Dragon behind doorway

[Kerro]

An image I made for a comp on another site earlier this year. The dragon is bought stock and the rest is courtesy of Unsplash
I am always open to CC of my images.

 

[IamSam]

Hey. Thanks for sharing.

Quick questions. Is the dragon meant to be a ghost? This is not the usual setting for a dragon, why would it be lurking outside an old sunroom/solarium/greenhouse/Victorian conservatory? The dragons only visible eye is looking forward, is he just taking a casual walk by the conservatory? Having the eye menacingly staring at the viewer would be much more ominous.

Other than the questionable composition and the dragons transparency, the dragons edges at it's mouth and "cheek" horns, are a bit too sharp and make it look like its pasted in the photo. Softening these edges would make it appear more convincing. There would be several ways to accomplish this, a soft brush and a layer mask or even the Blur Tool.

While the direction of the lighting is close, the dragons coloring and shading does not match that of the scene. One of the ways to judge the shading would be to observe the shading of the plants.

There is some odd stuff happening in the doors broken glass reflections. Not sure how to direct you there, I would have to experiment with them myself.

There's another issue with the broken glass seemingly cutting off the dragons horn. There would at least be some slight refractive displacement of the horn in the broken widow pane.


In all honesty, I really don't get the imagery. Other than abstract or non-objective art, a composition needs to tell the entire story without having to guess. But a great first attempt! Keep it up!

 

[JeffK]

Aside from the critique, this is a pretty cool image....

 

[thebestcpu]

An image I made for a comp on another site earlier this year. The dragon is bought stock and the rest is courtesy of Unsplash
I am always open to CC of my images.View attachment 152245

Love it! Thanks for sharing.
Since you asked for CC (some repeat from IamSam), with the dragon being in a hallway behind that main wall, I would have preferred not to have transparency to the far wall in the hallway in some parts of the dragon.
Going with the assumption of the dragon in the hallway, that portion of the wall below the dragon's chin does not fit. As it appears, the back wall is in the same plane as the door. I would go back and check all the areas of glass and see if it is consistent with a solid dragon being right behind the glass.
Along with that, for the areas in the broken pains or dirty pains, having them show some partial transparency to the dragon is more realistic (as realistic as a dragon in the hallway ).
Yet the overall effect for me was great as is creating a gut reaction of holy c%$p,
John Wheeler

 

[Kerro]

Hey. Thanks for sharing.

Quick questions. Is the dragon meant to be a ghost? This is not the usual setting for a dragon, why would it be lurking outside an old sunroom/solarium/greenhouse/Victorian conservatory? The dragons only visible eye is looking forward, is he just taking a casual walk by the conservatory? Having the eye menacingly staring at the viewer would be much more ominous.

Other than the questionable composition and the dragons transparency, the dragons edges at it's mouth and "cheek" horns, are a bit too sharp and make it look like its pasted in the photo. Softening these edges would make it appear more convincing. There would be several ways to accomplish this, a soft brush and a layer mask or even the Blur Tool.

While the direction of the lighting is close, the dragons coloring and shading does not match that of the scene. One of the ways to judge the shading would be to observe the shading of the plants.

There is some odd stuff happening in the doors broken glass reflections. Not sure how to direct you there, I would have to experiment with them myself.

There's another issue with the broken glass seemingly cutting off the dragons horn. There would at least be some slight refractive displacement of the horn in the broken widow pane.
View attachment 152246

In all honesty, I really don't get the imagery. Other than abstract or non-objective art, a composition needs to tell the entire story without having to guess. But a great first attempt! Keep it up!

Thanks for cc it is much appreciated. As stated the picture was for a competition elsewhere and was about what would be behind a door. I am no expert and accept my lighting is questionable in some parts of the image. But I have learned a few things from your critique and I thank you.

 

[Kerro]

Love it! Thanks for sharing.
Since you asked for CC (some repeat from IamSam), with the dragon being in a hallway behind that main wall, I would have preferred not to have transparency to the far wall in the hallway in some parts of the dragon.
Going with the assumption of the dragon in the hallway, that portion of the wall below the dragon's chin does not fit. As it appears, the back wall is in the same plane as the door. I would go back and check all the areas of glass and see if it is consistent with a solid dragon being right behind the glass.
Along with that, for the areas in the broken pains or dirty pains, having them show some partial transparency to the dragon is more realistic (as realistic as a dragon in the hallway ).
Yet the overall effect for me was great as is creating a gut reaction of holy c%$p,
John Wheeler

Thank you for your cc and insights to make a better image next time.