Encounter in the Dragon Cave by digitani
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This is an idea I had for a good old fashioned dragon slayer animation. I don't know if I will ever do the animation, but I did finally finish this still. The idea here is that the dragon was completely hidden in the dark until it opened its mouth and the escaping flames lit its figure enough for the slayer to see it.
The flames are of special note in this pic, since they are generated via a particle system. I found that you can create pretty good fire by rendering particles as metaballs, making the color change with the timeline from yellow to orange to black, applying a fractal pattern to the alpha channel, and increasing the transparency with time via the alpha channel until it disappears. It can produce a better effect than this, but this is all I wanted for this particular pic.
No postwork.
I hope you like it!
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Comments (6)
theconqueror
Superb idea and image..well done...
hilltl
Great image! I love the way it turned out. I especially like the lighting. The spotlight on the warrior is perfect. You know how much I like those flames! Also, I think leaving the cloak off is better. I believe it would have distracted from the scene. The only criticism I have is that I would like to see the dragon's eyes.
stevey3d
Excellent image! Superb composition, lighting and sense of scale! 5+
e-brink
A nice sense of focus and impending doom... or victory!
cole4965
Wow! Really awesome image!!! Love it!
Heathcroft
Nice use of scale and 'presence' a story waiting to happen!