CgTalk Daily Sketch 2076 55mn "Dragon Wars"

[silenceimpaired]

Time: 54 minutes
Program: Photoshop CS4
Description:
He marveled at his luck. having been thrusted into the role of Dragon Slayer against his will he was relieved that in the end the mighty giants had fallen by their own greed. For it had been in the setting of the sun that the fever of gold had come upon the beasts and they had torn themselves to shreds.
http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/8142/dragonwarsl.jpg

[Creeto]

PS, ~35mn + 5mn for scale brush. if anyone wanna give the brush a test you can get it at my new blog. there isn't much there right now but...well, anyway :) http://qolor.wordpress.com/

http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/979/dragonwars.jpg

[brookselliott]

I got carried away with this one and I was learning to use photoshop brushes and used Creeto's scale brush which is pretty cool. Thanks Creeto!
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4025/4373819427_0457b315be_o.jpg

This took me 2.5 hrs.

[Oyuri]

A couple of young boys fighting over whose stuffed dragon is best. :)

About an hour, I think.

http://www.giantsinthesky.com/Blog_Images/DragonWars.png

[crozer]

Photoshop CS4, 35 min.
http://i47.tinypic.com/fabln5.jpg

[silenceimpaired]

Creeto - I love the warm and cold colors mixed so well like that!

brookselliott - Your illustration reminds me of the covers of the Xanth books...

Oyuri - for some reason this reminds me of harry potter... no clue why.

crozer - this looks like the end of the die hard series where the hero is alive: barely.

very awesome guys!

[Creeto]

had some extra time on my hands so of course i spent it on a proper sketch for this topic
i got this idea of a conjurer creating dragons before war

TB + CP + PS, ~110mn

FINAL (click the picture to get the full size)

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/8864/74740529.jpg (http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/8864/74740529.jpg)


TL pic, ~40mn

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/7628/dwt.jpg

[Sazem]

1h with photoshop 7..
http://ao.hamk.fi/%7Epesonsa/maalaukset/dragonwar.jpg

[RoyalFlush]

good work, guys :)

heres mine..

PS, 60mn

http://crewler.whosme.de/dragon.jpg

Royal

[brookselliott]

Silenceimpaired - thanks for the compliment. Yeah I think it's no longer a sketch when I spend over 2 hours on it. I didn't use any reference but it does kinda remind me of some of the cover art for those books after you mentioned it. I guess everything we draw comes from some kind of reference whether we are aware of it or not.

[crozer]

good work, guys :)

http://crewler.whosme.de/dragon.jpg

Royal

ROYAL - indeed.

[RoyalFlush]

crozer, thank you my friend :)!

Royal

[DSC]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v253/dannielsc/sketches/dragonwars400.jpg

A real piece would have cool clouds, some lighting sense, some dragons breathing fire and whatnot.

No dragons were harmed in the making of this picture.

[sandsekh]

Ok So not really a dragon person - But all the entries inspired me. (and yeah Painting right after watching Avatar, so a major hangover :))
PS..Sorry Din note the time but 50mins for sketch and additional time for color correction and crop
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff195/sandsekh/dragonwars.jpg

[Her0d]

Twice the limit - nearly two hours (Photoshop)
http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/5561/2076dragonwars.jpg

[gingerbreadman]

Ps 60 min

http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/3203/157dragonwar.jpg

[elmo3d]

Her0d - man that's awesome, simply awesome
sandsekh - you can almost feel that pandora breeze :D nice colors, again :)
Creeto - both are nice but I prefer your first one because of composition and colors

here's mine. I was satisfied with it until Her0d submited his sketch :D and again I exceeded given time. My problem is I cannot stop until it looks right to me, so I'm correcting things, diving into details... wasting time. I always try to be quick but i forgot about it along the way...

Final, about 3h...
http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/5580/dragonwarsfinal.jpg (http://img683.imageshack.us/i/dragonwarsfinal.jpg/)

i guess this is how it looked at 55mn
http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/473/dragonwarstl55.jpg (http://img9.imageshack.us/i/dragonwarstl55.jpg/)

[Her0d]

Thanks, Elmo, but that pic is nothing more but a black shape with the glowing eyes, and a dramatic sky behind it:-)

[curlyhair]

One hour for this one. I'd call it "Hero" ^_-
http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/3933/75133865.jpg

[Her0d]

One hour for this one. I'd call it "Hero" ^_-

...looks more like "Execution Of A Hero" to me :-) Anyway, nice work :-)

[Danoid]

Hello , great stuff everyone.

