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MeredithDillman — Draco Noctis
Published: 2005-04-16 06:21:43 +0000 UTC; Views: 7370; Favourites: 318; Downloads: 637
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Dragon of Darkness/Night, 8x10 watercolorInspired by Gothic cathedrals and 15th century Flemish paintings of Rogier Van der Weyden. Greenman and sun should be self explanatory.
FULL VIEW is worth it! Please check out the companion day dragon too.
Prints available here: [link]
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Comments: 49
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Wow... It's amazing...all the detail, way beyond my skill.
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Ahh! I just adore it. The border, the dragon's expression, especially the shimmer on the wings... it's all just amazing!
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You're right, it's definitely worth the fullview. Without it i'd never see the marvelous little dragon-statues.
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Oh, your art is so lovely! I really wish I could paint like that...
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Beautiful you can paint woth watercolour better than me
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Have you read the book Eragon? This reminds me of it.
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Ditto my message on the golden dragon. Scary fabulous. Your control of the medium is amazing.
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the dragon looks at peace, i love the color u used on the dragon!
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Wow this is just plain awesome! Everything in it has an amazing colour to it and there are so many details! The detailed frame really contrasts with the nicely done dragon with its sparkly scales! Great piece of artwork!
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Ooooh, I didn't even realize you had submitted this artwork a few days ago. It's so beautiful. 
Another brilliant piece of artwork to amaze me. 
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Thanks ^_^ Backgrounds take forever though....
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I really love this one, and can't decide which I like better, him or his companion. In both, the colours work so well. I just love the bronze and violet here!
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I'm glad people like the purple one. I was afraid it was a little boring compared to the other.
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Well, I've always been the more monochromatic type, and I love the subtle hues.
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Cool. I now have it as the wallpaper to my cellphone. That is so neat. I really do like this piece.
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Eep...what's that look like?
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pretty cool actually. I'd take a digital picture, but I broke that camera. My time stamp and stuff are resting over the resting dragon.
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cool work! If your gonna look closer It seems like 3 dimensional!!!and the precision of the brush strokes are magnificent.
Lantice,.
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I love the color schemes for these two pieces... the contrast between the soft, neutral bronze and the rich blue is lovely! One of my favorite color combos. The dragon's coy expression is very cute, too.
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Thanks
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It's another DRAGGIE!! 
You are awesome in putting in the details of the scales...that is the hardest part about drawing a dragon, me thinks. I also love the night sky...it really is beautiful. Again...the legs look a little off...but it still looks so sweet...
Oh, by the way...if you want a better word for night/darkeness...you might want to try Nox/Noctis (second one is the one with the 'of')
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Actually I always had problems with the legs looking like sticks which is why I never drew dragons. I had to learn to draw them better for a commission a few weeks ago so I decided I was somewhat competant enough to try my own. I had to look at a lot of other paintings to figure out anatomy.
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I have the exact same problem!! I cannot draw the back legs of most animals...which is why I never draw them. -___- But you did a good job for not it being your forte, much better than I can do probably. ^^
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Thank you. Scales take forever, but it doesn't look done to me if I don't do them. I just added more detail on the trees and rescanned them since I often don't notice things until I scan.
Yeah, I don't particularly like the sound of that word. I asked somebody last night since I know nothing about Latin. I was under the impression that Noctis would be night rather than dark. But I suppose it still works well. So "Draco Noctis" would also be correct? It sounds better along with Lucis. I want to make sure of the names before I make prints with the title on them.
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I can see the time you put into your scales. That's what makes it an amazing piece.
Yeah...most people do acquaint Nox with dark, but it's original meaning was for the night. I'm in my second year of Latin so I see that used alot in poetry (which is the only reason why I know it 
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Aw, I want to pet the dragon. It's cute!! *hopefully it won't take a bite out of my hand* 
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Absolutely stunning work. The details in the arch are excellent and reminiscent of the title pages of fantasy books like "The Neverending Story".
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I think they will go in my portfolio to send publishers ^_^
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Whee! See I did look at the other one! ^-^ This one is really great too! The blues are so pretty... Another
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Oh wow, I love the design work you've put into the boarder of the arch - very beautiful indeed.
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This is really nice. I really like the background too.
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really like the background, very soft, and the dragon looks very calm and peacul, love the design on the stone again...
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That's really awesome *__* All the details in it and this dragon *__* I love dragons!! Really good job
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