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EDIT 8/27: Fixed Bladewind's wing, desaturated colors, changed sky, re-did grass, darkened some shadows.
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NOTE: Please tell me what I can change, what you like, what you don't like about this picture and the story. I need all the help I can get for this contest.
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"The muscles in her wings were sore. Finally, after hours of the arduous flight across this strange land, her feet touched the ground. Her toes spreading to disperse her weight across the soft grass. The grass tickling the undersides of her feet, she rested.
Her large wings folded close to her body, the muscles relaxing. She stood still, taking in the landscape. The area had an ominous blue glow. The grass had a blue tint, and crystals were strewn about. She looked around carefully. She inhaled slowly.
She is Bladewind.
A few moments after landing she began to walk. Bladewind had a destination she had to reach. Nothing would stop her.
This destination? A cliff, looking down upon a dried up river miles below. Upon reaching this cliff, she crouched down on one knee. Her head bowed slightly. Bladewind waited, and she waited reverently.
In the distance, wings flapped across the deep blue of the night sky. A light was growing in size as this being flew toward her.
She raised her head.
The creature lowered itself to be at her level, still not yet touching the ground.
"Are you Bladewind?" Its mouth never moved, its voice echoed in her head.
"Yes."
"Why have you come here? This is sacred grounds." The creature watched her intently.
"Azul," she began, stuttering to say the word, "I--"
"How do you know my name?!" The blue toned creature hissed; its eyes glowing furiously.
Bladewind hesitated. She bowed her head again. "There are...There are stories of a being who can help those who offer up something to him." She reached into a small pouch on her hip. "I need your help."
"These stories...are told where you come from?"
"Yes. My village. You are worshipped. You are a god."
Azul landed. It looked up into the sky, gazing at a comet shooting by. "My help? What can I do for you?" It still kept its gaze off of Bladewind.
"Please," her voice breaking, "a terrible demon is taking the lives of those in my village." She looked at the arrows in the holsters on her wings. "My weaponry is not capable of killing the demon. I have tried everything..."
The creature quickly turned to Bladewind. "You wish for power?!"
"Please."
Azul closed it's eyes. "What do you offer?"
Bladewind pulled her hand out from the pouch at her side. With her fist clenched she raised it in the air, into Azul's face. Without a word, she opened her hand and a powerful, brightly shining blue and white fire burned in her palm. It seemed to suck in the air around them, causing gusts of wind to move around them.
Azul jumped into the sky. "You have such strong power, and yet you wish to give this up?"
"I need your help. I would do anything for my family and friends. I offer you my magic. My magic in exchange for your help."
The creature looked at Bladewind, hesitant in taking her power. It gazed at her; a strange shine glistened in it's eyes.
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I worked so hard on this. Many countless hours.
I really dont't have much to say about this, except that I hope you all like it.
Done for the Bladewind Challenge, [link]
EDIT: Got third.
Bladewind is © ^cooley
Azul is © *AzulDragon, me.
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NOTE: Please tell me what I can change, what you like, what you don't like about this picture and the story. I need all the help I can get for this contest.
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"The muscles in her wings were sore. Finally, after hours of the arduous flight across this strange land, her feet touched the ground. Her toes spreading to disperse her weight across the soft grass. The grass tickling the undersides of her feet, she rested.
Her large wings folded close to her body, the muscles relaxing. She stood still, taking in the landscape. The area had an ominous blue glow. The grass had a blue tint, and crystals were strewn about. She looked around carefully. She inhaled slowly.
She is Bladewind.
A few moments after landing she began to walk. Bladewind had a destination she had to reach. Nothing would stop her.
This destination? A cliff, looking down upon a dried up river miles below. Upon reaching this cliff, she crouched down on one knee. Her head bowed slightly. Bladewind waited, and she waited reverently.
In the distance, wings flapped across the deep blue of the night sky. A light was growing in size as this being flew toward her.
She raised her head.
The creature lowered itself to be at her level, still not yet touching the ground.
"Are you Bladewind?" Its mouth never moved, its voice echoed in her head.
"Yes."
"Why have you come here? This is sacred grounds." The creature watched her intently.
"Azul," she began, stuttering to say the word, "I--"
"How do you know my name?!" The blue toned creature hissed; its eyes glowing furiously.
Bladewind hesitated. She bowed her head again. "There are...There are stories of a being who can help those who offer up something to him." She reached into a small pouch on her hip. "I need your help."
"These stories...are told where you come from?"
"Yes. My village. You are worshipped. You are a god."
Azul landed. It looked up into the sky, gazing at a comet shooting by. "My help? What can I do for you?" It still kept its gaze off of Bladewind.
"Please," her voice breaking, "a terrible demon is taking the lives of those in my village." She looked at the arrows in the holsters on her wings. "My weaponry is not capable of killing the demon. I have tried everything..."
The creature quickly turned to Bladewind. "You wish for power?!"
"Please."
Azul closed it's eyes. "What do you offer?"
Bladewind pulled her hand out from the pouch at her side. With her fist clenched she raised it in the air, into Azul's face. Without a word, she opened her hand and a powerful, brightly shining blue and white fire burned in her palm. It seemed to suck in the air around them, causing gusts of wind to move around them.
Azul jumped into the sky. "You have such strong power, and yet you wish to give this up?"
"I need your help. I would do anything for my family and friends. I offer you my magic. My magic in exchange for your help."
The creature looked at Bladewind, hesitant in taking her power. It gazed at her; a strange shine glistened in it's eyes.
-------
I worked so hard on this. Many countless hours.
I really dont't have much to say about this, except that I hope you all like it.
Done for the Bladewind Challenge, [link]
EDIT: Got third.
Bladewind is © ^cooley
Azul is © *AzulDragon, me.
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Its brilliant. Bladewind looks fantastic, and Azul looks great, as always.
The whole scene is gorgeous. The starry night sky, the faint but evident glow of red, the magical fire and the grass are perfect.
The only thing I can maybe suggest is that some shadows could probably afford to be a bit darker and deeper. Usually something that is glowing in a way that the fire is makes strong highlights and shines, and therefore deeper and darker shadows.
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The sky in the background also looks like you've just copied that space tutorial floating around on this site. I think that when the person made that tutorial, they meant for it to be used in DEEP space, not the atmosphere-affected space we see. Maybe you should add a moon or something with clouds and make the stars more dot-like. -shrug-
I agree with ~kodriak on the deeper shadows thing. The characters could also use some desaturating in some of their colors, they look too saturated at this time. (maybe mix some grey/background color into their base colors? I dunno)
The feathers on the dragon seem rather unrealistic as well. I'm not sure if that's due to a character design or an actual error, though.
I really like the composition in this piece, though, it's awesome. Adding the red glow/mountain range into the backround is a very nice touch, I can see the effect you've added onto the flying dragon's tail/wings from that.
Both the characters have really awesome designs, too.
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