The Black Dragon by theSea

DAZ|Studio • Fantasy • posted on Oct 07, 2007

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Meddle not in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup. thanks for stopping by... seems we have a Dragon thing going lately. DAZ Studio render. Postwork in Photoshop. Inspired by some old covers of Dragon Magazine - this is a lighting and materials study (it was also a lot of fun). The idea here is to define the Black Dragon against the black background. This is accomplished through the specular highlighting and reflective properties of the materials. All of the dragon skin uses fresnel reflection/refraction to give a reflective glint. This is very expensive in terms of render time, but I think it ultimately pays off. Lighting uses Dreamlight's free studio lightset as a base and adds a Studio Light Pro Area light to fatten things up a bit. Millineum Dragon, Textures and SLP available at DAZ. Dragon Head morphs from the BattlePack set by Snowsultan. My thanks to everyone who has commented on previous images - as always your critique and suggestions for improvement are valued.

Comments (22)

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sim3344

6:19AM | Sun, 07 October 2007

Excellent work!!!

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Naoo

6:27AM | Sun, 07 October 2007

WOW cool!!!

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kaleya

6:39AM | Sun, 07 October 2007

Gorgeous! Wonderful Point of view very dramatic.

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maraich Online Now!

7:11AM | Sun, 07 October 2007

Before I even read your text it was apparent that you'd put a lot of work into pulling a great deal of detail out of a black dragon against a dark background. I especially like the way the horns and eye came out. The horns really have a nice solid, bony look. It also seems you used a bit of DoF which paid off nicely.

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ThomasMacCallum

8:01AM | Sun, 07 October 2007

This has worked very well, the dragon looks ace, a very interesting explanation - I would like to hear more on the technicals involved.

midnightworrier

8:02AM | Sun, 07 October 2007

wow nice render the eye is perfect

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Cimaira

9:11AM | Sun, 07 October 2007

Excellent dragon render, I love the way he stands out from that black background great work.

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bakapo

9:17AM | Sun, 07 October 2007

wow, you managed a black dragon on black! bravo! this is wonderful, the lighting is excellent.

Thorak

9:28AM | Sun, 07 October 2007

This is really a great Piece, he looks fantastic!!

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ragouc

10:08AM | Sun, 07 October 2007

Really great render.

Kattey

11:16AM | Sun, 07 October 2007

Thanks!

evoluzione33

12:49PM | Sun, 07 October 2007

Excellent!

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ontar1

1:26PM | Sun, 07 October 2007

Awesome, great detail, excellent work!!!!

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jaynep12002

4:07PM | Sun, 07 October 2007

Oh wow -- I have the Mil Dragon and haven't really used him, but since I seem to be on an animal roll right now, I may have to give it a try. This is awesome!!! That eye is just staring right at you!!

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