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January 25, 2012
Sea Dragon by *Novawuff
Happy Chinese New Year ~ the year of The Water Dragon!
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This... this one is a big deal to me. I put over 100 hours into it and my photoshop file was over a gig. It had 105 layers when all said and done..
I'm meaning for it to become a nice big print, hence the hugeness.
If you choose the download option, it is 25% of the original :D

This is my Sea Dragon! Like the Leafy and Weedy Sea Dragons, but with wings. I've had this idea in my head for years and it feels almost euphoric to finally get it out, and get it out /right/.
These are my dreams, guys. :}

While the majority of this was done by hand - painting from scratch - there are a few bits of photo paintovers, from photos I took at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

you can see a crop of just the dragon here: [link]

For awhile I'm going to be asking for critiques and suggestions on this one, because it's very likely that I may still go back and tweak things, but I've been staring at it so long now, my brain is a bit frazzled :D
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