Fififofum
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For some reason I really did not expect painting 5 dragon designs without any photo or 3d elements in a month and a half would be this hard. I was uh, very wrong. Very nearly reached my breaking point getting these guys done but I sure am happy with how they came out.
July 28, 2025 at 11:19 PM
For some reason I really did not expect painting 5 dragon designs without any photo or 3d elements in a month and a half would be this hard. I was uh, very wrong. Very nearly reached my breaking point getting these guys done but I sure am happy with how they came out.
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A lot of what I do when I post art here is talk about how I had some break through or whatever but man I really did have one here. The way I started thinking about specular highlights completely changed when I did these. I just understand how to paint better now I guess 🤷
July 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM
A lot of what I do when I post art here is talk about how I had some break through or whatever but man I really did have one here. The way I started thinking about specular highlights completely changed when I did these. I just understand how to paint better now I guess 🤷
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Because it was the most traditional dragon shape of the bunch that actually made it the hardest. Had to find more novel ways to eke out a bit more juice in the design. In addition to the scale type, I focused on the more novel folding wing shapes.
July 30, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Because it was the most traditional dragon shape of the bunch that actually made it the hardest. Had to find more novel ways to eke out a bit more juice in the design. In addition to the scale type, I focused on the more novel folding wing shapes.
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More than any of the others this one had a lot of gem bits in the hide. I’m already such a fan of painting osteoderms that doing crystalline ones were a special treat, a painter’s delight 🤠
July 31, 2025 at 7:27 PM
More than any of the others this one had a lot of gem bits in the hide. I’m already such a fan of painting osteoderms that doing crystalline ones were a special treat, a painter’s delight 🤠
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It was quite a fun bit to paint out an entire dragon made of sapphire without photobashing. It basically became a material study at a certain point. Harder to understand now with the material render but I’m really proud of the scale flow on this guy.
August 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
It was quite a fun bit to paint out an entire dragon made of sapphire without photobashing. It basically became a material study at a certain point. Harder to understand now with the material render but I’m really proud of the scale flow on this guy.