DSG 427: Creature: Dragon King

[dsg bot]

Today's topic is: Creature: Dragon King

[andres_pad]

YAY!!! i love stuff like this one. but i can never draw dragons :'( , oh well. im gonna try anyway!

[andres_pad]

Woah, i got very luck with this one. i love it! only about 15 mins in; black felt tip pen, rendering markers, and coloured pencils. hmm, im gonna try more dragons.... :P

http://img29.photobucket.com/albums/v87/andres_pad/P4280002.jpg

[Gumdrop]

Well I learned one thing from todays topic: Water colours ontop of oils are so much fun. :)

http://pookabin.com/images/DSG/DSG427_DragonKing.jpg

andres_pad - I see your improving. He's a nice colour alright. Try varying your lines a little.

[JSlayer]

haha a 10 min quickie :)
http://img49.photobucket.com/albums/v149/JSlayer/dsg427.jpg

Andres - nice one ;) i could never colour like this in real life !
Gumdrop - wow.... amazing work as always

[Ideaspark]

Watercolour on oils eh? who wuoulda thunk? It looks great!

[sixBlade]

hehe shame watercolor on oils wouldnt work irl -- damn oil being water resistant :P

[webgirly2k]

Andre, I really like it. I have kids and I could really see this as a childrens book illustration.

Everybody great job! I am so inspired by everybody here. I know we aren't supposed to say we suck but well, Hoover IS my middle name... lol


Thanks for all the inspiration!

[village idiot]

'WELL, THEY CALL HIM MR HUFFENPUFF,
BUT HE'S NOT IN A HUFF.
AND HE'S NOT A PUFF.'
http://img32.photobucket.com/albums/v96/villageidiot/DRAGON_KING.jpg
my dragon king appears to be emoting the tired disdain for life i'm feeling at the mo

nice one gumdrop, you're getting a really nice confident and unique style.
and andres_pad something quite charming about your fella

[S.C. Watson]

<HOMER MOMENT>
....mmmmmmmmm, dragons......
</HOMER>

I'll be posting a little later today.

andres_pad: Very good work. I agree with Gumdrop, you are improving and it's nice to see you trying some color there as well.

Gumdrop: Nice feel to the pic. I love the prickly texture that I'm sure is a byproduct of the mixed media. Love the flame in his hand as well. Great colors.

JSlayer: Good sketch. I would try bringing him out a little bit. Do you have a kneaded eraser? If not, pick one up and experiment with strategic erasings to help bring out highligts. Your background can be darkened, even with the torch, to help create stronger distinction between the character and the background.

village idiot: Great picture. Good colors and mood. I just kinda wish you'd finish it :D Now that would be something to see!

Traci: Welcome to our humble forum (saw your posts a couple of days ago). We look forward to seeing your work, regardless of the amount of training. In my experience, training doesn't count for half of what passion does!

Cheers,
~Oreg.

[Ideaspark]

Wow VI, very cool, captured that expression perfectly

[Ideaspark]

Originally posted by webgirly2k
I have no training, I am just a mom with 4 kids and I do some webdesign on the side. I figure learning to draw will help me with my work.

Thanks for all the inspiration!

Traci [/B]

Ditto here, though i'm going to art school in the fall, going into graphic design but i really need to beef up my drawing skills.

[Sunny]

M I C H A E L C O R R I E R O

WATCH OUT Mister! I got a can of spray paint ive been savin ;) I cant wait to see urs man.

[S.C. Watson]

Huh. It looks like we've got ourselves a little North West party here.

Sunny, in cloudy BC, Ideaspark in lovely Victoria, and myself on tourist infested Orcas island.

Things that make you go "hmmmm....".

And Sunny, quit hitting yourself, dude. It's not healthy.

~Oreg.

[Sunny]

haha ya we do. I was in victoria not that long ago. and I used to live in Olympia, and in Longview/Kelso Washington. Good times haha.

Now I gotta find time for todays dsg lol

[Helzer]

http://www.blitzdesign.net/dsg/dragonmaster.jpg

[Antilight77]

Just a quick one today, Oriental stile king dragon….

http://www.digitalmack.com/Pages/TempPostings/drgano1.jpg

Helzer – I like the use of the brush marks to describe the space. I would like to have seen a little more description of the volume of the body, maybe a high light or two/

Village – nice use of the red bounce light, it real brings the figure out.

