.::The Grave::.

And as the dark descended upon the world, casting it's black cloak around the land and sea, the ground shifted. One great, old, rotten paw shoved it's way through the ground. Another shortly followed, the yellowed talons digging into the dirt as the ground seemed to erupt as an old drake shoved his way through it. He was not dead, but yet not alive. The ground resettled at the grave, and he looked around. His yellow, glowing, cold stare rested on his tombstone. He dug his claws into the old stone, rendering the time of birth and death unreadable. The tombstone glowed and he sneered, drool dripping between his broken teeth. There was no birth or death for the undead. There was simply 'being'.
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Sketch
WIP
WIP 2

FULL VIEW AT OWN RISK

Nikarten has awoken. B)

Yep, new char, name.. lol yeah.

Anyways, this took around 8 hours and a whole load of inspiraiton. I recorded 1h 30m of it, and that's just the head.. so um.. I really dont want to edit that...

Im extremely proud of this though. No brushes were used, but a tutorial for the drool and moon were~ The moon was made using just a few filters in GIMP and hand-shading.. everything else is done by hand and gradient.

Enjoy!
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Time Taken: 8-9 hours
Program: G.I.M.P. 2.6.7
Layers: 25
_{(In order, from bottom to top: Background, Sky, New Moon, Ground, Grass#2, Grass, Grass#3, Gravely Shading, Gravely Highlights, Tombstone, Tombstone Glow, Flesh, Top Teeth, Base Color (Body Color), Bone-like Structures, Eye, 1st Level Highlighting, 2nd Level Highlighting, 1st Level Shading, Drool, 2nd Level Shading, Flesh Shading, Detail Shading, Grass#1, Tombstone Glow 2, Ambient Light, Clouds)}
Art © me

Happy Halloween Everybody!!! *late*