"DRAGONS" - open thread - Draw a Dragon

[Banned_User]

This is an open Thread for people to post work relating to the topic.
I started this off with a finished concept of a dragon that was a collaboration between "Sammy" Sammy Hall & I.
I figured it would be cool to see some new takes on "Dragons" since the topic has been brushed upon a few thousand times by almost every artist. So lets keep things as original as you can. Try to be creative and remember that the term dragon can lend itself to a broad variety of species of dragons.
Ice, Wind, fire, earth, rock, land, sea, four legs, no legs, 2 legs, 4 wings, large, small etc..
Try to inspire others with something ORIGINAL

RULES FOR THIS THREAD:
1* - Please do not post existing artwork, work that you have posted already or work that you have had from your golden ages. This thread is meant for NEW work to be inspired by this thread. If I catch you posting something I recognize from having seen the work already, I will remove your art :dur:
2* CHANGED RULE- sketches are acceptable
3* Collaborations are acceptable
4*- Perhaps post some insight to your design and the type of dragon it is.
My colors -
http://pratt.edu/~mcorrier/sketch/mikensammy1.jpg
Sammy's Sketch -
http://pratt.edu/~mcorrier/sketch/mikensammy2.jpg

http://pratt.edu/~mcorrier/sketch/fourwingedsketch.jpghttp://pratt.edu/~mcorrier/sketch/furdragon.jpg
http://pratt.edu/~mcorrier/sketch/spiderleg.jpghttp://pratt.edu/~mcorrier/sketch/male1.jpg
http://pratt.edu/~mcorrier/sketch/fatty.jpg

Fell free to comment on peoples work as well- otherwise the thread would be boring

[Sammy]

Great idea Mike --- allways up for some dragon fun : ) --- you're getting really great with your piant, nice job especially on the wings!

[Crow]

No dragons to post (at least yet) but I just thought I'd say "Damn!" That's some solid stuff! As Sammy said, nice job painting, and I really like the sketch of the dragon that has four wings rather then the normal two.

[alti]

yo mike OC thisarvo

[Odds]

wtf are you doing Hillart?
anyways..

nice dragons/drawings, Mike. i dig the red scales.. they're sexy. the only thing i need to crit on is the image of the dragon on both hind legs. the pose looks sort of static and awkward for the dragon. try to think of what he's doing on 2 legs... is he backing away from an attacker? try to push that pose a little more. keep up the good work! ;)

[DernierCri]

nice idea for the thread...

on the first one I really dig the metal gear on the dragon but the tail /is that a tail?/ looks a bit too stiff I think... goes in too straight line...

more dragons ppl...

[JoshuaTheJames]

Cool. Really fun peices!

I really like that last one.

-Joshua

[Daunting]

Im already drawin the thumbnails.

[max-cant]

no dragons from me but i do have this to offer-

i used to totally love playing these games cos they were so different from the same old boring stuff -

http://www.moonapples.com/lagi/

You have to plow around in the directories a bit to dig out all the good stuff but its well worth it i think.

Best dragons -
TIA-MAT from dungeons and dragons show (cos it wailed on VENGER everytime)
EBORSISK from willow (points for originality)
OMEGON from flight of dragons - best voice

good thread idea - nice stuff so far ........... hope it 'takes off'

[Muttonhead]

Posted this one recently, but it's relavent:

http://www.cybermurray.com/hummingdragon.jpg

[alti]

megga huge dragon with heads galore,

http://members.optusnet.com.au/drummonds/drag.jpg

cool thread.

[alti]

random amber eating dragon
http://members.optusnet.com.au/drummonds/drag2.jpg

[Muttonhead]

Alti - Love your dragons! I like that they feel more like multi-headed centaurs, thats a unique approach I haven't seen very often, if ever. Thanks for the post! Got more?

-Sean

[alti]

hey thanks mutton, i got a few more that i'l scan up.
i'l just gotto get them abit more refined, i have a tendency to make my drawings too loose and too open to different interpretations, i know what i'm looking at when i see it, but other people sometimes have a hard time making out the shapes in the detail.

so i'l fix up a few more .. its all practice.

[thebluepuppy]

dragon a go-go baby... :^^:

nice stuff everyone. im going to work on it as soon as i finish work

[jfwalls]

I'm gonna post something too! As soon as I do something....

[ATAHUALPA]

nice stuff on this site, very very inspiring!
Often when I don't know what to draw....I always find myself drawing dragons.
This is always possible!

