Entering the seventh and penultimate spot on my list of elemental dragons is Darkness, in his third and final incarnation. I decided to utilize the 'hand-drawn negative' technique for shading this dragon. For those who don't know what this technique is, you simply shade a drawing in reverse and invert it on computer after scanning (see my dA Scraps for details). Executed well, the results can be quite dazzling, and much like when I completed my Kitty Ninja months ago, I was amazed speechless when I finished the inversion and beheld the final result.
So, anyway, what is Darkness? Nobody's quite sure. Is it matter? Energy? Something else entirely? Darkness is an element shrouded in mystery and confusion -- and no, it's not an element of "death". It's known that darkness had to play some role in creation, but exactly what, no one knows.
As it is, Darkness also carries the unfortunate distinction of being Evil. No one knows how or why it is, but history attests that this is true. Because of this, Darkness is called a weakened element, one whose time is limited and whose days are numbered. In spite of -- no, because of this, Darkness has developed something of a hostile inferiority complex -- always the brute, using strength and illusion to mask its inner failure and weakness.
Henceforth, while Darkness certainly appears to have three heads and twelve eyes, those are merely illusion designed to incite fear upon its enemies. Look closely and you may identify the two extra heads for what they really are.
The next, the last, and most certainly not the least of the elements in this series is going to be Light, and I have something special planned for him.
Medium: Colored and ebony pencil, inverted (for more information, see my dA Scraps, here)
Time: About 5 hours
Scale (full view) 75px/in
Wow I gave myself a headache straining my eyes at the wings here trying to tell where one began and the other ended. But I managed to sort the picture out soon enough. I like the clever optical illusion you have slipped into the wings, and the hand-drawn negative effect works well, I shall have to try it sometime. He looks like a dark dragon too, with the bleak colours and the fearsome look. I like it. I will ad it to my favorites along iwth your ice and fire dragons.
Very stunning! I really like how you put dragon heads for the wings, and the color of the body is astounding, this turned out very nice that tail is stunning as well, excelent job *adds to favs*
Well,I can see the wings are attached to the head,and the heads with attached wings merely look like copies of the real head.Am I close?
Anyway,you said you already used blue for the twilight dragon.I meant that the colour of the twilight dragon should be mostly blue,but with a sort of light,glittering effect.
Overall,I think it's awesome,the colouring is fantastic as always and I am wanting to say 'I luv it *faves*' but I shan't.
But,*faves* anyway.
maybe that is why darkness is so evil...his days are numbered. He reminds me of the Devil...as the bible says his days are numbered too! the wings are cool! the heads on them kind of freak me out...but i guess that that is the idea. very good color scheme. the dark colors scream evil and depression, and the reds and purples show me excitement or, for the prey of this mighty fiend, SURPRISE!;)
Now that I have come back to look at this I find that the heads are a little off (you might have intended it that way so don't mind this comment if you did)
On a basic Hydra the heads usually all connect into the chest, side by side. Or at least that is the way the legends predicted them. With the exterior heads being placed over the shoulders, to me it looks like this guy might have a little... bit of a complex walking problem. I can see that the 'heads' are accually ment to be a sort of 'wing' type structure. Wouldn't that sort of crack the neck of the animal when it flies (at least on the exterior heads) unless he isn't truely ment for flight.
But I still love the image all together, this is nicely done as always.
BEAUTIFUL!!! STUNNING!!! i luv the details (and the spiky tail)
however...i must disagree with the wings... in my opinion, they should be a little larger, and the membranous part should connect where the tail starts... just my opinion.
but as i said before :STUNNING!
Darkness, my favorite element and this one looks awesome. A hydra styled dragon with 2 eyes on each head is awesome. I really loved the scales and they look wonderful on the black background good job *favs*
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