EOW 167 :: Elemental Dragon Hatchery - (Moai wins!)

[Vulgar`]

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e181/chaosrocks/EOW2.jpg

EOW 167 :: Elemental Dragon Hatchery
topic suggested by Flame_Unquenchable & hunchback


Brief:

Earth
Air
Fire
Water (can be ice)

A place where dragons are born... with an elemental twist. Choose your element from the four listed above!





ENTRIES:



Nickodemus

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RtRz7qoW5Sw/Tg3ygMKHJBI/AAAAAAAAAXk/qjVyJbtHvE4/s1600/EOW_Elemental_Dragon_Hatchery.jpg












Zirngibism

This is actually a completely 2D painting - no 3D rendering, though I did design this in 3D and use that as a guide for my drawing. It took a crapload of time and layers, but I enjoyed it.

This hatchery dangles the eggs over hot, steamy springs (inspired by Yellowstone). So it's fire AND water because they're in a steam environment, and obviously air because they're, well, hanging in air! Plus earth because they're soaking up some of the minerals that linger in the spring vapor, like sulphur (OK, well, that one's a bit of a stretch...). Anyway, people use these towers to cultivate plants as well, which will become one of the first foods for the hatchlings. The hatchlings would be stored in the bottom rooms as well (visible in the right). Currently vacant from this particular scene, so use your imagination! haha

http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1267738&stc=1&d=1309503499

Processes:
http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1261480&stc=1&d=1308806085











Ros1

http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1268653&stc=1&d=1309611990













Lege1

http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1267610&stc=1&d=1309482711















OchreHand

http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1267540&stc=1&d=1309475591












Andantonius

The ancient forest had remained untouched for thousands of years. Hidden on a large island surrounded by extremely treacherous seas and far away from other lands, it was free from all industry or intrusion upon its natural cycle, allowing the trees to grow to towering heights. Eventually the earth dragons discovered the island and realized its natural protection, given that the only access was through the skies, and so it became their primary nesting ground. Hidden safely away in the hills, wrapped up among the twisting roots, the eggs of these dragons sit safely unattended, waiting for the warm spring sun to signal their entrance in to the world.

http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1267542&stc=1&d=1309475664













neilpa77

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1268639&d=1309611317













neutral.

http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1267506&stc=1&d=1309472043














Moai

Jacobi Hawkeye, treasure hunter extraordinaire, lowered himself into the dragons' nesting caverns. The sight that greeted his eyes was more majestic than even an experienced adventurer such as himself had been prepared for. Yawning fissures emitted strange turquoise light, suffusing the vast space with an eerie, misty glow. Globular columns of rock, shaped by the dragons' own strange powers, rose like solidified smoke from the cave's floor to the ceiling. The columns were honeycombed with irregular nesting cavities, many of which flickered and glinted from the incubation fires within. Several dragons were visible, emerging from their dens and gliding ponderously from column to column. Even those earth dragons, largest and heaviest of the great drakes, were dwarfed by their vast, cavernous hatchery.

http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1267480&stc=1&d=1309468720














Emokun

http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1267244&stc=1&d=1309451965















merl1n

http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1267096&stc=1&d=1309434335















Fenrysk

In the skies above the western regions, naturally occurring magic crystal formations have caused some of the mountains to float to high altitudes. These crystals are infused with the air elemental magic, and for this reason, when a crystal vein has reached critical mass, is able to lift a whole piece of a mountain to the sky. The dragons that roost in these floating mountains lay their eggs in areas where the crystals would form near or around the clutch, allowing the dragons to absorb some of the crystal properties very early on. The magically infused dragons are thus able to manipulate winds, allowing them to fly higher and faster than other dragons. Some of the greater dragons of this air brood have been known to have power to create storms various kinds, manipulating air thermals to cause even rain, ice, or snow.

http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1266997&stc=1&d=1309423680












Urotskidoji

http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1266948&stc=1&d=1309420831














JSpayde

http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1266635&stc=1&d=1309393028















Angel Intheuk

http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1266607&stc=1&d=1309388597













Goog

More of a nesting grounds than a hatchery... I just couldn't picture a dragon just leaving its eggs once they were laid.

http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1266606&stc=1&d=1309388551














JanJager

http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1266580&stc=1&d=1309387247


















AdrianNagorski

Description:

A traveling wizard stumbles upon a dragon hatchery, little does he know he is been watched as well.

