Pagan Swamp Dragon
 

Woah, it's been a long time since I posted something in the IT'S FINALLY FINISHED section... But here it is, an [almost] finished piece I did yesterday. Yeah, it needs some more work here and there [maybe some more contrast in the trees and the dragon...] but I scanned it...and wanted to show it here.

I'm kinda satisfied with this piece, which doesn't happen that much lately. :^^:

http://members.lycos.nl/tayama2/artw...pdragonwip.jpg

very nice, i love the leering .
maby put something in for scale.

you have a very nice line quality and the dragon's hands are well drawn, too.

I think I'd like to see a stronger value change between foreground, middleground and background to help give it some structure. Right now, everything is very evenly grey and the areas of white and black aren't uniting to build shapes.

It's very cool, but hard to pick out. You need some stronger contrast so everything isn't just so dark.

It looks wcked, but I agree with some earlier posts. I am having a tough time figuring out what to look at, just because there isn't enough contrast between things.

Sanby

if you could solve some of the value problems i'ld like to see this taken to color.

I'm gonna disagree with everyone, the value is pretty good for the type of drawing it is.
I like the feeling of depth it has, but that could easily be pushed farther. We need to see his far leg and some trees behind him to complete this. They shouldn't be strongly outlined, just shadow shapes.
High contrast draws attention so, right now, the viewer looks at his hips and back instead of looking at his face which is a little smudgy. Take an eraser an cut a sharp edge on it with a razor blade so you can get into those small details of the face and hands and pick out some highlights. Maybe even smudge the back and hips just a little in order to subordinate them to the focal point which should be the face and hands.
Hope this helps.

finally a new rowan drawing.. where have u been?? havent talked to u in ages..
we got a designer for our site, hes making it >:D

The scale suggestion is a good one, and it could definitely use more value contrast. You've managed to carry over a surprising amount of depth for the amount of contrast it has, but it could really be improved with more. Darkening the trees, particularly.

I really like the design here, definitely. You could probably work out more detail around the ground where the pentacle is, just so that it stands out more (I didn't see it until I'd been looking at it for a minute). The detail around the trees is also good.

Damn, now this is one of the best reasons why conceptart.org rocks. There's always someone who can help. Thanks.

Alti - Thanks.

bwkeough - Thanks. Your right. Contrast is my weakest point at the moment. [Damn, I can even draw better woman than putting a nice contrast in a drawing. And I can't draw woman for shit...]. But I'll give it a try.

BlueMech Thanks, again..i'll try to fix that.

Sanby - Howdy sanby. Thanks for your comment, mate.

vcoleman - I dunno about the colors...but who knows, right? Haha, thanks.

Gilead - Woah. Well, I think I agree with you about the lack of contrast being good, also. For me it gives it a bit of a mysterious feeling...

But still, I prefer more contrast. And I'll try to get it. Thanks for your explanation about the fact the darker things in the drawing get more attention. I'll try to fix that!

manslauter - Howdy there Pavel. Thanks for the comment.
:yayca:

Tully - Thanks, Tully. I think I'll give this drawing some more time again...