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Published: 2019-02-11 18:13:06 +0000 UTC; Views: 237; Favourites: 20; Downloads: 0
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A new character on the rise! I got a few ideas for her, however, what you are seeing is not final.I wanted to make a sky from which you don't know where up or down is! I was also looking for more translucent wings, with the small veins through the membrane, maybe it's not clear, but I really satisfied with the result compared with my previous try:
www.deviantart.com/solappa/art…
I still didn't decide a name for her, but there are already some things, especially for the wings; like being more translucent, making a blue light coming through them, or the idea that they look somewhat like a galaxy(there is a lot of light so it can't be recognized), I may be posting her reference sheet soon!
To be hones this is my favorite work so far! I really enjoyed every second and practiced a lot with light and with the sky(horrible clouds tho). I'm happy with this <:
PS: don't mind her proportions, I think that I fucked up the perspective again (EDIT: I increased the size of her head!)
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Great job! I really like the veins on the wings. You nailed it! Also the light that shines through the wing (especially the orange/yellow one) gives a really nice touch to it. It didn't work quite as well with the blue dragon, probably because of the perspective issue you mentioned, but it still looks good.
About the clouds: I don't think they're so bad! They look very fluffy ^^ However, one thing you could try is to add more hard edges to the clouds. Your clouds are all smooth and blured out. I think they would look even better with some more hard lines.
And just one little thing about the colours: The orange dragon almost fades into the background. It would help for more contrast if you would switch the colours of the dragons, so that the blue one is in front of the yellow part of the background. This would make them pop out more. And maybe the red tip of the tail would have looked better in a more purple-red tone (just like the colour above the cloud in the top left corner)
But all in all I think this is great! I love the dynamic
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I'm glad to hear that you like it!!
those are a lot of awesome suggestions! you are absolutely right about switching the two characters. I didn't think about changing the color of the tail, but doesn't sound like a bad idea, I would have looked nicer.
I'm really glad to hear some suggestions about the clouds, I knew something could have been improved, but I couldn't figure out what was the problem.
I appreciate all the criticism!! It's awesome to have some feedback, it really does help, I will keep it in mind
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I'm happy to help I'm glad you appreciate my comment. A lot of people don't like criticism.
About the clouds: of course there are different types of clouds, some are really smooth and fluffy and some have more hard edges. You have to choose the one, that fits best into the scenery. I've picked some photos for you to illustrate this:
above clouds
clouds and sun dramatic
clouds and sun smooth
Can you see, how there are often hard edges where the sun hits the cloud? I think this would work really well in a scenery like this one up here.
However, Clouds are so difficult. I have problems drawing them too
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those are awesome images, I will surely learn from them.
I've seen various tutorials on how to draw clouds. doing that in digital drawing it's much easier. all people I see do plim plam 10 seconds and they get an awesome cloudy background. I think it's a matter of getting used to it
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Well, they are just some random images from the internet (google image search). I was just looking for something to illustrate what I meant. ^^
Oh yeah, it's always like that with tutorials. They do something really quick and it looks so easy and awesome. We'll get there with practice. We can do it
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your motivation is really contagious :>
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