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Working on a last minute image for the how-to-draw dragons book. My editor is cutting me off. Anything not in by Monday is not getting in, haha. Critique is always welcome, though I'm kinda working on this RIGHT NOW and it will likely be finished in a few hours. If the image is finished I will probably not be changing it because of the deadline, even if I get a really good critique. My apologies. I will edit this post as I get further along.





I started his markings by basing him off a Picasso Trigger Fish... but with the orange on his beak and the complex patterning on his sides, he ended up looking rather silly. I simplified it and put a made-up pattern on his wings that drew from the deep orange stripe on the back of the fish. Sadly he no longer resembles the original fish






Ahhhhh... its 6AM. Cheap background is cheap. Go go airbrush >.<;;;

Edit: Oh man, I like how the sun is in the lower right, but the light source on the dragon is in the upper left. Must be a pretty bright light source... to outshine the sun... Back to work...


And done >.> Cheap background is still cheap. Sadly I like the look of the sun better in the lower right corner, but it's kinda too late at this point to reshade the darned thing, as this thing is due immediately. Ahhhhhhhh. I'm a bad: plan your backgrounds in advance. I draw stupidly because I need to have a full creature separate from any background elements that I can tutorial up. (Even so, I should have thought about my light source BEFORE shading...) It's really best to draw your environment and the creatures that inhabit them at the same time

/ramble. Ah well. To bed! *zoom*

The markings on the wings are just stunning ^^ They work really nicely with the greys and whites of the body, and just give the character that little bit more :3

I think that the background compliments the dragon's body colors very well. I can't wait to see this in your new book!

I'm glad you like him! I hope to marathon an ice dragon in much the same manner tonight. I tend to post in the wee hours of the morning, when the "oh crap, I'm out of time!" reflex kicks in.

pretty good so far as the coloring and shading goes. the sun background does give him definition with the shading. (jeese wat am i saying i dont know anything about all this) i like though. i have a question about the last one, on the wing with the colors towards the viewer, wouldn't that all be in shade i mean with the sun back on the other side of him? (i know you ran out of time but theres my question)

i agree with Flute the wings and its colour are amazing. And i like the idea how you got the patttern idea off the fish. Cant wait till your next book comes out.

I love the coloring! The face is nice, and I wonder, is it going to be how-to-draw or just a sample picture?

CRIPES NEON! These are fantastic as! i cant wait to see the new book. your hand must be really sore after workinh hard on those pics!
is it possible you can sumbit the lineart of the drake and the dragon to the colouring bin?