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Portrait of a Dragon by =Zyenthillias:iconZyenthillias:

Categories Traditional Art > Drawings > Fantasy

©2007-2009 =Zyenthillias
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*Edit* I dramatically increased the contrast and darkness levels. While it doesn't feel as much like the natural graphite pencil anymore, I have to say it looks better overall, and is more eye-catching as a thumbnail.

Alright!! At long long last, I'm FINALLy finished with this! So while I appreciate the time it takes to analyze and critique, bear in mind that nothing's going to change after this point. I've already completely revamped a lot of the values and most of the scales due to a major oopsie when I tried to "smooth it out" as recommended. SO. Enough with that!

Please enjoy, and I really want to open this up to prints, so if you're interested, make sure you let me know! :)

Oh, and Please don't make me watermark this by being stupid and trying to steal/modify and repost this. I haven't had issues with art theives yet, and I'd like to keep it that way. Thanks.

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Mood: Adoration ~Friedensbringer Dec 4, 2007, 11:24:35 AM
great work! i like the details and the shading a lot. the proportions and the expression is great too. a little more cleaness, and i'd call it perfect!

you have improved your skills a lot!

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Love and Peace!!
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=Zyenthillias Dec 4, 2007, 11:31:10 AM
Hey, thanks for being so specific! By cleaness, is it the pencil texture (it's kind of grainy right now, and I'm wondering if I should use a blending tortillon or not. Would make everything a lot smoother, but would lock me into quite a few more hours of work)? Or is it just that there's a lot of pencil streaks right now? (those I had planned on working on some more before I call this finished)
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Mood: Love ~smvuy Dec 4, 2007, 11:51:56 AM
Amazing I love the scalework ant the solution to the head, that hollow is fully unexpected

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WHY? BECAUSE I CAN!!

I'm an atheist, if you don't like it go cry your god.... if you find him
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~Friedensbringer Dec 4, 2007, 12:14:05 PM
i was thinking about the texture. grainy is the right word i guess. but its really no big of a deal i guess. as i said, its just the last drop of perfektion that is missing. i dont think you have to spend hours blending, its good the way it is!

i'm looking forward to seeing the finished work *g*

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Love and Peace!!
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=Zyenthillias Dec 4, 2007, 12:47:52 PM
Thanks! Yeah, I think it adds a lot more interest.
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=Zyenthillias Dec 4, 2007, 12:49:00 PM
Haha, thanks! Yeah, we'll see. Something like this I don't mind spending more time on, because I think it would be worth it, but nevertheless. Thanks again for your input!
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~Friedensbringer Dec 4, 2007, 1:26:09 PM
your welcome! after all, you were my first watch here on deviant, thus i have a special eye on your work ;)

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Love and Peace!!
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Mood: Wow! ~drax93 Dec 4, 2007, 1:26:11 PM
OMG this Dragon ownz me! Details are perfect. Gz man :)
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=Zyenthillias Dec 4, 2007, 2:26:58 PM
Haha, thank you so much! :D (definitely appreciate the :+fav:, too! ;) )
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=Zyenthillias Dec 4, 2007, 2:29:33 PM
oh? *suddenly feels very special!!* Seeing this one up in my gallery makes me Really want to finish it, and to do more like this, too. It really wasn't very Hard, it was just a matter of thinking it through ahead of time and maximizing on details/texture, so I'm sure I could do plenty more if I have the patience for it! :)
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