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Gmax
05-23-2006, 10:40 AM
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Title: Dragonmaid
Name: Thomas Tsigaridas
Country: Norway
Software: Photoshop

1st finished work here, so be gentle I'm usually drawing fantasy related images, and this is no exception: women and dragons are favourites within the genre. I worked for hours to get the face straight, but had to give it up - homework to be done here! Photoshop with wacom tablet every now and then over approx a week.
eishiya
05-23-2006, 07:44 PM
Very nice-looking anatomy here, but not very accurate. Women don't usually have bulky muscles like that, even very strong ones. Women with muscles tend to lack the fat that this woman has in her thighs, and woman just don't get thick arms like that. As for her face, I think it's her right eye (farthest from the viewer) that makes it look off. Also, the head is too small, which adds to the weird appearance of the face. Another thing is her hair, it looks a bit glued to her neck, it should hand down rather than following the shape of her body.

The environment (sky and tops of the mountains) and dragon's head look a bit unfinished, but I can't really tell you much more than that as I do not know how you want them to look.

Oh, one last thing. The dragon is facing outward from the picture, which leads the eyes out of the frame - not usually a good thing. You should either change the dragon's direction or make the mountains darker to make a barrier to guide the eyes back into the image.
Gmax
05-24-2006, 09:29 AM
Eishiya! Thanks a bunch for constructive comments :) I usually make my characters rather buffy, but need perhaps to work on making it more convincing. My female characters are a lot more pumped up on sketch level than this, I assure you ;) And the head and face - always a nightmare. Hair, yes - taking notes :) The dragon and mountains were supposed to be a little rough, but you are probably right that it still could have used more work.

That background thing never occurred to me, but I see it very clearly now. Thanks for pointing it out :)

Great comment - I really appreciate it!
pap87
05-24-2006, 10:35 AM
Whoa! I would NOT want to mess with her! If you like chicks with muscles like that then fair enough, but the face does need some work as mentioned. Honestly though, the shading is very nice.
Gmax
05-26-2006, 05:53 AM
pap87: thanks, man! Appreciate your comments :)
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