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Kistaro Windrider 3 by ~osandstorrm:iconosandstorrm:

Categories Digital Art > Paintings & Airbrushing > Fantasy

©2005-2009 ~osandstorrm
:iconosandstorrm:

Artist's Comments

Commissioned portrait of the dragon Kistaro Windrider.

It's the portrait that wouldn't quit! Just when I thought it was done, it decided that it wanted MORE COLOR to help the white parts stand out.

How I did this:
the first layer is a scan of a complex pencil drawing, done with just plain gray #2 and #1 pencils; that portion is pure Traditional Art, and all the stuff that follows is Digital Art. The second layer above that is set to Soft Light, and is used to tint the gray linework; by itself, this layer just looks like a completely abstract painting, like if a box of crayons exploded. The third layer is set to Multiply, and was used for the broad, soft, airbrushed colors that are independent of the linework... for example, the gold swooshy stuff on the sides... that's the MORE COLOR part.

Prior versions of this picture:
[link] Upper half only, uncolored.
[link] Full, uncolored.
[link] Full, linework colored, using the second layer that I just explained to you.

Image copyright 2005 Orion Sandstorrm.
Character copyright Kistaro Windrider. You can find Kistaro here: [link]

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*evanescence Mar 5, 2005, 6:50:37 PM
This is definitely one of the coolest pieces you've ever done. The motion is so beautifully rendered that I feel myself being sucked in.

A true image of ethereal awesomeness. :boogie: *adds to favorites*

--
If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you ever tried.

:noes:
:iconzyleeth:
~Zyleeth Mar 5, 2005, 6:52:47 PM
This is very beautiful. I just love how you've colored it.

--
~Secretly Sinister~

Je aime Drakun! ^.=.^

*avatar by ~lynne*
:iconscribblekitten:
~ScribbleKitten Mar 6, 2005, 2:46:40 AM
It's so great. I'm really loving this futurism thing ou've got going on recently, as I've mentioned before. =^.^=

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=draigefydd * *werecarrot * *labhaoisa * ~twistypigeon * ~vurtual
:iconralesk:
~ralesk Mar 7, 2005, 4:07:20 AM
Umm… Sandstorrm, that’s fucking sweet! o.o
:iconstarstricken-disaste:
~Starstricken-Disaste Mar 7, 2005, 9:22:14 PM
Great feeling here. Very colorful and free

--
And no one sings me lullabyes
And no one makes me close my eyes
So I throw the windows wide
And call to you across the sky....
--Pink Floyd
:iconmaigo-no-kirin:
~maigo-no-kirin Mar 13, 2005, 6:17:48 PM
OMG!
-=dies=-
I love it!
:iconsskessa:
~Sskessa Mar 16, 2005, 7:44:53 PM
It's totally awsome. I wish I could think up something to say but I just can't. The designs are great, the colors are great, the movement is great. I can't believe that's digital!
:iconosandstorrm:
~osandstorrm Mar 18, 2005, 9:15:01 AM
Thank you. ^_^ It's not really an "I can't believe it's not digital" painting, because it's more than halfway drawn with a good ol' #2 pencil. Photoshop was just for coloring it in! I'm going to add a "how I did it" explanation to the image's description.
:iconrej-:
*rej- Apr 3, 2005, 6:38:10 AM
I'm impressed by your style and I particularly love this picture. It has a lot of details in the shades of colors, but also in the effect of the creature's movement. It has a flavour of abstract that makes the whole picture so charming. :+fav:

--
To see a world in a Grain of Sand,
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour.
(William Blake)
:iconkioreija:
~kioreija Apr 17, 2005, 4:44:48 PM
Wow, this is truly wonderful! Beautiful!
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