Splinterlands Art Contest Week 245 . Elemental Phoenix

What's up, everyone? I hope you're all doing well. The last time I participated in contest number 241, and after a long time, I've created an art piece for the Splinterlands Art Contest. This time, I decided to focus on the Elemental Phoenix, a legendary card that all Splinterlands players are familiar with. I chose this because I've previously created art based on phoenix but each is different from each other.

Phoenixes are particularly popular art topic for artists and it's huge art pieces and logos available online, and new ones are constantly being added. It's the perfect source to draw ideas from.

After some research, I used Adobe Illustrator to create my own art piece in my own style . I began by sketching the Elemental Phoenix and gradually added colour to it, step by step. As we know the Phoenix represents the Fire element, symbolizing power and speed. I portrayed the Elemental Phoenix in a common pose observed among birds of prey—moving forward with its wings spread as it prepares to catch its prey.

I try to focused on using colors like red, brown, orange, and yellow. While some areas i try to used single color, most parts try to used multiple colour gradients. There is a specific reason behind this choice. Once I completed the entire artwork, I adjusted the transparency of the layers to achieve the desired effect. I have discussed this topic in my few blog posts, so feel free to check them out if you're interested.

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However, this image transparency applies it many times. Then I get a perfect picture as I want. So here I have done the same things . I did this after using all the colours in the art. First I added a background. Before doing this , I did some other work. I added some outer glow and bluer effects to enhance the artwork. I also included smoke and fire flames around it for look like they are coming out of the bird's body. Lastly, I added a shock web to further enhance the overall composition. Finally I used my image transformations strategy. After doing this I got this picture.

So this was my complete process of creating this artwork. I have included some images depicting the different stages of its creation. I made every effort to create a visually appealing this art piece, and I would appreciate your comments and feedback. I hope you enjoy this artwork. Thank you .