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Published: 2008-04-07 01:04:15 +0000 UTC; Views: 1006; Favourites: 18; Downloads: 23
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A wyvern is a legendary winged reptilian creature often found in medieval heraldry. Its usual blazon is statant (standing). Its origin is in Europe.The name "wyvern" derived from the Saxon word Wivere, which means "serpent". The French wyvern is known as the Vouivre. Both words are etymologically related to viper.
The wyvern is regarded as a type of dragon. Depictions often include two legs and two wings. Sometimes there are eagle's claws on the wingtips. The rest of its appearance can vary, such as appearing with a tail spade or with a serpent-like tail.
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NOTE: Not being an expert on Wyrm identification, I may have mis-named my creature. I drew him first, and then went name hunting. Since reading a comment from ~Koumori-Jin , I did a bit of research and I'm inclined to agree with her judgement that he may indeed be a Lindworm.
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Ah my Ville' is a wyvern, though this looks morel ike a lindworm with enormous wings. Wyverns also symbolize envy and revenge.
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Not being an expert on Wyrm identification, I may have mis-named my creature. I drew him first, and then went name hunting. Since reading your comment, I did a bit of research and I'm inclined to agree with your judgement that he may indeed be a Lindworm.
(I added a note on my comments for that deviation and gave you credit for providing insight.
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"Who does not thank for little will not thank for much." -(Estonian Poverb)
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Why thank you Savageworlds, that is polite. Btw, I added you to my deviantwatch
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My pleasure! I have also included you on my watch list as well
Happy Artz!
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Certainly friend! :3
"The only way to have a friend is to be one."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
^___^
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Excellent sentiment!
Time for me to get to work.
More later...
Take care.
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"Partir, c'est mourir un peu." (To leave is to die a little.) (French Proverb)
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this piece has a fantastically tree dimensional look to it, and I particularly like the blue back lighting
and you are always full of such interesting information, I do so enjoy reading your deviation descriptions ^_^
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Thank you! ...and thanks again for all of the favs and comments! You pretty much made my day.
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"Well, Art is Art, isn't it? Still, on the other hand, water is water. And east is east and west is west and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does. Now you tell me what you know."
-Groucho Marx
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yeee! 
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Wow, man you're really good at digital colouring :]
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Thanks! I remember some wise art advice I read somewhere: "Being able to 'think outside the box' isn't worth much if you can't color inside the lines." Don't know if that applies specifically to your compliment (but it sounded cool at the time LOL).
A lot of what I do technique-wise I learned from imitating work by Sci-Fi and Fantasy artists like Frazetta, Vallejo, etc. Also, since I tend to 'think' 3D when I'm drawing, I use quite a bit of light and shadow effects to bring out those characteristics.
I have a tendency to go through long periods (we're talking years) when my creative energies are channeled in other directions (like work); but each time I come back to the 'digital' artwork (like now, for instance), I feel a little more 'in control' of the medium. This picture is actually a re-work of one I did several years ago. I'm much happier with it now. (Sorry for rambling...[me, shutting up]).
-Tom
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Thank you. Been working on this for a long time. Couldn't seem to get the hands and arms the way I wanted.
-Tom
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