DSG 1471: Fantasy • THE DRAGON EMERGES FROM ITS WINTER HIBERNATION

[William b. Hand]

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[ SPRING is here! ]

[ :sungod: ]

Fantasy • THE DRAGON EMERGES FROM ITS WINTER HIBERNATION
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[erebusnight]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/beetlegauss/icedragon01bcopycopy.jpg

I actually made this before hand, but when I saw the title of this daily sketch, I automatically thought "I made this before!"

Still a speedpaint, at 1.5 hours I think.

[Mitze]

Thats a sweet pic erebusnight
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f162/mekese2000/winterdragon1.jpg

cleaned it up a bit. hmm better with the arm as in first.

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f162/mekese2000/winterdragon3.jpg

[j.s. sabastian]

hope i got this right.....
http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd349/jssabastian67/dragonwakingup.jpg

[ErikStorstein]

just a very quick sketch before I go to bed
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j167/zilrion/dragonemerges10min.jpg

[Unorthadox]

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g38/BK__/dragon3.jpg

[Daax]

my first submission ever and the first leap on my goal to be a concept artist.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/webdevil/dragon.jpg

[ShroudStar]

My first DSG attempt. Been working on the good ol' speedpaint in Photoshop and I've never drawn a dragon before. :)

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[Andrew_Litjens]

Took me a little longer than I expected but I'm just starting with Painter!
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h154/_mexi_/dragon.jpg

[GrimRabbit]

Sweet entries guys. I spent a couple of hours on this. A couple meaning maybe 3... :^^;:
http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/6327/dragdsg.jpg

[browntear]

IMAGE LINK (http://nestedfinchcreative.com/CA/DSG1471.jpg)

[Dantayl]

Hey, I'm new. :)

IMAGE LINK (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/Danosix/1471-DSG-Dragonhib.jpg)

[Andrew_Litjens]

Loving what you guys are coming out with
erebusnight I really like the icy highlights on the dragon and the size reference you have with the child
Mitze Really cool shot, looks like the priest is summoning him from his slumber
Unauthodox That picture makes me laugh every time I look at it, classy as
Grimrabbit Fantastic angle and execution of the landscape!

I've updated mine but I think I should stick with what I uploaded originally.

[JTown]

Here's my entry.

We got some nice entries so far. Good concepts. I did one of a dragon waking in his jammies... but it wasn't so nice as Unorthadox's

http://i532.photobucket.com/albums/ee327/JTown_015/dragon-from-the-cave.jpg

[Gumish]

Only pencil as ussual:-( About 40min
http://www.wydle.eu/stuff/DSG_1471.jpg

[kimded]

Thought I would give this one a shot, not really sure if it completely fulfils the theme. Took just under 90min in Photoshop CS2.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3638/3408748041_5af3f714da.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/78095978@N00/3408748041/)

(you can see a full size version here (http://kimded.deviantart.com/art/Dragon-waking-in-Summer-117972426) if you want)

[darthkrallt]

Unorthadox- awesome! Made me laugh so hard.

http://www.rustybubble.net/dsg1471.jpg
First try doing a "painting" style to sketch (instead of just lines).

[erebusnight]

Mitze and darthkrallt:

While textured brushes like the ones you use are great for a subtle effect, try to use more hard-edged brushes, like the regular round brush that comes with photoshop. It'll make things less "fuzzy looking".

Also, mix both the soft-and-faded feeling of faraway landscapes with sharp, small, detailing strokes that give a sense of something going on in the foreground.

Good job so far! Keep it up!

[Unorthadox]

haha, yeah some great submissions in this thread, - cheers people :)

[PiercetheIllusion]

http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs44/i/2009/093/f/0/DragonEmerging_by_PiercetheIllusion.jpg

[eekolite]

Nice work guys.

Ehhhh, lol. I must improve!

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/1152/dsg1471.jpg

[Hamsta]

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/2707/1471dragonwakeup.jpg (http://img26.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1471dragonwakeup.jpg)

[DragonDeathSquad]

There is some really amazing artwork here
this is my first DSG post, I hope do to more.
http://http://s608.photobucket.com/albums/tt164/DragonDeathSquad/?action=view&current=Dragonawakeswintercopy.jpg
I'm only 14 so it's not the best

[Crowsrock]

First glimpse at spring

http://fc26.deviantart.com/fs43/f/2009/094/b/a/Dragon_awakening_by_Crowsrock.jpg

[mrdigs]

Great work everyone !

http://i585.photobucket.com/albums/ss297/ned_schneebly/dsg1471.jpg

[DeepChrome]

Wanted to try a somewhat comedic angle on this. However, I have to say it probably doesn't begin to match up to most of the awesome in this thread. :D

http://i362.photobucket.com/albums/oo66/Shiney_Chrome/Dragonwaking.jpg

[Big Orange]

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh231/TedShatner10/SleepingDragon002.jpg

[Freddy Scribbles]

Not sure this will get finished. -_-
At least not at the moment.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v363/afaerychild/DSG/1471_WIP2.jpg

[Ninjerina]

I think he woke up abit late....
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v400/Tchaikovskychick/Artwork/dsgdragon14.jpg
any tips for improvement/critique (I know there are many) would be much appreciated.

