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hey there! here’s the new guy to compliment the silver blue first dragon, in violet and silver! i love purples, so had to put it with the silver. i put him up on ebay, but more than anything i was posting pics here because ebay distorts them soooo badly, making them all light and stretched. i know there has to be a secret around the distortion thing.. i thought i knew it at one point, but i have since forgotten. its just so upsetting to see him look so goofy on ebay and we work hard to get the photos nice! wah! any tips or secrets on bypassing the ebay distortion? we tried getting the pics are close to square as possible, but i think we need to do better in that regard. i see some of you “assemble” them ahead of time, pairing pics, etc. which seems to help… i thought i remembered the non-standard listing shape helped, like having all the pics listed down one side…hmmmm
anyhoo, here he is.
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You put down two of the same picture, tf. 😉
I like the colors and the blending on the wings looks great. The antiquing is perfect – you actually managed the make something a little different out of the old silver-purple scheme.hee hee, thanks so much for catching me on that GB! i had a looooong day and my retarded self didn’t even notice! lol! i got a bad call from my dr. about some test results, so i have to talk to them in the morning, so that has my mind even more occupied as to what might be wrong! wah! i don’t need more to worry about at this point! life is crazy enough! 🙁 thanks so much for catching that! 🙂
*gasp* WOW! This is AWESOME tf!!!! 😯 I LOVE how you did the body scales. Is he antiqued or drybrushed, the details are so prominant! Great job!!!
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Great job! I tried making body scales like that with a red and black PYO but it just looked like yuk! You did very well 🙂
I really like the single stripe accents under each individual scale, it really makes your eyes go nuts! I love it!
I really like the placement of the colors on his face, especially when he is looking strait on. Each of your dragons, although painted in colors or finishes I normally don’t prefer, end up looking very beautiful to me.
wow! thanks guys! ha ha i am DYING over here cuz i HATED the scale underlining i did! omg i dropped my cereal this morning when i read the first post that someone actually liked it! i was actually going to repaint it but it didn’t want things to get gooey over overpainted. lol! i wanted the underlining to be tone gradating, but since the paints i use are very metallic, they can get a grit or mealiness to them after a couple coats, so it isn’t a good set up to do a patted tone gradation with the silver. i was like, i am going to make a mess if i do this, so lets just try underlining to accent the scales and see how it looks…. it looks to me like he almost has a purple fish net on, lol. all i did was use a slim brush and just striped on the paint in one line right under each scale, then used the violet to do the little ridgey thingys. easy easy, just one steady even thickness line. put on in one careful stroke. purple over the whole scale painted silver. i didn’t like how it looked, and i was sure you guys would have felt the same way! wow! this, to me, was like how i did the stripes on my silver wolf wings, how that looked silly, this looks kinda silly to me, but i think, after days of looking at it here i’ve gotten ok with the idea. it would have looked more natural if it gradated to silver, but it just wasn’t going to happen without the silver getting gritty looking.
the only “antiquing” i did was touching up the intensity of the black recessed areas on the body.. it was painted all black initally ( in the areas that have black), then i dry brushed on silver gently til i got the tone i wanted. i went back in at the end to punch up the black in certain areas that needed touch ups… brushed it on and wiped it off with my finger.
well, thanks all for liking it, i think that makes me feel better, i was worried/embarrassed initially actually.i guess i should just trust myself a little more. i’m working on it!You say
Quote:all i did was use a slim brush and just striped on the paint in one line right under each scale, then used the violet to do the little ridgey thingys. easy easy, just one steady even thickness line.
But a steady hand is hard to come by for some of us. The fact that you pulled it off is an accomplishment on it’s own….
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