This one was finished yesterday:

http://www.cybersign.de/cybersign_prod_inhalt/WIP/ILLUS3/Dragon_New_small.jpg

That one is little bit older (2 month):

http://www.cybersign.de/cybersign_prod_inhalt/WIP/ILLUS3/Dragon_Top_Woodcut_800.jpg

and I have posted some dragons in my mails a little bit ago: http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=31874

Great thread!

Martin

[Banned_User]

OK- people PLEASE READ THE RULES

I appreciate the enthusiasm, but i stated that I would like to see NEW work not work from your golden ages- meaning work you did a while ago, or work that you have posted already.
that goes for Muttonhead, since you said you posted the design already
that also goes for you ATAHUALPA - I dont want people posting old work. This is for new work created after seeing this thread- specifically for this thread.

MY REASONS: i dont want this thread to be a dumping ground for anyone who comes acrossed it. I dont want someone who has 10 dragons pieces to just drop thier work here, or to see 50 drawings and dragons that I have seen before.

[ATAHUALPA]

Sorry Mike....new dragons will come tomorrow :)

Martin

[Muttonhead]

Arghh... sorry.... reading is fun-damental. OK I got some new ones coming.

-Sean


OK- people PLEASE READ THE RULES

I appreciate the enthusiasm, but i stated that I would like to see NEW work not work from your golden ages- meaning work you did a while ago, or work that you have posted already.
that goes for Muttonhead, since you said you posted the design already
that also goes for you ATAHUALPA - I dont want people posting old work. This is for new work created after seeing this thread- specifically for this thread.

MY REASONS: i dont want this thread to be a dumping ground for anyone who comes acrossed it. I dont want someone who has 10 dragons pieces to just drop thier work here, or to see 50 drawings and dragons that I have seen before.

[S.C. Watson]

homer simpson moment: "mmmmm.....dragons....."

Ahem, okay. Here's a quickie at the "almost done" stage. Couple hours after I saw the thread today. Thanks Mike!

http://sketchforums.com/uploads/post-11-1113352248.jpg

[Banned_User]

Very cool Shane - Unique look to him, I like the colors. His texture and horn set give him a distinctive look and the teal colored eye is a nice touch.

[Ian Mack]

OMEGON from flight of dragons - best voice


I had forgotten about Flight of Dragons! I used to watch that movie all the time. I like how Sammy put the picture of the referenced skull. I should have thought of something like that!

I am definitely inspired to do some work. I have tomorrow off and I've been itching to do some watercolour painting so I'll see if I can't hit two drawings with one page, if you take my meaning.

[AmishCommy]

Sammy + Mike = Lethal Combination!!!!

[Gilead]

http://members.cox.net/gilead/dragonass.jpg

[Icey]

wow... wonderful ideea!
i'll give it a shot if i'll find the time....
f**k school!!!!

[Banned_User]

Some things to keep in Mind- start saying to yourself

What makes up a dragon? The horns? The long neck? The teeth? wings, scales, etc..
Well, what can be changed and what can you leave, how far can you stretch the rules but still get the idea across that its in the family of dragons? I mean for example

CATS- the family of felines is over like 40 wild cats

Leopard, Cheetah, Bob Cat, Linx, Tiger, Panther, House cats, Lions, Ocelot. All Animals have a large range of characteristics within thier own species family. Look toward animals for references in the differences.

Being as Dragons are fictional, You can break the rules even more so, but still keep in mind what makes a dragon a dragon- certain distinct features. You could have like 4,000 species of dragons and each one could be unique and distinctly original. I mean, Water dragons alone there are soooo many possibilties..Although Muttonhead posted a piece that was posted once before, he has the right idea- The dragon is unique and very original but I still look at it as being related to the dragon family.

Try to out do the next guy - with Originality.

[/ev]

maybe not such an original looking dragon but i was inspired to do an ancient dragon weathered and mystical.

http://members.iinet.net.au/~ecsdesign/stuff/dragon01.jpg

[S.C. Watson]

ecsdesign Love the look and the colors - great job!

Mike, I can't tell you how refreshing it is to hear someone taking the Naturalist approach to designing creatures. I know you do a lot of zoological studies, and it *really* shows in your work.

If you don't mind, I'd like to ad to your notes on designing dragons with a few thoughts of my own:

In designing a dragon, or any critter, really, I first try to get as good an understanding of the animal as possible. If I'm doing real a creature, this means a lot of studies before I draw the animal. In the case of a fictional creature, I spend considerable time understanding it's physiology, how it moves, what sits where inside it, what sits where outside, and why it may have something seemingly useless.

Predaters tend to be pretty well streamlined as a whole, without much in the line of vestigal appendeges or plumage. A male lion immediately comes to mind to contradict this statement because of their mane, but they don't do the hunting. The females of the pride do.

