"DRAGONS" - open thread - Draw a Dragon

[saulone]

great stuff everyone - this thread certainly needs a bump. Seeing everyone's interpretations - so inspiring.

Here is one - from The Silmarillion - Ancalagon the Black

http://www.danielgovar.com/taba/tabanew/linked/ancalagon.jpg

[Dragonflysly]

This is a start.
I know I have more dragons. Somewhere.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y130/dragonflysly79/pic/dragontwin_by_dragonflysly.jpg

[Darkstream]

This is for a children's book I am working on but thought I would throw him in anyway. :-)

http://www.geocities.com/darkstream00/olddragon.jpg

[Arrhenius]

This is based on the Boga, from Star Wars EpIII.
http://tk.files.storage.msn.com/x1pnp_rgmi5o50raJlpx56Rxje0AHMTJAD4KJBfdUEyoZBWvw8 Rc10n3NEEQhdoEZIqCwXfU6WzMuurcTLQ_qMthd44_vrLNZ3Go 0PSKNQO4b486vXtPQFoFYClr3FJX61mkjQfHL1wwhc
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It's a mix of some animals.
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And these are my little 3d dragons:
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http://storage.msn.com/x1pnp_rgmi5o50raJlpx56RxqgAZDLq0pJ1Jn-ak1jtZd24YaZJZ3bvYgi-5PTcX2yGf9pqrCoZkkdHPTkLirdBR81ztpSBflcL1U1hsY8HVZ m9diFBLC73znzmSoilm247GUPlSPvtRY8

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[ferret]

@ Vanakool

nice, i like this jimi-dragon ;)

ferret

[Mythori]

:O holy.....
omg I so love this site =D so many good pictures!
Some of them sure kick asses! :x

I love the speedpaint ones =D
You guys are an inspiration! I am a passionate dragon-artist (or to tell the truth: I can't draw much more. lol. i suck) and looking at some of these pieces makes me wanna draw!

But unfortunatly, my 'style' is way diffrent then yours and I guess you won't like it at all xD'
Maybe I am just a covart to not show them here. lol... O_o maybe? I AM a covart! =P I don't want to be ripped in pieces.
I'm not very active on conceptart.org... but I still love to see the drawings that are posted here <3

[Digisaur]

Here's sort of a biomechanical dragon steed. It was going to be a COW entry but I didn't make it in time. It's vestigial wings have been turned into handlebars.
http://digisaur.net/forum/steed07.jpg

[ClayDar]

Ok I know this is not an actuall drawing but its one I did with my scupture and adobe Photo shop. I sculpted this dragon for the Martin Brothers custom bike shop here in Dallas. If you dragon fans want to see more of the dragons I sculpted you can see them on my picture trail web site. Here are a couple pics.
http://pic14.picturetrail.com/VOL561/3685125/7830968/109532698.jpg
http://pic14.picturetrail.com/VOL561/3685125/8270447/111270400.jpg
I love yalls dragon pics in here too. Great Stuff!!
ClayDar
www.picturetrail.com/claydar

[tgfx]

Hey ClayDar Props on the dragon man...Love it. How did u come up with the pose?

[ClayDar]

Thanks Bro. Well i happened to be looking through a copy of computer gamming world one day and saw a dragon flying over a castle and thought to capture a dragon in flight or just taking off would be pretty kool. Propoing the dude on his tail was about the only way i figured i could make it work. I also spoke to Karl Sander out in LA on some ideas for the wings. He did the sculptur Keeper of Time. A great work of Dragon Art. He gave me a few pointers. I concider him one of my biggest inperations in sculpting. Also He great to chat with on the subject of dragons. :teeth:

ClayDar

[TJ Verhagen]

A quick one I made of Neltharion, aka Deathwing, the black dragon aspect of the Warcraft universe..

http://home.wanadoo.nl/lwverhagen/img/forumpics/Neltharion.jpg

[Bryceart]

Hi all.
Some truly amazing work in this thread!
Here's a piece I did a couple months back for a Dragonlance RPG source- book. Hope you enjoy.
Dan Bryce


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v732/bryceart/sturmdragon.jpg

[Mort]

hehe amazing stuff. heres a dragon doodle with some fancy text.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y200/Killensomsurfar/dragonthingycopy.jpg

[saulone]

Dig the work guys-n-gals!

Here are two I forgot to post a week or two ago - dunno when I will get to coloring them so sketches they stay...

http://www.danielgovar.com/taba/tabanew/linked/dragon_1_small.jpg

http://www.danielgovar.com/taba/tabanew/linked/dragon_2_small.jpg

[Banned_User]

Digisaur thats really cool, im digging the bike handles and metal wires

[redehlert]

Here's sort of a biomechanical dragon steed. It was going to be a COW entry but I didn't make it in time. It's vestigial wings have been turned into handlebars.

oh snap! i wish you woulda entered this (http://digisaur.net/forum/steed07.jpg) in the cow crossover....that's hawt!
cheers!
d

[Digisaur]

Thanks! Yeah I was ready to go then had to go out of town right before the deadline. Oh well, I think this is a suitable home for the little guy.
If you're interested, the in-progress steps are posted here. (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=63293)

[vantrum]

sweet stuff all around... keep it up, everyone!

http://studentpages.scad.edu/~makohr20/dragonWeb.jpg

[Banned_User]

Saw that this thread is still kicking and alive so I figured I'd break out a quick dragon tonight. No reference, PS 7.0

Feron Dragon

http://pratt.edu/~mcorrier/portfolio/Ferun-web.jpg

[Tyranx]

Nice one Mike
Here's a quickie, T-rex Dragon snake thingy.
http://tyranx.com/images/worm.jpg

[Banned_User]

Nice Tyranx, the texture of the skin works well and I'm always a sucker for pupil-less eyes ;) it always makes them look scary/undead and evil

[sebastianbulow]

http://antigarde.se/crap/hh.jpg

[kewaley]

cheers!
here is a quicky...


