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Purple Dragonby *Deligaris

Digital Art / Drawings & Paintings / Fantasy

An illustration of a purple dragon.
Painted from scratch in Photoshop.
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*This is used as a cover of a reissue of the third novel of The Cormyr Saga trilogy (Forgotten Realms) - written by Ed Greenwood/Troy Denning.
You can view the covers of the other 2 novels over here >> [link]

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~thenightfurydragon36 May 10, 2013 New member

The scales are incredible!

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~Shadowmentor Apr 28, 2013

I love all of your work, but this one is probably my favorite because of the intense detail of the scales.

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*Deligaris May 26, 2013 Professional Digital Artist

Thank you very much!

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~ewolf20 Mar 16, 2013

reminds me of malofor

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~Shadowmentor Mar 15, 2013

I love the detail of the scales. It really catches the eye of a viewer.

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~ShadowComando Jan 28, 2013

This is probably my favorite piece by you, I made it my icon on almost ever single website where I have an account heh

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*Deligaris Feb 5, 2013 Professional Digital Artist

Thanks, glad you like it!

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~ShadowComando Feb 5, 2013

your really talented

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*Aleksannder Jan 16, 2013

Excellent work.

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~PurpleRain1875 Dec 8, 2012

nice

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