GumDrop – the dragon has a nice “hairy” feel to it. when you said “water colors on top of oils” do you mean in 3d mediums or on the computer?

Cant wait to see everyone else’s posts

~Cheers

~Tm

[Engine Man]

Antilight77--Nice! Drawn very well, and I love the colors. You get a cookie.

Village Idiot--Beautiful. Love the red reflected light. Cookie for you.

Gumdrop--That is wild looking. Oil and watercolor, huh? Almost looks like fabric. Really tapestry-y. Cookie.

Helzer--Cookie. Great textures as usual.

JSlayer--Awww, he's happy (eats peasant). Cute. Cookie for you, too.

Andres_Pad--Very expressive! I like the cross-hatching on his scales. Definitely a cookie for you.

I'm going to try to post later. So far it's looking good today! God, I need a cookie right now.:D

[JABAJAWOOLU]

gonna have to break ur lil cycle. Orlando Florida here. ill be trying to post something shortly. trying to learn OC.

[teyekanik]

My dragon king can beat up your dragon king!

http://home.comcast.net/~teyekanik/drag_copy.jpg

My dragon king can beat up your dragon king!
Photoshop7

[teyekanik]

Helzer: :)
Village idiot: :)

[dischord]

Lets see if I can manage to actually post something every day. or if it will take a couple more months until I post again.

Anyway, the idea behind this one is that dragons aren't the safest to have around, and I assume cold will render them rather harmless. This is supposed to be the keeper...
*note to self: learn to draw dragons until next time*

http://www.alexanderpowell.com/DSG/dsg_427.jpg
~30 minutes, photoshop.

::edited with some linework, so I guess it's about 45 minutes now.

[Mr Man]

2mins in microsoft paint :p
Thought I would be different
http://img21.photobucket.com/albums/v63/mrswoman/king_drag.jpg

[OLSEN]

Some good ones in her tonight. Keep it up everyone.

http://img12.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/dragon_king_with_bird.jpg

[buzzz3d]

Hmm, not too fond of how the colors turned out but anyway, here it is:
http://home.tiscali.nl/erik3d/speedpaints/dsg427.jpg

teyekanik: Good sense of scale.
Helzer: Very dynamic
village idiot: Beautiful colors
Gumdrop: Todays favorite. Only comment: maybe blend the flames of the firebrush a little with a liquid brush. :)

Cheers,

Erik

[eygji]

did this a bit defferently than others so far... 45mins. (10sketch 35coloring)
used a 16"x12" page at 250 ppi instead of 6"x6" 250ppi... then shrunk it down to this size.

http://home.comcast.net/~c.longfellow/dragonking02.JPG

[SABRE]

Damn!! Helzer and dischord, great works!! :chug:


CHAUU.................

[RETEP]

just a quick sketch, i couldnt pass this up.

http://img16.photobucket.com/albums/v48/dingoegret/dragon_king.jpg

theres alot of great stuff here today

Helzer-awsome man, great color.

anitilight77-just love the oriental style.

buzzz3d- i think the color came out quite well. the eye just pulls you in (focal point).

[Engine Man]

Helzer, that revision is awesome.

[Stinogatron]

Wow, awesome stuff all.
Buzzz3d - amazing, the lights are beutiful
teyekanik - awesome, i love the sketchy lines
:chug:
Killed two birds w/ one stone today. Got my painting project done and the DSG! Sorry about how dark it is. My camera sux and i am uploading from school with no photoshop to correct anything.

http://www.angelfire.com/art2/stinogatron/dragon.jpg

[xbiten]

I didn't got the time to finish.
http://members.lycos.co.uk/xbiten/2D/dsg's/dsg427-2.jpg

real great postings today.

[Skank]

bravo mike!!
hot damn thats sweet, youre really gettin back into the zone!

[OLSEN]

Holy crap Mike, you just won the dragon of the year award.

[Helzer]

Thanks for the comments and crits everyone.

There is some real stunning work today.

MIKECORRIERO - spectactular work!

dingoegret - Love the design of the dragon...very dignified. Your linework is loose and full of volume. Cool

buzzz3d - I don't see anything wrong with the colors. Stunning work, love the transparency in the wing.

