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merrak · **Posted:** Sat Mar 30, 2013 2:51 pm **(#1)**

Bigger version on DA: Link!

Excerpt from Wikipaedia Dracologica:

"The greater gray dragons have a penchant for snow and other white fluffy things. ^{[citation needed]} Perhaps if they would wear sweaters, they wouldn't have to eat houses for warmth.

This article about greater gray dragons is a stub. You can help Wikipaedia Dracologica by expanding it."

Ebb the Greater Gray Dragon - painting for Griatch's character fanart contest.

Esper · **Joined:** Jul 17, 2012 **Posts:** 2769

cool, reminds me of old I.C.E. covers

has that old roleplaying games vibe

AnMal · **Posted:** Sat Mar 30, 2013 6:01 pm **(#3)**

merrak: i really like the dragon and the snow covered trees. and of course the lighting and the gargoyle. nice job!

he4rty · **Joined:** Aug 30, 2012 **Posts:** 2174

Excellent work Merrak

Griatch · **Posted:** Sun Mar 31, 2013 12:30 pm **(#5)**

Cool! Ol' Ebb we like! Thanks a lot for entering, merrak. The spoof wiki entry is really funny, kudos for a neat parody of my Encyclopaedia Dracologica!

As I promised in the contest description, I gave an extensive critique/feedback over on DA (since you selected that you wanted critique).
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Griatch

BaukjeSpirit · **Posted:** Sun Mar 31, 2013 12:40 pm **(#6)**

Awesome, I really like the composition, very different then you usually see. I also love the soft colors and the details you put into it, nice!

AnMal · **Posted:** Sun Mar 31, 2013 5:42 pm **(#7)**

and i didn't say i love the choice of angle for this. i do!

merrak · **Posted:** Mon Apr 01, 2013 1:08 am **(#8)**

Thanks for the comments everyone :mrgreen:

Esper wrote:

...has that old roleplaying games vibe

That's what I was going for

BaukjeSpirit wrote:

Awesome, I really like the composition, very different then you usually see. I also love the soft colors and the details you put into it, nice!

This is probably the most detailed building I've drawn. I like to draw distant things a lot, so I'm trying to break out of that mould.

AnMal wrote:

and i didn't say i love the choice of angle for this. i do!

I like using tilted "cameras"

Griatch wrote:

Cool! Ol' Ebb we like! Thanks a lot for entering, merrak. The spoof wiki entry is really funny, kudos for a neat parody of my Encyclopaedia Dracologica! ...

Glad you liked the spoof

Mokonafan · **Posted:** Mon Apr 01, 2013 11:20 am **(#9)**

As soon as I saw it's..er..face..teeth..It's handsome exspression ( :hehe

) I knew it was based off of Griatch's Dragon. =P

Nice work!

merrak · **Posted:** Tue Apr 02, 2013 12:08 am **(#10)**

Mokonafan wrote:

As soon as I saw it's..er..face..teeth..It's handsome exspression ( :hehe

) I knew it was based off of Griatch's Dragon. =P

Nice work!

The dragon does have a very recognizable mouth full of teeth.

Thanks!

Erisian · **Posted:** Tue Apr 02, 2013 6:49 am **(#11)**

I'm impressed - an excellent piece of work Merrak!

merrak · **Posted:** Tue Apr 02, 2013 11:42 pm **(#12)**

Erisian wrote:

I'm impressed - an excellent piece of work Merrak!

Thanks!

PhotoComix · **Joined:** Apr 12, 2010 **Posts:** 5870

i like the dragon , the village and the prospective

merrak · **Posted:** Wed Apr 03, 2013 11:27 pm **(#14)**

PhotoComix wrote:

i like the dragon , the village and the prospective

Thanks

K1TesseraEna · **Joined:** Sep 22, 2012 **Posts:** 2089 **Location:** US

This is definitely one of my favorite pieces of art here on GC!

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

You do a beautiful job of blending. Just love the picture.

merrak · **Posted:** Sat Apr 06, 2013 11:16 pm **(#17)**

K1TesseraEna wrote:

This is definitely one of my favorite pieces of art here on GC!

@K1TesseraEna @molly Thank you :mrgreen:

I keep meaning to revisit this, rework some of the shadows and such.

Caz · **Posted:** Sun Apr 07, 2013 4:49 am **(#18)**

Great picture, real good work. I think the view angle makes the piece, it's kind of like the floating camera view that is used in the movies.

PhotoComix · **Joined:** Apr 12, 2010 **Posts:** 5870

very nice if his watch was just a bit more to the left could seems as a dialogue going on between the Gargoyle and the Dragon

merrak · **Posted:** Sun Apr 07, 2013 9:13 pm **(#20)**

PhotoComix wrote:

very nice if his watch was just a bit more to the left could seems as a dialogue going on between the Gargoyle and the Dragon

I thought about doing that, but I couldn't think of why the dragon would be standing off to the side and looking at the gargoyle, rather than directly in front of it.