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Storm Herald by ~Wavewalker:iconWavewalker:

Categories Digital Art > Paintings & Airbrushing > Fantasy

©2005-2009 ~Wavewalker
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...but when they saw the figure of the Storm Herald illuminated by a flash of lightning, the villagers knew they would be lucky to survive the night...


Got the idea when I thought of the storm crows of a Native American myth, or something like that. Was trying to think of a theme for a dragon picture when I remembered it, so. Storm Herald. Basically, he preceeds storms that are particularly violent. Tried another no-outline picture. Constructive criticism would be appreciated. Just please don't mention how the bg is soft and the dragon is sharp. I know that, and there's nothing I can do to fix that save redoing one or the other. Which I don't have time for. Either way, please full view. Even the full view is only 20% of the original file size and a lot of the detail has been lost, but its better than the preview image.

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Dragon sketched and inked by hand
Background and coloring done in Photoshop 7

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~Emzyk Aug 6, 2005, 5:17:10 PM
Oh wow you did such a sweet job on this! I love it! The perspective is awesome, the wings look beautiful and the pose is perfect the lightning is a great touch =) <3 <3 Looks cool! I like the colors you picked, black dragons are so awesome....=P Great job on this! +fav
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~coralline Aug 6, 2005, 5:38:34 PM
It looks really nice overall, especially the wings. Maybe you want to blur the lightning in the background? It's kinda sharp in contrast with the lightning directly behind the dragon and with the clouds.
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~obiewolf Aug 6, 2005, 7:14:22 PM
ahhh it looks really cool. i love the lighting and the wings and the background. :heart: yay!

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~Misau Aug 7, 2005, 5:58:58 AM
That's really pretty! you dod a realy good work in it=)
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~eggy-thing Aug 7, 2005, 9:12:06 AM
Ooh, I <3 this! I like how the dragon is very sharply angled and how his wings are transluscent. The design of the dragon in general is cool (lightning bolt horns!). The color scheme is awesome, and although the background is a little generic, it works pretty well in this pic.
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~tangerinewhite32 Aug 7, 2005, 3:00:47 PM
That's a very exciting subject - a dragon in a lightning storm. I really appreciate the detail on the wings where you put curves to make the skin look realistic. And the eyes are really awesome. I torn between the idea of lightning coming out of it's eyes or that the eyes are translucent and you can just see the lightning through them.
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~Wavewalker Aug 7, 2005, 7:18:09 PM
Wow, both those ideas are good. I used to have a lightning ball in its mouth, but it ended up looking like a rubber ball...I'll have to see how both of those look, since they sound awesome.
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~Wavewalker Aug 7, 2005, 7:19:55 PM
Ah good, at least I know someone sees the lightning bolt horns. Thanks
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~esprix Aug 10, 2005, 7:46:38 PM
Wooow. o_o I love your colouring~~! What I also adore is the perspective and the pose of the dragon and the translucent wings are AWESOME. <3 I like how you kinda curved the colouring in the wings. *has no idea how to draw translucent wings. XD* The lightning shaped horns are cool. x3
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