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Published: 2007-08-08 10:31:52 +0000 UTC; Views: 15284; Favourites: 180; Downloads: 0
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(C)2007 Wizards of the Coast All Rights Reserved.A couple of the D&D iconic characters getting attacked by a dragon whilst descending a spiral staircase which is encased in a filigree cage in an octagonal room with a carved ceiling from which the dragon is springing into life. Easy!
From "Expedition to the Ruins of Castle Greyhawk"
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Ok that jumps out of the wal perfectly it really does.
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I've played this campaign! I remember this part! Very nice recreation of this! Man, that breath weapon hurt!
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this is awsome! i luv the perspective and angle of the dragon! its awsome how u make the dragon come out of the cieling! XD awsome work!
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Hmmm this is awsome.
I am writting some book on my own and in last few days I didn't have inspiration but your work brought it back. THX 
sorry for bad english
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Wow, its great in inspire others! Thanks!
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Great pic, I like the colours and especially the dragon.
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Hey Jon, Hows it going,
I have a few crits to offer, I hope you don't mind,
The perspective on the stair case looks off, the angle of the ceiling almost makes it seem as if the perspective of the view should be looking up from inside the cage, The dragon seems to wrap around the top of the cage awkwardly, it seems like the cage is very thin, and as a spiral stair case I would assume its supposed to be circular?
I think the main perspective problem is between the cage and the ceiling, the 2 seem to be on different perspective, I think the wall in the back makes it seem this way, it looks too close to the cage, I would try to do a quick paint over, but I can't save the picture, it won't let me.
Also I'm not sure if you intended the dragon to be the main focus of the picture, but thats the way its reading to me, the iconic characters are hard to read and unrecognizable.
Overall I think its a great image, and I like the idea, the dragon coming to life out of the ceiling is great, Very nice colors. but there definitely seems to be something up with the perspective of the cage and ceiling.
Also Try flipping the image horizontally, vertically, and see how it looks, I'm sure you already know of this trick, so I'm sorry for my ignorance.
Take care man, and I hope you don't mind the crits.
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Hey I don't mind at all - thanks for taking the time. I think I can agree with everything you have noted - the only think I will disagree on is that the iconics are much more visible at print res - this is a half pager crammed down into screen res, so there's no issue there. But hey - how were you supposed to know that?
Additionally, yup, the magic dragon coming out of the ceiling is meant to be the main focus. The iconics are so well established, and front and centre in so many pieces of art that to give them less than centre stage doesn't worry me too much.
But hey, that's all little stuff. Thanks for your input!
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Just sending you a congratulations for being featured in this week's issue of The NEW Dragons of deviantART - [link]
Absolutely stunning work. I love how the mane has a variant of colors. The details are very nice.
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lots of mood, like the way the composiation reinforces the caged pc's
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That should hurt.
The angle of this piece is outstanding, great great job!
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Wow! That pic was hard but you get it masterfully!
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Hmmm not so sure about masterfully, but I gave it my best shot!
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Another word would not be enoughβ¦.
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That sounds like the most annoying brief ever. Good job handling it.
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It was a toughie, but hey, you do what you gotta do as best you can!
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