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©2005-2009 *rachaelm5
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I couldn't decide whether this was more fantasy or horror, but I finally decided that the river o' blood and bones qualifies it as fairly horrific, so there we go.

This is actually a cover illustration for Paul's HeroQuest Monster Matrix guide. I wanted it to be evil. I mean, really, subtly, nastily, gooshily EVIL. Slurp.

I did this with colored pencil. I did it in about 10 hours over two days. My hand really, really hurts now, but I am blissfully happy with my end results. :D

Original artwork: sold

Prints:
8x10 inches for $15
11x14 inches for $30
16x20 inches not available

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:icondavis190:
That is impressive... That looks like an oil painting instead of colored pencil... you did really well.
you got faved!


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:iconmysticslayer14:
Oh my lord! You did that with colored pencil? Wow that's terrific!

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And thus the curtin falls!
:iconrachaelm5:
Thank you very much. All I have to do now is wait for feeling to return to my drawing hand... :D

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:iconannemarie:
GD! I love the reds!

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:icongoshawk:
I love the dragon's wings... they remind me of butterflies... o.O

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:icongryfalcon:
WOW!! That is evilishly freaking awesome... but it's webbing on the arms kinda either remind me of a butterfly.... or a lion fish....

Anyway, it's really neat looking! Good job!

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:iconsaphiire:
that's colored pencil? O_o
:iconsenaru:
*Sits here trying to figure out how to get her pretty prisma pencils to do this for her* x.X....I practice coloring everyday and I still can't get it to look that good.....I love how cooool it is!!! XDD >.> <.< *dashes off and huggles teh ebilized dwaggie* <3 can't resist a dragon xDDD
:iconrachaelm5:
Yuppers. Prismacolor pencils, specifically, which have really soft leads that blend together very nicely. :-)

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"What we do in life echoes in eternity." -Maximus
:iconrachaelm5:
Oh, you'd probably not want to hug this particular dragon. He'd eat you!

I color on a surface that has a somewhat rough texture - I used cold-pressed illustration board in this case. It takes abuse very well, and it can handle the many, many layers of pencil I lay down.

The secret with Prismacolors is to layer your colors. Lots of layers. I press really hard, too, to get the colors to blend together almost like clay. I tried the colorless blenders before - both the pencil kind and the marker kind - and I wasn't particularly pleased with the results. I just use layers of color.

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"What we do in life echoes in eternity." -Maximus

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