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v705/sushmeg/dragncopy.jpg

[apoc]

hey, i tried emailing sammy but got no reply, i was wondering if by chance anyone has his water dragon saved and could post it. any help would be appreciated.

[Banned_User]

Apoc, you might want to wait til you get a response from Sammy if his image is down. It could be down for a reason and if he wouldn't want it posted, it wouldn't be right for someone else to post his work without permission. ;)

[Scotwith1T]

An early painting I did and one of the first ones I painted using photoshop. Very rough. Don't know if you can call this a dragon. It's actually Gyaos from the Gamera series.

http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/8858/gyaospainting12fw.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[apoc]

yea thats probably true mike, thanks. i did try sending him a message through ca.org hes probably a busy man tho

[Medice]

My hand is starting to ache too much (Gosh this aiptek tablet. I have to use some force) so I'm just going to have to show the progress so far. I just love dragons and this thread is quite inspirational. I'll be updating this when i have the time.

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i126/medice/dargon_unfinished3.jpg

If you have anything to suggest or critisize please do.

[Patch]

http://dragonbones.net/albums/sketches/dragon_4web.sized.jpg

(sorry to those who noticed the cross post in my sketchbook (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=46850&highlight=patch%27s+place), but I thought that this one should go here too...)

[rWDrk]

Nice design mike! like it alot

cheers R3M

[Vix]

I really like this thread! I see many nice pieces in here.
Great idea to start this!
I thought i'd contribute with this picture that i made earlier today.
http://img438.imageshack.us/img438/8818/drakensvan2ut.jpg

Cheers! :yayca:

[Egets]

wow Im mad about this thread, emazing how many different interpretations of a dragon, imagination is not dead !!!!!!!!

Here is my contribution

http://img433.imageshack.us/img433/3290/lovedragon9wc.jpg

[Egets]

shit happens

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b83/Vanakool/HendrixTheDragon0011.jpg

wow how cool is that :x 8)

[ViDA]

Fantastic work guys.

http://www.stehlenlife.net/uploads/forums/gold2.jpg

[Egets]

Hi Vida, are you using helping lines or how do you get your symmetrical forms so correct and steady ?

[Vix]

Nice light and shapes Vida. Like the transparency of the wings.

And Egets... very original :D

[VizualByte]

http://vizualbyte.com/images/babysit_final.jpg
So many great works in here.

[Paul A. Willemse]

:drool: .... slobber slwab... drool... :drool:

Dude, that is fucking didelydo awsom!!! WHOEHOEEE!!! You way go people!!! :cheerleader:

[Spacemanchuck]

Her wings were clipped and bound tight, and her life was hard. In nature her wings were beautiful and would attract her a mate, but here she has a new purpouse, and so do her wings.


I did this in a program called ArtRage (http://www.ambientdesign.com/artrage.html), it has an increadable pincel tool.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v99/Spacemanchuck/dragon.jpg


Hurricane-dude, your work has exploded from afew years ago when I first saw your stuff, and met you at the amsterdam workshop!
Stacy-you are rad!
Sammy- You're just nuts, you have inspired me so many times. And we need help in the games forums, its getting stail!
Scumgrinder-Yours is my favorite. It looks like it belongs in a Miyazaki film.
Mentler-I've always enjoyed seeing your stuff.
Deny- I love your little dude.

[Equiliar]

I am a big fan of the D&D looking dragons. So there you go:
As a warmup, a practice drawing where pose and shape is taken loosly from the D&D monster manual (Not sure which edition or what page but those of you who have read it will recognise it).
http://telepathy.pkno.com/blackdrag.jpg
http://www.deviantart.com/view/6020619/ <--bigger version


Then a free fantasy drawing of two dragons fighting
http://telepathy.pkno.com/fightingdrag.jpg
http://www.deviantart.com/view/11532928/ <--bigger version

And GAH!... Just read the rules of this thread >_<

[gpalmer]

I am, of course, jumping into this thread ridiculously late, but I've been watching it for a while and finally turned out something.
Not a terribly unusual dragon type, but an unusual pose for a dragon:
http://gpalmer.freeshell.org/pics/dragonsprawl.jpg

References included a sunbasking monitor lizard and a puppy.

[staceydiana]

awesome guys!

-Mike I freaking love that piece, best yet! so nice...I love how you left some parts out so loverly
-Tyranx: love those texture's man..and form very nice!


gotta contribute! SPEEDY

http://www.staceydclark.com/novorg/DECAPODWEB.jpg

[tylerjwarren]

I have a good friend that wanted me to draw a few images for her book, Beyond the Dragon's Gate, so I worked with her and came up with this guy, one of her characters. She designed the whole thing I just had to draw it.
http://images.ArtWanted.com/large/21/7220_318921.jpg

[possessed]

awesome texture on that dragon Tyler. Is he standing on a petrified troll ?

[tylerjwarren]

awesome texture on that dragon Tyler. Is he standing on a petrified troll ?

Haha, yes actualy. good eye, it's much easier to see in the original than the small scan. Thanks.

[Rhynome]

References included a sunbasking monitor lizard and a puppy.

Haha, I just loved that. Maybe it's because I'm tired or maybe not, but I love that quote. Might end up in my sig, hmm.

[DragonTU84]

Awesome! That dragon looks like it is made of rock-hard skin!

