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Zyenthillias — Dragon Commission
Published: 2007-11-26 09:35:37 +0000 UTC; Views: 959; Favourites: 27; Downloads: 24
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My first, full-scale (no pun intended), all-out commission!!! This was done for . She wanted a dragon, something with a lot of blues and greens that she could hang up in her dorm room!
Well, this ended up being a lot more work than I had thought it would be, but was a valuable experience; taught me a little bit about how to price things, or how nit-picky I should be based on that particular project. It was also an opportunity to make a less simplistic dragon, and experiment with some new features or decorative details that I haven't tried before!
This was done in pencil first, then inked (micron pens), and finally, colored in Prismacolor pencils. I went over everything again with a colored pencil blender, though certain highlighted areas were burnished with white. (I hate that technique, but I wanted to see if it would lighten the color at all, and it had a minimal effect. So I wasn't really pleased with that, but I was satisfied with the drawing as a whole)
Note me if you have an interest in commissions!
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Thank you! I've never been a big fan of the "fish scale" look. This way is relatively painless, and I think the variation in size and shape makes it more interesting to look at...
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I think it looks more realistic too, a bit like crocodile skin -- which makes more sense for a big reptilian animal like a dragon.
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thats such a good coloring job ^^:
I like the different shades of blue ;3
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Thank you! I'd like to think I can still do better than this...I just haven't done much with coloring in ages, and what I Have done hasn't been finished to this degree. But thank you so much for the compliment and the 
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I love this!!! I love the ears, and the expression - a lot of people don't do dragon expressions. 
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yay you got it done ^^
very sharply made :3
and your coloring is just amazing ^^
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Thank you! ^_^ (and thanks again for the fave, too!)
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hehe no problem ^______^
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WAY TO GO!! Wonderful piece of work here, girlie!! Reminds me of that other one you're working on--the super-detailed pencil dragon.
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Hehehe. Yeah, I hope to have that one up in the near future, too, but I'm just closing on a 10-hour day at school, and I'm tired and crabby and hungry, so when I get home I'm going to take a long bath and do something mindless for a few hours. I think I've earned it. (thanks for the comment, by the way! You're the best 
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Very nice :3 You did a lovely job with the shading. Makes me think I should probably pick up one of those blender thingies, as I have never tried one before.
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Hehe, thanks! Yeah, they have their advantages and disadvantages. They work best if you have some pretty thick layers of colored pencil on there already, but if you slowy build layers with the blender working lightly and in small circles, you can get a pretty nice pencil-to-paper blend, too!
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No problem! I like the shells! They're so 
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Yay! 
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Hahaha! Yeah, I'm gonna head to kinko's in just a little bit here and see if I can't get this mailed before class today. Again, I won't send the paypal request through until I've got it sent, so consider that your confirmation notice!
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This just popped up again in my favs, and I thought I'd pop by to see what other feedback you've gotten.
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AwwWW! Thanks! ^_^ I feel so special!
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WOW amazing! FAVE I love the scales work and the color combination, and the shading
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Very nice - you should try watercolor pencil crayons, makes it easy to create some pretty interesting blending effects, and I dont know if Prismacolor still makes them, but they used to have a line of oil-based pencil crayons that were just amazing.
It looks really good, but question: why do you use micro pens?
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Oh, and thank you for the fave, by the way! I worked pretty hard on this (haven't worked with colored pencils to this degree in a long time, too, so I know it's not the best ever, but it's doing good for being as out of practice as I am!)
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Thanks! I do have an old set of prismacolor watercolor pencils, so I'll have to drag those out again and experiment a little (thanks for the pointer!). Are the oil-based different then? Kind of like oil pastels at all? Not really familiar with them, either way, though.
Micron pens? umm....they didn't bleed like the brand I used before that....aaaand.....they make a .005 pen tip, which is like inking with a needle! XP Other than that, though, no real reason. Why, would you recommend something else?
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the oil color pencil crayons are freaky, you can actually get rid of the tell-tale pencil crayon marks and siruptions in color with them and they can be spread (although you really have to lay it on thick to do that)
and recommend? no, I use fineliners with 0.5 head felt tip, but thats my choice of ink. I just ask because I always like to know why people use certain types of pens and markers.
I myself have always had a problem using micros because they dont go on smooth and glide like a nice felt tip, but I abuse my inking markers too so I break micros pretty bad.
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Haha! Well maybe around Christmas when I have either some wishlist items or money to work with, I'll look into the art supplies you mentioned! They sound like fun!
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