Omnivores are a little more versitile. Here I'm thinking of certain bird species that do go in for the plumage and decoration, but are also predominately insectivores.

Herbavores are all kinds of decked out with body piercings, tattoos and -- oh, damn. sorry. Anyway, Hebavores, because they don't have to worry about *not* being seen, or being stealthy, tend to have more things like horns, bright plumage, or vestigle appendages (think of, say a Turkey, with that funky head flesh action (the waddle)). If something *is* present, it's there for a reason. It may not have a function *now*, but it did at some time in the species past.

How does this apply to designing dragons? I'll let y'all ponder that for a while :thinking: :teeth:

Cheers,
~Shane

[Sammy]

/\ /\ /\

*bingo*

Scavangers are also fun to toy arround with --- usually their weight is shifted more towards their front, to allow for much more power/size to their jaws (for chrushing bone) --- they can have such large and functional jaws, that the bones are often scarred from how large their muscles can get (this scarring is the first thing paleontoligist look for when settling on a creature being a scavenger)

The Tyranosaurus is a great example too --- he's given up all weight and size in his forarms, just so his jaws could be more massive --- one of the most succesful scavengers ever.

*more biology rants from everyone please!*

[The Brand]

Saw this post last night while at work so I did a quick bic pen doodle of a dragon...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/Kahhon/bic1.jpg

[willpaxton]

I posted this in my sketch book but it was drawn with this thread in mind.

I know this isn't very good but we all gotta start somewhere and ATAHUALPA i know this looks similar to your first dragon but i came up with the concept the day before i saw yours (its really good by the way).

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y139/willpaxton/wartnoce.jpg

[Negrotuerto]

Here it is my dragon, is not all the dragon but is a quickly first approach.
I was posted one before, but ... the rules are the rules :confident

http://www.carloscabrera.com.ar/images/ca_foro/dragon2final.jpg

Done in 2 hs / Photoshop 7
Peace

[Sammy]

Thanx for keepin' the thread alive people : D --- awesome stuff all around.

--- gonna have to attach this one, my host seems to be going crazy again.... ---

had a fun time with it... I've never really done much creature-painting, I'm used to sticking with linework...

[N D Hill]

Mike and Sammy joining forces. That's a scary thought. Awesome stuff. Your styles really complement each other well. Sammy's got this energetic and robust style to his characters and Mike's got that similarly energetic brush work.

Sammy: I like your solo piece too. Design-wise it's great how it evokes that whole killer-whale feel. I don't think I'm a fan of the blurry grain down at the bottom though. For me it detract from the focus.

I’ll be sure to join in this weekend since Davi stood me up for my challenge.

[Banned_User]

Exo@: Thanks for the comments, Sammy is one talented mo fo - no doubt

Gilead@- Nice to see a humorous approach- I thought the badunkadunk dragon breed died out in the 70's :P Thanks for joining in

ecsdesign@- Nice paint job, he definately has a feel of an ancient wise dragon, try to push the design though toward something unique like I suggested in my last post. When I say unique, I mean something other than your typical scaled 2 winged dragon that breathes fire like we all know from our child hood. Thanks for participating

The Brand@- Thanks for posting, nice pen work, the scales look great. The head is interesting how his face sort of becomes Bone, in the nose region.

Willpaxton@- Check a couple of my suggestions I posted in my last post, and my first post about originality. not a bad sketch ;)

Negrotuerto@- Great stuff, nice texture/skin wrinkles and design. Thanks for taking the time to create a new piece of work.

Sammy@- Your creatures have come a long way, very cool. I love this little guy, I wanna take him home and let him swim in the stream in the backyard.

I have a couple sketches here, not sure if I'll have time to color them. I tend to wanna go overboard with colors sometimes.
This is Bruce, he lives with me at Home. I usually have to chain him up to the tree because some of the neighborhood dogs have gone missing and I'm stuck trying to figure out which dirt mound thier burried under. He's your average Dorian Drake - A breed that is built for digging and are very playful, they make loyal companions for all ages.
http://pratt.edu/~mcorrier/sketch/dragonpet.jpg
About the size of your average cat or dog, depending on the sex. This dragon is ground based and equppied with a head full of sharp horns. In defense this breed will usually charge with a thrusting motion toward its enemy.
http://pratt.edu/~mcorrier/sketch/chameleon.jpg

http://pratt.edu/~mcorrier/sketch/glowworm.jpg
http://pratt.edu/~mcorrier/sketch/dragonthumb.jpg

[Banned_User]

A slender breed built for speed, a rather harmless breed that can be tamed and used for transporting messenges
http://pratt.edu/~mcorrier/sketch/messenger.jpg

[darkwolfb87]

I was trying to go for an armadillo-like look that crawls, I'll revise this one later

[alti]

i like the slender messenger dragon/courior.got some great lines hapening mike, i'l get another one up today too, to compete with your courier,

going for fast/ agile / intelegent.

