Blue Dragon
by Daniel Eskridge
Title
Blue Dragon
Artist
Daniel Eskridge
Medium
Digital Art - Digital 3d Rendering/cgi
Description
A great blue dragon stands atop a rock high on a cliff. As smoke drifts from its nostrils it sniffs the air for any scent of prey (or fair maidens). It flexes is massive leathery wings ready to take to the air. Behind it the landscape stretches to snow capped mountains while wild clouds fill the sky.
In the world of the RPG Dungeons and Dragons, blue dragons were the second largest of the chromatic (evil) wyrms. Rather than spitting fire, they had lightning breath, though I still prefer to make mine a fire breather (hence the smoke).
I rather like the way the beast's blue scales work with the blue patches of sky peaking through the clouds.
About how I create my artwork:
Rather than traditional forms of art such as painting or photography, I use a computer to create my images. It's called 3D Rendering and works like so: I make a scene by sculpting and arranging digital models in a virtual 3D space. After stipulating lighting and atmospheric effects, I have the computer create a simulated environment from which I take a virtual snap shot of the scene. Then, using image editing software and something more akin to traditional painting techniques (via a Wacom tablet), I go over the work adjusting colors, adding brushwork, painting in details, etc. to produce the final image. Software I use includes: Sculptris, ZBrush, Blender3d, Vue, Daz Studio, and GIMP.
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December 4th, 2013
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