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Title: Dragons
Post by: Kada-Ru on March 20, 2003, 11:17:16 pm
Ok, I created a dragon tonight. Well, actually two of them. They are on my website under the adult section. As soon as I create some that are non-adult, I can post the links here!

I got a couple ideas from DrakonianDanceR and decided to see if I could draw them. I really like how this one turned out. I may make a couple of revisions to it before coloring it, not sure yet though.

So, if you are REALLY interested in seeing this one, you have to be over 18! Sorry kids.
Title: Dragons
Post by: DrakonianDanceR on March 21, 2003, 02:36:44 pm
The one that's currently on your site (dragon_love_500.jpg) is very good.  Not how I imagined it to look like when I was giving ideas, but that's a good thing.  I like the expression of the Dragon nearest the front - it's very playful - and obviously enjoying the experience.  I would like to see this one coloured; I think it could turn out very well.

The other one you showed me (oh_yes_500.jpg) is also really nice.  Again, it is different to how I imagined it to look like, when I gave the idea for it, but it's still turned out well.  My only concern on this one is that the Dragon being entered seems to be resting all his weight on the other Dragon's weiner.  Neither foot of the Dragon being entered is touching the ground like the other Dragon's feet are, so it does seem - to me - that the Dragon on the right is keeping himself up purely on the other Dragon's weiner.  It could be possible, I suppose, but I'm ont sure how confortable it would be.  I do really like the body of the Dragon on the left - his legs are rather well done.  Good work on both of these pictures, Kada.
Title: Dragons
Post by: Kada-Ru on March 21, 2003, 09:45:48 pm
(giggles) Yes, I know. I was having troubles getting his feet to reach the ground with him well, kind of jacked up. I will see what I can do about getting his weight a bit supported.

Thank you, DrakonianDancer.

I could say give me a diagram of how you expected them to be but then if you could do that, you would create them yourself!  :D

I'm glad you like them.
Title: Dragons
Post by: DrakonianDanceR on March 22, 2003, 05:46:57 am
I would draw a sketch of what I imagine them to look like, but I'm not able to unfortunatly.  And as you say, if I could do that, I'd draw the picture myself.  The sketch you did would work just fine, maybe if you just sorted the aspect I've already mentioned.  Though I do really like the position of the Dragon on the left, and it'd be a shame to lose that.  Perhaps if you made him crouch a little lower, he could enter the other Dragon while he was standing on the ground.  Or, another idea would be to leave the Dragon on the left as he is, and perhaps make the other Dragon slightly bigger, so his increased height would allow him to stand on the ground.  One thing I'd like to suggest is some great expression on the two Dragons' faces.  They are both getting a lot of pleasure from the expreience, and I think that should be shown in their expressions.  I also think it would be more romantic if they had their heads next to each other, perhaps the Dragon entering, on the left, could have his tongue caressing the Dragon being entered, on the right.  I hope I made this clear to understand.
Title: Dragons
Post by: Kada-Ru on March 22, 2003, 12:56:52 pm
Good suggestions, DrakonianDanceR! I will see what I can do. I will work on that while I am backing up some of my hd since I am out of space!  :D  Basically on two 20-gigs!

Geesh! I remember when I got my first computer. July 1995. Top of the line and everything. It was a 1 gig hd and I thought I would NEVER fill that! (giggles) Look at me now though, I need at least another 100 gigs of free space!

Oh well. I will post the revisions when I get them finished.
Title: Dragons
Post by: DrakonianDanceR on March 22, 2003, 02:09:37 pm
Oh, I know what you mean.  My first computer had under 1GB of hard-drive space, and I too thought I'd never fill that up.  And now here I am with about 30GB to play with, and I'm worried of filling it up soon.  Though, if it does get bad, I'll just save a lot of stuff onto CDs, and delete it off the hard-drive.

I look forward to seeing the revisions.
Title: Dragons
Post by: Kada-Ru on March 22, 2003, 10:50:59 pm
I too am putting things on cd's then deleting them off the hd's. (giggles) so much stuff to save and never enough harddrive space!!
Title: Dragons
Post by: Firestorm Six on March 23, 2003, 12:13:27 am
The dragon pics are great ! * Dragons are somthing i have never tryed to draw much, though i would like to, (maybe my lack of practice doing reptiles and dragons*)
It's a good idea to back up images to CD's , either if you HD is almost full, or in case of Hard Drive failure. it happens to often,though my desk top has 40 gigs,  I have an external hard drive that is 80 Gigs, I have all my originals saved there, and copies backed up on CD and stored in a safe place. Hard Drives should never be filled past 95 % of their capacity, as temp files and buffers can corrupt files if there's not much free space left, (your computer tempoary writes data to the HD's free space as buffer-overrun when your ram is exausted).... the drive  responds faster and the PC in general will respond faster if less than 60 % of the drive is used anyway. A high quality JPEG is usually small enough to squeeze alot of images on a CD anyway. TIF or PSD format is very big , and takes up alot of space, though better quality. A JPEG of about 3000 x 2500 pixels saved at 100 % best quality setting is almost as good as a TIF, and only a fraction of the size in Megabytes. I have all my art stored as maximum quality JPEG's . :)




Title: Dragons
Post by: Kada-Ru on March 23, 2003, 01:35:37 am
I've been saving all of them as 600dpi tif's. These I will use later for prints. Then I also save one at 75dpi which I take into PSP 5 and resize to 500 pixels for webpages and then my thumbnails are 100 pixels. (width and jpg.s)

Thank you FireStorm about the dragons. I haven't had much practice either with reptiles etc., if you look at my webpage. Just got a couple suggestions from DrakonianDanceR and an image in my head and went with it.
Title: Dragons
Post by: Kada-Ru on March 23, 2003, 11:12:48 am
I did a little touch up to my two dragon pics. I hope you enjoy!

