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Published: 2008-08-29 22:38:32 +0000 UTC; Views: 1848; Favourites: 23; Downloads: 0
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Well, here it finally is, after literally months of work, I'm finally finished with this piece.For larger versions of the male and female slayer, go here and here respectively. For the Dragon, go here .
Okay, now I'm going to pretend that I'd meant for them all to have looked like they'd come through some portal in the sky, in truth it was meant to be the sun peeking through the clouds, but I went a little overboard and once I'd desaturated it all at the end, it looked nothing like that, so they all come from another world.
The City. Yes, first time I'd ever done anything like this and I think it went quite well. I'm not sure if the perspectives line up perfectly, but I did a lot of work to make sure they did so here's hoping. And yes, every single one of those buildings was hand painted by me (although many are duplicated). It was meant to look somewhat futuristic, not quite Blade Runner, not quite Back to the Future 2, somewhere in the middle. I doubt cars can fly.
Overall, this took many many hours of work and was a huge undertaking, so I hope you enjoy.
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The scales in the dragon have so nice detail. 
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Thanks. The idea was to have it contrast agains the almost sci-fi city scape. Thanks for the input though.
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this is amazing - I dont know where to start! Great job - keep it up!
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This looks good. I really like the effects of the dragon and male slayer. Good job.
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wow, fantastic work. i'm particularly impressed by the details in this piece, such as the windows and scales. excellent work here.
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wow.
not very x-men.ish, but thats the first thing that came to mind when i first looked at it..
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Heh, fair enough. I wasn't really going for x-men.ish so i'm glad it's not.
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Looking good, especially excellent work with the details and lighting here.
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This is so awesome! I love the dragon, the city and the fire! I really like the fire! I like the dragons eye too!
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I wish I could see the people more. however, it is an amazing piece
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Nice detail and composition. The connection of the wings to the dragon do not look like they are attached well. Great poses. And the perspective looks good.
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Thanks for the comment.
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wow thats so well drawn! the detail is amazing! i do have the game but find it quite hard, also it lacks single player! still this is so cool! +fav!
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oh wait thats wierd? the game i was thinking of is called shadowrun, obviously i read the title wrong! the style of the game is similar to your drawing and it involves portals!?
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Heh no problem. For a minute there I thought there was a game out there called Showdown with similar things in it.
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I think I mentioned this before, but the magical and fire effects are very impressive. Even though you don't get to see all the details at this size, which is a shame. Equally, what you've done with the clouds and smoke behind the dragon really bring it to life.
Seeing as you were interested in constructive criticism before, I'll suggest a few things.
1. The dragon's body and wings look too separate. There's no real sense of connection. Something needs to be done to make them seem more a part of the body, rather than just behind it. It's not a major correction that's needed.
2. Given what you've achieved with the atmospheric effects elsewhere in the image, I'm inclined to suggest you bring those into the city too. Ideally some smog or even smoke from fires that the dragon has started. Just some simple airbrushing to increase depth and atmosphere is all that's needed.
[link] That's the kind of thing I'm talking about.
I'd also suggest that you fade out the dragon's tail as it disappears into the light behind it.
3. The woman needs to be illuminated more. It might be realistic as it is given that it's night time, but she's too hidden to really make an impact. I only saw her because I was looking for her. Again some simple airbrushing on a hard light layer would do all that's needed.
4. Getting really petty now, but the building behind the mage in the background looks too clean. The lights in the windows are too bright and consistent (or to put it another way, they look like white squares on a black background).
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There's another example. So if they were a more mid tone yellow with white streaks, I think it would look a lot better.
Anyway, it's impressive stuff. Hence why I don't mind writing all this. I don't normally these days.
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