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Reflection of the stars by ~osandstorrm:iconosandstorrm:

Categories Digital Art > Paintings & Airbrushing > Fantasy

©2006-2009 ~osandstorrm
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The mercurial dragon Volant reflects the constellations in his wings: Draco, Ursa Minor, and... a visitor?

Paid commission portrait. Countless hours of work spread across eight months. Yes, this is what I've been so busy with the past few months, as this is an unusually complex painting! Reference included star maps. Painted entirely in Adobe Photoshop LE, using a Wacom pen tablet.

Character of Volant © his player.
This painting © 2006 Orion Sandstorrm. Please don't use my art without my permission.

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!RioX3X Mar 25, 2006, 4:06:38 AM
Very beautiful!

I love the twinkle in the stars and the colours used :)
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~tyshadragon Mar 25, 2006, 5:23:35 AM
Wow, that is so beautiful :)

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=nargus Mar 25, 2006, 5:43:28 AM
Now....that's absolutely beautiful :O

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=nargus Mar 25, 2006, 5:57:46 AM
*put on his desktop* :O :O :O

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Blue Eastern Water Dragon, Brown-skinned Utahraptor from an old time
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~ryuuzin Mar 25, 2006, 6:02:12 AM
(Since I could not comment on your journal entry...)

This is very well-executed and inspiring. *hat tip*
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~urus28 Mar 25, 2006, 6:39:14 AM
Excellent job :thumbsup: i really like the work made on light and reflections :D I would just have made it a little bit more contrasted, i think it would have increse the metal aspect of the dragon ;)

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~Teratornis Mar 25, 2006, 7:51:13 AM
Amazing! The reflections of everything are just gorgeous. And the stars are so thick. How cool. Who's the little elf-person reflected in his right wing?

I love the spectacles. Gives a nice feel to the picture and the dragon himself.

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~osandstorrm Mar 25, 2006, 9:43:10 AM
Increasing the contrast on each reflection tended to make his body look like it was split into pieces. It was originally like that, and didn't make any visual sense, so I dulled it down.
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~osandstorrm Mar 25, 2006, 9:44:13 AM
The person reflected in Volant's right wing is the person who commissioned the painting for him. I thought it would be nice to give him a cameo. :)
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~urus28 Mar 25, 2006, 10:34:59 AM
Really ? A shame... Good to know you have tested it :)

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