I came across this lil' forum, and I do not have any recent dragon work, but for a class I did about a year 1/2 ago I focused on dragon works! Here is one of mine:

http://tiger.towson.edu/~cpare1/Majestic_Beast_copy-930x720.jpg

[StormrageJunior]

:(
http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/4628/dragonfinished4pm.jpg

[Tyranx]

I guess this could be a dragon of sorts...
http://tyranx.com/concepts/drogh02.jpg

[walnut]

Holy shit Tyranx, that's one cool fuckin' picture! YOu're gonna have to put up a tutorial one day, i'd really like to find out how you make it look like that.

[Tyranx]

hehe thanks! yeah I'll have to do one up one of these days, maybe for the next cow ;)

[staceydiana]

looks1like he squished a birdy....hahaha awesome tyranx

[Vahn]

hi all ... i think this is my first post here :yayca:

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b120/Vahnin/redDragon.jpg

[Tyranx]

staceydiana - yeah he's a fat bastid. great job on your T-Dome piece btw, that song was badass too! ;)

Vahn - yes it is, and a good post too!

[miezis]

here's mine slopy one!
http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/8789/dragonmerge6sm.jpg

[Brent Engstrom]

http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/8158/dragon34lm.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
I drew this in photoshop...Let me know what you think.

[VashTheStampede]

i made this just for this thread, then i couldnt find the thread again... now i found it so here you go.

http://www.krazier.com/japanpics/artwork/dragon.jpg

[Artastic]

This thread inspired me. Awesome dragons in here, and talent all over the place. Well, here's my feeble attempt. It's still a Work in Progress though. I have it at a good point though I think, so I thought I'd share early in case I screw it up really really bad. It's a firedragon concept, and it just got done toasting some manmallows. :P

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y207/mlrosier/Dragon_2WIPTexturedDark.gif

[billb]

http://www.billbalzer.com/dragon/dragon.jpg
http://www.billbalzer.com/dragon/dragon_2.jpg

BTW. Very awesome stuff Sammy

[dymrus]

nice stuff billb... really cool. loving the colors

[Dirty C]

http://toeslikefingers.com/gallery/cheesy_st_george.jpg

[carotello]

Hey everyone, sorry, but I recently started posting around here, and since school is out finally, I have decided to try to participate as much as I can. Here is my dragon. Some amazing work from everyone. I am new, but I already see names I should be looking out for. Mike, your work is amazing, I can only hope to be as good someday. Thanks for this thread!

http://carotellogallery.com/CA/carotello_dragon.jpg

[dymrus]

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b232/dymrus/dimo010.jpg
had to contribute something here....

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b232/dymrus/dimo007.jpg
gonna try to finish this one eventually

[Banned_User]

Damn I missed some really cool dragons, Billb, Dirtcy C, nice guys

I wonder if Feng would be so kind as to humble us with his Battle for Middle Earth 2 dragon concepts. I didn't realize til yesterday that he updated his site with a bunch more new work. Crazy cool shit on there.

http://www.fengzhudesign.com/ click the third thumbnail to the right under recent updates to start viewing the dragon designs. Makes me want to break out some quick fun line art/concepts.

[evildragonfire]

Hmmm, guess I could not pass it up either, I hope you dont get mad. I only saw this thread after tyler posted. BTW tyler, that draconian is cool. I love DragonLance! Raistlin rules!

http://www.freewebs.com/danmonroe/DragonsFire.jpg
DragonFire


http://www.freewebs.com/evildragonfire/THEmightyblue02withborder.jpg
Khellendros

[Banned_User]

ok took a little time to crap one out..

Inspired by Feng.

http://www.mikecorriero.com/images/drake001.jpg

[Tyranx]

haha awesome Mike, did you draw the lines digitally? (it looks like you did, and do you have a cintiq by chance? good lines are hard to do on a Intuos 3)

Damn Feng is so good and all his shit looks like he did it a couple minutes. I think I'm gonna do one hehe.

[Banned_User]

Tyranx, yea I spent about an hour staring at all fengs new work, his environments, props, creatures..for Battle for Middle Earth 2 are insane. The rough line work that looks like it took him 10 minutes has just as much appeal as the more detailed full color scenes. Those full color scenes though are dynamic as hell and have such awesome use of light, color and texture. I like how he incorporates a couple background photographs with the design..looks seamless.

I drew the dragon in PS 7.0 with a intuos 2, sometimes its a pain to try and get smooth lines but I've played around a lot with the pressure control and usually use the Airbrush Pen Opacity Flow - brush which is a default brush and adjust the pressure size. I'm gonna do a few more dragons in that style as a series..its just fun, but I need to work more on actually designing something more original the first dragon looks rather generic and boring, nothing really exciting about him.

[Banned_User]

Armored and Tamed ;) added some armour to the existing design as well as a saddle with packs and weapons - upgraded.


http://www.mikecorriero.com/images/drake002.jpg

[Tyranx]

damn U Mike! now I gotta add a saddle to mine too!

[airrunkle]

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j6/airrunkle/DragonThingThatIdontLike.jpg

[GratefulDread]

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e354/GratefulDread/dragon1sized.jpg
my contribution needs some color eventually

[Tyranx]

bleh, I need to refine my workflow, this one took longer than it should have.
http://www.tyranx.com/sketches/whitedragon.jpg

[Banned_User]

Jakkas..draw a dragon you know you want to..;) Nice texture and color Tyranx I like the head.

I think You(Jakkas) me and Tyranx need to do some collab/designing of a species.

