Tranquil Depths

Description

I have been working on this for so long that I honestly don't even know what to say now that I have finished it. It's the first major project I've done for myself since I remember. When I finished my to-do list for the first time since 2007, I wanted to make myself something really nice and push improvement of myself as an artist. On this drawing, I actually went out of my way to correct anatomy and to detail it further than I've ever detailed anything.

It was extremely monotonous during the shading, but now that it is finished, it was really worth it. I believe this stands as a sufficient representation of my current skill level, containing both subjects I excel at drawing and ones that I don't. I don't plan on drawing anything this involved again in a long time, but I will be using this image in some personal things in the near future (which you will see/notice).

I honestly intend to challenge myself with an actual background on this picture in the future, but for its purposes, I think that the current background is sufficient. I also kindof just want to label this drawing as 'done' in my books so that I can focus on other things. I have a really bad habit of saving my PSDs in a flattened form, but this time I made sure to keep my layers intact and I set this drawing up in a way that it would be really easy for me to work on a background in the future.

You may also notice that I changed some of Shinerai's design. I changed his tail feathers to make the pinions a little more natural, and I also changed the pattern on the inside of the wing. I'm very pleased with the changes.

tl;dr, I thought I was gonna die drawing this but i learned a lot and am super proud of it.
I saved a big version of this for you guys under the download. I hope you enjoy it.

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Thank you everyone who provided me endless suggestions and support in LiveStream! ♥

Art, Shin, and Byondi © my face!

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Materials.
Photoshop CS3

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Copyright

Art, Shin, and Byondi © my face!