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Stone Dragon 01 Jade Furyby *rachaelm5

Traditional Art / Drawings / Fantasy

This was originally going to be a "just for the heck of it" drawing, but as I worked my way through it became more and more complicated... To absolutely no one's surprise, I'm sure. Heh.

Regardless of the complexity of the thing, I was mostly interested in working with the gold paint pen. I don't usually use metallic ink or paint in my work, as I prefer to make the metallic lustre effect with colored pencils. I wanted to see if I could get the same kind of shimmery effect with actual metallic paint. What I found is that while it works just fine when I'm looking at the actual artwork, it does NOT work well in a scanned image. I did some tweaking in Photoshop to try to bring out the "lustre" effect a bit more.

All in all, I think this was a successful experiment. I do still prefer to make my metallic effects with colored pencil, and surprisingly it takes about the same amount of time whether I work with pencil or paint pen!

Companion to
Stone Dragon 02: Jasper Storm
Stone Dragon 03: Lapis Lazuli Breeze
Stone Dragon 04: Opal Sun
Stone Dragon 05: Onyx Shadows
Stone Dragon 06: Malachite Vanguard
Stone Dragon 07: Turquoise Dawn
Stone Dragon 08: Opal Moon

Original artwork: available - $300

Prints:
8x10 inches for $15
11x14 inches for $30
16x20 inches for $50

Stone Dragons to color

Opal Soliloquy
Jade Synergy
Malachite Sentinel
Jasper Equinox
Turquoise Paramount
Citrine Legacy

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~Hotaru-No-Kuronichi Mar 15, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

The eight stone dragons are absolutely beautiful.
You are a god-damn genius with the pen!

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*rachaelm5 Mar 16, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Thanks very much. I really need to get back to this series. I have a whole pile of sketches, but just not enough hours in the day.

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~RacecarArt Jan 8, 2012 General Artist

Say, would it be alright if I used this (or another) piece as the desktop background for my computer? If so, are there any guidelines you'd like me to adhere to or anything? This is probably my favorite of your work (there are so many to choose from!) and I would love to stare at it everytime I turn on my computer, but I'll respect your wishes if you say no.

*rachaelm5 Jan 9, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

You're welcome to use this as a desktop background.

Thanks for your kind words!

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

!MisaMatsumoto10 Nov 23, 2011 Hobbyist

gorgeous

*rachaelm5 Nov 24, 2011 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Thank you.

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!MisaMatsumoto10 Nov 24, 2011 Hobbyist

You're welcome! You are very talented

~Everlasting-Echo Oct 12, 2011 Hobbyist General Artist

PEN?!?!?!

*rachaelm5 Oct 12, 2011 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Gold paint pen, yes. Just for the shiny bits. The rest of it is colored pencil.

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~Darkflametailz Aug 1, 2011 Hobbyist Writer

Your dragons are amazing.

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