[deschamps]

You see a lot of dragons out there with proportions that don't even come close be being able to fly...
so I felt drawing a quick one where it was a little closer to being plausible.
I looked at an egyptian vulture, an iguana and a bat for his features.

(I always love seeing your creature drawings Mike :))

http://www.ericdeschamps.com/ill/imgs/sketches/Streamline-Drag.jpg

[el norteno]

these are very inspirational...if i can find the time ill post mine soon

[Slash]

ok.. now i have to have a go as well.. dammit. :rendered:

[Tariq]

http://img203.exs.cx/img203/7734/dragons4caorg8jv.jpg

Hi all, thought i'd add my two cents worth. The idea that dragons could be beasts of burden always fascinated me. here I have a lizrd dragon and a more horse like dragon.
Cheers,
T.

[Muttonhead]

Mike - Your dragons are great! Very unique designs, I especially like the one with multiple arms. I think its about time more artists explore different visions of dragons, the classic look is starting to get stale.... I have thought this for some time. Your drawing style reminds me of Eric Descamps' stuff, do you know him?

Tariq - Very cool drawing style. I love all the detail!

Ok here's a legitimate new dragon drawing.

http://www.cybermurray.com/minidragon.jpg

[BC1967]

A red feathered dragon. A bit of a Chinese influence I think.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v256/bc1967/red_dragon.jpg

[Tariq]

Hey muttonhead, now that's one cool looking Dragon. I love your style.

BC1967 - i love the colours !!
T.

[Banned_User]

Now were getting somewhere ;)
Hope this thread just starts to really take off.

Muttonhead- umm.. yea you mean the guy that posted like 3 posts before you ;) lol - I know who your talking about, he posted a dragon , i guess thats why you didnt notice the rules before cuz you dont look clearly haha jk ;) :bashful: BTW- love the sketch, very cool

[nephilim]

bit of a quickie for me. Im diggin alot of the designs so far!
This was based off a goblin shark, which are pretty much the scariest looking sharks ever.

http://onfinite.com/libraries/416806/71f.jpg

Mike

[Kaylon]

There are some stunning Dragons here....wonderful work all...

I just had to do something (very rare) but I love this thread.

I did this during my lunch, maybe over the weekend I will find time to do something bigger.

http://www.obsidiann.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/images/DragonHead_01.jpg

Kay.

[JustinBeckett]

cool. all really great work, i think i might draw one of these up. :) looks fun.

[Muttonhead]

Now were getting somewhere ;)
Hope this thread just starts to really take off.

Muttonhead- umm.. yea you mean the guy that posted like 3 posts before you ;) lol - I know who your talking about, he posted a dragon , i guess thats why you didnt notice the rules before cuz you dont look clearly haha jk ;) :bashful: BTW- love the sketch, very cool


HAHA! He's gonna kill me. You know, there's just not enough time in the day anymore..... Yeah the thread is taking off.....

Eric- Sorry. I like your sketch, now that it has been pointed out to me. Well, the other thing is you have changed your handle from Cire600, although your avatar is the same so I should have paid better attention.... Oh well.

[deschamps]

Haha... I'm gonna hunt you down Mutton!!!!

[tylerjwarren]

It isn't all cool like the rest of you, but it's a dragon. It's for my RPG old school game I'm working on.
http://www.artwanted.com/images/large/7220_184380.jpg

[magicgoo]

Here's pinky, protecting her eggs. Females don't have wings. And, I suck at dragons. Excuses aside...

http://www.everythinggoodwastaken.com/resume/cow-dragons-pinky.jpg

Oh, and btw, everybody's stuff rocks! Gorgeous work, Muttonhead, Oregano, ecsdesign, MikeCorriero, and Negrotuerto! And, everybody!

[Kress]

http://host321.ipowerweb.com/~xenopodn/art/dragonbone.jpg

[bwkeough]

woo-- awesome work in this thread guys. I think I'll be jumping in with some lunch break at work sketches. Maybe have to draw the GoldRoc dragon at next week's sketch meet.

