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Gift: Magnolia IV

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picture for my :heart: Dreit for 1st May of this year because in our country is 1st May similar to better known Valentine usualy celebrated with kissing under cherry-tree (or i guess any nice blooming tree :D ) and because we cant be together enought :( And because I'm so slow (not only but mainly) with digital art it's my gift for his today birthday too! :dummy: Please, go, visit him and say hi to him :]
maybe you can remember a bit similar pictures from 3 last years:
Gift: Magnolia III by Samantha-dragon Got Something For You by Samantha-dragon Magnolia by Samantha-dragon
It's now clear that I made series of magnolia pictures and I hope I'll finish that for the next year on the time :blush:
I think, you can clearly see how I'm trying many diferent styles at digital art as I'm looking for that one I could call "my". This year again without lineart (hooray!) and more in dark colors - yeah, just don't ask me what type of magnolia can shine in the dark XD I wish I could have tree like that on my garden on day :D Previous concept was a bit different, there should be visible magnolia tree in the background but later... I was playing with layers and their settings... and yeah, I removed the finished tree at the end. 
So I hope you will like it - and mainly Dreit will! :icondragonshy1:


used: photoshop and wacom tablet intuos 3
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:star::star::star::star::star-half: Overall
:star::star::star::star::star-half: Vision
:star::star::star::star-half::star-empty: Originality
:star::star::star::star::star: Technique
:star::star::star::star::star: Impact

[Before starting my critique, I have to say I'm really sorry if something I write sounds weird, because my English is not perfect at all... ^w^" But I'll do my best !]

First of all, I have to say I really love this artwork of yours.

The atmosphere of this painting is really peaceful, surreal, thanks to the smoothness of the lines of your two characters, and the sparkly background.
The cuddling dragons, with petals on them, gives me a feeling of sweetness and tranquillity
The soft blue color palette you used, too, contribute to this feeling of claming.

Talking about the background, keeping it simple as you did is, to my point of view, a good idea. Like this, our attention is clearly kept by the two dragons : we know that it is their personal moment, that they are the most important here.
The blue, dark and green sparkles makes me think the characters are in nature, maybe in a forest, laying down on a layer of moss.
By transforming the dragons' environment to sparkles and blur, we really have the impression that the world is disappearing around the couple. They are the only ones existing in this picture.

Talking about the characters now, I really like how you drew them two.
You said you were experimenting with diferent styles, and after seeing your gallery I can say this style suits you really good (but I'm not saying the others weren't of course, but I'd loooove to see more art like that from you).

The only small thing that bothers me in this piece is, maybe, the male's jaw which seems to me a bit too "high"... just an idea like that. (I know people draw fantastic creatures their own way, so I can't really judge.)

Anyway, nice work here !
I hope this small critique will be, somehow, helpful.
^w^