Dragon Portrait:(back from the dead)

Dragon Master · Post by **Dragon Master** » March 9th, 2006, 9:58 pm

Yo, I've been working on a dragon portrait for the dragon campaign me and niceman(soon to be renamed) are working on. I'm really in the dark as to if it fits Wesnoth style. Please tell me if anything is wrong, stuff like perspective, colors, proprtions, etc. Please note: I havent applied shading yet so this isn't the final version

XJaPaN · Post by **XJaPaN** » March 10th, 2006, 12:06 am

I generally like it but there are some problems: 1. The body and the arms are too small. 2. The right horn has the wrong position. 3. Anti-alias the outlines.

Website · Post by **Sapient** » March 10th, 2006, 1:49 am

The expression on the face reminds me of Beavis.

He looks pretty cool. I agree with XJaPaN on the proportions. I know you said you aren't finished with the colors yet, but you might want to take a look at some fantasy artwork with gold armor; gold is very reflective, so it should not be one solid color.

Dragon Master · Post by **Dragon Master** » March 25th, 2006, 2:29 am

Well it's been a while, but I now have shaded my dragon portait. please tell me if anything else needs addressing.

martenzo · Post by **martenzo** » March 25th, 2006, 6:04 am

Anti aliasing is neccesary
make the longer horn shorter
shade some more, like the eye, face, arms, wings.

Cuyo Quiz · Post by **Cuyo Quiz** » March 25th, 2006, 3:39 pm

I think less bright colors would also do good here.

XJaPaN · Post by **XJaPaN** » March 25th, 2006, 5:37 pm

You have to work more on the shading because its almost invisible. Use more and darker colors.

Post by **Thrawn** » March 26th, 2006, 1:48 am

XJaPaN wrote:You have to work more on the shading because its almost invisible. Use more and darker colors.

also, grey the colors down some, they are oversaturated, and make it hurt my eyes!

charlieg · Post by **charlieg** » March 27th, 2006, 12:40 am

Dragon Master wrote:Well it's been a while, but I now have shaded my dragon portait. please tell me if anything else needs addressing.

Bad posture, bad shape, weird proportions, flat shading... there's a long way to go on this one. It's an ok concept but does it even compare to the existing HTTT portraits? Scathing but true.

One example (so this is at least a partially constructive post) - look at the torso. It has no depth, it looks flat. It's shape is all wrong. The head is way to large compared to the torso. Dragons should be formidable - looking strong and fearsome. Your portrait has more humour than fear in it.

Dragon Master · Post by **Dragon Master** » April 13th, 2006, 11:53 pm

I'm scrapping this potrait and starting the friggen thing over. please tell which pose looks the best.

charlieg · Post by **charlieg** » April 14th, 2006, 12:15 pm

Probably 3. 2 looks alright but the posture is unsuitable.

Ranger M · Post by **Ranger M** » April 14th, 2006, 12:49 pm

I like 6, particularly becuase, being a dragon portrait, I think that it should be bigger (maybe 300x300 px) to show off that this is one of the monster units, and I think that, if done right, six could look very good.

Post by **Darth Fool** » April 14th, 2006, 1:47 pm

Post by **Kestenvarn** » April 14th, 2006, 2:14 pm

6. The angle is different than most.

Dragon Master · Post by **Dragon Master** » April 14th, 2006, 9:05 pm

How dare you declare my dragon a monster unit! I'm talking about the dragon from MY faction. If you haven't seen it, try it out. Please! But yes either 6. or 3. look the best. I'm gonna go with 3. as it shows the firebreath potential of the dragon.