Dragon Surfing by Rutra

Vue • Fantasy • posted on Jan 23, 2008

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Full size view is recommended. It kind of "pops". :-) Humans riding dragons is a very recurrent theme. But I think I never saw a human riding a dragon as a surf board, using a valley's ascending hot air currents. That would be kind of fun, wouldn't it? :-) I made for the girl light and colorful clothes to fit this moment of pure and simple joy. I chose basic colors for the whole scene (red, green and blue) to ilustrate the simplicity of her life. As usual in my landscapes, there's only one light source, which is the sun (lighting consistency in landscapes is one of the things I always strive for). I chose the angle of the sun as near noon for two reasons: first, to take the most advantage from the richness of the shadowplay in the cliff wall depressions, and second to give this scene a bright, sunny, happy mood. The valley was done, as usual, in Geocontrol2, textured in Vue. The vegetation is an ecosystem with a mixture of several things (there are nearly 1 million trees and bushes in this scene). For a notion of scale, I added some haze and three dragons in the distance (two near the water, you can even see their shadows and reflections, and one in front). In Vue, these dragons have exactly the same scale as the main dragon, so you can see this is a huge set. I might use it again in future scenes. This is my second image in a series about dragons. The first was "Shepherd of Dragons", link below.

I would like to thank all of you who were kind enough to comment and fave this image. I must admit I never expected such strong reaction, it was very much appreciated. Thanks for watching!

Comments (46)

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sarara

6:46AM | Thu, 24 January 2008

The view from the high sky is very wonderful. Feelings that fly over the sky!

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EhsanA

7:16AM | Thu, 24 January 2008

Excellent image

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campbellsoup59

7:19AM | Thu, 24 January 2008

great perspective, well done.

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grafikeer

8:34AM | Thu, 24 January 2008

Simply amazing!!!Everything about this image is incredible...the pov,atmo and detailing is super,the posing of figure and dragons adds drama and leads you through the image.5+++ and a fave...well done Artur!

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pixelmeister

8:35AM | Thu, 24 January 2008

Cool! Very nice!

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Stardust_Crossing

8:44AM | Thu, 24 January 2008

Beautiful and well-balanced composition. Absolutely fine work!

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Ragazzo_Solo

9:44AM | Thu, 24 January 2008

Very, very, VERY nice!

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Rob2753

1:11PM | Thu, 24 January 2008

Excellent POV I like the dizzying height :) I also like the eco, great lighting and atmosphere. I agree with you about the cosistency of light sources too !

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