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Published: 2005-09-19 23:32:54 +0000 UTC; Views: 495; Favourites: 14; Downloads: 39
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Jax, of *starglo21's gallery, in full dragon form, rendered in Micron pens. I will color this once I find a suitable sky-picture to mooch the background from. *sneaks to *xelf's pre-storm pics*As the last one was too fuzzy to really see much, I used my scanner to get as much as I could, and this is the result. I'm doing a detail shot of the head next; any other zoom-ins you guys want, let me know.
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wow that's realy amazing! I love the pose and the details!! ^__^ it looks like a fun pic to color. I'm gonna go check that one out
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The scales would prolly drive me insane to draw out.... glad it was you doin that an not me P
Great job no less ^.=.^
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*laughs* Unfortunately, no. He doesn't like being touched, and if you rubbed his scales the wrong way, they would cut your hand to bits. Like petting a shark backward, only much much worse. >..<
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I'm very glad you like it. ^..^
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lookin goo...i like this in b&w, i'l bet it'll be grand in color.
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Thanks ^..^ I was afraid some of the detail would get lost in the coloring process, so I went ahead and posted the B&W pics just in case.
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no reason it should-just stick to transparent media(watercolor and the like)
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Unfortunately... I suck at watercolors. 'With paints in general, in fact. I can do graphite, colored pencil, and I'm starting to get good with pens; the rest.... ugh. >..<
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it all takes practice...and you can use them together...if i'm going to color an ink piece here's what i do:1-3 VERY thin washes of w/c in similar tone/chroma(so as not to disrupt the line work...you don't even have to be particularly good at it, it's only tinting)then doing the actual shading/modeling with verythins(or derwents, whatever)...if the ink lines get too badly covered i go over 'em again when everything else is done...you can do that with microns, even if the color pencil layer is kinda waxy.
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Hmmm.... how do you do a wash? I've heard of watercolor washes before, but nobody ever explained what they are really or how they're done.
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soft absorbant brush(usually a round), LOTS of water...very little pigment.just gently spread the tinted liquid across the surface you wish to cover.if it isn't strong/colored/bright enough, you ca always do it over when it's dry. just no scrubbing motion at this stage, because of the high liquid content it might ruin the surface.
i suggest practicing on a scrap before jumping onto that beautiful line drawing.
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*nods* Okay... I may try some of that.... And I'll definitely learn on scraps first, especially because I did the lineart on smooth Bristol board that doesn't take kindly to watercolors (or mistakes therewith).
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ouch!yeah, practice on a scrap of bristol first to get the feel of it.
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Nice....lots of details! Well done! You get 
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Ooooh! Cookie! Yay! Thank you; it took awhile, but it was definitely worth it. ^..^ *munch* Good cookie, too.
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Lol! I was just passing the front page and saw this....jumped out at me. Awesome stuff!
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No prob! Awesome artists deserve comments and watches! I'm gonna keep an eye on you.....dun dun dddduuuuuuuunnnn!!!
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I need to find a suitable background photo to reference.... I'm not too creative when it comes to sky backgrounds, and I want to make real-looking clouds.... but yes, I will end up coloring it. ^..^
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