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Published: 2010-08-27 10:50:29 +0000 UTC; Views: 1907; Favourites: 92; Downloads: 30
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Description I would have probably finished this a lot sooner if I hadn't been continually sidetracked into researching the symbolism of flowers.

The woman in white is partly referenced on stock by *rammkitty-stock , who's gallery I would recommend visiting.


Texture is from CG Textures.
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Comments: 16

Takaal [2011-03-17 17:20:54 +0000 UTC]

mmm, lovely, how do you do your flowers, they don't look rushed at all and if theres something I know about us artists it's you can't spend to much time on one thing. Also elk skull for a dragon head, wish I thought of that.

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buriedshovel In reply to Takaal [2011-03-19 05:15:31 +0000 UTC]

For the flowers, well...I just spent a lot of time studying flowers (in photos and in my own garden), and then when I actually started drawing, I worked very loosely/abstractly at first, just trying to get the basic light/colour, and leaving the detail till the very end.
Thanks for the comment!

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kellz-bellz [2010-10-25 16:13:37 +0000 UTC]

The detail in this is incredible! *faints from the awesome*

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unded [2010-10-24 16:14:46 +0000 UTC]

how did you do the scales?

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buriedshovel In reply to unded [2010-10-26 10:39:52 +0000 UTC]

Did the rough colouring/shading of the dragon, then drew vague guidelines for the scales, then basically just drew each individual scale.

Thinking back, that was kind of a tedious and stupid way of doing it.

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unded In reply to buriedshovel [2010-11-01 17:02:15 +0000 UTC]

amazing

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Novarock [2010-10-22 23:35:26 +0000 UTC]

amaising work

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aletia [2010-10-22 20:22:02 +0000 UTC]

This is such an extraordinary piece of work, i cannot believe it has not received more attention! Though the woman is well drawn and the creature looks absolutely stunning both in terms of design and level of detail, i believe the strongest point would be the flowerbed; you rarely see flowers drawn so realistically with such meticulous details and in such quantity and still come out with a convincingly atmospheric result such as this! So overall wonderful job, please keep on inspiring us !

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buriedshovel In reply to aletia [2010-10-24 07:37:26 +0000 UTC]

Oh wow, thank you very much for such a detailed comment! I really appreciate it.

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Lonarca [2010-10-22 17:57:33 +0000 UTC]

Wow! Very good! The Wings are perfect!

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rammkitty-stock [2010-08-27 14:11:28 +0000 UTC]

this is incredible, i really am in love with all of those flowers. such a beautiful and interesting scene

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buriedshovel In reply to rammkitty-stock [2010-08-29 08:28:17 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad you like it; I always get a bit nervous when using people's stock.

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Bionic-heart [2010-08-27 10:51:43 +0000 UTC]

WOW beautiful!

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Bionic-heart In reply to Bionic-heart [2010-08-27 10:53:46 +0000 UTC]

I had noticed the bowl of blood when I said that

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buriedshovel In reply to Bionic-heart [2010-08-29 07:08:52 +0000 UTC]

Hahaha, I'm glad to hear it.

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Bionic-heart In reply to buriedshovel [2010-08-29 10:00:16 +0000 UTC]

I really like your work, however creepy it can be xD

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