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Published: 2009-04-17 19:30:05 +0000 UTC; Views: 63466; Favourites: 2314; Downloads: 0
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Description Yay for dark elves! Especially ones going "rawr" as they land upon a dozing city, recklessly jumping off their draconic steeds and using magic to slow the fall. Inspired by dreams and other fun things, although not any one in particular.

The spell effects were quite fun to do. I got a trial version of FontCreator by High-Logic and made a rune font, with different squiggles for caps and regular letters. Then in Photoimpact wrote bits of text using the self-made font (which may or may not contain a few lines from the 'I'm a little Teapot' song, things to do with rhubarb from a certain game and a Terry Pratchett quote). Afterwards I wrapped the text in a circle (modified Bend Text function from Photoimpact) and the rest is perspective adjustments in 3d space and then playing with zoom blur, camera motion blur and colors in Painter.

Corel Painter 9, Ulead Photoimpact 8, Wacom Intuos 3, don't remember how long it took but certainly longer than intended.

*shuffles back to actually working on the commissions*

May be reposted for as long as my name and preferably also a link back to my gallery are provided along with it in a clear manner. May not be copied/traced/modified/tubed/blended/etc. without my express written permission.

Edit: fixed the hand/arm after figuring out that it was bent the wrong way, oops. Thanks for your crits!
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Comments: 120

WaterLover98 [2014-05-01 21:28:08 +0000 UTC]

YOU NEED TO TOTALLY WRITE A STORY FOR THIS GUY HE NEEDS A GIRL (one who's wild and unpredictable to keep him on his toes )

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DameOdessaStock [2013-01-13 12:40:19 +0000 UTC]

This amazing work has been featured in my journal: [link]

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drkevinclov1 [2012-12-13 22:48:17 +0000 UTC]

erma-gurd..... too good, man

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Taffra [2012-06-16 11:46:34 +0000 UTC]

The first impression of this picture was stunning and now I notice more and more details. Interesting angle you've chosen here. I simply LOVE your picture.

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Keitto191 [2012-05-02 01:22:51 +0000 UTC]

its like wings of Ether

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Un1c0rny [2012-02-09 02:46:14 +0000 UTC]

I love the spellwings and the dragon overhead, not to mention his calm expression.

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Askolei [2012-01-07 15:40:49 +0000 UTC]

I love the ghosty wings :3

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BVNWAnimeClub [2011-11-11 03:39:11 +0000 UTC]

Steph- I love this dude! Now I really want to add a character like him to my story...
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Truth is a double-edged sword; use it wisely.

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jochemmasselink [2011-08-28 17:03:04 +0000 UTC]

amazing, this is awesome

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Gusindor [2011-08-01 20:14:00 +0000 UTC]

I love the wings of the spell, and how they echo the dragon's wings, and also his billowing coat. Everything about the spell looks amazing, the runes, the wings, the magic circles, everything's just fantastic.

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Eyeseye [2011-03-09 17:08:56 +0000 UTC]

oh amazing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Lightfighter1 [2011-02-23 19:30:24 +0000 UTC]

The lighting is great!

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B-Klein [2011-02-23 15:49:38 +0000 UTC]

Very Cool

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exocolumn [2011-02-09 18:39:51 +0000 UTC]

amazing!

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jakkiy [2011-02-02 04:39:06 +0000 UTC]

beauty

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MarieGrey [2011-01-19 19:42:20 +0000 UTC]

wooooooooooow

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Sgt-Sahara [2010-11-10 16:16:45 +0000 UTC]

Very nice. I adore the spells!

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Senretsu [2010-10-06 02:38:51 +0000 UTC]

I love it! And I have to state on the side, that this image would work very well for Shadowrun as much as it would for D&D or what-other-have-you

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HarpyCelene [2010-08-28 15:04:46 +0000 UTC]

Nice

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Evoa [2010-08-14 09:46:24 +0000 UTC]

I love this picture and the light !

