This is gorgeous. I can't even tell it was hard for you - it looks incredible.

Very believable 3D-like work of art, LOVE IT!

I tried

That is a very cool looking dragon! Great job on this, its beautiful!

Look how amazing everything is represented behind the glass windows! that attention to lighting on the sills, floor etc is breath taking. The overhead details really cement the camera angle and perspective. Oh and yes the main focus is incredible as well!!!

Looks superb!

Whoaa this is very pretty

Looks really cool, I think you nailed the facial expression on this one. Aku without wings is strange though!

haha, that is absolutely true! - but getting them on there as well would have been.. even a bigger challenge ;P

Very cool Ilya, well done. The angle is a bit trippy, but it also makes the piece more interesting.

^_^

Gosh ! he is sexy AF

And he's all mine :D

Waow

Beautiful!

Thank you!

Nice Job Latex!

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Just saw this on telegram and SOMEHOW by the gods, saw it on FA in someone's favs. Talk about luck! Now I know who to commission <3 This is SO REAL it makes me cry in joy.

Holy cow. Looks amazing!

Wow.. awesome light! ^.^ and hot pose ^.^

Incredible!!

Thanks!

The lighting is really well done.

Gorgeous

Thanks!

It looks hard but is beautiful!

Reminds me of a friend who died a year ago. ;-;

The scales and strokes of color and shadow are lovely.

Holy crap, that's seriously one of the best pieces I've ever seen. What a work of art <3

Haha thanks :)

I think you shoud try dragon characters more often - he looks awesome!

This looks fantastic Ilya! Great work!!

Beautiful!

Oooh... Very nice!Great job!

Superb lighting!

It may have been hard, but it was well worth it

How hard is it to get to that point you can create those lighting effects? I know the whole pic is god like bucause dragons are always 20/10 but I just find your lighting so arhhgg umm... capturing

Can't say :) Still learning and not confident, always open it again and again

Seems the best way to get good at art is to become ocd

Absolutely stunning, this is a really impressive piece that caught my eye immediately.
It would have been nice to see a bit more of a dynamic tail, rather than the same angle the whole way through, the lack of variation is a bit distracting, but aside from that I don't really have any critique.
I'm in love with the lighting and the outfit on the alternate version of this image.

This is such a nice piece...
I hope to paint like this, too.

It's totally inspiring and helping me push a bit farther with my art goals.

The hard work shows - may not do dragons often but came out damn good. The lighting really sets the scene off but the layout and pov is simply perfect. Nice work on the furniture and background, lovely work.

Fantastic figure, color, angle, and lighting!

Another beautiful work on the shadows and the light ! Very successful to achieve the end of the day !
And nice dragon

Lovely. A piece to be proud of.

^_^

"Your silence doesn't help me improve my art :P" THIS.

Too many of us are favoriting (and downloading hehe) stuff while forgetting to leave some words for the artist. Actually, I'm one of them ^^; Not an artist, but I'm sure it must be very meaningful to hear from your fans (and critics -- or both!) every now and then.
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To the artist: I'm afraid I don't have any critique here. You've probably heard it before, but your art is too amazing for words. I appreciate the care and detail you put into every one of your works 🙏 And may I say this is a very good drago boi here *pats'em* Peace out!

Yep, because if money is food for artist, comments their drinks :) Need both to continue life
Thanks.