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Arcamira — Solar Dragon

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Published: 2017-08-01 22:02:10 +0000 UTC; Views: 1013; Favourites: 89; Downloads: 13
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Description Entry for the   solar sun dragon contest!
I went for Sun in a more starry astral theme,

This dragon catches and absorbs sunlight in its wings as it flies during the day, using the sun's energy to carry it through the dusk and night. 
It can fly at high altitudes and withstand extremes of temperatures and atmospheric pressures. Carries a fire attribute.

I hope I did this in time, it was 11:00PM GMT when I submitted, but idk about timezones 
 
EDIT:
they extended the deadline to august 7th!!
EDIT2: I updated the drawing quite a bit as of 19:44 GMT, August 7th

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Comments: 18

Emarress [2018-07-10 01:26:34 +0000 UTC]

Wow! 😱 

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Fire-Link [2017-12-30 11:22:08 +0000 UTC]

Great work. How's things going?

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707-exe [2017-08-08 13:47:33 +0000 UTC]

HOW CAN GET BETTER AND BETTER EVERY SINGLE TIME U DRAW AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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Arcamira In reply to 707-exe [2017-08-08 23:36:07 +0000 UTC]

I COULD SAY THE SAME TO YOUUUU ;;;  OOO ;;

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Jess--Art [2017-08-02 16:41:59 +0000 UTC]

Very cool looking I love he story behind it ^^

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Arcamira In reply to Jess--Art [2017-08-08 23:36:17 +0000 UTC]

thank you!!

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Jess--Art In reply to Arcamira [2017-08-09 18:10:47 +0000 UTC]

Welcome ^^

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Someday-Tokay [2017-08-01 23:24:50 +0000 UTC]

Holy- WOW! This is incredible :00 teach me your ways sensei!

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Arcamira In reply to Someday-Tokay [2017-08-01 23:42:13 +0000 UTC]

aah thank you so much!!
 
tbh try using photos for colour palettes and see what comes out, you get interesting results

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Someday-Tokay In reply to Arcamira [2017-08-02 00:20:09 +0000 UTC]

did you use photoshop for this? :0 I have it but I have almost no clue how to use it... I want to learn how to use less lines and more color, but I dont know what tools to use. I normally use Sai if this gives you an idea > _ >"

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Arcamira In reply to Someday-Tokay [2017-08-02 10:03:30 +0000 UTC]

I actually use Paint tool SAI too!
you should try experimenting with brushes, or find premade brush settings to help make brushes,
the dilution and blending settings on each brushes help a lot for painting, and textures can also help a lot too, (like a cloud tex blur brush)
I'd watch some speedpaints, to get inspired, or get an idea on how to go about painting without as many lines
It's actually easier than painting with lines in a way, since you can feel free to cover up mistakes by painting over, rather than worrying about lineart ^^
tbh photoshop is better for this stuff, but I can't get used to it either

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Someday-Tokay In reply to Arcamira [2017-08-02 15:23:05 +0000 UTC]

really? :00

I really want to download new brushes and such but I have no idea how to.. I've looked up tutorials but I get so easily confused by technical terms and such. I uh... also have the " alternate " version of Sai so I'm not sure if that changes anything. I'll try to figure it out sometime, and watch a few speedpaints every now and then when I feel inspired. Thanks

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Arcamira In reply to Someday-Tokay [2017-08-02 20:42:48 +0000 UTC]

i think in SAI you don't download brushes, you download textures, brushtex
In your computer there should be a folder where SAI is installed, along with all it's folders (probably in 'Program Files')
and in there should be a folder called 'brushtex' with .bmp images.

on dA you can find more .bmp images, or brushtex images to use in SAI, by putting them in the brush tex folder i think.
And you mostly make the actual brush through the brush settings, rather than downloading, so it's more like you look for people who have posted their brush settings and copy them, to see what fits. 

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Someday-Tokay In reply to Arcamira [2017-08-02 23:24:19 +0000 UTC]

oh ok that sounds a bit more simple than I thought lol

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LAZER-SHARKZ [2017-08-01 23:24:00 +0000 UTC]

Wow its so serene  

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Arcamira In reply to LAZER-SHARKZ [2017-08-01 23:41:07 +0000 UTC]

thanks!!
i was trying to make a sort of evening sky

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MyuIlliegon [2017-08-01 22:14:53 +0000 UTC]

Just... Wow *-* These colors, and pureness in the background ! 

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Arcamira In reply to MyuIlliegon [2017-08-01 22:17:19 +0000 UTC]

aaaah thank you so much!!

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