[CASH] The Worldbreather

A week or so ago I stumbled upon some large sketchbooks in which I had drawn quite a few Pokémon pictures. I think this is the best one of them, and thought to submit it here for some URPG monies. It's weird how these drawings are a decade old now... Think I did them in 4th grade to be exact. This one was inspired by a science class after learning about layers of the atmosphere. The 'ozone layer' was thrown around, and little old me was all, hey, that's where Rayquaza lives! I distinctively remember what this piece would be called: The Worldbreather. Rayquaza, ever the protector, breathes life into the world. Hopefully that image comes across and not it razing the earth, lol. And yes, I upscaled Rayquaza so it looks like its wrapped itself around the planet. I used pastels for this and paint for the ozone flames. Proof of work is in the spoiler below.

The Worldbreather​

Spoiler: Proof

 

wow soah much art! Claim!

 

Sorry this has taken so long!! Thing happen! Anyways, I'm impressed that 9, 10 year old morru had done this! You definitely shown a lot of potential from a young age! I see that you have chosen the standard medium for elementary kids- crayons! Crayons are actually very versatile, but more on that a bit later. When I was your age I was drawing squiggles and calling them maps, so good for you!

Subject:

Your main focus is rather simple, yet potent. You were clearly enamored as a kid by the mighty Rayquaza, which was perhaps pokemon's firest *real* deagon after mence. Now it is rather simple as he is just blowing a huge torrent of fire in what appears to be space.

It is clear you were working from a reference which is good and you were very exact in choosing what details to include. You have pretty much every flame drawn, every color finish on scales, and his claws were all carefull done. Which is a good thing considering your age. And from his rudder/wing/fin things near the bottom right hand corner I could tell you knew his body was cylindrical. There are some people at 20+ who can't draw a single 3-d object and here you have the physical intuition to render objects in three dimensions.


Technique:

Your coloring is consistent, and even textured, something most fourth graders do struggle with. You have clearly used crayons before this but it still is impressive. Though like with most of your works, I would like to see you play around with the physical pressure you color things with, as with most dry media including crayons and colored pencils you can vary the physical pressure to produce different kinds of lines and effects.

Now age aside, it does lack all forms of shading which probably didn't occur to you as a kid when constructing an image. There really is no light source other than the star or explosion off in the distance and the fire your dragon is breathing. There are some minor inconsistencies in the pressure of the crayon on Rayquaza's body which my eye wants to read as light. If that giant red blast off in the background is a sun, then Rayquaza would be about 3/4 lit with super-harsh shadows. I think you've seen moves with astronauts in space? The lighting in the space scenes is generally harsh because there isn't an atmosphere to disperse and absorb the light. Also, light is colored, so if Rayquaza was before a swirling, orange flame, his body facing it would be more orange due to the light reflecting off it. You have a rather neutral lighting in you drawing. If you wanted to simplify the lighting, then put something saw a milky way, planet, asteroid, something off in the distance. I get that you had the intuition that if you left the area blank it would be a massive empty space, but the explosion carries light with it! :0

I'm a little confused as to what the lines are that surround the fire. Plasma? Energy? because in that black band you have clearly eliminated all detail from the sky. Based on the level of detail everywhere else, it looks intention, but I am also struggling to figure out what it is supposed to represent.

I am also a little confused as to what the red explosion is in the background. Is it the sun? Is it an explosion? I definitely would have liked to see more work in that.

I'm also not sure what the hairs in the flame refer to as fire doesn't naturally radiate like that. Granted, this is forth-grade Morru, but I think watching people use flamethrowers in real life (or on youtube) might give you more clues on how it looks like. I do have to say that the way the fire is spreading on whatever surface Rayquaza is flamering on does appear do demonstrate perspective as his flamethrower does appear to recede back in space. It also helps lead the eye in, but alas, I'm not sure if that is what a flamer really looks like. I like that you've chosen a blue color for the flame to signal its heat, but I think choosing a warmer color like red, orange and yellow would have helped pushed the blaze closer to the viewer. Right now it recedes almost too well.


Conclusion:

For a fourth grade Morru, I saw you had a great artistic intuition. I'd definitely like to see you work on your skills more in the future, and keep contributing! Unfortunately there is no shading, but there is an advanced picture construction and the detailing is great, especially considering how chunky crayon lines are. I'll say this qualifies for for medium rank. It isn't hard because there is no shading!! So yeah have your 10k! 47/45!

 

Thanks julio! Indeed, Rayquaza was (and still is) awesome to me as a kid. The black band is the earth, which Rayquaza is surrounding. And the red thing Im pretty sure is the sun. The hairs in the flame I think I did to stylize it a little, though I cant remember for sure. Thanks again for the grade, Claiming $10,000. : )