A New Coat of Paint...New Drak Template?

Yakima · Post by **Yakima** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 9:06 pm

I was playing around with my old image for the draks and, (like I normally do with old templates), thought it looked...ugly. So I going over the shading. I never realized just how much diferance there is in my style now and when I did this (and remember being very proud of it).

This is the old image I used:

This is the partially redone one (still playing with shading and layers and wings were played with but need some reshading done...)

Just thought I'd share because I'm board and the shading looks sooooooo much better!

Shard · Post by **Shard** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 9:29 pm

Oh so pretty!!

Fuzzy · Post by **Fuzzy** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 6:06 pm

Ooo wow. What a difference. Lovely!

Post by **Dray** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 8:14 pm

Now that's what I call improvement! X3

Shadow · Post by **Shadow** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 8:56 am

That's really pretty, Yakima. A lot of improvment.

leilay · Post by **leilay** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 11:27 am

Yakima, that is gorgeous. I love the way you do hair now - so pretty!

Graeth · Post by **Graeth** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 12:42 pm

Ooo, burnt gold, my favorite.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 4:41 pm

I really like the change. All the colors look much sharper and brighter, and everything seems sharper and refined. His mane and tail look incredible, as well. Really pretty!

Yakima · Post by **Yakima** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 5:05 pm

Well, I was kinda bored and started to revamp Baskar's site - probably because I started redoing the drak images and...well...anyway...this is what i have so far: Dark, blood red and eeire. Considering I have a plot ready should I finish...it fits:

Kitsuneko · Post by **Kitsuneko** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 5:18 pm

Ooooh. Very nice.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 6:42 am

*nods* I agree with Kitsuneko. I like the new layout.

Yakima · Post by **Yakima** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 3:55 pm

Okay, so I was looking at that template and compared it to the Legend drak template I used for the Shimmer Frenzy - and realized I didn't like it (that and the head looks too big for the rest of it...)

Been drawing (OMG I'm drawing! Yay!

) a new adult template. Whatcha all think?

The mane and tail look like there are two layers because I'm going to use two versions. Fighting draks keep there mane (and tails? not sure if it will be needed) short because they can get in the way. Non-fighting draks (like those in the healing or in ranking positions like High Princes, Judge, ect), don't need to cut them and can let them grow out to there heart's content. [It's like Quarter Horse/Paints vs Arabians/Saddlebreds

...just no banding! *snerk*)

Like usuall, the wings will give me the most trouble with my limited room but...*shrug*

Kitsuneko · Post by **Kitsuneko** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 4:11 pm

Aww, I really, really like it! Its expression expression looks so cute.

Shard · Post by **Shard** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 4:21 pm

Very pretty, and I like the idea behind the dual layers. Nice.

Xalia · Post by **Xalia** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 6:02 pm

Very lovely image! Only thing I notice is that while I /love/ the detail you put into that far hind leg, it looks a little uncomfortable at that angle... :\ Just picture your horse standing like that and you'll know what I mean... XD A little angle would look good, that's just a little too much angle I think...

Can't wait to see the finished image in your new coloring style though! Shiny!

Starburst · Post by **Starburst** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 6:07 pm

I love that new template. It looks so... pettable. XD *hugs it* Can't wait to see it coloured.

Yakima · Post by **Yakima** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 6:13 pm

Okay, updated the previous drak image with a finished drawing and here to show you the new legend drak drawing....just need raidor and a drakling image I can alter for all three to simplify things for me.

Yakima · Post by **Yakima** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 6:20 pm

Xalia wrote:Very lovely image! Only thing I notice is that while I /love/ the detail you put into that far hind leg, it looks a little uncomfortable at that angle... :\ Just picture your horse standing like that and you'll know what I mean... XD A little angle would look good, that's just a little too much angle I think...

Can't wait to see the finished image in your new coloring style though! Shiny!

Saddly, my horse does like to stand like that sometimes...*whaps him* After realizing you meant the leg covered in the tail, I changed it.

*scans/uploads updated one*

Xalia · Post by **Xalia** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 7:07 pm

My horse actually stands that way too, but only when I've turned him around, because he's just too lazy to straighten out his legs... XP But still, it looks /really/ uncomfortable when he does it... XD

Shard · Post by **Shard** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 8:38 pm

I suspect it's no more uncomfortable than a dancer standing in one of those impossible poses with their feet facing apart. It's done all the time, just... looking at it is eeew!

Yakima · Post by **Yakima** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 8:46 pm