[Tyranx]

that'd be sweet, count me in. ;)

[Banned_User]

I'll pm Jakkas.. i think he said he's a lil busy last time i spoke to him, i got him doing a character and creature design similar to that creature design process 101 activity but also with orthos for each. I'm sure he'd be interested, we could work off of each others designs and kind of mold and change things and just work up a couple interrelated species that would exist in the same world.

[Shamagim]

Finally, a dragon: ( still not completely sure about posting this here...)

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/shamagim/DracoCristalFF4.jpg

[lui]

http://lui-art.nm.ru/Dragon.jpg

[JakkaS]

Of course I am interested Mike. Btw, I had to paint a dragon but this can wait. I am waiting for PM from you. :D

BTW, this is my favorite thread :D. This is like walking to the park. You have to do that once for a while...it's good for health. :D

Shamagim - cool [crystal?] dragon. Pose and colors are more then fine. :D

[Shamagim]

Yup, it was a crystal dragon......I think, at least is meant to be a crystal dragon :).

Here i got a non-generic dragon design, I hope it still reads as "dragon".

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/shamagim/Dragonc.jpg

[Denysiuk]

mikecorriero: fantastic!
lui: I've seen your "page"... but can you show us some more of your artworks? I really like this dragon and I want to see more :)
shamagim: your last drago looks a bit like mine 'something' -> http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=68665 :D

[photeck121]

Shamagim that dragon rules. Really great work everyone, i've never tried a dragon before.

[dymrus]

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b232/dymrus/dimo020.jpg
had this one as well.

[Kent Caldwell]

Unfinished because Photoshop locked up and I had to take a low quality screen cap, and I don't have the time or willpower to redo almost all the coloring and finish him up from my last save point....

And since I was focused on my coloring technique his overall design is sorta bland....

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~rkcj/Images/TechniqueDragon.jpg

[klys]

I just finished drawing this dragon when I came across this thread. Awesome work I've seen so far. So heres mine(didn't feel like finishing up that right wing, maybe some other time):

http://img343.imageshack.us/img343/8306/dragonsketch3dc.jpg

[SirJohanna]

Great thread, some very inspiring entries posted. I feel I could have been a bit more creative and make my dragon a little less generic, might just make another attempt later. Still, I am sort of satisfied with what I got so far.
First time poster by the way. :)

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/SirJohanna/dragondesignbyjohannasaarenp.jpg

[Banned_User]

Another one again inspired by Feng

http://www.mikecorriero.com/images/drake003.jpg

f'ed up the wings

[tatiana]

Another one again inspired by Feng...
f'ed up the wings

I like this one!

It was only as I quoted your post that I saw your comment about effing the wings...cause that's exactly what I wanted to say! :) The left wing looks great - it's the dragon's right wing that looks backward, if that makes any sense.

This kind of dragon is already inspiring me, too. Now, I just need to get the drawing from my head to the computer...

t

[Banned_User]

yea it makes perfect sense, i should have looked at a bird or bat or something, neither of the wings look correct, they both connect weird and don't match either. I'll have to rework him if i get a chance..

[midknight523]

ok, mine sucks and i was just trying to be funny :)

http://cataclysm-saga.com/Savage%20Dragon.jpg

[Shamagim]

Mike, great dragon!, about the wings, don´t worry, they seem to connect ok, is just change the values of the right wing´s inner seccion.

Denysiuk: how?? where??

Dymrus....love the dynamic look of your dragon! :$

[Alex Alexandrov]

just crazzy O_0 (all of you )
http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/1512/dorposting0zv.jpg
ok this is from my...for now

[cognition.sb]

Awesome stuff in here - whiteee, mikeeeC, Tyranx(eee), Shamagim, the list goes on...

Anyway, I've decided to finally jump in. Or at least wet my big toe... Still trying to become more proficient with PS and Painter, and it's made me realise I really need to expand my brush library.

This was a quickie, bout 30mins - I've drawn inspiration from Tyranx's technique (amongst other similar artists). I quite like the style as it seems fast and always has interesting textures.

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f107/cognitionsb/red-dragon-sboxerjun06.jpg

[Dile_]

wow :bow: :wow:

[Charlie_2.0]

Sweet thread:D

[Sartell]

ohhh man those last couple are great i hope this thread never dies~*

[agent]

I'm glad this thread is still going. Lots of great stuff. I only check this site sporadically because it is so depressing how good everybody else
is.
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d181/AGENT242/DRAGONCOVER4copy.jpg

[remoraz]

hai, recently rejoin in CA and browse to this dragons thread , cool!!, all the nice work in here , and i'd like to post mine :)..
this Bronze Draco, just flyoffmy head and sketch it, but didn't think it had a wing at all ..ahh nevemind just like collared dragon :rolleyes:


http://www.geocities.com/solidgrafi/razdrake01.jpg



http://www.geocities.com/solidgrafi/razdrake01.jpg

[AeonfluxVienna]

cool, this one really got that motion & 3D effect to it. I like the composition too, nice.


Hey, thanks.
B.

