Valley Hunt by Swidhelm
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No AI - This artwork was created entirely by hand or with traditional digital tools.
Description
Not an exiting render, or revealing, but I love big vistas. I'd love to do an animation of a dragon flying through a valley on a foggy day, no sky visible for the valley walls and trees, the dragon gliding on thermals, adjusting its wings as it rides the currents--all the while narrated by David Attenborough. But I don't have a render farm, nor a caustic graphics card. :P One day. Okay it will likely be me narrating it, doing a poor facsimile of Sir Attenborough, heh.
Anyways, though a runner, the beast certainly flies. It has large wings for flight, though it tends to run down it's prey--at least that is the way I designed the body. It's a fast dragon, but about the size of a t-rex. It's flight is more to navigate large distances, following herds of game in a nomadic lifestyle. Fictional biology of coarse, but I keep things like that in mind when designing creatures. I'm a geek, what can I say.
Thanks for looking,
Cheers :)
Darrin

Comments (9)
Looks very cool. Reminds me that I don't play with Vue enough. I need to start making some time to really explore that program.
Very sweet work Darrin, the photo feel and POV rocks!. The details you consider in your work and subjects are pro all the way. Keep up the Great work, always a treat CHEERs.
nice pov
No, don't apologize, I like your thinking! As a fellow bio-geek, I agree that the best imaginary creatures have to have a believable blend of form following function! Keep 'em coming!
WOW!! love it. Thanks for sharing another grand picture. :-)
So cool Buddy! The grand Vista is rock 'n! Outstanding POV and atmo!
Love the scenery! Its still nice to know you do put thought into your dragons, as well as renders. It does make alot of sense.
Excellent pov and render. I was thinking of a glider on your other render. The kind that has a very hard time actually 'flapping' its wings and getting anywhere and that likes to start at high points when flying. Biology Geek serves you well for this modeling and designs.
Fantastic work!!!