I live in alberta too..And as a fellow albertin I welcome you to the wood of elf..or was in elf of wood...which ever.. By the way.. DRAGONS!!!DRAGONDRAGONDRAGONS!!!

SSWWWWEEETT!

Mark Hopkin replies: "Man you just got to love alberta!!! Thanks for the comment."

HI! i'm also 14 years old and going into the 9th grade! how funny! *snaps out of it* Would you believe me if i told you i owned a dragon? i'm not lying! she can't breathe fire yet, but she has some cool wings. she just recently shed her butterfly wings, and now she's got birdy wings!! ok, i lie. i just erased her bat wings so i could make her look like a fairy dragon and a birdy dragon... i'm bad... *foolish... tricksy... FALSE! we must get it back... it's OURSSS!!! OURSSS!!! those nasty hobbitses stole it from us...* *no... master is our friend!* *look st you... you lie, cheat, steal...* *:uts hands to ears:: not listening... not listening...* *murrrdererrr...* *::winces, and starts crying:: you win...* sorry...

Mark Hopkin replies: "Someone likes Lord of the Rings."

Ur dragons have lots of potential. By the way, i have friends who r from canada, hooray for canadians!

Mark Hopkin replies: "Potential! Nobody has ever told me that. Thanks."

Good work Mark, you've got a good ability, but I know that with the correct drive and inspiration you'll be even better in no time. Be sure to watch the anatomy stuff. I said it a few times in my image reviews, but it really can make or break a picture. Also, lighting can really do wonders for a picture, the more dramatic the better. And finally, when doing a picture, remind yourself that there are no rules. Open up that window and see what you can put on the page. The root of the word Illustrator translates into "to illuminate" which effectively means to show people something in a different light - to inspire, etc etc. Show people something amazing .

It was a real privelage to look at your work.

Mark Hopkin replies: "Man I am just speechless. You have commented on just about every one of my pieces of my work with many helpful ways of improving my art. You have recommended many concepts and ways of making my art more realistic. And no the privelage is mine and I wish there was more people like you on elfwood. Thanks a million."

I love your dragons! You have some very nice work here, i hope to see some updates soon, maybe have some color? If not, ill stop by and look again sometime. You have some really good work though! Keep drawing

Mark Hopkin replies: "I am planning to do a update in the next week or two. Depends on how busy I am with school. (Dam I hate back to school). One of the pics I am going to put on is in colour and it is a dragon. Thanks for the comment."

Awesome dragon drawings!Nice work!

Mark Hopkin replies: "Thank You."

Thanks for the comment on my page! I really like your stuff too, great lines and shading, and I love dragons! Keep up the good work!

Mark Hopkin replies: "Hey, no problem. "

*Brings you a nice cup of earl grey two, with a little honey in it...and a large coupe of vanilla icecream with chocolate sprinkles and sauce...*

Here you go! You deserved it!

Mark Hopkin replies: "I love icecream. Thanks!"

Your dragons are pretty cool! Keep up the great work. Your a nice artist, you really should put more of your fine art up. It would be nice to see. Have a great day!

Mark Hopkin replies: "Why thank you for your kind words! I would put up some new art but I have been posting most my recent stuff on devaiantART, and right now we are suppose to keep the number of tickets down due to lack of moderators. Anyways if you want to see my newer art here is the link to my deviant page: http://virtualdrone.deviantart.com/."

Hi Mark

Guess what same name!!!!

I live in england in the north east thought i'd just drop you a line

keep up the good work


Mark Hopkin