Armored Hawk

Posted Sep 29, 2007, 9:30:32 PM UTC

Gaulzen turned his head to look at his mount. Though he and Vennim still had a rather raw relationship, the vampire found himself liking the dragon more and more with each passing second. Vennim's ebony hide was blacker than the night itself, each indivdiaul scale had its own dark shadow and blood red highlight. Vennim's acid green eyes seemed to glow in the dark along with his pale gray, almost white, underbelly. Vennim, with his neck in a S shape and his wings folded comfortably, appeared to be at ease. His long narrow jaws reminded Gaulzen very much of a hawk, only this hawk was larger, nastier, armored, and more powerful than any other hawk.

Wee, finally done with it.

All critiques and compliments welcome

Comments

Minimaid
Nov 11, 2007, 7:25:19 AM UTC
Again - Love your composition here, although I wish his nose weren't cut off. I suppose that was the scanner, though, and no fault of your own. You have the neck shape down perfectly - very graceful pose - and I love the colour you've chosen for the eyes. The only thing I think could really improve this piece would again be darker shadows. It is definitely a lovely drawing, though, despit its lightness. The scale detail on his wings really stands out.
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- Saigith
  Nov 11, 2007, 8:30:10 AM UTC
  Yeah, my scanner hates me. Same with my colored pencils. They don't like to darken shadows for me. And thank you
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  Minimaid
  Nov 11, 2007, 8:36:07 AM UTC
  If you can get your hands on some black construction paper, it might be a fun idea for you to use your coloured pencils on those - the ide is to work in reverse - colour the highlights and put less tint on the shadows. It's amazingly fun!
  
  You probably already do this, but normally layering of colour on colour with pencilcrayons will help brings out shadows as well. I like to use Blues, purples, and greens for my coloured pencil shadows, but everyone has a different technique.
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  Saigith
  Nov 11, 2007, 8:48:02 AM UTC
  Actually, no, I don't use layers normally. I never tried using color on color shadowing, but I have consindered using it sometimes. Thank you very much for the tips ^^
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