OLSEN - Great work, really like the design of the dragon's face.

village idiot - Awesome, sort of has this Prince of Denmark quality to it.

Gumdrop - Sinister. Cool work and really nice textures.

[Gumdrop]

Man... everyone seems to be on fire today (pun intended)! thanks for all your comments.

JSlayer - He has a nice character about him. The angle of his horn is a little too extreme IMHO. I think a more rounded one would work better.

webgirly2k - I was in the same boat about a year ago - hadn't picked up a pencil since I was a kid and have had no training, but this place sure does inspire. Hope to see you become a regular.

village idiot - really nice look to it. His throne is very cool.

Helzer - Lovin that so much. The sky is wonderful... as is everything else.

Antilight77 - Very nicely done. the background and colours suit the subject. Oh... and the WC's were just another layer in painter to add texture and depth.

teyekanik - Wow... big brute. The sketchy lines look great.

dischord - Very original and a great style. Hope to see more.

Mr Man - Haha... cute!

OLSEN - Damn what a cool head. Love the wngs and colours too.

buzzz3d - Grrr... I'm getting the red X even after refresh. others seem to love it so I wanna see too! :(

eygji - Yay... atlast we get to see a hoard. Nice setting and composition.

dingoegret - Wish you'd finish him off. I like what I see so far.

Stinogatron - really cool style. Sort of like crunched fragments of paper.

xbiten - The anatomy is a little off but I like the colour and the armour spike.

MIKECORRIERO - I thaught you'd warm to this topic. Amazing piece... one of the best I've seen from you. Love the details... particularly the dragons head. You really handle those pastal colours too damn well!

[Ideaspark]

Man there's some amazing stuff in here.

Helzer's I like especially but really an excellent wide variety..wow...

The King Dragon who's body is of jade and wings as emeralds.

http://photos.imageevent.com/pipmoo/stripshit/musashi/king%20dragon.jpg

[young paddy1]

yet another ice based DSG for Paddy

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v19/youngpaddy1/ice_dragon_king.jpg

[Railboy]

@ MIKECORRIERO: Damn... *ups ante*...

[Dinger]

Just a quick sketch I don't have a scanner so I'm using a web cam :(

http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/dinger/Picture_010.jpg
Origional Sketch (sorry for the quality
http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/dinger/draggy.jpg
Crappy edit I really need to learn photoshop

C+C please

I pray for a scanner heh

[Freakt]

here is my fast dragonking... hope you like it!?!?

http://www.night-pictures.de/dragonking.jpg

http://www.night-pictures.de/dragonking1.jpg

[Railboy]

Trying out a new technique today...
http://www.atomicagedog.com/art/dailysketch/dragonking.jpg

Damn good topic today, & lots of great sketches!

[Matt Dixon]

Very nice stuff today. Good job, boys and girls!

[S.C. Watson]

eh, a bit rushed today and unfortunately no time to finished it, but it works in a pinch. Great work peoples!
http://img9.photobucket.com/albums/v25/Oregano/Sketchbook/dragonking.jpg

Cheers,
~Oreg.

[S.C. Watson]

And this one by my son, Holden (6)

http://img9.photobucket.com/albums/v25/Oregano/HoldensWork/holden-dragonKing.jpg

Cheers,
~Oreg.

[webgirly2k]

This started out as what seemed to be a good idea. Now, I may be banned from the forums for life!

It is supposed to be Donald Trump. Who better to be the king of the dragons! I sketched it by hand on paper and colored the scan in Painter 8.

I would have liked to give it a decent effort but my 1 year old has stomach flu and was puking on me, and my puppy has distemper and was seizuring on me all day. Fun-day, and did I mention I can't draw dragons, hell, I can't draw Donald Trump! *sigh*


http://img58.photobucket.com/albums/v176/webgirly2k/dragonkingfirstsketchworkingcopy2.jpg


Everybody else did the usual awe inspiring work today. I think dragons and kings are the stuff you all dream of drawing!

Thanks

Traci

[S.C. Watson]

Hey Mike,

Thanks for the comments. It means a lot. I've been pounding away on the sketching in a serious way recently. Sort of got pissed at the plataue I hit there for a while.

