Color Me Theran - Ulario's Terra
Color Me Theran - Ulario's Terra
Color Me Theran - Ulario's Terra by Stratadrake
Description
Description
Colored version of a dragon lineart by Ulario.deviantart.com, for her recent dA coloring contest.
(Not the winner.) But I do love drawing full moons, and by now I guess inverted colored-pencil drawings are one of my trademark styles; there's just no way to describe that sense of accomplishment from spending long hours shading by faith, only at the end to scan & invert the piece and (for the very first time) view it as it was truly meant to be seen.
Used a different brand of pencils this time; good smooth lines but they couldn't shade like I was hoping to, so I ended up spending many hours drawing in each and every one of those little bitty scales. I shorted myself a lot of sleep that night, but it was worth it.
Anyone interested in seeing the original (non-inverted) drawing as it appeared on paper can view it in my deviantArt Scraps, here.
8.5x11", full-views at 75px/in.
(Posted here with Ulario's permission.)
(Not the winner.) But I do love drawing full moons, and by now I guess inverted colored-pencil drawings are one of my trademark styles; there's just no way to describe that sense of accomplishment from spending long hours shading by faith, only at the end to scan & invert the piece and (for the very first time) view it as it was truly meant to be seen.
Used a different brand of pencils this time; good smooth lines but they couldn't shade like I was hoping to, so I ended up spending many hours drawing in each and every one of those little bitty scales. I shorted myself a lot of sleep that night, but it was worth it.
Anyone interested in seeing the original (non-inverted) drawing as it appeared on paper can view it in my deviantArt Scraps, here.
8.5x11", full-views at 75px/in.
(Posted here with Ulario's permission.)
General Info
General Info
Comments
36
Media Colored Pencil / Crayon
Time Taken 8-9 hours
Reference http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/58952568/
Media Colored Pencil / Crayon
Time Taken 8-9 hours
Reference http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/58952568/
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Shadowsonic1331 on September 24, 2008, 9:58:39 AM
awsome dragon well done ^^snwboardgirl on May 1, 2008, 1:49:50 PM
snwboardgirl on
Beautiful.I love the detail in the scales and in the wings.
The choice of colors are amazing also.
Great job.
Lamia on March 29, 2008, 3:08:01 PM
Lamia on
Nicely done. Beautigul detail. I like that you spend alot of time on this; it shows. I like that if that green were inverted in ms paint, it would be that color of purple.Smart.
-Lamia
cheese456 on December 31, 2007, 4:06:14 AM
cheese456 on
Wow. How tall is that dragon anyway? That dark night sky is very...I don't even know what words to use. I find myself doing that a lot these days....but, this picture is very pretty(I know saying "pretty" seems weak)! That dragon has elegance!meray on December 11, 2007, 9:54:41 PM
meray on
me want that pic! very pretty and i want to write this dragan on my next story if thats okay with you. with your permission.cause its so pretty and like i said b4 i want that pic. so realistic. the way the colors are coloredStratadrake on December 12, 2007, 12:28:25 PM
Stratadrake on
wtf MY permission? Lol. This was ulario's dragon, you should probably ask her....DungeonsAndDragonsFreak on December 5, 2007, 4:20:55 PM
Good job, and nice style of coloring. I would like to see a bit more contrast in value to give it a bit more depth and detail. Other than that keep up the good work.Triss on December 2, 2007, 2:50:11 AM
Triss on
Eesh, I commend you for your patience.Did you create all those scales or were they already part of the drawing?
Stratadrake on December 2, 2007, 7:12:59 AM
Stratadrake on
The original drawing (I did link it) was just lineart -- I did draw all the scales myself.Triss on December 2, 2007, 7:24:00 AM
Triss on
Ack, apologies. Something tells me you're getting a bit sick with folk asking you things like this....Battou on November 6, 2007, 7:05:29 PM
Battou on
I have got to try that, I'll likely fail but I have to try to find out for sure.Stratadrake on November 6, 2007, 9:24:57 PM
Stratadrake on
This one makes ... oh, I forget exactly how many times I've used the technique by now.Battou on November 7, 2007, 7:12:47 PM
Battou on
The question remains, what should I try it on? It's been so long since I have picked up color pencils I don't even know if I can still use them, loljames13 on October 28, 2007, 12:31:22 AM
james13 on
wow..coil..nice...awsomeaboud15 on October 19, 2007, 9:46:21 PM
aboud15 on
cool love it!