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Genny-Raskin [2010-07-31 12:39:58 +0000 UTC]

I love the composition a lot, very original and dynamic.
Wonderful work of imagination.

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leseraphin [2010-07-29 22:04:45 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful piece, and good idea for the spell effects

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darknesswthn [2010-07-29 15:41:35 +0000 UTC]

This is amazing!
I wish I had dreams like yours. Maybe then I'd be able to work on my Rps a lot faster.

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Asderuki [2010-07-29 10:40:18 +0000 UTC]

This is epic!

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Laurilee222 [2010-07-29 05:05:31 +0000 UTC]

oh man this is one awesome pic!!!!!!

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DemoComics [2010-07-28 21:31:00 +0000 UTC]

looks really cool

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AlonzoConcetta [2010-07-28 16:56:31 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful magical runes you got going!

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John-Indian [2010-07-28 16:41:49 +0000 UTC]

good light effects, awesome job XD

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SuperSmurgger [2010-07-28 16:34:13 +0000 UTC]

ORGEOUS !!

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mindscapebd [2010-06-14 13:37:51 +0000 UTC]

Dark Elves aways are bad ass dudes. Great colours and details!

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Tanathiel [2010-06-02 15:51:16 +0000 UTC]

I really love the idea of that wing spell and the way you managed to make it
Those spectral-like wings with the rune-symbols are just plain amazing :3
I was just searching for some runes for my drake's bindings that I make now, and stumbled into this piece ^^
Really amazing I must say
And yea, dark elves are just too good a theme not to make x)
*inspired to make a dark elf sometime too ^^ <--- granted if I will have time >_> *
Keep up the nice work :3

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LostinKY [2010-01-30 21:59:04 +0000 UTC]

I really like this piece, keep up the good work.

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PriscillaMachado [2010-01-26 04:46:41 +0000 UTC]

Wow, that's really, really good.

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malibu35072 [2010-01-24 20:28:57 +0000 UTC]

I can't think of what to say other than, I like it!

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sabriiel [2010-01-04 01:10:32 +0000 UTC]

I'd love to get a bigger view of some of these and really be able to appreciate the detail!!! These are amazing.

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arourallis [2009-11-11 01:17:42 +0000 UTC]

I will sneak upon him in the night and steal his floaty-wing spell. So shiny! Excellent effects, milady!

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RebekahSlusher [2009-10-28 18:49:52 +0000 UTC]

This is so badass it hurts.
Well done

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Erufailare [2009-10-04 08:12:53 +0000 UTC]

Amazing artwork!!! ^^

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Psychosomatic-Psyche [2009-09-29 21:33:21 +0000 UTC]

Wow, love the angle that you chose; as if it's really falling from where I can see ...
The wings and hair look amazing; first feeling I got when I looked at this painting was of something eerie/scary, but in a good way.

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WNiinivirta [2009-09-29 16:26:38 +0000 UTC]

Incredible! I just love it!

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child-of-aros [2009-06-29 15:26:53 +0000 UTC]

best spell wing's ever!!!!

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EnosArt [2009-06-24 04:59:44 +0000 UTC]

WIN!

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Stranger-me [2009-06-03 12:29:12 +0000 UTC]

Wow this stuff is just perfect...

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billndrsn [2009-05-11 13:43:17 +0000 UTC]

GREAT ART!!!...

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Slayer-1412 [2009-05-06 22:43:14 +0000 UTC]

is that a dragon I see in the background above him?

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liiga In reply to Slayer-1412 [2009-05-07 16:12:30 +0000 UTC]

Yes, yes it is.

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Slayer-1412 In reply to liiga [2009-05-08 03:07:15 +0000 UTC]

very nice detail

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tndrhrtd37 [2009-05-03 05:53:55 +0000 UTC]

Amazing work...

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RoryonaRainbow [2009-05-02 11:18:09 +0000 UTC]

Wonderful work!!!

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Laurianna [2009-05-01 17:25:25 +0000 UTC]

Congratulations! I love the textures!

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