Sometimes, getting mad is a good thing :D

Yeah, the dragon got lost on this one. I'm going to post another a little later that's a bit more "dragon intensive". I want to give my hand a rest for a little bit tho.

btw - your dragon rocks. Great colors and overall feeling to picture. Reminds me of the movie Dragonslayer in a way. Glad you posted today.

Okay. Time to shut up and draw.

Cheers,
~Oreg.

[Railboy]

@webgirly2k: AUGH!! PERMBAN!!! (Just kidding)
@Oregano: I'm with Mike, you're getting better & better...

[Sapphire]

Mike, that dragon is beautiful! The guy riding it makes me think of a Nasgul or what have you. I may have to get back into the dsg now if I get a chance today, love dragons.

And add one more to the Northwest party... :)

-Sapph

[Al Ian]

http://jmarkey77.home.bresnan.net/images/big/speedpainting/dsg427.jpg

Erm, I dont think I got it right!? :D

[GiR]

yikes! an incredible amount of good, no, great stuff here today.. yay!
http://img17.photobucket.com/albums/v51/marker/dragon.jpg
mine turned out weird and messy.. oh well :p

[Bretton]

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/dragonking.jpg

an amazing day for the dsg

[andres_pad]

thanks guys, really encouraging, im gonna actually try from now on ;)

[Bammer]

Havn't made a DSG in a while.
http://keratin.pyoko.org/DSGApril28.jpg
Good submissions all. Mike Corriero, you rock my world.

[OLSEN]

I decided to spend some more time on mine and fix it up. There were a few good people that helped and pointed out some mistakes i missed, thanks guys, you know who you are.

http://img12.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/dragon_10.jpg

..and finally, thanks to those that commented on the previous version. Great work all, next time i´ll try and comment more on your pieces, but right now i´m just too tired.

EDIT: Updated the pic.

[DV8]

no time for colour on this one.

http://www.mikephillips.ca/dsg/dsg_427_dragon_king.jpg

[YeeWu]

Not much time these days, but here's something I did:

http://www.effloresce.com/sijun/april_28_2004.jpg


Dragon King in human form =P

Too many good posts to comment on in such little time!

[Osmus]

hey all. great dragon kings! this is a spiced up ref of a komodo dragon. i'm begginer with color and learning. criticisms are always helpful. is anyone else going to the austin, texas workshop?

http://img7.photobucket.com/albums/v18/osmus/dragonking.jpg

[JABAJAWOOLU]

not as good today b/c i was trying OC out and tryin to get used to it. here it is. cant draw dragons that well so i figured id cheat and just show how massive he was by showing his nostril.
http://www.renderosity.com/photos/ArtistArticle7971.jpg
i have the WPE file if anyone wants it. just PM me.
too many to comment on today guys. great job all of you.

[Bammer]

Hehe. Clever work around JABAJAWOOLU. I give you props for creativity.
Little crit: We don't actually know how large the dragon is unless we have some kind of point of referance in the picture. By this I mean, the dragon could be an inch tall and still have a close up of his nostril drawn. Just mentioning that because I did dig your idea.

[lpetty]

http://www.leepetty.com/forum/dsg_dragonking.jpg

I'm not too happy with this sketch today. I'm a bit burnt after work. Nice work everyone. This is a 30 min pencil sketch.

[dARCKLOWN]

VERY quick one today, to much college 3d work to do :P

http://members.optushome.com.au/gemmagoodwin/Art/DragonKing.jpg

[Engine Man]

Bammer, I love your style! Nicely done.

Everyone is pumping out amazing stuff today.

Quicky:

http://home.comcast.net/~paranormalbob/dragonking.JPG

[DocBoom]

need more practice on heads in perspective - this crap took me much too long... :rolleyes:
http://www.85hertz.de/bilder/dragonking.jpg

fantastic stuff today! :eek:

[ArtoriusRex]

Woohoo! I got it in in time! Sorry guys, had to be done

~45 min in PS. Mostly that was fiddling with the composition. I painted most of another dragon that I hid because I wasn't going un-hideous-ify it before 1am. Let me know what you think!

http://home.comcast.net/~andrew.l/images/DSG427.jpg

circle of life, baby!