[Ninjerina]

Freddy: nice stylization! mine is -kind of- an Asian dragon as well.

[Riess]

The dragon awakes - and is hungry.

http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/7938/dsgdragonawakes.png

Well, doesn't feel much like spring, does it... but I do like the look of the dragon.

[heLiOS di PiERO]

looks like I'm not the only one who forgot the "spring is here" part... oh well..

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn260/heLiOS_di_PiERO/concepts/awakeningDragon.jpg

[skyline]

great topic, and some realy great work.

http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/qq280/skyline92_bucket/dradonhibinationcopy.jpg

[Mulm]

http://rikkejansen.net/blog/dragoncoffee.jpg

There once lived a dragon. Its name was Gus. Every spring, the bravest knight and dragon slayer of all the lands would carefully stride to Gus' cave and offer the beast his morning coffee. Gus was a happy dragon and never killed anyone because dragons only do that when they're grouchy. The end!

[burrito]

http://entervault.net/img/npb_dsg_1471.jpg

[rushwolf]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/rushwolf/attachment.jpg

Yeaaah Its late. Probably done with this mofo for now. Still learnin painter.

[Muninn]

I guess my lurking days are over :).. so there it goes.
A first time for everything right.

http://www.elsakroese.com/stuff/conceptart6april.jpg
I'm not tooo fond of the concept generally but I kinda like how it turned out.

Some random comments at my fav pieces in this topic:
@ erebusnight: Gotta love the kid, and the scale of the beast. Nice :D.
@ Mitze: I really like the shape of your dragon's head.
@ Crowsrock: Sweet :D, I like it, all though the little flower is something I personally would have left out)
@ Freddy Scribbles: Really nice dragon design and rendering. Al also like the scribbly mountains in the back heh.


I guess I should go and make a sketchbook or something o_0

[Suncut]

I haven't used Photoshop for ages, that was suprisingly hard.
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[silentbrain]

Unorthadox- God, that is hilarious
Freddy Scribbles- Very nice!

I woulda sworn there would have been way wayy more pics like mine. Guess I'm the only one who feels like death in the morning. ; )
http://venimarolka.com/dump/2009/040609-dragonmorning.jpg

edit: Okay, I'm totally blind, or my internets were clogged, I see that there are two others with the groggy morning thing. Now I don't feel so alone hahaha...
...oh god I'm out of coffee AGAIN.

[prepsage]

http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/1156/dsg1.jpg

[GraphiteGolem]

Long-time CA lurker, this is my second DSG since I joined. :P

I should have stuck to straight sketching, but I wanted to try a bit of painting... About 45 minutes, all told. Looking at it now, there's a bunch of stuff I was supposed to erase but didn't... so here's a text link:
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b102/GraphiteGolem/dragonawakens.jpg
The dragon emerges... early, because the snowpeople are having a party over his cave! Panic ensues!

[Lotta]

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn184/Lotta_90/dsg_dragon1.jpg
one screwed up dragon pic. a quickie. my values are all over the place.
ugh... there it went, polluting cyberspace.

[saturniaus]

Really good stuff here. I wish I had more time to work in color:

http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee295/saturniaus/dsg_1471.jpg

[NickGuy]

this was fun

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l48/NickGuy_2006/dragonwakingup.gif

[PRIMEtarget]

http://www.concepts21.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/images/SCAN21.JPG

I would like to post this picture in my message, but don't know how... so I've stuck it up on some webspace.

A doodle at work - I didn't know I had it in me!! I'll let you decide.

[thirteen]

My attempt. About 2 hours or so. I tried to make the dragon appear to be very massive, the size of a mountain. I'm not sure that really worked out that well.


http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p235/bassage/icedragon.jpg

[Sean McClain]

this took me 30 minutes really fun too, should do it more often.:
http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq19/silverlotusdragon/slumberdragon1.jpg

[Huatah]

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b351/Songahm/dragon.jpg

[Crysalis]

Thirteen what you could do is add more vertical reference to compare the size of the dragon to. Like add a little hut or tree on the side of the mountain. The things is that the mountain in front of it is of an unknown height to the viewer making any comparison difficult.