The Binding

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"Magic soars, forces combine
Races join, the ancient throne.

Draconians watch, bide their time
Whispering, their hidden song.

A chance encounter, perhaps not
Dragon, maiden, thoughts that bind

The rune cast, time forgot
Severed races, become one mind

Draconians watch, bide their time
Whispering, their hidden song.

Draconian watch. Bide your time.
What's right is right, now wrong ... "


This piece fought me all the way through and I must have changed centre pieces at least 7-8 times, I like the end result but I'm not sure if it tells the story as well as I would have liked it to.

Chronologically this piece comes after Dragon Reborn and before Ride!

Total build time: about 21 hours, total layers: 89, final image size: 2,520 x 1,920. Chronology

Please don't hesitate to comment on what you like (or dislike) about the picture, any feedback is appreciated. Don't worry though, I won't kill ya if you fav+run.

Thanks,


Ghost


--- Stock used: ---

- Dragon: Dragon 030 by *JLStock
- Girl: Girl 073 and Girl 071 by *JLStock
- Eggs: Eggs 2 by ~stock-cmoura
- Background: Premade Background 32 by ~stock-cmoura
- Skulls and bone: Bones - 4 by ~mjranum-stock
- Sword: Sword 1 by *Peace-of-Art
- Draconian: Part of previous image and Black Cape 016 by ~Ominous-Stock
- Centerpiece fractal: Fractal Stock 49 by *Dragonfly113-Stock
- Shadows / effects: Moon and Clouds 01 by *Ghost-Stock
- Fog, shadows, various light effects and all manipulation work: Paint.NET