DSG 578: Creature: Smaug(Red Dragon) from the hobbit

[dsg bot]

Today's topic is: Creature: Smaug(Red Dragon) from the hobbit

[Osmus]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v18/osmus/smaug.jpg

[Hamsta]

Done with my new toy, err tool, Painter 9 :D hour
http://img120.exs.cx/img120/2969/578smaug.jpg

[goran]

pencil,painter, one hour.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v17/smogyboy/characters/dragon.jpg

[Madoliane]

Hamsta: WOW ....your best DSG yet. I love it !



*screech!!!*....wait a minute.....where's the story ????

[Hamsta]

/me picks up "The Hobbit" and starts reading it to Madoliane in Hebrew...

I cant seem to come up with stories to redesigns :shrug: thx for the compliment

[Murlodont]

Goran, only an hour? Wow, great works like that in such short amounts of time inspire me :). I might give this one a shot.

[Narya]

around and hour and a half in PS, i like it so far, switching to painter now,maybe it can be turned into something :)

http://img113.exs.cx/img113/5849/smaugwide.jpg

p.s. thats supposed to be bilbo in the corner there, sneaking up on the sleeping dragon

[Swan]

here's my quick sketch. About an hour in Painter. Could have played for much, much longer with this one. I've loved Smaug since I was a child.

http://www.jenniferwilliamson.com/dailysketch/smaug.jpg

Narya - LOVE the way it looks like there's an inferno in the dragon's mouth. Great stuff!
Goran - that's just magnificent. Feels very Tolkien.
Hamsta - a great foundation! really good.

[Slimeydog]

I'm pretty ok with this peice because a. I suck at drawing creatures, dragons, etc. b. this is the first time i've used the watercolor feature on my painter8 program and it was just too fun. I could use advice,so crit away.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v220/JenDuckro/Smaug.jpg

[Slimeydog]

I forgot to write my crits!

Swan: Great mouth and i love that it's very much an "action shot".
Narya: WOW on the eye and mouth! You got that glow down perfectly.
Goran: Seriously a beautiful sketch. Looks like an illustration that could go in a book...
Hamsta: I agree it's your best one yet. I don't know if it was intended, but the glass-like look of the body is cool.
Osmus: I like the shape of your horns! but when I first looked, I was confused. I think the lines being all the same size make the image a bit confusing. Try varying width of lines to show features. Just a suggestion.

[Lord Elsington]

http://people.freenet.de/schwoassamoasda/smaug.jpg

Sir Smauge of Lonelymountainchestershire dislikes worker unions and hobos but adores idleness caused by extraordinary wealth stop

[jondan]

smaug, 2 times. both with ballpoint pen since i was installing winXP at a friends today. for it was as problematic as it always is, i had lots of time! ;)

first, i thought: ah, cool, everithings alright. i'll do just a quick closeup! there u go...

http://www.damagecorp.de/jon/pics/smaug2.jpg

but then i really had enought time for details and even a bodyshot! :)

http://www.damagecorp.de/jon/pics/smaug1.jpg

then i recolored the lines in ps, since it is a red dragon, right? :)

[jondan]

wow, mike...amazing! what kind of brushes did you use on that one? i'm quite new to digital painting, so sorry if this is a dumb question!

and here's another one...

http://www.damagecorp.de/jon/pics/smaug3.jpg

[Murlodont]

heh, I'm not too creative--the rest of the DSG-ers put me to horrid horrid shame :dad:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v219/Anghardel67/reddragoncopy.jpg

[CKWorth]

I can't miss my chance to draw a dragon. Too late at night to color this. Here's a smug looking Smaug.

http://www.spherenoire.com/forumart/dsgsmaug.jpg

Also too late at night to comment on each work but they're all really good. There was a nice turn out for this topic.