[dymrus]

Remoraz,

Nice work. Post more often, you have a nice style

[banhatin]

http://forum.coowow.com/noncgi/attach/2006/06/07/1149657422-userId-624-SKETCH.jpg

[banhatin]

http://forum.coowow.com/noncgi/attach/2005/04/27/1114577748-userId-624-.jpg
a fire Dragon

[banhatin]

http://forum.coowow.com/noncgi/attach/2006/06/08/1149737420-userId-624-.jpg

[Drewski]

i like the anatomy on the folded dragon wings
you can really see how they evolved from fingers


GOOD JORB

[UndyingSong]

Messed up composition, but eh. A fuzzy, sort of cyborg-ish dragon.

http://files.photojerk.com/UndyingSong/forLJ/the_natsutrade.jpg

[Venger]

Feng got to me too!
Wings are more like moth antennae - they fold down against the spine.
Kind of a speedy dragon :teeth:


http://www.deshanley.co.uk/development/wizards/VengerDragon.jpg

[charger]

heres my little dragon lol
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y287/cool69rtcharger/keychaindragon.jpg

[Digisaur]

The King, baby!
I found a nice TRex skull over in the Photography section and fleshed it out.
http://digisaur.net/paleo/images/sk_king.jpg

Banhatin - Really digging the top image of the Dragon and warrior. Nice composition to turn into a full painting.
"Venger" - Ha, is that a reference to the old D&D cartoon? Great design on your cheetah-dragon. I imagine those wings coming out like airbrakes or he could launch into short glides when he hits top speed.

[veedubb]

a quickie

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j277/veedubb420/dragooncop2y.jpg

[grue]

Truely inspirational thread.

{10 June} I think it's finished. I only like theface though, that's why I didn't do from the neck down :/
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j132/grue_doodles/dragon_finished.jpg

[remoraz]

dymrus: " thanks for it "

[matesch]

Hello all ,

i was in the Mood to sketch a Dragon i hope you like it

great Dragons so far / superb style Banhatin nice stuff

greets m@

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v675/underlord777/dragonscanweb.jpg

[puddlefish]

here's a more benevolent dragon....
http://puddlefish.com/sketch/dragonboat.jpg

[yanic]

Seeing all these beautiful dragon art made me try to sketch one myself, this dragon is a runner type
http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/3510/draconiansketchpre0wn.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[ramiel]

A old one... But I will post something new soon (because this is a great thread)
http://i6.tinypic.com/14y0dnr.jpg

[Themutt81]

Wow ever single one of those pics are amazing. And I’m probable to late to insert mine into any thing but here they are.


http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e5/themutt81/Dragonheadcopy.jpg

[klys]

Two more additions of mine:

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/6544/dragon13hm.jpg


http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/3960/dragon25fw.jpg

[CCorsair]

Working on Dragons is a work of love for me but have yet to master fully but I am working on it.

Everyone work here it is just great.

hope these drawing post right ..fisrt time posting some of my work.


Enjoy

CC

2378

2379

2384

2385

[CCorsair]

one more...my mascot
The Anachronistic Dragon
Bronze on wood lost wax casting bike and dragon are 2 pieces.

enjoy

CC

2387

[Alex Alexandrov]

http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/4963/batishitanekuv28ln.jpg
http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/345/forposting7ew.jpg

[Riddick]

Whitee<Hey, they are really originals!
Great work!


my Dragons:
http://a.tuis.free.fr/images_b_w/Dragon_Rocherb.jpg
http://a.tuis.free.fr/images_b_w/Dragon_Profileb.jpg
http://a.tuis.free.fr/images_b_w/Dragon_Plumeb.jpg
http://a.tuis.free.fr/images_b_w/Dragon_Oeufb.jpg
http://a.tuis.free.fr/images_color/Dragon_Rouge.jpg
http://a.tuis.free.fr/images_color/Dragon-de-la-Pierre.jpg

[Tomato]

Wow! These rock! I have Dragons in my story i'm writing at the moment and these drawings have given me inspiration to put some serious detail into them! I love these!

[Josh Sinsapaugh]

Feng got to me too!
Wings are more like moth antennae - they fold down against the spine.
Kind of a speedy dragon :teeth:


http://www.deshanley.co.uk/development/wizards/VengerDragon.jpg

So the wings would be used more as stabilazation while running rather than for flight? Sounds cool to me.

Anyways, it's been a long while since I visited Conceptart.org...and spending hours yesterday looking at this thread was a great way to reintroduce myself to the website.

There is a lot of really nice work on this thread, I would point out which ones I like best....but that'd probably require another thread.

Keep 'em coming guys, these dragons are great.

[Venishi]

I happened to just recently do this dragon painting PS. It also happens to be my second PS painting ever, and it took forever cus I don't have a tablet. Everyone has some really awesome dragons, by the way!!!

[Templar]

http://www.digart.pl/data/img/39/5/download/373764.jpg

ummm i hope you like it guys ^^'

[Banned_User]

Just thought I would give a bump post to this to let peeps know this is going to be moved to the sketches/wip section now. So keep posting but it will be in another section now :)

[Alex Alexandrov]

http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/7757/babydragon26ie.jpg

[malachi]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v518/muttonman222/DragonHead_01.gif

[Ninth]

The forward-swept spines on that beast are lovely, malachi! Whiteeeeeee, that's adorable. :}

These are old and watermarked (ugh) but I still harbor a degree of affection for them:
http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/9039/sealegs2o3ty.jpg
http://img302.imageshack.us/img302/8404/diggyo5ca.jpg
http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/2474/godstructbygunnerromantic1fu.jpg

[Alex Alexandrov]

Ninth ..... 0_o...Wooooou. Those are very nice... I like the second..

[SirJohanna]

Well Ninth, it's about time you showed up. Seeing your work always makes me want to try harder. :}

[CCorsair]

I was doing a drawing and like was coming out so I thought I share a few with you. the first is part of a larger drawing I working on but I hav etaken it and put it with anothere drawing and blened then together.

The first 2 are the raw images the second is 65"x50" in its full size.

3936

3937

I wanted to used them as a back ground image so I did some more work.

3938

the last two are the final images for my background on my laptop.

3939

3940

Drawing done Painter IX and edited in Photoshop CS2

Enjoy.

