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Tremorworks: Demongate High: LungProject for ~phoenixsamurai
The traditional Chinese dragon, or lung, is really a mish-mash of several different animals - it has the eyes of a rabbit, the ears of a cow, the antlers of a deer, the body of a snake, the scales of a carp, the paws of a tiger, and the talons of a hawk. You'd think such an amalgam would look ridiculous, but the Chinese have been drawing Really Cool Dragons for thousands of years based on all that jazz.
Clean lineart for coloring:
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Wow! Amazing line art! It is so smoothly drawn that I thought it was digitally done at first 
Keep up the good work!
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Thank you!
I am not nearly so competent with a stylus and tablet... 
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Your welcome
I agree, I'm still trying to figure out the digital art. If I had to choose, I'd pick drawing by hand rather than by tablet/digital. By the way, what kind of pen/marker did you use?
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I use Zig Millenium pens and Micron pens for all of my black and white art.
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Okay, thanks
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Even the shaded version still looks kinda fluffy.
I see why you gave us a clean lineart... The shading does take up some coloring, doesn't it?
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It kind of depends on the colorist. If you're feeding it through Photoshop or similar, the pre-existing shading isn't an issue. Comic book colorists deal with a great deal of black all the time and some colorists prefer it. Others want to work in the shading for themselves, maybe from a different angle than the one I always use. I just thought about it ahead of time, for once, and submitted both versions for people to play with if they want to.
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One of the best Chinese dragons I've come across. Good work!
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Thanks very much. I tried to keep the traditional elements of the Chinese dragon in mind, and I was also thinking of the enamel on those ancient vases at my local art museum, as well.
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Yep, that's about average for these small pieces. Thanks!
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LOL - Oh yes. I like fluffy-mane oriental dragons.
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Not so long as you'd think...
The illustration is only 6x9 inches, so the actual drawing is quite small. From pencil drawing to finished ink shading, it took about four hours.
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oh, well four hours is still long, nice job.
takes endurance. hah.
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and then the japanese,koreans and vietnamese copied the chinese culture.....
I mean no disrespect or anything....But I would prefer if they had used their own ideas rather than copy us....
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LOL - I understand what you mean, but I suspect they used the ideas of the Chinese because they were IMPRESSED. Or the Chinese told the other people that their way was the RIGHT way to do it.
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Pen, in this case. I have a tendency to smudge pencil badly.
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Ah, I see.
I also really like how you used the different features of the animals that is said to be mixed all together into the Chinese Dragon.
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It's magnificent. You captured each of the animals' features perfectly while still maintaining the traditional Chinese look.
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I love this! You line work is very smooth and I love the detail the dragon's face.
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