I still have yet to fully know what my dragon spirit looks like...sigh...oh well...I will find out when I return home to God.
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~Weatherartist Apr 9, 2006, 1:11:10 PM
You did quite an excellent job with this! You used color to your advantage in this work, and I like the monochromatic, low saturated blues that you've used here. The way you pushed the colors really helped to give this a realistic, arctic feel to it, and the colors have a lot of depth and body to them. You have a real eye for rendering backgrounds; the ambient light and texture just jump out at you. Really fantastic.

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College is the best and worst four years of your life.
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~Weatherartist Apr 9, 2006, 1:12:07 PM
You did quite an excellent job with this! You used color to your advantage in this work, and I like the monochromatic, low saturated blues that you've used here. The way you pushed the colors really helped to give this a realistic, arctic feel to it, and the colors have a lot of depth and body to them. You have a real eye for rendering backgrounds; the ambient light and texture just jump out at you. Really fantastic.

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College is the best and worst four years of your life.
:iconcoolgirlmich:
~Coolgirlmich Apr 9, 2006, 1:54:21 PM
Very nice. You're really good at shading and lighting. The mountains are great. Do you mind if I use this as a desktop background? It's soo nice! :thumbsup:

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Not-feeling-too-creative-enough-to-make-a-new-siggy Michy
:iconwhitedragon2393:
~WhiteDragon2393 Apr 10, 2006, 1:42:11 AM
Sure. you might have problems fitting on your desktop mind, because I sized it to fit my 1440x900 iMac.

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Hi! I'm Blue.
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Livejournal: Before The Dawn
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Clubs:
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~RockyFS Apr 10, 2006, 3:09:36 AM
Woah!!! Most awesome! Your right Blue, I really do need a graphics tablet. You make my mouse work look pitiful.

Nice painting effect, the brush strokes make it look very 'human'. If you know what I mean. :wow:

Faved.

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Humdeedum
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~Chandni14 Apr 28, 2006, 7:54:41 PM
Oh my god, it is breath taking :eyepopping: It is absolutely amazing :clap: :winner:
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