Splinterlands Art Contest // Week 339//LIGHTNING DRAGON

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Splinterlands Art Contest // Week 339//LIGHTNING DRAGON
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I didn't post for the last two Splinterlands contest because I was busy working on some new techniques. For this particular post I even went with a new style, making the menacing lightning dragon a baby and cute and cuddly.


![Lightning Dragon.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/crypt-skip/23wzv6TYZJtC3DMY9tycgGFvMqYrCNjcBQQbxSWe2h4K3DRFbzMDbQneFTvsZhA4RJM1U.png)

I used this image for my reference and motivation, and as usual I used [Poser 13]( https://www.posersoftware.com/) to create this piece.


![Screenshot 2025-03-28 200645.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/crypt-skip/23wC9MBt58cH83sYqi9vpFpkA1bDuMvDF1SHnDFBTrz7d8AqUiQx8KpCMnmrEMdPg2Nci.png)

As I mentioned above I decided to go with a different style, so this time I started out with a simple 3D toon dragon model.


![Screenshot 2025-03-28 201035.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/crypt-skip/23w2mG4qMsgXP1q7Qwe6wioboKUQTv3BEQZuf6LXnFfUvbAjddV2ZygxcKsvvmmpm3k4E.png)

Next I added some texture maps that somewhat matched my reference image.


![Screenshot 2025-03-28 202344.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/crypt-skip/23wgSN5nqiML594rjqJxhe1sZuQKcwX7iz8bz93nZBSeL1MfBBnxmWo7AfBoC7G9STVmX.png)

I made a mat of my dragon to make it easier to try out the right background.


![Screenshot 2025-03-28 201604.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/crypt-skip/23wgDBC36S8dqnThuUSpwr9sRiD8HN1QKYxBCpqkraTFsdPXwEQfghkq2FfqrF879LBmA.png)

Then I added the background but I wasn't happy with it.


![Screenshot 2025-03-28 202045.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/crypt-skip/23vsLc33EFNGGxchk6CdpHgkzw45QuQTm1W62eFBnmrh6Cfopc387YxPoeQW3cqiJW1a6.png)
So I decided to blur the background which made it look much better, then I added wings and some blue lightning.


![ezgif.com-video-to-gif-converter (1) PREVIEW.gif](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/crypt-skip/AK55qyziHuHiXUoQ8pUo64cEGq8KA6KrmYVwgB1TrZeJZSEs325qApNdb1hjH2g.gif)

Finally I animated it, and I was pretty happy with how it turned out. Even the lightning turned out good, it was shocking lol.


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