Tamas Patkos - Hiccups: How is it made?

in #art7 years ago (edited)

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Hi! This is my first post at steemit.com. I hope you will like some of you. My introduction will be later, in the absence of time I will give you an older graphic.
The picture is an illustration. I'm working with digital technology in the last 5-6 years. What I use is a Huion H610Pro digital tablet and good old Photoshop CC. The picture was made in about 6 hours, from my own idea.
The graphics are based on a new born little dragon, which comes out of hiccups after receiving the first air, and a bubble bursts with elemental fire. The site is a cave that has high temperatures to make eggs come. The dragon is a so-called Welsh or a red dragon. Which is on the Welsh flag.
I made a sketch in a few minutes. This was the basis for the picture.

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Then I started painting the dragon. The first was the head of the body. In the colors the dominant was red. I painted contrasted with the eyes and tail end’s blue.

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Then I redrew the dragon’s right arm, trying to better express the hiccup.

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Then the wing followed.

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Then, I painted egg shells. According to the legends, a healthy red dragon's egg is decorated with gold dots.

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And I got there to paint the cave, the scenery. Of course we have to be in a cave where heat is high. The high temperature comes from the magma chamber under the cave, the air is humid, the vapors are magma red and orange.

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Eggshells made from broken eggs lie on the ground around the egg.

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Now only bubbles are needed with the elemental fire inside them.

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Completed. Now only the logo should be and can be published. :)

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Before making the picture, I read a number of web pages that legends describe the dragons, where they live and how they spend their eggs. It took about 3-4 hours. After the picture was in my head, just I had to draw it. I hope you enjoyed the description, and soon I will present another picture.

Have you creative day!

Tamas Patkos