Spirit of the Dragon by Dream9Studios

Poser • Historical • posted on Oct 11, 2012

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Description

Ready for battle against a dark fate, the spirit of the dragon fights alongside her. This is a revived artwork which I started on in late 2010 as an Xmas present for one of my friends. I've always liked the original but also always admitted it needed more work. Now I've finally gone back and reworked it to turn it into something brand new. It was originally inspired by one of my all time favorite video games, Jade Empire. The realistic lighting used is actually a very simple IDL setup with a gold colored IDL sphere, one edge blend light, and one specular light. That's it! There truly is beauty in simplicity. The only postwork was an antiqued overlay, a little DoF, and a slight color/detail enhancement. I'm not sure if the katana stands out a little too much or not now that I've been looking at it longer...

Comments (17)

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Heavenlee

5:37PM | Thu, 11 October 2012

I think the sword is perfect! This is an exquisite piece of artwork! xxx

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MagikUnicorn

5:45PM | Thu, 11 October 2012

G---O---R---G---E---O---U---S

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bebopdlx

5:50PM | Thu, 11 October 2012

Fantastic work!!!!!

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Seahorse

7:00PM | Thu, 11 October 2012

Excellent work!!!

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munich68

7:07PM | Thu, 11 October 2012

OMG, as I see from your gallery quite another very underrated artist?! What to say about this one... - perfect posing - perfect lightning - interesting character = a perfect pic DID YOU BUY THE ALL IN ONE BUTTON??? ;-))

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ThunderStone

7:26PM | Thu, 11 October 2012

Are you kidding???!!!?? This is absolutely stunning!!! And I very rarely see render this gorgeous to say that!!! Don't know about what other thinks but I see the making of a really great digital artist....

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mgtcs

7:42PM | Thu, 11 October 2012

Most beautiful use of colors and the pose is awesome..loved her hair and outfit and that background and lighting you used are fabulous...you did an amazing job.10*

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singanprayisme

9:25PM | Thu, 11 October 2012

Oh, Lizzie, this is magnificent! 5++++!!! I swear you should make a light set.

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Krid

11:54PM | Thu, 11 October 2012

great fanatsy scene with excellent pose and lightning

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saphira1998

2:11AM | Fri, 12 October 2012

very great

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Razor42

5:26AM | Fri, 12 October 2012

WoW!!!!

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ragouc

10:54AM | Fri, 12 October 2012

Very good colour scheme

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brewgirlca

11:53AM | Fri, 12 October 2012

Excellent work. The post work DoF is exquisite as is your gorgeous gold lighting. Beautiful posing and composition.

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Navi

5:23PM | Fri, 12 October 2012

Very nice :) - Is she a work in progress ?

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RodS

5:57PM | Fri, 12 October 2012

Your lighting here is oustanding, Lizzie! This is one of your best works yet! This just exudes grace and power. I think the katana is fine - it echos the diagonal of the dragon, and adds to the graceful pose. A superb piece!

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