[Bomba]

MIKECORRIERO---> solid designs man. Really nice control over the forms and nice lines.
-J-

[redehlert]

Mike - great thread and even greater concepts!
Oregano - nice post, hoss, both in concept and philosophy --- Mr. Lockwood is rubbing off on you!
All others - slayer concepts.
Cheers and beers!
D

[zeronexus]

Kress that is an absolutely beautiful sketch, i love it

[t y l e r]

I couldn't pass this one by.

This is just a quick study (read: doodle) of a Draconian, for the Dragonlance stuff I'm working on.

Technically he's not a dragon, but I figured it was close enough.

http://www.tylerwalpole.com/boards/drac_sketch.jpg

[bloodsling]

I had to toss one in as well,just a quick pencil sketch I did tonight down at the coffee shop and just scanned in..sketch comes with the added bonus of lead smudges and coffee stains :)http://www.artwanted.com/images/large/4331_184826.jpg

[Kazz]

Nice thread!

Went a little crazy with the hues @_@

http://www.k4zz.com/images/The%20Quickies/tiedye.jpg

[Snookums]

just a page i did a while back. it applies though.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v67/baby_batchoy/My%20Drawings/dragons001.jpg

[Banned_User]

Magicgood Redehlert & Bomba - THANKS so much

Thanks for participating everyone, interesting work coming out of this.

[redehlert]

Woo-hoo! Dragonlance! Nice draconian....I miss reading those books.
Cheers,
D

[simmi]

Great thread guys. Here is my contribution.
http://www.simnet.is/simmi/sketches2/dragons.jpg
http://www.simnet.is/simmi/computah%20sketches/dragons.jpg

[Red_Rook]

well heres mine, i know the bg blows but im kinda sick of it.

http://web489.login-4.hoststar.ch/Redrook/images/rook_dragon.jpg

[possessed]

Hi all, new guy here.
Here's my take on a dragon. Coloring was a bit hasty and I got lazy on the neck.
http://img59.echo.cx/img59/311/gekleurdedraakbg9sa.jpg

And the line-work
If any one wants to color it then by all means. I'd love to learn from you guys.
*stares in awe at the other dragons*
http://img59.echo.cx/img59/4545/ubagaris7kk.jpg

[le capitan]

wow, way to go mike, great thread. and a heck of a way to start it off.
alot of great art in here. keep it up. Havent drawn dragons in ages. forgot got how frickin awesome they are :P

[Ahkahna]

I need to get movin XD All these dragons are awesome, I've gotta do some :E

-------edit------------


http://www.summerdragoness.com/images/bw/squeakydragon.jpg

Here's number one :D 20 minutes I think *is proud* I rarely ever work that fast ;_;

clean pencil sketch based on my scottish fold terror kitty. Just her face though...the rest is just 'as it comes'.

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edit: April 18th, 2005

Shade Dragon:

http://www.summerdragoness.com/images/sketchbook/shade_dragon.jpg

An astral creature which flows from plane to plane. They come into this existing plane on the darkest nights and creep from shadow to shadow, silently stalking their victims. The Shade dragon feeds off of fear of all creatures, and only the fear can be drawn from the bodies with their moon white eyes. They speak telepathically though trigger emotions causing the victim to fear it's surroundings and take flight, and the chase is what the Shade dragon loves most. The more fear, the more quickly it can satiate it's hunger. Once the victims fear is drained, they pass out cold for days and the Shade dragon returns to it's plane upon the coming of dawn.

Photoshop harassment XD

[Sammy]

Awesome everyone! --- Mike, this thread is great - happy to see it grow into page2.

Red_Rook, very tight rendering and detail man : )

--- I decided to go ahead and do a full-blown pice for 'page2' ---- I'm obsessed with the notion of docile 'aqua-dragons' ... designing from paint is a much different process than from linework, it's harder to land solid anatomy - so I'd still like to do some lineworks of these guys to really land the design.
Got some illustration help from my girl, to aid in the composition --- started coloring from a black'n'white digi-thumbnail --- threw a few matte-paint style phototextures here and there, and just had some fun ... back to more dragons, YAY!

http://www.modelforge.com/sammy/aquadragon2web.jpg

[Aberrant]

Shit sammy, forget the dragons, I want to see more water and rocks.

[Kazz]

damn, can't handle the Sammage at 1am.. that's rockin

this is way too fun man.. I'll be back with a dragon that will totally kick your aqua-dragon's ass all over the shoreline! even when I should be doing a homework assignment!