CC

[Sketch Monkey]

I'm late to the party...gotta warm up. Some b&w studies and a quick color.

[comixnut]

man i have to go through the rest of this thread but those last 3 dragons are just awesome!

[CCorsair]

Wow Sketch Monkey those are just awsome...guess I need to put in some more hours with my wacom...

Looks like the thread got moved so we can post more work in stages then in full but these are some great Dragons. Will post more as I have them but i just hate having to scale down the size of the files but I guess that can't be helped.

Let keep the thread going.

Great work all

CC

[Ninth]

Beautiful stuff, Sketch Monkey. Your style = love.

[TheMuffinKing]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v282/TheMuffinKing/dec9040.jpg

The Mechanical Dragon!

[Sketch Monkey]

Ninth...thanks! I like your raven/dragon pic.
Here is another quickie

[NoSeRider]

http://community.conceptart.org/gallery/I/2005/01/01/7959.jpg

Well, I drew it in 3D.....for a class assignment, which ended on June 12th.

http://user.aol.com/pnhassett/animate/dragon.mov

[Goertz]

Great thread, many awesome entries!!

Somewhere between dinosaur and bird was the idea for this dragon.
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/199/drage6li.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[KuJo]

This thread is amazing, and you've all inspired me to draw my first dragon! ^_^

It's just the head, I'll give drawing the whole thing a whirl some other time

http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/5118/dragonhead5xm.jpg

[CCorsair]

Some nice work added here.. BTW did the thread get moved again? Ok off to work on my next Dragon...too much downtime for me.

posting soon more art
CC

[NukleoN]

Here's my work in progress of a snoozing Dragon...the rider is cuddling a whelpling..hard to see now but of course I'm gonna tighten it all up. :)

http://nukleon.com/assets/images/ConceptArt/Dragon2.jpg

[banhatin]

http://forum.coowow.com/noncgi/attach/2006/07/27/1153989129-userId-624-longzi.jpg

[CCorsair]

I was gong to post some work but it seems i can attach a file right now.
Have some work for people see that I like some reviews on.

Ok well will try back later.

CC

[Myriell]

First: I once was Mythori in this forum but one day I couldn't log in anymore =((( so I had to make a new account... -_-

http://666kb.com/i/agr5bcru27eoy8lro.jpg

This picture is called 'Bound Destruction'
It was my first try of digital painting without linearts. =( I need a lot of practice...
But I have big problems with brushes. To create new ones that make digital-painting easier. I would be happy to get brushes from others.
*looks for tutorials*

****Bound Destruction: It's the end of a long war. The most fearsome weapons on earth are now nothing more than carbage on a huge graveyard of steel. The world is destroyed and the few left people now look on this graveyard of war... ****

[CCorsair]

First: I once was Mythori in this forum but one day I couldn't log in anymore =((( so I had to make a new account... -_-

This picture is called 'Bound Destruction'
It was my first try of digital painting without linearts. =( I need a lot of practice...

But I have big problems with brushes. To create new ones that make digital-painting easier. I would be happy to get brushes from others.
*looks for tutorials*
graveyard of war... ****

Hadn't had the log in problem but I am seeing a posting problem..
Very nice work. hope to see more post.

I been searching out Brushs for painter and PS as well some good ones out there but I lover to learn to make for my self as well need to get more
there are tons of tutorials out online and here. Its always a great thing to learn from those that have master the art we work in.

The best practice is to just keep drawing with what ever you have at hand to fill up a sketchbook or even a hard drive with work.
then start over and fill more.

keep posting

CC

[ArtisticSchmidt]

Quick and to the point!

I drew this picture at the beginning of the year... finally got around to posting it!

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a127/artisticschmidt/dragonconcept.gif

~Chris

[Ahkahna]

Floral Dragon. Its breeding habits are much like that of any ordinary flower, pollen is dusted from male to female by insects and wind. Blooming happens at night. After pollenation is completed, the stamens wilt and fall off, the petals become dark and dull until the next breeding season arrives. Seed pods wart up like grapes onto the females neck until the clear orbs hatch and the little green sprouts grow together in masses on trees, much like moss.

Mostly absorb food through sunlight, moonlight, and insects. Size, up to 1 foot in length.


http://www.summerdragoness.com/images/personal/sketchbook/florachen.jpg

[Patch]

CCorsair - you should check out my site (http://www.dragonbones.net) if you get the chance. I've done something (sorta) like what you did back when I designed my navigation menu. Note the mouse-over effects when you're at the site.

Just as a quicky sample, I'll do a screen cap here, though if that's inappropriate (old image) let me know and I will gladly remove it. :)

http://dragonbones.net/albums/all_reference/menu.jpg

[quiksilverluke12]

Hey everyone. Im new here, and I just wanted to showcase some of my work. There are some great images on these boards, everyone does a wonderful job.

I am a pencil artist, and i have no experience using digital art sources.

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k65/quiksilverluke12/Dragon_by_spinosaurus12.jpg

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k65/quiksilverluke12/dragonwater.jpg

[shadowraven]

Hello everyone.. it's my first post. (I am french, so sorry if my writing is weird)...
Some very interesting stuff here; it's very instructive to see other's work.

about 2-3 hours, but seems to me very uncomplete. (especially light problems)
http://img.web-sweet-web.net/38/dragon_rider_V_corbeau_3_25d2.jpg

[kovah]

Sir Fredrick finally realised why this dragon was in the advanced catagory with an XXX and skull and crossbones rating of Killing Dragons for Pleasure and Profit Volume II. The dragon on the other hand found this incredibly amusing.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v483/kovah/drglaugh.jpg

Not my best dragon ever, there are some serious anatomical issuses not to mention the far from wonderful colouring job. However once i had drawn the dragons face in that expression it just cracked me up.

