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"Basking" by Shelz Keast

SF&F Picture 5 out of 42 by Shelz Keast

SciFi and Fantasy Art Basking by Shelz Keast

A lesser wyvern enjoying a mid-afternoon sunbake. Lesser wyverns are small, about the size of a small kingfisher and, like the kingfisher, hunt fish in lakes and streams. They are mainly ambush hunters, diving from their perch onto an unsupecting morsal. However they are also excelent swimmers, their tails have addapted in a fin like shape for extra speed. Like all wyverns the lesser wyvern are feircely territorial. The males are particulary zealous during the mating season where territoral disputes are common and can lead to death.

Date	Name	Comment
29 May 2008	Astrid lian	Loading... adorable little thing<3 Shelz Keast replies: "Thank you."
3 Jun 2008	Michelle C. Osborn	Loading... Awww...I want one. Shelz Keast replies: "Ahh but it is a wild creature, not meant to be a pet."
4 Jul 2008	Jaefer K Gaudet	Loading... The wings are so...u know...AMAZING!!!! howdya get the feathers so good?! Shelz Keast replies: "Photo reference for the wings. It’s a great help."
15 Aug 2008	Amanda K Blauser	Loading... Ahh, it’s so adorable! You have remarkable drawings skills and quite a knack for detail, nicely done! Shelz Keast replies: "Thank you very much. I love detailed drawings. "
5 Oct 2008	Lydia stephanie Barker	Loading... this is wonderful!! he looks so sweet and innocent.
29 Dec 2008	Selene Moonshadow Green	Loading... Aw, it looks like a bird-dragon... very very good, great feathers! Shelz Keast replies: "Well a wyvern is basically a bird dragon anyway."
24 Apr 2009	Natalie Adams	Loading... aw, sweet another amazing pencil work, just like a zooalogical/biological study!
25 May 2009	Tom Draco Noir Taylor	Loading... Another nice dragony one! Reminds me vaguely of Archeopteryx, which really could have been a wyvern, i suppose. great detail work, very reminiscent of the detailed naturalist sketches like Audubon did. Shelz Keast replies: "I’m not familiar with Audubon, I’ll have to look him up....wait. Something of his might have fetched up in a primatology lecture.... I guess it is Archaeopterx in form. I can’t remeber if it was based on it though."
15 Sep 2009	Martin Hjalmers	Loading... Your drawing skills are amazing, I love your gallery! "It’s mostly just tons of practice." ...coupled with much talent if I may add Shelz Keast replies: "Thanks a lot! It’s mostly just tons of practice."
3 Nov 2009	Vivien Jaquier	Loading... Lovely! I love such elaborate creature concepts. And this detailed drawing style.. well it’s pretty much what I am aiming for. Did you also use a photo reference for the head? Shelz Keast replies: "I didn’t use any reference for the head but I did use one for the wings. The reference picture was actually the inspiration for this piece. Just keep practicing with your pictures and you’ll get better. References are really usefull. It’s taken me a bit to realise just how usefull."
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