*opens fotoshop*

[Red_Rook]

jesus sammy, thats freakin unbelievable, awesome work from everyone :D
its great how we can take somthing as cliche as dragons n make em cool again :D :yayca:

[AmishCommy]

I swear to god Sammy, if its some sorta special crack you are smoking i really REALLY want some!!! youre are on some otherworldly level. Great idea, creat concept, and a great illustration. It's either the crac or your Girl. either way, if you're not rolling in the dough already (or greedy for some more caish) you should really find a way to bottle the awesomeness.

[Kazz]

Commence bunination!

*gnaw* *hissss* Eat it aqua dragons!


...yeah, so im a nerd.

http://k4zz.com/images/The%20Quickies/antler.jpg

[gauss]

Inspiring stuff guys, especially Mike and Sammy. Mike, your dog-like dragons are properly exotic looking but imminently loveable looking pets, and Sammy your latest aqua-dragons are really shaping up very nicely.


I need more time with my creature features, as well as Painter, so this was a fun chance to try some things out. Might refine/color later, we'll see..


The idea behind this dragon is along the lines that Mike has been exploring--they're a horse-like flightless dragon that are often used as a mount for wartime. Maybe I'll add a saddle and rider...

http://www.planetquake.com/polycount/cottages/gauss/pimp/horsedragon1.jpg

[JustaArtist]

Mike:
Whoops! :bashful:

Sorry about posting older work, I noticed you had mentioned the rules to other members after reading through the posts so I didn't want to be an exception for being a newb. I'll only post NEW artwork inspired by this thread. (Habit of just looking at the artwork)

By the way your dragon design is superb! Thanks!

[/Anders]

so yea... WHY haven't you posted here sooner, those are insane. not contributing, gah! *frowns*

and sammy, you are my new personal water/rock god.

[Banned_User]

Ahkahna- love the line quality and pose

Sammy@- so much love BRO- I can see BIG improvements on your paint job, I think that Midway games has rubbed off on ya. ;) great dragons

Kazz@ very cool- great design, would have liked to see this one finished.

Gauss- the anatomy is really nicely done, I think adding the saddle would be neat and give it an added interest to the viewers eyes, the pose could have been more interesting since its just a static profile, but I realize its just a concept.

Justiartist@- WELCOME TO CA.ORG, great body of work almost loooks like cg models on some of them. I appreciate your post and wanting to contribute to ca.org ;)
next time- just read the rules on this thread on the first page please :) :bashful:

[Eric Lofgren]

Very cool thread! And more than a little humbling. I regret that it's just a sketch at this stage. In time I may come back to it some more. But any chance to do up a dragon is a good one. My reasoning for this one is simple. While the TSRing of dragons certainly opened up a lot of opportunity for some very cool creativity over the years, I think that first and foremost, a dragon was thought of as a vile and evil creature found burrowing in the depths of the Earth. More often called a Wurm, or Wyrm, with visions of a hell filled with crawling beasts and demons. With an occasional visit on the surface to terrorize a sleepy little hamlet somewhere and spawning evil legends. At least it seems that way to me. While I've always enjoyed doing more graceful and expressive dragons in tha past, it's this darker more sinister aspect of them that I would like to explore more in the future. Almost Cthulhuesque in approach. But not Giger. Please, no more Giger :D

http://www.ericlofgren.net/eric/the_wurm.jpg

[S.C. Watson]

dammit, sammy. Just.... dammit.

[JonnyAwesome]

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y106/JonnyAwesome/dragonentry.jpg
holler /m\

[S.C. Watson]

Sammy, just so you know, yer on mah list 'olms. :donk:

Quick "Pteradragon"

http://sketchforums.com/uploads/post-11-1113802230.jpg

[Verithin]

Great work everyone! I love Dragons and so I had to dive in...

Here's a classic take.... gotta have the burning village! I didn't focus a lot on the BG (which explains it's rushed feel), just figured some setting was better than none.

Photoshop, about 6 hrs.

http://homepage.mac.com/kenhenderson/.Pictures/CRITS/dragon.jpg

and a Closeup...

http://homepage.mac.com/kenhenderson/.Pictures/CRITS/dragon_CU.jpg

[steak-tron]

Damn these are some sweet dragons guys, nice work. <3 But can you draw a liger... :tihi:

sammy: Those creature paintings are gorgeous. Your ability to ground your designs in existing biological forms is stunning. They're so believable it's eerie. right up there with Barlowe.

Mike-C: those are some fierce arrangements on the last batch. I esp. like that head on the chestburster esq. one. nice work dude. That Colab is tight too.

[rockdraw]

Posted this one recently, but it's relavent:

http://www.cybermurray.com/hummingdragon.jpg
I like the colors of ´that picture!

