The Dragon Nebula by theSea

Mixed Medium • Science Fiction • posted on Jan 08, 2008

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Hi-- Thanks for stopping by. This was something of a departure from my usual, and I thought I'd share it. Sometimes we need to step our of our comfort zone. It's probably a too dark.. but oh well. "The Dragon Nebula" was inspired by a John Howe painting in his "Fantasy Art Workshop" book - highly recommended. Some of the starfield and nebula effects were rendered in POV Ray and the 'dragon' started life as a DAZ|Studio render of DAZ's Wyvern model. Everything else was hand painted in Photoshop. Special thanks to "Sethren" at www.solarvoyager.com for the "Realistic Planet" tutorial. As always constructive criticism is most welcome.

Comments (9)

Kattey

9:58PM | Tue, 08 January 2008

I like that picture :)

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ESarge

10:15PM | Tue, 08 January 2008

Nicely done. You did a great job.

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lorddarkwolf

3:29AM | Wed, 09 January 2008

I do not think there is any critique I could give this, truely outstanding work

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Akhbour

4:30AM | Wed, 09 January 2008

Well, maybe a bit dark, but even that wouldn't change a lot, looks great Michael and I really love the execution and final result!

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ontar1

7:15AM | Wed, 09 January 2008

It might be dark but that is what adds to the scene, or at least to me, excellent work, I like the dragon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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synapse001

8:05AM | Wed, 09 January 2008

I'm always impressed with your work. This one is no exception, great idea and fantastic execution. The only thing I wonder about is the planet's shadow. It 'feels' like it should be darker. I know how much of a perfectionist you are, so I am guessing that the problem isn't the shadow but my limited knowledge. So you're going to make me go diggin up reference photos. The nebula itself is fascinating, I keep going back to it, it seems to be in motion. Love it.

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