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Published: 2014-10-02 23:10:45 +0000 UTC; Views: 12607; Favourites: 591; Downloads: 0
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Immediately fell in love with this guy! Rayquazas Mega Evolution, you can check it out here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPQg3lβ¦Spent the past couple of hours drawing this, will do minor corrections tomorrow, as it's late at night now ^_^ (and i'm dying from my cold x.x)
Still practicing on my painting skills, but critique is welcome! :3
EDIT: Minor changes done, added more stars, etc... and 3 easter egg Pokemon! Can you find them?
Edit2: Changed color values a bit because I didn't think Ray was green enough.. /slapped
Edit3: More color adjustments, bg too fortheloveofeverythingholyandmycritis... sorry, still new to this whole painting thing ;A;
Edit 10/13: Over 400 favorites, thank you guys so much ;~;
Rayquaza (c) Pokemon
Art (c) me
some of the space brushes (c) Sunira, rest of space done by me.
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Comments: 58
Since this is one of the first pieces of fan art for mega rayquaza, I have to compare it to the other regular Rayquaza fan art I've seen. Usually Rayquaza is drawn amidst a sea of clouds, not in the exosphere that is actually more realistic to the anime. Rayquaza is typically found in the ozone layer according to its pokedex entry, out of sight and out of the clouds, meaning this artwork is a more accurate depiction of Rayquaza's territory.
Rayquaza in the art itself seems to me as portrayed with an almost ethereal appearance. The very light and translucent tone of colors near the edges of Rayquaza's very thin, light-colored lineart make the pokemon look wispy and surreal, which definitely suits its "legendary" status. This is also displayed by the lack of a definite light source, which in any other circumstance would harm the quality of the art.
I do, however, have a problem with the background, especially the pattern of placement for the distant star clusters and nebulas/galaxies. Space to the naked eye does not have a predictable pattern of cosmic objects, nor does it follow any object without a distinct scientific influence on the surrounding space, such as the gravitational pull of a nearby star or black hole. By that logic, it makes no sense that the cluster galaxies follow along the curvature of Rayquaza's snakelike body. From what I see, it seems like the intent was to force the eye even more towards Rayquaza, indicating the main feature of the art. However, this is unnecessary with the dark, cool colors of blue, black, and purple that adorn the background; Rayquaza sticks out of its surroundings, automatically drawing the eye towards its splendor. Add more variety to the galaxy placement, dim the bright purple under Rayquaza's face and neck, and get rid of the purple haze at the bottom; all are unnecessary and don't do Rayquaza any favors.
Secondly, there's the matter of the orange strands extending from Rayquaza's new bodily features. I get the strong feeling that these were done rather quickly without a sense of perspective. There isn't too much variation between the base of the strands and the ends, and the adornments attached to the ends of these stands were done imperfectly. I'd suggest redoing the strands entirely, thinning them out as they float behind but still maintaining how their opacity goes down with the distance from Rayquaza's head.
Overall, despite these tidbits, the art is pretty good, especially Rayquaza's body itself. I don't have a doubt that the design is going to become explosively popular with time.
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this is really awesome adn this is just great, nice job!
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When I first saw Rayquaza, I couldn't stop staring at its mega evolution
It looks epic and I just want to get it!
Good job on drawing the pokemon!
It looks good!
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Awwe, I'm glad you do ^_^
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ur welcome!!!!!!!
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;A; Thanks so much ^o ^
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Wow, so awesome! I love the shading sooo much! How I wish I could shade like that. Also, awesome drawing as well!
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Ha, I am still very new to painting / shading in painting x.x But I'm trying <3 Thanks!! :3
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Reply- no problem Β
(itsΒ Ms-Haru-Wolf XD its just my new accountΒ )
Your welcome its a beautiful drawing!Β
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Ohhh okay hi 
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This design of Mega Rayquaza is very beutiful! I like it!
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Thank you, yeah I know, I love it >.<
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I think i found Reshiram, Mew and Pikachu in the backround.
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Thank you! And yes, you got them all
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i thinkΒ i likeΒ Mega Rayquaza more than regular ... : X
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Ha ha, I fear it will be the same for me... it's so elegant and I love the design ;A;
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it looks cooler in this form V_V
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Aww, thank you, that's so sweet 
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You're welcome. 
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is that a reshiram i see? X3
awesome work btw :3
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Yess, someone found it *-* hehe thanks :3 *A*
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haha it toke me a bit tho X3 your welcome ^^
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There is one more, but I think it's a bit more difficult
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Sort of wish Rayquaza got a primal thing but this looks pretty awesome so I'll take what I can get.
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Yeah, I know, maybe he will still get it.. or in Gamma Emerald, who knows XD
I love this form a lot though, so elegant ;A;
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*o* Ohh, thanks!! 
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