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Published: 2016-10-03 00:45:49 +0000 UTC; Views: 667; Favourites: 15; Downloads: 0
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This is one of my dragons from FLR, Moonwatcher. I feel like I could have done better with the cloak, it kinda looks like there's no neck, when in reality it's meant to look like the neck curves downwards.My FLR: flightrising.com/main.php?p=la…
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Amazing art work I love the cape and the way you did the dragon its really great!!!
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Nice work! Love the elemental theme (lunar) on this!
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The new Arcane apparel *^*
I missed the Starfall Celebration ;-;
killl me plz
I'm dying ;^;
PS: so GOOD
oh gosh
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Oh no! That's really unfortunate, but thank you for the compliment, it really means a lot to me. Care to give me your FLR username? Always looking for people to talk with
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It's MistyHayu01
but me is kinda on a hiatus thingy bc has 0 food points...
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Ouch, that sucks, hopefully you'll get enough eventually
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Given the almost see-trough cape, it looks like its head is appearing out of thin air, like it's in some...pocket-space...intra-dimension...Mary Poppins' bag; ok, hoooorrible choice of words, but the point is...it gives a sense of mystic: I like it!
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Thank you very much, the cloak took me a while so I'm glad you like it!
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This artwork is amazing.
I don't even have to explain why, just look at it!
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Thank you for the kind words!
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The design here is really interesting, and I love the whole astral theme to this piece. I also love the simple and cartoony style used here. I like this one a lot!
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So firstly, I think this piece is pretty cute. It's simple, cartoony, and soft. The background is good and has some detail in it. The basics of shading are there as well and it looks good!
Most of your lines are the same size, even when it seems like it should be tapered. Start using different widths for your lines and taper the ends so they're not so blunt (like the mouth, for instance). I'd also start experimenting with highlighting, as what it currently is, it's quite flat. There aren't any sorts of textures and everything's a mostly solid color, which isn't particularly interesting.
The background is pretty good but could use some livening up. Like add a few planets or galaxies in the background. Make the stars look brighter or like they're twinkling, which can usually be achieved through use of the airbrush or blur tool. There are a LOT of stars that are just circular here, too, which gets a little boring to look at.
Personally, I'm not a fan of the text, either. It's a little jarring and doesn't fit the rest of the piece. It steals away the eye-catching brightness of the ethereal cloak, so momentarily my eyes weren't sure which to focus on.
This is good, though! You've got a good handle on the basics and just need refinement at this point. Keep it up! Hope anything I've said here helps!
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Thank you very much, this is super helpful!
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I'm honestly loving how this peice looks in it's entirety! Well done.
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Thank you very much! I'm glad that you like this one. I feel like I messed up on the cloak a bit, so it's good to hear it doesn't take away from the overall picture!
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You are certainly welcome! I sure do indeed. Truth be told I don't really see an issue with the cloak but then again idk what the main intention was. But yea it doesn't bother me one bit and it looks great!
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I was wondering how you do your backgrounds? :3 Btw, I love this dragon! It's awesome, the concept is really interesting!
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Thank you for the kind words! As for how I do my backgrounds, it differs from picture to picture. Are you talking about this one in particular, or just in general?
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Yeah pretty much in general, I want to know how people add more detail in the background, but recently all I know is the gradient XD
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Sorry for getting back to you so late, but here's a little guide on the three main backgrounds I usually use. Also, depending on what program you use, you may not have some of these things, but I doubt it because they are fairly standard.
1. No Distinct Shape:
These are the simplest backgrounds that I do. They tend to be rather splotchy, like water droplets or random forms. What I do to make them is take a brush, set it to a low opacity and brush around the artwork. I tend to use one that is not round, for a more natural feel. Because the opacity is low, every time you go over your lines it will make the color darker, giving it some texture.
Example:xtb2002.deviantart.com/art/Sti…
2. Blurry Background With Distinct Setting:
This one is a little harder, but I really like how it turns out. First I find a reference image, in the cases below, a forest and a desert. I then take a large brush at a low opacity and re-draw the reference image. What I tend to do is take a couple strokes then grab the color again. This adds a lot of depth to the image, as well as making it look more natural. After I've made a rough outline of what I want, I add some generic shading to the background to make it a bit cleaner. As a general rule, you want to do the shading in a different layer than the colors, that way it is easy to clean up if you make a mistake.
Example:xtb2002.deviantart.com/art/Ama…
3. Distinct Background:
Although I tend not to use this one too much, it does look nice if done correctly. This technique varies from drawing to drawing, because finding an image you can slap behind something perfectly is very hard, and often requires some improvisation. In the case of this piece, I decided to use stars, since the cloak already had stars, and I thought it'd be cool to merge them together. I first found a picture of the night sky, and rotated/shrunk/expanded the image to how I liked it. This is where it gets a little complex. First, a made a selection of the cloak, went to the layer with space, and made a copy. I then pasted that onto the cloak at the correct place and changed the opacity. This made it so that the purple would go through the image without taking away any quality from the image. I the made a new layer on the very bottom and filled it with the same color as the cloak. I the but a layer mask on the original space background and made a gradient so that the top would remain black, but the bottom would have the same color as the cloak and then fade to the natural colors.
Example: This piece
I hope this was of some help, and feel free to inquire more about anything!
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Thank you very much, I apologize for the late reply too! I just want to know more about your technique because I don't really know what to add in the background of most of my drawings, I struggle with backgrounds more than the actual drawing.
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No problem! I hope this was helpful!
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