EngineMan, is that some Frank Miller influence I see?

Nice work all around today. Nothing like dragons to bring out the best in people!

[WoodenWorkhorse]

http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~cflanaga/Down/concept/dsg%20trogdor!.jpg

[WoodenWorkhorse]

just thought i'd slip a few in here at the last second. traci, i think your dragon king looks just like donald trump. sorry to hear about your doggie and your 1 year old, best of luck with 'em.

http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~cflanaga/Down/concept/troggie.jpg

[ArtoriusRex]

TROGDOOOOOOOOR! Nice one, WoodenWorkhorse. Hehe.

[fletchgirl]

TROGDOOOOR! :)

um, sorry, this is late... and not really finished...
http://www.valeriefletcher.com/images/caohelp/dragonking3.jpg
"Inbreeding takes it's toll on the Dragon Monarchy"

[0kelvin]

http://pluh.com/members/baldy/DSG/DragonKing.jpg


I've been seriously slacking off on the DSG lately. And not just the DSG, all art in general. But I'm getting the motivation again.

This one took far too long, and I quit before it was entirely done. I was planning to add a bunch of vegetation growing off of the dragon, but I spent too long redoing the eye over and over until it looked half decent and I never got around to it. But I'm still happy with the result.



0kelvin

[Engine Man]

ArtoriusRex: Frank who? I have no idea what you're talking about. (cough):D

That's really cute, Fletchgirl.

Olsen, I forgot to mention how awesome yours is. It's, uh, awesome. :)

[BRANDISH]

great work everybody!I had t fix my computer and tried to build my webpage, but i did teh tutorial at homestarrunner.com. maybe i post my results later on.

[nBT]

http://www.mattijsart.com/dsg/dsg427dragonking.jpg
im glad i did
about 30 mins

[BRANDISH]

ah,well. stupid quick sanguine sketch.
strong mad did better.

http://www.brandish.org/gallery/dragonking.jpg

[S.C. Watson]

I think I was having an "off" day yesterday. Nothing was coming out the way I anticipated. That and I was trying to rush.

Bad Oregano! Bad! Bad!

http://img9.photobucket.com/albums/v25/Oregano/Sketchbook/dragonking1.jpg

Anyway, not that you can tell from the pic, but this guy has four arms in front along with the standard issue two hind legs.

I call him "Leggy" :D

Cheers,
~Oreg.

[goran]

http://img7.photobucket.com/albums/v17/smogyboy/roughs/king-dragon.jpg brush an d painter

[Ideaspark]

Oregano: the bone structure on that is just awesome!

[Engine Man]

I second that, Ideaspark. I think this one is even better than your last sketch, Oregano. Dragons are not something I ever really draw, so I appreciate people that can do it well. :)

[S.C. Watson]

Ideaspark (I *love* your handle, btw) and Engine Man, thanks for the comments. I'm glad you like him. I do too :D - I just wish I had had time to finish him.

I'm a big dragon fan. I think it goes back to watching/reading the Hobbit way, way back in the day. And, to compound matters, I have a six year old that is just possibly more fanatical about dragons than I am, so Dad here had better be able to pull off a convincing dragon every now and then :D

Cheers guys,

~Oreg.

[sone_one]

i know i know im wayyyyy too late, but anyway.... i did it for dsg intentionally so here is where it belongs to...

http://members.chello.at/sone_one/427-dragon_king-2-1.jpg

@ goran: really love your use of the rake

@ oregano: loooovely head! me likes!

@ olsen: nice one!

@ helzer: another amazing piece :)

@ village idiot: like yours alot too

great work everyone

[insane visions]

http://www.thinktankdsz.com/images/king.jpg

just thought that sketches are mostly composed of unfinished idea ,but here is my sketch

[S.C. Watson]

Hey Insane,

Glad to see you join our little corner of the universe!

I agree with you regarding sketches, though around here some people's sketches are little more "finished" than others. Some people speed paint, others sketch. No worries either way. It's all for fun.

Cheers,
~Oreg.

[jaydub0417]

great job everyone.. i just signed up tonight ... i hope to start posting soon :)


- jay dub

[goran]

thank you,there is something with the rakes,I will play more with it.