These are both ADULT and they are off limits to those under 18 years of age!

Those over 18 are welcome to check them out in the 2003 adult section of my website.
Title: Dragons
Post by: DrakonianDanceR on March 23, 2003, 01:00:26 pm
That second one (oh_yes2_500.jpg) is much better now.  I feel it is more realistic than the last one, as the previous one had that problem we discussed, and that you've now fixed.  I think it works fine now with what you've done.  Now the Dragon being entered is only leaning on the other Dragon, rather than putting his whole weight on the Dragon's weiner as he was doing before.  If I can make one more suggestion, though - I feel the testicles of the Dragon on the right hang too low for the position he is in.  Other than that I think you've got that sketch pretty much sorted.  Going to colour it?
Title: Dragons
Post by: Kada-Ru on March 23, 2003, 01:13:45 pm
(giggles) Well, he IS  a big dragon so I gave him big testicles. I will check it out and ask WS what he thinks. He is a guy after all!  :D

I tried doing the second pic with his weight on his other foot but it didn't look right so I stuck a rock under the foot instead. Yeah, I think he looks much more "comfortable" now.

Oh, yes! I am going to be coloring ALL of these AC pics! I already know which colors etc.
Title: Dragons
Post by: DrakonianDanceR on March 23, 2003, 01:23:17 pm
Well, you could leave the testicles how they are, but make it so that you can see the head of that Dragon's weiner from above how his legs are positioned, if you understand what I'm saying.  Then the viewer could see the reason for the large-sized testicles.  And I'm glad that you're going to colour this picture, and all your other AC works.  What sort of thing do you have in mind for colouring this picture, then?
Title: Dragons
Post by: Kada-Ru on March 23, 2003, 10:27:09 pm
I actually had drawn in a weiner but since I'm not really sure how a dragon's is supposed to look, though I did do them on the others, I erased it. I will be putting one back. He can't have one without the other, now can he? At least I'm sure he wouldn't feel much like a guy if a part of that anatomy was missing!  :D
Title: Dragons
Post by: Kada-Ru on March 23, 2003, 10:48:08 pm
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What sort of thing do you have in mind for colouring this picture, then?


Sorry, I forgot to respond to this part. I have been running through my head of using markers and pencils. Most likely the background will be chalk, my usual background medium.
Title: Dragons
Post by: DrakonianDanceR on March 24, 2003, 10:56:23 am
Quote (Kada-Ru @ Mar. 24 2003, 3:27 am)
I actually had drawn in a weiner but since I'm not really sure how a dragon's is supposed to look, though I did do them on the others, I erased it. I will be putting one back. He can't have one without the other, now can he? At least I'm sure he wouldn't feel much like a guy if a part of that anatomy was missing!  :D

Well, as with pretty much all apsects of Dragons, nothing has to be done in certain, set ways.  This includes genitalia.  There's no specific way a Dragon weiner has to be drawn - just use your imagination.  I guess only artistic things come in here, like making look like a natural part of the body, matching how it looks with the rest of the body, etc.  I'm glad you'll be putting him one on, now.  Like you say, he can't have one part without the other, really.  And if you said his testicles were supposed to be big sized, then he'll want a weiner matching that, and so one should be visible on the picture, even when his legs are covering that area slightly.

Quote (Kada-Ru @ Mar. 24 2003, 3:48 am)

Sorry, I forgot to respond to this part. I have been running through my head of using markers and pencils. Most likely the background will be chalk, my usual background medium.

You'll have to get WS show you how to use the "Edit" function ]B=8)  The colours and materials sound good to me.  I really look forward to seeing these Dragon pictures (and the rest of your AC pictures) coloured in.




Title: Dragons
Post by: Kada-Ru on March 24, 2003, 12:29:52 pm
Thanks. Oh, I know how to use the 'edit' button. Just didn't feel like using it. (giggles)

I'm going to be starting coloring the ones I already have sketched. That way these will be done before AC if I have problems completing the rest of the pics in my head.

(giggles) I will use my imagination and give this guy his dignity back!  ;)
Title: Dragons
Post by: DrakonianDanceR on March 25, 2003, 04:35:38 pm
Quote (Kada-Ru @ Mar. 24 2003, 5:29 pm)
Thanks. Oh, I know how to use the 'edit' button. Just didn't feel like using it. (giggles)

I'm going to be starting coloring the ones I already have sketched. That way these will be done before AC if I have problems completing the rest of the pics in my head.

A good idea.  You'll want to have a few finished pieces, rather than loads of unfinished ones, right.

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(giggles) I will use my imagination and give this guy his dignity back!  ;)

A good idea.  I'm really looking forward to seeing how these Dragon sketches will look when they're all finished and coloured.  I can't wait ]B=8)
Title: Dragons
Post by: Kada-Ru on March 25, 2003, 08:47:12 pm
(giggles) I will work on resketching that one when I get to it to color. I will be posting it, be asured!  :D