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Title
Reading About Dragons
Artist
Daniel Eskridge
Medium
Digital Art - Digital Painting
Description
It's a warm summer day. A woman sits against a tree reading a thick novel. She is flanked by two small dragons, one green, the other blue. Perhaps the dragons are real or just creatures of her imagination that have leapt from the pages of the book.
The sun shines down brightly upon the trio. They lounge in the shade of a moss covered tree in long grass full of white wildflowers. Puffy white clouds drift lazily in the sky over the gentle tree covered hills in the distance.
The woman has long brown hair woven into braids. She is barefoot but wears a red patterned dress and a white shirt. She looks down intently at the heavy book cradled in her hands. Near her legs the little green dragon looks off into the distance. Meanwhile, the blue dragon lays down in the grass on the other side of her.
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School has just recently gotten out here in North Georgia, and I was reminded of when I was young and had summers off. This was the time of year that I would finally have time to tackle the pile up the novels that I had built up over the school year. I've always been partial to sci fi, horror, and fantasy stories. Fantasy, in particular, was the genre of fiction that I read most during the summers. So I guess being reminded of summer reading inspired this particular image. I rather liked the way it turned out. I am particularly partial the tree trunk in this one.
About how I create my artwork:
Rather than traditional forms of art such as painting or photography, I use a computer to create my images., It's called 3D Rendering and works like so: I make a scene by sculpting and arranging digital models in a virtual 3D space., After stipulating lighting and atmospheric effects, I have the computer create a simulated environment from which I take a virtual snap shot of the scene. Then, using image editing software and something more akin to traditional painting techniques (via a Wacom tablet), I go over the work adjusting colors, adding brushwork, painting in details, etc. to produce the final image. Software I use includes: Sculptris ZBrush, Blender3d, Vue, Daz Studio, and GIMP.
Thanks for looking!
Daniel Eskridge
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May 22nd, 2014
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Sacramento, CA - United States
Love your work! You have beautiful talent and amazing skill! Keep up the fantastic work!
Indio, CA - United States
Voted for this dramatic work Congratulations, Daniel, on your top finish in the Daydreaming contest. F/L
Elbert, CO - United States
Love this one too!! I am partial to fantasy and dragons. You are very talented! l/f
Greensboro, NC - United States
...I was wondering where my dragons wandered off too! Beautiful conception and execution. Now send the dragons back my way ;o)
Murphy, NC - United States
Love the mood in this gorgeous fine art piece Daniel! We added our Like! Celebrate life, Debra and Dave
Oamaru, No - New Zealand
A very beautiful image with lovely natural posing. Very cute little dragons too. L/f.
Chagrin Falls, OH - United States
Such a charming scene - a beautifully rendered painting and a very creative and poetic concept. Love it! v/f
Omaha, NE - United States
What a beautiful image - I love the idea here - that books can transport us to distant times and places, real or imagined. Beautifully done. Congratulations on the 1st place win in the Books and Reading contest.
Brookeville, MD - United States
Daniel, congratulations on your contest win of this beauty!!!! Great image!!!!
Bluff Siding, WI - United States
If she were blonde, I'd think you were spying on me! Love this! L/F Tweeted
Hatfield, pa - United States
Congratulations! This is awesome. Now where did I put my +10 Flame sword??
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