7 CONTRAST AND DETAIL

These can be great ways to draw the eye to a specific point on an image. When creating this dragon, I wanted the focus of the piece to be mainly on the face of the dragon, especially his mouth and eyes. I’ll often do greyscale filters on my work to see if my contrast is working or not and in this case, the highest area of contrast is where the mouth meets the fire. Secondary to that is the eye and the line of light running up his neck leading to his mouth. As for detail, the crispness and amount of detail is higher in the face than in other places – especially the tail, which sinks into the distance.