Also got a clay dragon sculpture up in the 3D thread if anyone is interested :D

[shadowraven]

An other one
http://img.web-sweet-web.net/38/dragon_flightV2_e64d_mini.jpg (http://img.web-sweet-web.net/38/dragon_flightV2_e64d.jpg)

Detail
http://img.web-sweet-web.net/38/dragon_flightV2detail_63b4.jpg

[quiksilverluke12]

thats quite a dragon, shadowraven, i really really enjoy that image. good job.

[Moai]

Awesome painting, Shadowraven. It's probably the most plausibly-proportioned dragon around here.:P
Here's a little speed painting I did today. It's based off a photo of a Palawan hornbill in the July 2002 issue of National Geographic.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b320/metalukesurfer/hornbill.jpg

Question: Why can't I post attachments on this thread?

[kovah]

Finally finnished this picture, started as a random sketch and developed into well look at it...I know the anatomy is a little off but it was ment to be rather stylised to start with.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v483/kovah/firework2.jpg

[Evxyza92]

Hey everyone. Im new here, and I just wanted to showcase some of my work. There are some great images on these boards, everyone does a wonderful job.

I am a pencil artist, and i have no experience using digital art sources.

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k65/quiksilverluke12/Dragon_by_spinosaurus12.jpg

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k65/quiksilverluke12/dragonwater.jpg


you lack realism in you pics and it really shows especially with dragons they are a very hard concept to draw and even i cant do that well. look at snakes hawks and tigers and cheetahs that will keep the dragons anatomy at least something beliaveable and im not one to rant but there is alot of room for improvementalso try new medias such as ink pick up a ink artist pen try that switching medias might start some ....some you know talent or skill, google dragons and copy start to meld ideas together and youll pick it up but this isnt picking it up nor a dragon.

[ArtZealot]

My Naked-Mole-rat-monarch-worm-wyrm:

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b337/TheDingusOfSanDiego/Moleratmonarchwormwyrm.jpg

[Evxyza92]

i have a great idea for a dragon ill post it tomorrow

[WifeOfDystar]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/Firelizardlover/art/dragon-drvscl.jpg a dragon with a small sail - perhaps it aids him in taking in heat from the sun?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/Firelizardlover/art/dragon-spn.jpg this dragon has his skull exposed, much like a vulture has its skin exposed on the head. He also has feathers :).

yeah, i know, these aren't very creative, but i was feeling traditional (and i don't usually work in pen - maybe that affected me?).

p.s. can anyone pm me on the best way(s) to get large scale artwork onto the computer?

[tatiana]

p.s. can anyone pm me on the best way(s) to get large scale artwork onto the computer?

My scanner only has a letter-size area, so when it's a big piece of art, I usually scan in sections with some planned overlapping, and then tile it together with a bit of clean-up in Photoshop. The largest piece I've scanned as of yet was a tight pencil illustration on a 3ft x 2 ft illustration board, and it all worked out fine. :)

t

[Paul A. Willemse]

Here are two of my older dragon drawings. Enjoy!

http://modulo11.rendered.hyves.org/45700001-45750000/45711001-45711100/45711049_6_klxf.jpeg

http://modulo10.rendered.hyves.org/45700001-45750000/45711001-45711100/45711047_6_FUoq.jpeg

[Oblivion.IV]

think one of u guys cud show me some good sites or books to learn how to draw liek that...those dragons r freakcing awsome!

[Lorenzo`Lee]

:) ~mine~

http://bbs.chinadv.com/attachment/Day_070302/12_140567_44ae6ab6c2e067f.jpg

[VirtualSurreality]

A quick life size rendition of the Pygmy Dragon. Makes a great pet.

http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/5412/pygmydragon2gw4.jpg

[Ethar]

nice dragons, i have been drawing alot of my own lately, and am glad to see so many dragon drawers in one place. i will be posting one of my own as soon as my stupid scanner starts to work.

[Ethar]

got my pic!!
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t200/sylor_0/Raymothandnigt3.jpg

[ChillPill]

great to see so many dragons. Will start working on one myself right away.

[Sangmort]

Two quick sketches done for the sake of this thread :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/NeoAkira/dragonsketch.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/NeoAkira/dragonsketch2.jpg

[Shadowwing]

I specialize in dragons...here is one of mine. The inspiration was from a hundred-headed dragon named Ladon in Greek mythology. Maybe I'll do a sculpt of it someday :x

http://www.geocities.com/talamaia/ultc.jpg

[Mydrim]

Great thread, inspiring and so... Here're just some head sketches
http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/9408/dragonheads3ue7.jpg

[goblinoffroth]

WOW! these images are mindblowing!!

I really want to upload some my pictures that were inspired by this thread but I don't think they'll be viewable...
for some reason I can only see my pics just after I've uploaded them and then not at all after that...also I can't see some of the images posted by other people too, maybe it's my browser?

[goblinoffroth]

right, here are a few sketches (it's all I can do!!) of dragons

old raptor sketch:
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s304/goblinoffroth/raptoredited.jpg
probably inspired by whatever I was doing at the time (v old probs 5-6 years?)

conventional one (love it one of my favourite pics ever)
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s304/goblinoffroth/dragon.jpg
just thought of the pose and had to draw it! unusually for me this is pen and pencil!

k this is a kind of insecty critter:
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s304/goblinoffroth/pain.jpg
one of those all nighters, you just cannot sleep til it's done (maybs last october)

this one was inspired by this site and I used a new method of drawing for it:
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s304/goblinoffroth/divingdrake_edited.jpg
slightly edited on photoshop (clicked one button and it looked cool...)

now I just have to learn how to become uberskilled at using desktop publishing stuff etc and maybe spend a little longer than 5 mins on a picture before losing interest...+ learn me some background stuff and maybe I could turn out a snazzy finished piece in say 20 years time...

