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When life gives us lemons......

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No stars, no planets, no nebulae, no space ships that's right just a giant dragon with giant guns and a few poor marines fighting it. Anyway this was inspired from many places, first being me wanting to try something new, the original image that started this piece was called "The Orthene T.REX" by Per Haagensen which is a giant T-REX armed with modern guns killing bugs, great stuff, so I thought I'd combine it with an old dragon design I came up with during A-Level art. Its my first attempt at a full digital painting, not a matte painting like my other non space related art. The infantry were painted by hand using custom brushes and looking at photos as a reference. The whole scene was inspired by the new transformers 2 trailer which was just a huge explosion fest. Anyway let me know what you think.

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Critique by ~Blacklemon67 Jun 1, 2009, 4:07:02 AM
Superb job! The entire picture really conveys the feeling of that tired military corps and their seemingly fruitless efforts to bring down a mythical being that just so happens to be fused with a butload of guns. WOW! That's a mouthful!

Plot aside, your painting skills are great. The reflection of light on the helmet in the bottom left looks far from legit (in the good direction =P)

Anyhow, now for the constructive critique: I swear I've seen something like this before, just a dragon instead of a crazy dinosaur thing.

The awkward pose of the beast sort of messes up the flow, in my opinion and the entire upper third of the frame is blank, and crowded in the other 2 thirds. For this, your impact suffers.
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Critique by ~NakamuraKaito May 27, 2009, 2:59:45 PM
Wow.......*breathe.......*breathe..... Simply amazing...

Sorry about that, I just about hit the floor when I saw this. Your skills and mastrery of the elements of art and the principles of art are unprecidented.

I wish I could achieve this level of skill for in my own digital art and airbrushing...but I still feel I have a long ways to go...a really long way to go.

But regardless, I thought that I was reading a GameInformer and this was a preview of an upcoming game...If it were to come out I'd definatley buy it. LOL...

( I understand that this is an airbrush, and I airbrush so I know the level of difficulty putting a piece of this magnitude together and to edit it would probably mean a complete do over). But the only thing I'd change if at all possible would be the toes. They just seem a little weak...for a B.A. dragon the toes seem scrawny... I'd attempt to bulk them up. But you dont have to cause your the artist, it also may be incredibly difficult, and it's your choice.

Well, it's still amazing and jaw dropping. I look forward for more of your artwork... Keep up the amazing artwork.

--Kaito--
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Mood: Love ~ars189zre Nov 29, 2012
Nice
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Mood: Wow! ~callumsmith9898 Oct 28, 2011
OMG :O thats so awesome..... :O
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Mood: Wow! ~SassyDragon18 May 21, 2011  Hobbyist Writer
Wow!
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Mood: Wow! ~GeneralEisenhower56 Jan 7, 2011
wow, looks great, much better than this so called modern art where art looks like it would have been made by a todler
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*AdamBurn Jan 7, 2011  Professional Digital Artist
Ha yeah funny but that kind of art gets a lot more attention, if I scribbled on a piece of paper and gave it a deep meaning Id get millions haha
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*CorruptedAncient Jan 19, 2010
Woah, for a moment, I thought the creature was carrying a city on its back.
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~Fu-Wind-Swordsman Jan 1, 2010  Hobbyist Writer
Majestic, Great **
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~Twin-lions-swordsman Sep 24, 2009  Student General Artist
an incredible peice, full of action and drama. I love the foreground soldiers, the light and dust around them is flawless. The collapsed building reminds me of the trade center photos, with that pylon sticking up into the air.

I would agree with other posts that there are segments of the dragon creature that are rather awkward, mainly the legs/feet, and the top most guns.

There's also what seems to be a small running figure beneath the maw of the dragon, in the background. This figure (if it even is such, and not a peice of shrapnel) is in my opinion the worst section of the peice.

Overall, an excellent work, well worthy of a favorite.
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~kacktustoo Aug 15, 2009  Hobbyist Digital Artist
hi, i was wondering how you did the soldiers in particular, because they look awsome, aswell as the picture as a whole, dont get me wrong it's fantastic! but i'm really finding it diificult to paint them, thanks (:
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*AdamBurn Aug 16, 2009  Professional Digital Artist
Lighting is key, get some good lighting effects and it boosts a lot of areas, ading some texture from maybe fabric or even rocks wil make it look more rea, also looking at images of real soldiers and seeing how they look
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