More details please.

Adding more details, especially in the background. I also pushed the shadows quite a bit more.. and now I'm going to go in and start to really refine the background and start pushing highlights which will really bring out the atmosphere.

Cooling things down...

Unifying the temperature of light and refining shapes.

Hippogriffs!

This is for a contest which I will link to when I'm done. I'm working out the composition and color scheme first.

Final - Introductions

All done, and of course I see a lot I need to improve on... but improvements will be noted for future paintings, I'm constantly learning :)

Sooo close!

I'm almost done!!! I just have to detail the tree in the foreground (and pray to the art gods that it looks good in the end...) and then add some atmosphere and sparklies to the snow :] I'm contemplating a few snowflakes but meeeh I don't know... can't wait for it to be done!

...and I'm pretty happy with how Big Blue turned out :)

Big Blue

Big Blue is coming to life! (Yes I named the dragon haha... it's so much more fun when you can play out a story as you paint :] )... anyway, he still has a LONG way to go. At this point I have him molded out so I can start to work with his form and add the correct highlights and shadows. Next I think I'm going to drop in a light texture to give me a little extra something to play with. When I'm done I'm hoping to give him a real "icy" feel :) I'm excited yet nervous still because there are a couple things that are buggin' but I'm hoping they work themselves out with this guy.

I should probably detail the tree before I get too much further with the dragon... so that I don't run out of steam. The tree needs just as much detail and attention or the whole painting will fall apart :/ I think I can have fun with it though... pondering adding a forest critter in the foreground tree.. probably too distracting though.

...onward!

WIP 3 - Introductions

Changed the staging a little... I felt the girl was being cut off by the tree... I keep going between frustrated and satisfied with this piece, hopefully it turns out okay in the end. I'm going to work on the right and then start adding some details to the dragon yay!