Digital Art Masters: Volume 3

DRAGONTFLY

BY DENIS TOLKISHEVSKY

  

INTRODUCTION

I created the first version of this work in 2006. At that time, a website was holding a contest for the best “mechanical toy” and I decided to show that it was possible to create graceful things using rough tools. One of the conditions of the contest was the presence of clockwork. I decided to create a mechanical dragonfly and tried to get a feeling of olden times. I didn’t have enough experience in the adjustment of materials and lighting, so the final image wasn’t of a high quality. After a year, ...