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Mountain Trail
🕑 Added 2024-01-09 00:09:14 +0000 UTCStarting the new year off with the completed YCH for Decalion, of their dragoness Firebrand getting some fresh mountain air. This was a charity auction over on FA, and the full amount of the final bid went to the Judith A Bassett Canid Education & Conservation Center, which is a really cool organization I visited last year during a trip to southern California. Many thanks to Decalion and everyone who bid!
This one forced me to think about how to render a texture that looked scalie without overdoing it. I'm much more comfortable with fur, and even then I don't get too deep in the weeds with detailing texture, but she needed something more than a totally smooth skin I thought. When I work with scales again at least I'll be better prepared.
Comments
Tygepc
Very cool! I'm sure the charity also appreciates the donation! What a way to kick off the year! Way to go! Love this piece. She looks great. Way to push yourself outside your comfort zone! Nailed it! Very cool. Love the shoes and casual look she's giving the audience. Very awesome. Nice muscle work too. Thank you for doing this and sharing it with everyone!
Kiko
To me, shoes are not clothing.
Kalahari
I really ought to. I love his stuff and haven't exchanged nearly as many words with him as I'd like. There are few people who can make scalies look so invitingly squishy!
Kalahari
To be totally honest, I know I can't half-ass shoes anymore. If they don't look good, they become distracting, so as much as I know there's a lovely dragon to be drawn I don't want her (only) piece of clothing to be a distraction. Besides that, it was really satisfying to work out a scale texture.
ThatDirgeDude
This came out lovely, and your texturing is very nicely done! She looks great! I'd say, if you're looking to hone out your reptilians and get some great pointers, I'd reach out to Vader-San. I think he's what I'd call an expert at reptilian textures!
Liam Tucker
Fantastic work! I love the floof where it counts!
Admiral Storm
That is so beautiful! Hope to catch ya when you do another of those, would love to get something from ya one day.
Kiko
So beautiful! I like the detailing here. To you, what are the most important details to have in a pic like this?