[blobs]

Wow there are some fantastic pieces in this 'ere thread. Thanks Mike for setting it up :)

Here's my quick take on a dragonybloke, rare that I get the chance to do something 'cartoony'. Fun :)
http://hometown.aol.co.uk/Blobsticks/spare/72dpi-dragonybloke.jpg

Cheers.
Scott.

[Eric Lofgren]

Wow there are some fantastic pieces in this 'ere thread. Thanks Mike for setting it up :)

Here's my quick take on a dragonybloke, rare that I get the chance to do something 'cartoony'. Fun :)
http://hometown.aol.co.uk/Blobsticks/spare/72dpi-dragonybloke.jpg

Cheers.
Scott.

Me likes, Scott :)

[blobs]

Hey thanks Eric :)

I'm finding whenever ya get a spare minute then scribble! lol

Cheers.
Scott.

[lordofhjoerring]

Yay! I felt like contributing.
It's quite a while ago since last i portrayed a dragon, and this thread really motivated me. Here ya go:

scaly guy
http://premium1.uploadit.org/lordofhjoerring//Tiamat.jpg

[Dirty C]

awight kids?

http://toeslikefingers.com/gallery/dragon16042005.jpg

Just posted this and realised it's kind of a Big Trouble In Little China dragon heh

[chain&jane]

Wow !!!

Very interesting and wonderful dragons!! :bashful:

[AmishCommy]

Dirty - you got a closeup of the face? it looks really hot. love the wings too

[hurricane]

dont we all hate them ? those vermins infecting our homes?

now there is a new disruptor of our prescious house peace..

the Loricatus Muris (Armored Mouse)

You better start cleaning up those crumbs on the floor mister!!

http://www.rainysaturday.com/Hurricane/DragonRat.jpg


you all, great work !
mike my man (mikecorriero) sweet idea and great dragons !

keep on giving us dragons PPL!!

cheers !

[Ignatz]

Hi everyone!

Just saw this thread a couple of days ago and decided to throw in my contribution. (Great stuff BTW!!)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v447/ignatz/Album%2015/dragon2.jpg

[Aberrant]

Mines a bit plain, I'm concentrating on the stuff I'm no good at (rendering).

http://142.165.246.187/ca/red_dragon.jpg

[Dirty C]

Dirty - you got a closeup of the face? it looks really hot. love the wings too

Thanks! Here ya go!

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

[Floris Didden]

Woo, this thread sure took off. Great stuff.
Hurricane, thanks, I'm afraid to put anything on my feet now, fearing that that monster might be sleeping in it. Great sense of depth. No crits really, one question though: how did you make the texture on the floor tiles?
Dirty, cool stuff m8, love the mood and usage of all the diff colours. Crit: the lower back, tail and lower legs are rendered in exact the same way, making them a bit bland.
Abberant, it is a bit plain, but the atmosphere is working for me. Maybe you could spice it up by placing some strong highlights on em reflecting a fire. That would be bring some sharper colours into the picture, stiring it up. Don't overdo it and lose the moody atmosphere though. Just the first thing that popped up in my head.

That's it for first impressions, I gotto scoot, gonna try and make myself a dragon laters, you're all on fire!

[JAGrello]

great imagination... where do you get your ideas... those have gotta be so much fun to make.

[max-cant]

i did a quick photshop dragon this mornin - cool thread.

http://img243.echo.cx/img243/9926/dragonsea0bx.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

[Ian Mack]

Shit sammy, forget the dragons, I want to see more water and rocks.

LOL That's what I thought too. Nonetheless, I like the subletly of the dragons. They look like they were made for that environment.

As for myself, I live on a resort with no access to a scanner and limited access to computer with FTP prog. This is my original dragon:

The face is similar in structure to a Salamander with the large eyes and lips. Five spines exit the back of the head with webbing between each spine. Underneath this webbing is a mass of silver-grey coils.
The wings begin at the shoulders and are attached to the main spine of the dragon, all the way down to the tip of the tail. They are made of a thin membrane which is thicker near the edges. This is because the dragon grabs onto its wings and creates a parachute. The flight actually comes from its ability to manipulate electrical fields. They way I picture it is like Spiderman, only there are no buildings and no webbings, just great big flashes of lightning.
The dragon can either stand upright or on all fours where it's rear legs would be covered by the drapery-like wings.
I had the idea of making their body temperature be really cold for greater conductivity with the result of moisture turning to ice on their skin but I couldn't think of a way to depict this. Any ideas?

I wish I could get the pictures I've drawn up to you guys.


Great work everyone, I've seen alot of cool ideas and pictures in this thread.