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1266174&d=1309342886














gunsbins

I've choose air and choose the scifi theme for it, with a little bit creepy. The mutant dragon babies is growing up on a ruin sky-hanging industrial site, the eggs are hang on the chemical tubes. The keyword for creation is : sky, hatchery, industry, creepy scifi.

http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1266112&stc=1&d=1309324500














alive

http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1265813&stc=1&d=1309297233















Juki

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1265709&d=1309286539













Aeronik

Not much to add by way of back story. I tried to make a safe, warm feeling environment in a secluded place for dragons to hatch their young. The eggs are incubated in the steaming, sulfurous hot-pools and the funneled, water shaped rocks offer roosts for the newly hatched.

http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1267033&stc=1&d=1309429522















+oas+

http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/z347/49ers3130/lva.jpg















Varguy

http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1262888&stc=1&d=1308958930
















dothaitthanh

Air Dragon

http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1262541&stc=1&d=1308924051
















Blankstate

Fire
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1262349&d=1308892124
















zinph

Dragon hatchery under water. The dragon eggs grown bigger and float up, so they are anchored by something like tree root :D

http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1262334&stc=1&d=1308889065















revenebo

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1261732&d=1308838768















Alexey Chubrikov

Water dragon capsule
http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1261642&stc=1&d=1308825080

Process:
http://s53.radikal.ru/i140/1106/51/6ddd3f049d18.gif















Hideyoshi

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1261244&d=1308784747















OleOlsen

http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1260837&stc=1&d=1308752459













insane lemur

Fire
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1260751&d=1308738649















Sergon

Air hatchery
http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1258372&stc=1&d=1308452248














These are entries that didn't make it to poll but I thought should be up for display here! Enjoy


Emokun

This is my idea, dragon hatchery in a stranger and mysterious cavern of ice.

http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1261820&stc=1&d=1308845826














Blankstate

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1261507&d=1308808708













Dile_

http://dennisbjork.com/blog2/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/update_numbero_three.jpg














Corrick

http://williamwerk.com/art/hatchery.jpg

[takashmen]

Hideyoshi, Dile_, insane lemur - each of you made amazing work!

[neilpa77]

I voted for Moai and Ros1...Such a shame Corrick didn't enter his WIP as his final, definitely would have been my favourite, such a strong piece!!!!

[alive]

why did dile's not make it to poll it was way better than mine lol, I kind of gave up on mine didn't want to finish it haha,

amazing work everybody I'm totally impressed by all the awesome entries this round, last round was really cool too, these weekly challenges are really fun

edit - damn I'm sorry I didn't realize I could vote for more than one entry, my bad I feel terrible, also really liked insane lemurs, merlins, moais, and ros1s alot

[Rob Powell]

Holy shit! Awsome work guys, I didn't really have the right push for this one so I didn't enter, but it's not like I would've won anyways,...voted for Nickodemus, Ros1, JanJager, gunsbins, Varguay, and Hideyoshi; Great artwork guys!

[Lege1]

Vulgar: Thank you so much for including my entry in the poll. I finished but the voting thread wasn't up yet. I work a lot and didn't get to post, but thank you so much for including me. This was an awesome E.O.W. round and I am so happy that I at least got one vote on my work =) Cheers to everyone! Great work ladies and gentlemen ;)

[Urötskidoji]

Here is my crit to the ones I voted on:

OchreHand - Really nice atmosphere and depth, simple yet intriguing!

Moai - Excellent lightning and atmosphere! Just brilliant, it reminds me of some old fantasy book cover.

merl1n - I had a similar idea for a water dragon hatchery, but you´ve really nailed it. The waterfall in the
back gives a nice calming feel to the place.


zinph - Great idea! Really like the setting and the light.

insane lemur - This one reminds me of the boardgame DungeonQuest, looks really cool! Perhaps a bit too
"noisy" to me, but overall it´s a great piece!

[dragon4lunch]

Hey, I want to vote for Dile and Gunbins, but Dile's name is missing from the poll. There is a mistake, needs fixing!

[Burhtun]

Very nice Moai, nice lighting and mood. Reddish rocky texture overlay is a bit obvious and distracting in spots, particularly in the top right corner. Not worked into the environment enough. Other than that, awesome.

[insane lemur]

Urotskidoji-i'm glad you said that cause now i realize how much i overlit the background. egg and treasure got lost, blehh... Gonna check out DungeonQuest lol.

As I scroll down the page Hideyoshi's hits me like a freight train, and Moai's is so relaxed and chill, love those!

[Highland3r]

very nice, great work guys.

i voted for OchreHand, Gunsbins and Ros1.

[Hideyoshi]

came back from a trip to New York, kinda missed the voting...
kickass round! Moai, congrats, sweet piece man!

[Incinerated]

Super round still sad I didn't finish mine... Again great round guys

[Blitzanger]

Upon voting, I was catapulted to a thread from 2002 about a Kurt Cobain speedpaint.

I adore all of the entries, but Neutral's was my favourite. I could look at it forever. Insane Lemur's and Hideyoshi's were also fantastic, I worked a few sketches without looking at what anyone had painted and my sketches looked just like Lemur's, so I am a fan :D

[Deadlyhazard]

Wow, I just loved looking at the entries for this one. BEAUTIFUL works! The tears won't stop coming!