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Red Dragon

Red Dragon

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Red Dragon
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This is a dragon drawing I did while watching Polar Express around Christmas. Nothing like a heart warming seasonal movie to make you wanna draw a nasty, evil monster :)

This was intended for use as a mostly digital coloring project, so, yes, the background isn't there for a reason and I didn't do a whole lot of intensive shading.

This is really just the start of something bigger, and (I hope) better.

As usual, this is 14x17" Bristol, Vellum finish, with HB .007mm mechanical pencil.

Time spent was around 2.5-3 hours.
 
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Avatar Foster

 02/16/06 @045

Nice! I really like the comic book style of shading around the legs! Good work!
 
Avatar graysun

 02/16/06 @090

Excellent work. Very cool design. I dig him. Good job.
 
Avatar zilekondic

 02/16/06 @434

wow...this is just the way i like it :), you really have comic style, excellent shadowing all around!
It only seems that you cut it a bit too much :)\
you get my max!
 
Avatar felixdasilva

 02/16/06 @537

Beautiful work
 
Avatar Fyralath

 02/16/06 @592

Great work!
 
Avatar addicted2macs

 02/16/06 @927

Thanks, all! Hope you like the color painting as much as the drawing. ;)

I do agree that the tail end is cropped in an odd way...probably should have worked on that more, but this drawing just had a life of its own. It flowed out on its own accord.
 
Avatar Kaduflyer

 02/16/06 @930

Nice clean pencil work.

The positioning of the head and far front leg is a little cramped...the head needs to be either very definately over and therefore in front of the leg or the gap between the two should be bigger to avoid confusion. I'm also not to sure on the far wings anatomy either...where it bends forward at the top joint seems a little fudged.

I look forward to seeing the coloured version.
 
Avatar addicted2macs

 02/17/06 @064

@Kaduflyer: I definitely plan on fixing that wing :)

That was one of those times where I saw it, and told myself there was a reason for it, so it was OK. In fact, it's just an anatomy error (one joint too many), which I think I can correct in the painted version.

Thanks for the feedback.
 
Avatar Daykan

 02/17/06 @604

very nice work
 
Avatar Kaduflyer

 02/17/06 @811

One of the quickest and easiest ways to sort out this kind of perspective problem...on the wing...is to make a little clay model...it only has to be rough...pose it up like your drawing then simply draw from it...It's something I do all the time (particularly useful this time of year when Dragons are hibernating and you cant get one to pose for you!)
:)
 
Avatar Daequitas

 02/18/06 @020

great line work mac addict
thumbs up
loved the way you used not the defaultly given dragon designs and combined a vulturish look in to it...

the lines are very clean and strong

the far wing u say is bad but i dont see it that bad.. may be the angle can be retracted a lil forwards, it looks the tip of the wing is facing us more than the left one, if you lower it a bit downward the tip it will be alright, thats IMO
but the joint number is ok just as much as the left wing...
+9
@dave hehehe u crack me up man dont u have one miniature pet dragon at home that you bought from the lil chinese shop :p shame on you
 
Avatar addicted2macs

 02/18/06 @051

Hey! Thanks Daequitas :)

If you hadn't pushed me a bit, I wouldn't have posted this drawing. Now it's my first artwork to make it to the Top 10. Feels good! Of course, you've got two on there right now...

@Kaduflyer: I've got aboutt 10 pounds of Roma Plastilina left over from my old days back in school. That's a good idea about making a mock-up...but I'm afraid I'd put more work into that than I would the drawing!

I'm anxious to get the color painting done. It's a long process--I'm learning as I go. Hope to post it soon.
 
Pher

 02/18/06 @075

Apart from the little wing's perspective the only problem I have is the dragon's not red, ha ha.

Nice work though, good anatomy on the legs
 
Avatar Grafik

 02/18/06 @417

cool drawing concept! i would like to see some colour in it! +9
 
Avatar Nilesh

 02/18/06 @879

wow thats very impressive!! well uve inspired me!
 
Avatar OnPix-Artist

 02/19/06 @963

I love the dragons !
Great work !
 
Avatar Cigaro

 03/12/06 @007

real cool...i like the huge amount of details u put into it:)
 
Avatar DreamShadow

 03/28/06 @415

yup - the sketch looks great ! :p
 
Avatar Valera

 03/31/06 @849

this is great! +9
 
Avatar venomsblood

 05/09/06 @522

Like the position and teh expression Nice creature also;)

VenoM +9 (BE AWESOME IN COLOUR)
 
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