Creeto: Very nice color palette in your piece.
RoyalFlush: cool rendering and posing, my only crit is i think a little bit of space
in the left of the canvas in the direction of dragon scream will help the composition a little , from my point of view. Now, for me it feels just a little bit claustrophobic because of the proximity of the canvas margins.

Her0d: I like very much your ideea by having the dragon dark against a well lit background ( contre jour if i spell it wright).I wish i had this ideea first. :buttrock:

elmo3d: Cool composition. The way the scales of the dragon makes the eye move around the painting and the connection it makes with the second dragon is awesome.The only thing i can say is just maybe making the head of the second much bigger might create a little bit of space and sense of hierarchy in the painting helping the viewer to get implied in the action.Great Work

Here is mine:
one hour, photoshop, hope you like it.



http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff202/danghiordanescuportofolio/Various/DragonWars.jpg

[curlyhair]

I was ironic :) People too straight nowdays ^_- Thank you;)

[curlyhair]

DanBrush (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=21549), very nice action! It took me a moment to understand what's going on,but it's really great - I can feel the speed,the fury.Very dynamic!
Her0d (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=108473), I really like the sky and atmosphere.It looks scarry - a great shadow falling from the sky - seems dramatic,great atmosphere.

[Enak]

This is my try with PS
- the reference (http://www.lesnouveauxdandys.com/.a/6a00e550ab51b088340105367d97b4970b-800wi)
progress in between 1h and more than 2h
http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/1205/dragonwarcopie.jpg (http://img704.imageshack.us/i/dragonwarcopie.jpg/)
I'm sorry but, I don't know when is the weekly voting thread so I post the final for the moment and I will continue this drawing ...
nearly 3 hours:
http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/6505/dragonwar3final.jpg
Hope you like it :p
and the real final: http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/6299/dragonwar5.th.jpg (http://img202.imageshack.us/i/dragonwar5.jpg/)

[Advarsky]

55min
http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/3599/fast18.jpg

[danielh68]

Some very cool entries for this topic.

50mins.

http://www.danielhelzer.com/sketches2/sketch651a.jpg

...and then two more hours worth.

http://www.danielhelzer.com/sketches2/sketch651b.jpg

[Creeto]

danielh68, been missing your sketches. nice one as always! :)

[danielh68]

Thanks Creeto :) Yeah it's been awhile, wish I could contribute more regularly.

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DSC - Very dynmaic scene, the action reminds me of the dogfights in the old war movies.

sandsekh - Nice work...like the strong Silhouette and brilliant fire pouring forth.

Her0d - Dark, gloomy and sinister. Cool angle too :)

gingerbreadman - It shows you don't need a distant shot to convey a dragon. Even at an extreme close range it to reads well. Good job!

elmo3d - Wow! The intense warm and cool palette is mesmerizing.

curlyhair - This one has an excellent narrative quality to it. Very cool.

DanBrush - Hands down the best in exaggerated foreshortening. As a viewer, I fell like I'm free falling right through the epic battle. Great work.

Enak - You really put a creative twist on the subject. Quite funny :)

Advarsky - Those giant senewy necks really capture the turmoil of battle!

Silenceimpaired - A lot of compositional thought in this one. I dig how the dragon's back resembles a mountain with trees.

Creeto - Very cool intensity and drama happening. I also admire the loose and abstract feel you've maintained throughout the piece.

brookselliott - Ha! Another packin' dragon with a full automatic :)

Oyuri - Great composition and original interpretation of the topic.

Crozer - Nice dragon design and shading.

Creeto (the second edition) - Ah, this is sweet man :) Really conjures up a great story.

Sazem - Modern man against ancient dragon. Great intensity and lots of action!

Royal Flush - That's a wicked looking dragon...awesome.

[Danoid]

danielh68 (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=54948) : that's great stuff, i love the way you move the eye in the canvas.congratulations

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