"Amanda´s Picture" by Justin A. Grahn

In life there is black and white, and many shades of grey that go inbetween! Keep dreaming! In any case your art is wonderfull... I think I understand you, have you ever tried drawing your feelings, I know I can't get it done but I'm just curious... I like the darkness in this picture, she looks fearless havong killed the dragon but at the same time sad to have taken the life of such a magnificent beast!

Justin A. Grahn replies: "The world is made up of darkness, it is entirely up to us if we are to fear it, or accept it.She made her choice..."

I am not upset..I was going to scan it for you. A strong woman..thats right. I am glad you finally got this up and it the original looks really nice on the wall next to my bed. Thank you again for the wonderful christmas present...one of the best I got. Okay for you next project...*grins* no no...kidding..well maybe in the future. Looks great and your a great artist...I hate how you can whip these things out in no time.

Your purple haired friend
Manda

Justin A. Grahn replies: "hmmm.... theres something that worries me about this one... Thanks?"

aww.. poor dragon... o well... I guess some one had to go, and it's better the dragon then the girl, very well done, I like how much detail you placed in it.

Justin A. Grahn replies: "Thank you, and looks can be decieving... who says she 'should' have lived? "

wow I really liked this one. Especially the dragon


Yea, i found a picture named after me. Amanda is the best name ever
*starts dancing*

Thats my pic!! Altight since I should be studying now instead of typing you comments I decided to make them extra long. He he ::devilish smirk:: oh look you are riding a chocobo in FFX!! how cute! Anyways...it seems you are getting really upset at me and I quote "You do not have to wrtie everything you see or hear..or smell " and "oh lord". HEY NO PEEKING!! Play your game and let me type these annoyingly long comments. Oh no you are giving me that look. WEll talk about women being strong....you'll regret it if you peek again. Hey Tony!! Justin is holding me here against my will. Not really. Well I really do like this picture and I love the original hanging on my wall as I said in an above comment. Well I think I need to move on to another picture....look for my next installment of "Amanda's pointless and irritating, yet entertaining comments." He just threatened to skin my cat! O.o
Frightened
Amanda....

Nice detail! You've already got a decent grasp of anatomy, which is good, although more practice will help when you have to draw awkward areas like her right leg (our left). It's obvious that you put a lot of care and effort into your art - I hope you keep on practicing!

One word of advice would be to consider what details you need to show. While the time spent on the scales shows and definitely adds some oomph, an excess of details in other areas (the spear, for example) serves only to muddy the image up. Her spear is almost lost in the background, instead of standing out as an interesting compositional element.

Nice work!

Tis WONDERFUL!!

But there seems to be something wrong with that cute little draondude she's standing on... HE'S DEAD!! How dare you!!

jk, love the pic. Congrats for the Mod's choice.

Bad girlie! Don’t kill dragons!

why do the dragons always have to die?! there are enough humans already!
Cool detail