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(It should be a whole pile of bones but I got lazy on the detail.)

At the Dragon*con Art Show alongside many other fab artists, there happened to be a certain Mr Todd Lockwood (and if you're a dragon fan who says 'who'. shame on you :P). And thanks to some prodding from :icongeistdrache: (thankies!! :)) I managed to not miss the opportunity to show him my portfolio for a little C&C. He was super nice and gave me some really good crits and suggestions for areas for improvement. One of them was lighting which I totally failed at here. And another rather important one was to work on my figures which is fair play since I draw outta my head and it does rather show. So as of now I plan to start using stock photos/references more and see where that takes me. And since Blackjack's just so much damn fun to draw I picked him for my first effort, using this luvly photo [link] from *LinzStock

The lighting's a bit rubbish, largely due to a mis-stroke with the black ink which I then had to hide, but had to blacken everything else to make it fit. Next time I should probably scan first, brush ink later but I suppose life's about taking risks XD


Indian ink, markers, pencil crayon and gel pen.

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:iconpictures-of-my-soul:
wow, this is really awesome :wow: so dark :heart:
:icontwilightsblood:
Insanity <3

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:iconwerechu:
X3 all my friends seem to be bumping into famous people these days!

Nice collection of kills there too >:) Wyraach may be willing to spare him a few to build his collection :evillaugh:

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:icondemonic-haze:
Oh wow this looks awesome :heart: :3 I really like the limited colour scheme on this :aww: and the dark bold shadows really create a nice dark atmosphere and mood :heart: Lovely work on the details too, especially on that pile of bones n____n Brilliant job on the pose, he looks so menacing and dark :love: and I adore the way those wings are spread out :aww: Very nice work on the expression and the overall anatomy as well :heart: I must fav this :XD: :+fav: Very cool piccy!!!! :3
:iconchanny:
you know what, i had the same issue with lightning. maybe if you worked backwards (dark to light) you'd be able to see where you need bring light to show form better. I'm stoked that you had fun at Dragon-Con.

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:iconzhakrisstol:
I just love how you draw wings, especially Blackjack's/Syrax's. How do you get the detail and highlighting to show on the black?
Great dynamically dangerous pose (ah, so that's what 'stock' photos mean) and stunning atmospheric sky.

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:iconavator:
Oooh man that's great ; )

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:iconnaetholix:
Very cool!

Yeah, Blackjack's definitely one of my favorite characters. Fukkin coool.

And I love the half-background thing. Adds some neat dimension to it!

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:icongalidorthedragon:
incredible!! this is awesome!!! I love the design!

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