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Published: 2013-04-06 08:47:19 +0000 UTC; Views: 2514; Favourites: 170; Downloads: 0
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A peacock dragon with the colors of evening sky.Related content
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Aww, stunningly beautiful! I wish I could draw like you too! Love your work as always
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Thank you very much! 
Happy to hear from you! ^^
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This is beautiful! Was this done using colored pencils or did you use other mediums as well?
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Thanks a lot! 
I painted the base with watercolors and then added details with colored pencils.
There are also some white gel pen details especially in clouds.
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Wow. It's absolutely wonderful.
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Amazing detail and color! How long did this take you?
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Thank you very much!
I honestly have no idea how long this took me altogether...
I spent over a week drawing this, few hours per night. That's the best estimation I can give.
You're not the first person asking this so maybe I actually have to clock next time when I draw a traditional piece in this size.
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I'm trying to compare your time to mine for something this complex, and I must say you have me beat... Either way it's absolutely beautiful! Good job!
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I am really slow drawer and I like to give my pieces time. I also often let them sit on my table and just look at them from distance to see which areas still need work or which colors would fit best. I am just enjoying the whole drawing process!
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I do that also, but I also draw what ever pops into my head so I will be running several drawings at once...
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Same here, I also usually have few pictures in progress at once but one of them is the "main" work I concentrate more and like to finish at first.
I guess we have rather similar drawing habits.
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The one main thing is a good idea, up until now I've been doing mine in cycle...
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Again i just love the colors and all the details especially on the dragon *_*
You did just a great job will al those scales! Just breathtaking!
I also love how you drew the feathers this time.
Damn! I don't know what to write.
I'm so impressed by this piece. Every picture you upload is better then the last one.
I'm glad you've uploaded so many pics recently
Even if i need some time to comment on them xD
Just keep up your aweseome work :3
Did you use watercolors for the clouds and a whitegel pen?
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Thank you very much; I really appreciate your feedback!
Yep, I painted the clouds with watercolors and added those white edges with gel pen.
I am also happy that I have managed to be so productive lately.
I try to keep up the pace because - well - drawing just makes me happy.
And it is also nice to get comments for these "older" pieces (and this is not even that old yet) so no need to feel bad even if you don't have a chance to comment right away.
I am glad to receive your comments whenever you have time to write them!
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No porblem my dear
I'm glad you managed to draw so much recently. ^-^
I just love your pictures!
They're always full of details and vibrant colors!
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Tää on aivan uskomattoman upea !
Rakastan tota taustaa ja värejä aivan järjettömästi
ja hahmo itse kaikessa yksityiskohtaisuudessaan aivan ylikaunis
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Your creatures keep looking AWESOME.
I would disagree with the description though. Its defiantly a feathered dragon, or a dragon WITH feathers to be more precise. But when I hear peacock dragon I expect to see a massive feathery tail.
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Thank youuuu!
I see your point there but in this case 'peacock' refers to those big, round featheres.
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Love how vibrant all these colours are 
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Thank you very much!
I didn't even notice the similar shape of scales and clouds - happy accident there!
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Look at all those feathers!!!!!!!!!!!!!So fluffy and
perky, and the happy pose! The only thing I kind of
find distracting that the dragon kind of melts in the sea
of the clorfull background which is beautifully executed
but just a bit too strong for such a happy fella.^^
All in all I will always love what you draw.
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Thanks a lot!
Yeah, background ended up having too similar colors than the character has...
I made same mistake earlier [link] and people mentioned me about that back then but for some unknown reason I did it again here.
Hopefully the third time is a charm and in next dragon drawing there will be more varying colors.
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Very much welcome!
so nicely...which makes me really happy
to see how you grow and learn on your
mistakes. You come back with a special bang
every time.
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Aww, I am glad you think so!
Sometimes I feel that I am doing same mistakes over and over again but maybe there is hope for me.
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There is always hope.
Not always just sometimes.^^
But as I said earlier,
you improve quite quickly.
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It is good to have a reminder like this to sometimes look back where we have come from than just look forward and see how long way there is still to go.
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Even when we thing we have got far enough
there will always be some more improvement
to do.
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Wow, your traditional art skills continue to blow me away. This is stunning. And the colors are so brilliant. Beautifully done!
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Aww, thank you so much! 
By the way, now that you mentioned a word traditional: I grabbed my dusty drawing tablet and tried if I still can do any digital art.
It has been more than a year since have painted digitally and I found out that my skills are really really rusty.
But it was fun for a change so probably there will also be some digital pieces from me this year.
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Glad to hear that!
Oh and believe me, they are!
Especially what comes to drawing long hair... I was struggling with mane yesterday and almost thought I should leave the horse I am painting bald-headed.
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Whoa. This is bursting with awesomeness. So much details - you took care to attend to each individual scale, every single feather...your dedication truly shows in this piece! Beautiful colors, too! And the overall design of the dragon is mind-blowingly stunning. 
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Thanks a lot!
I guess I haven't done as much scales in one picture earlier but it actually wasn't as horrible job as it might look.
Or actually maybe that's the reason: there was certain novelty coloring them. 
With feathers I remember wishing that there was somekind of copy-paste method also in traditional art.
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Lol. Making traditional art would be so much easier if there was a copy-paste button, or an undo button, or an escape button.
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Indeed! I would have needed undo button countless times!
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Upea työ ja hienot yksityiskohdat 
Mut yksi parannusehdotus olisi: Otuksessa ja taustassa on niin paljon samoja värejä ja hässäkkää, että olento hukkuu taustaansa. Suoraan sanoen olisi ehkä hyvä lisätä varjostuksia ja uskaltautua käyttämään voimakkaampia kontrasteja. Silloin katse työssä hakeutuu helpommin pääasiaan eikä taustaan
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Kiitos paljon palautteesta!
Mulla olikin alunperin tarkoitus, että hahmo ois erottunut paremmin taustasta (sain nimittäin samanlaista palautetta tästä kuvasta [link] ) mutta sitten jotenkin matkan varrella kaikki värit alkoi muistuttaa toisiaan. Ehkä kolmas kerta toden sanoo ja seuraavassa loharikuvassa otuksen voi jopa erottaa taustasta!
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Ollos hyvä 
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Totta, itse ainakin arvostan tosi paljon sitä, että joku sanoo missä kohti ois voinut tehdä paremmin.
Aina ei välttämättä mene neuvot heti perille, mutta toivon mukaan joskus tulevaisuudessa kehitystä tapahtuu.
Ei sillä, etteikö kaikki kehutkin lämmittäis mieltä, mutta ne ei samalla tavalla auta kehittymään.
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This is wonderful! I love all of the delicate colors, and all of the tremendous detail you put into EACH INDIVIDUAL FEATHER. Beautiful work.
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