[Sali]

Hello every1! Here's my piece to your "dragon pool"!!! =)
Hope u like it. It's an almost classic topic....
http://img451.imageshack.us/img451/8259/dragon2db2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[goblinoffroth]

Had a quick go at inking in photoshop, turns out it's not too hard even I managed! well a basic concept...

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s304/goblinoffroth/divingdrakebackground.jpg

Really enjoyed doing this got a little carried away with the clouds...(jet trail top right)

[comixnut]

Sorry man, but it looks to me like all you did is you might have played with the levels and darkened your pencils. That is as far from inking as you can possibly get (even when done on the comp). THose clouds look insanely cool though! :)

[pazuzu333]

Here's some of my dragons (wow...my first post!)
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a151/GCRiotgirl333/My%20drawings/dragon6.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a151/GCRiotgirl333/My%20drawings/dragon5.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a151/GCRiotgirl333/My%20drawings/dragon2.jpg
*Note* I used a drawing book to draw these, but I hope to draw my own in the future!

[lady_aisha]

So like, your all pro with photoshop. I can do basic stuff like make a plain sphere look 3D. But how do you do stuff like you did in your dragon pics?? It's amazing. I have sketchs of my dragons, but I want them in colour. If anyone could help me, I would greatly appreciate it.

[goblinoffroth]

Lady aisha: there are many tutorials on the web to help you use photoshop, try typing dragon art tutorials into google and see what comes up. I really have no idea what I'm doing on ps I just read a basic tutorial and played around when I should have been doing my project...
And post the sketches anyway, I have and haven't been rebuked so far... *looks shiftily in the direction of the mods*

Comixnut: Yeah I did just play with the contrast and brightness, didn't even know what I was doing, I was just trying to define the lines for easier colouring.

a couple more sketches from me:
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s304/goblinoffroth/dragon3_edited.jpg
going to colour this after 6th June (woot nearly finished!)

liked this enough to colour it:
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s304/goblinoffroth/flyinglessoncolourwingfil.jpg
but none too happy with the wings...still a wip

this is probably the most recent detailed dragon sketch, need to develop it...finish the wings, make it bigger etc, colour blah blah blah:
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s304/goblinoffroth/dragon2_edited.jpg

keep posting this thread it's wicked!!

[goblinoffroth]

By the way Pazuzu333: love those dragons! what's your medium? lolike pencil colours to me, have you tried watercolour pencil thingies (don't know the proper name sorry) where you colour in using a pencil and paint over it using water and get a soft blended effect, looks totally sweet.
I haven't used them for about 10 years...it might be a little harder than I remember...*calculates age 10 years ago* defo harder than I can remember!!
Slight crit of the last image, there doesn't seem to be any shape to the horns, try continuing the shadows from the horn sockets onto the horns themselves, otherwise great job!

[kovah]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v483/kovah/Salem_by_kovah.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v483/kovah/Sketch_2___lyokolady_by_kovah.jpg

oldish ones...

[destinyapocalypse]

fireeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[memoryofgreen]

hey all that's all is awesome hehehehheheh.... nice too meet you alll from me.....

[goblinoffroth]

:( I can't see memoryofgreen's or destinyapocalypse's dragons, can u guys post links? sorry it's a lot to ask but I really want to see :P

[acapulco]

Got bored yesterday:

http://aca.mine.nu/Kunst/Saphoon1.jpg

[chaosrocks]

I know mike closed this... but Im rather fond of it. and have the sudden urge to draw dragons now and then
I don't see any reason not to keep it open
Thanks
chaos

[Banned_User]

Element 62

[grenogs]

o've never seen this thread before, :) can we put in some old examples to? or is it only new images?

[Banned_User]

Grenogs- The original Idea of the thread when it was first started was to spark the interest of designing original/unique takes on dragons in new work. However people started to post old work as well as new, so feel free to post what you got ;)

[grenogs]

cheers mike, its a pretty old piece, done in alkyds. Basicly a chinese dragon, but i'd like to do something in digital soon, that is when i get the time to, :)

http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x279/grenogs/cinese-dragon.jpg

[LORD M]

Wow, that's one's wonderfull, grenogs! Great stuff as always. :)

Alkyds you say? Hm, maybe I'll try that out some day, but then again I don't know much about it.

[grenogs]

thank lord m :) yeah, i've used alkyds for years, its basicly oil paints except with a much faster drying process. If you ever do try it sometime, just make sure you underpaint first to get solid even colouring, in just the same way you would with traditional oils.

[Discoskull]

Drew what I thought of as a dragon today...and hey look! A thread for dragons.

Perhaps not typical, but oh well

[Azathoth]

Thought I would put up my old COW entry. Here ye old dragons lay. This was a
jade dragon. I draw and draw and will improve with time. Draw until you bleed!
Then draw some more.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v668/SpiderofLeng/elmtDrgn_006a-1.jpg

[tsabu]

one of creatures i make for project called Ura i think it could be something like earth dragon :)

[Lege1]

Heres my bundle of joy of a dragon =) You guys are awesome!

much love,
-=Lege

[Gonk]

This thread is an epic adventure. Lets keep updating it. ^_^

[Raironu]

Here's a little contribution from me :)

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp323/raironu/maddragon.jpg