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This is the background I came up with to compliment this dragon drawing I had finished earlier. [link] Since the original dragon was a tattoo design for a customer and is currently in his possession and not mine, this background was done entirely separate from the dragon. I simply couldn't leave the dragon background-less :)

I scanned both images into the computer and put them together using photoshop. That was the only thing I used photoshop for; no other photoshopping was done to this image (except to adjust brightness/contrast so that it matched as closely as possible with the original drawings)

Materials used: Pencils 2H - 3B, Tortillion, kleenex, kneadable eraser.

Background original size: 12x11
Dragon original size: 23x13

I'd like to thank everyone who contributed background ideas! Your ideas were GREATLY appreciated!! Thank you so very much!!

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*Crazedms20 Sep 20, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Very dramatic and vibrant. I like your two headed dragon design, its a bit unusual and thus succeeds.
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~Trigar Sep 20, 2012  Professional Traditional Artist
thanks so much! Definitely one of my favourites, glad you liked it too :)
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this is pretty exquisite. The dragon is very unique and detailed and I love the background
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~Trigar Sep 20, 2012  Professional Traditional Artist
Thank you! I appreciate your comment. It definitely was an interesting piece to do.
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this is great .I suck at backgrounds.this mustve taken a while to finish
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~Trigar May 17, 2011  Professional Traditional Artist
Thanks! Backgrounds definitely are time consuming and require patience but are so worth it in the end :)
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Mood: Wow! ~StingRoll May 9, 2011  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
That is some stunning pencil work.
Both the dragon and the background look absolutely fantastic.
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~Trigar May 10, 2011  Professional Traditional Artist
Thank you so much for the kind words!! I'm very glad you enjoyed it:D
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~StingRoll May 10, 2011  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
My pleasure :D
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*Spacegryphon May 9, 2011  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
This must have been a whole bunch of work... you got to have a great amount of patience! :thumbsup:
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