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About to Crash

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I'm alive again
The darkness far behind me
I'm invincible
Despair will never find me

I feel strong
I've got a new sense of elation
Boundless energy
Euphoria fixation

Still it's hard to just get by
It seems so meaningless to try
When all I want to do is cry
Who would ever know I felt so sad?

Even though I get so high
I know that I will never fly
And when I fall out of the sky
Who'll be standing by?

Will you be standing by?

~Dream Theater, "About to Crash (Reprise)"


This was my part of an art trade with *Embertheft. They wanted me to draw a dragon in a pose I never drew before, so...well, I did. Who would've thunk that it would end up being one of my best pieces yet o.-.o;;

I chose that song and those lyrics because in one light (how I first imagined it), it looks like he flying and singing joyfully in the air. But when you actually inspect it, you'll notice that the tail is bent to go straight up and that he's at a slight angle, which kind makes it look like he's falling out of the sky.

I might make him a new OC of mine, because he's like really awesome looking and stuff, in my opinion. He's also like 300 feet tall :wow:.

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:star::star::star::star::star-half: Overall
:star::star::star::star::star: Vision
:star::star::star::star::star: Originality
:star::star::star::star::star-empty: Technique
:star::star::star::star::star-empty: Impact

Great work! Your vision on this is good. In regards to the song you based your piece from, its all interpretation, and that's great. Originality is nicely done, the standards of your art trade were clearly met, and also quite interesting. I don't think I've ever seen a falling dragon - due to most artists drawing them actually flying. Your technique is good, but the image looks little blurred. Maybe you could experiment with using a harder brush in your program of choice. The impact of this piece is nice, the color choice for the clouds is interesting and you have adequate detail in your character.

Nice job overall. <img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/b…" width="15" height="15" alt="=D" title="=D (Big Grin) - =D"/>