Dragons! My sketch practice
So I wanted to post a screenshot today with a white dragon - but I couldn't find any open source freely available white dragon art that I liked. So I'm doing my own.
Not a map I know but as a few people have been putting up non-mapping wips here I thought I'd stick it up too for fun.
Here he is so far:
Excellent!
Excellent illustration, Torstan! Better than any illustration I've posted.
In fact the only Dragon illustration I've posted here, just got noted because my dragon's got nipples!
http://www.cartographersguild.com/sh...dragon+nipples
Heh!
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I like that a lot but he doesn't have a tongueGreat sketch.
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Pretty awesome. Might be a sketch but it's pro quality as far as I'm concerned. What's the medium?
Also, I hope nobody's taking offense that folks (me included) have been posting non-map art in the General Discussion area. I like to see what other artistic things people are working on. Maybe we need a non-map art forum?
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Thanks Mearrin! It's all photoshop.
Okay, I think this is done. If anyone has any thoughts then I might do a little more to it.
Might make a good supporter for a map
Needs another head on the other side or perhaps a tail winding down for the lower right.
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Dollhouse Syndrome = The temptation to turn a map into a picture, obscuring the goal of the image with the appeal of cute, or simply available, parts. Maps have clarity through simplification.
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Egad. Well, then, I'm doubly impressed. I would have sworn it was charcoal on roughish paper but was wondering what the white strokes were. If digital I would have guessed Painter. Done in Photoshop that's very impressive.Originally Posted by torstan
[edit]As to what else to do with it I guess that depends on purpose. What are you planning to do with it? It's good to go for a lot of purposes. For a cover illustration it might want a bit more work.[/edit]
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However if I were to truly want to polish this - do you have suggestions?
As for the photoshop issue - not only is it all PS, it's all done with a hard round brush. Probably what I use 99% of the time these days. The shades are all done with layers set to soft light and built up over a textured background.
No - I think it's just brilliant! I love the style!!!Okay, I think this is done. If anyone has any thoughts then I might do a little more to it.
I'm hopeless at keeping my drawings loose!
But as long as we're sharing, I have a dragon pic here - http://craigssketchpad.co.uk/2009/05...ig-bad-dragon/
(It's been on hold so it's not officially finished but I did a quick make-ship finishing on certain elements with the idea of going back to it at a later date. ...That later date is still to come)
PS - Well deserved rep to you!
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