Shadowgorge 02: Worldbreaker, Worldmaker

Edit:  I went over the whole picture with a matte spray varnish.  The super-shiny effect of the original varnish really was too much for this picture - I was losing track of the dragon!  Now I think it works quite a bit better.  At least, it's a little easier to differentiate between the rocks and the dragon's body.  

My friend at work is as much a rockaholic as I am.  He has a twelve-pound tumbler, so he is able to polish some pretty big slabs and chunks - lately he's been keen on petrified wood.  In the process of tumbling, a lot of little pieces break off.  He wasn't sure what to do with them, but didn't want to throw the little pebbles away, so he asked me if I could make use of them.  

Why yes, I can *always* make use of rocks in my art projects.  I tried very hard not to drool over his offering.

I stared at the bag of rocks for about five minutes, and then an image of Shadowgorge, complete with a twirling mass of those lovely petrified wood pebbles, popped into my head.  

The background is watercolor and India ink.  The main image (moons, stars, mountains, and dragon) I made with Prismacolor pencils.  I adhered the rocks to the picture with about half a cup of acrylic gloss varnish.  It is SUPER SHINY.  Also, there are some random bits of gravel and a couple of goldstones.  

I made this piece primarily for a city-wide art exhibit/competition that will be happening later this summer; it's the arts version of the Corporate Challenge.  I'm one of a very small number of people who has the audacity to submit fantasy art to this show on a regular basis.  


Original art: sold.  Exclusive commercial usage rights also reserved by the purchaser.  

Matted prints (shipping in US/Canada included):
5x7 inches for $10
8x10 inches for $15
11x14 inches for $30
16x20 inches for $50


Pencil drawing (that I will eventually have available as lineart to color):




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