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Published: 2020-01-02 19:50:57 +0000 UTC; Views: 108634; Favourites: 4866; Downloads: 535
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After 140 hours, I am done with Monster Hunter illustration. I know it's fanart but this is my most intensely personal illustration in years. Rathalos is my favorite creature design, full stop. I did it, I did my boy proud.I used this opportunity to push my skills to the limit and try many new things. I am super proud of the wing scales. Every single one was painted by hand and I even cropped out a third of them. The idea was like snake throats when the skin stretches between the scales.
MH has influenced my aesthetic sensibilities so much that I felt tremendous pressure to live up to it. This piece went through a million iterations over the 10 months I spent working on it. Art is so much harder when you care deeply about the subject.
I hope you can see how much this series means to me through this piece. Without this series I would be an extremely different artist.
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I'm glad I pressed your Watch button.
I won't say a word about this piece.
I'll just keep contemplating it.
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I looked at this. I zoomed into it and was in awe about all the details, even before reading that you painted every scale by hand.
I've been following your art for quite a while, but this is an absolute masterpiece, even compared to your marvelous gallery!
And then putting so much time and dedication into one piece... I am very impressed
But not only is the main character so detailed, the colours of it and the background compliment each other perfectly and I love the softness of the hills and the details in the river.
I think you outdid yourself and hope that you are very proud of yourself!
How much of the time you worked on this piece did you spend on the dragon vs. the background?
Keep up the great work!
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Bro the quality of this fanwork is beyond me gosh even those scales are so freaking amazing!
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Amazing artwork and amazing creature. Very glad I won't meet one like this anytime soon, think it would find me no more than a snack.
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Absolutely stunning! As a fellow huge fan of the series I applaud your attention to detail.
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its on the air,so quickly! throw a flash granade at it!
but seriiusly dude,amazing job!
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I can hear the Monster Hunter Tri opening theme now--
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Gorgeous Rathalos!
Though he ain't my favourite monster to fight I always love seeing his design
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Whoooooooooaaaaa~!! MechwarriorBookwyrm !! Look how awesome this is!! OWO
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Your right Aleia, this is AWESOME!
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If this isn't dedication or excellence then those two words are meaningless! Absolutely fantastic!!!
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The level on detail on this is WONDROUS.
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Holy $hit.
*zooms in* HOLY $hit!
*zooms in again* HOLY SHIT!!!
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Dear God above, this looks absolutely FANTASTIC!!!
I would love to see you do more with the Monster Hunter series.
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would be envious of that skull cave!
Here we see a Rathalos male, thinning out the prey herd with a suitable weak or elderly victim, to take back to his female and their brood. Then he will return to find sustenance for himself.
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This looks like a cross between "Game of Thrones" and "Jurassic Park"! Breathtaking!
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Very cool! Thanks for posting it. I faved it. 
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...140 hours? If the detail in this piece didn't tell me how much this scaly boi means to you, that certainly does.
Have a happy new year! ^_^
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FFXIV crossover...
"Why you no heal?!"
"Mechanics!"
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Nice lao shung skull in the background mate
Awesome piece still
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I really like the Lao shan lung skull there, I can picture it being where the Rathalos has made it Den at
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Amazing work. You can really tell you poured your blood, sweat, and tears into this piece. From the details of scales to the inclusion of the Lao Shan Lung skull and airship. Truly an amazing work of art
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Man, I wish I had your patience for scale detail 
Maybe this will land you a role on any US-made MH movie, given your track record
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Jesus the amount of detail in this is fantastic, props to ya for hand painting every bit of it.
Is it me or did ya give Rathy a glottis?
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Such gorgeous work! The detail you put into every aspect of this simply outstanding, truly a wonder to the eye!
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