[Dirty C]

Yo Max-cant, nice design. Sorta reminiscent of Eva unit 1 though innit? eg: http://fanart.theotaku.com/view.php?action=retrieve&id=65556

[max-cant]

yeah - totally -
i was actually thinking about the panzer dragoon stuff,dinosaurs,porpoisy type things muscles and ray fish
but yeah - it turned out lookin likeEVA unit one.(jaw lines the prime offender) - almost the lens flare of anime monster world now i guess :-(
i was thinking of a cross with shark teeth and mamoth ones too....

i did an edit but only to the top of the head -
i was thinkin of doing a new one crossed with a hammer head shark - but id have to start from scratch or id end up with the aliens from PITCH BLACK :-)

i like things with iregular heads - like evolutionary aberations or dead ends.............

http://img259.echo.cx/img259/461/dragonsea26ld.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

might do a smooth transparent green and yellow head too where you can see the skull - like deap sea creatures.

[Dirty C]

but yeah - it turned out lookin likeEVA unit one.

Cool - good on you for not getting sensitive about it either - 90% of the tiem on the Internet, that would have turned into a flame war.


i like things with iregular heads - like evolutionary aberations or dead ends.............


Yeah, I totally agree with this kind of thinking. I remember seeing someone - can't remember who, but I think it was someone pretty good - who had a big bitch about people putting design features into creatures that serve no purpose. One of the primary engines of selection is sexual, which follows virtually no rules at all, and in reality, Natural Selection acts much more strongly and rapidly against disadvantageous things. Features which aren't actively selected *against* can persist in the collective gene pool for billions of years. If you don't believe me, go look at the cave fish with the giant eyes.

So yeah, odd things which appear to serve no purpose are NOT a flaw of design. And if you think so, you should go make chairs and leave the creatures to someone else :P

</rant>

[Kent Caldwell]

Something kinda traditional (Although I guess the colors aren't)....

Pencil sketch in English Class and Photoshop-

http://www.geocities.com/gymnastkc3/1Matturang.jpg

[Sammy]

Wow, great dragons everyone! DAMN, this thread has some energy :yayca:

Thanx for the posative replies everyone : )
--- I had a fun time on those water dragons, it's the first real paint I've tackled since I've been out of school and in the work-force :^^;:

Oregano: Bring it on!! Pterasaur dragons rock the house - nice one
hurricane: That's just plain friggen' awesome man!
dirty: Nice rendering and culture on that one, wow.
max-cant: PanzerDragoon holds a place in my heart as well -- got a copy of every damn one of 'em!

I urge everyone here to go check out Douglas Henderson's work -- He's arguably the greatest paleo-artist ever:
http://gallery.in-tch.com/~earthhistory/
I find his works to be very honest and not exadurated -- He Illustrates prehistoric animals with the apathy and expresionless natures they would've had -- no needless chirping, or mouths open in rage -- his work is all about the subtlety :P We can learn a lot from subtlety.

I spent the last few days on this one, noodling it in my free time -- probobly about 7 hours total.
I decided to go with more Pterasaur-type dragons -- Pterasaurs are so damn amazing... and they aren't actually dinosaurs at all, but their own breed and cold-blooded -- lots of conflicting and interesting debates on these creatures if you go looking.
(I uploaded my ref/style-guide I used, as well as a small process from thumbnail to paint --- Thanx to Mike and Oracrest for helpin' me on this one)

http://www.modelforge.com/sammy/dogfightweb.jpg

[Sammy]

Dangit -- how do I work this blasted image attachment thingy :S

I wish my host would work BLAST!

[S.C. Watson]

Sammy, that's sweet.

Okay homee - you're on. Gimme a couple of days and I'll kick something back :needle:

And I'll do more'n a head this time!

:yayca:

[Banned_User]

Great job everyone, so many awesome looking dragons, glad people are enjoying this thread.

Sammy- well done bro, I think this piece really turned out nice, there are some minor issues, but I think you tackled a hard perspective and it came out well. Thanks for posting your references and progress work, im sure it will help people a lot.

[Kent Caldwell]

Sammy-

Damn, what an awesome composition!

The only thing that I think needs attention is the lower dragon... it could be just me but I think he needs to be pushed back even more... maybe throw in some more contrast/ saturated color on the top dragons tail to pop that out... that might solve it. I say this because when I first looked at the picture the two dragons blended together initially and it confused my eye a little bit.

But my god, what an incredibly challenging shot, very very cool... tons of action and motion. You're brave for trying such a foreshortened and angled perspective with objects that don't even really exist... amazing :)

PS- They totally kick my dragon's ass ;)

[0kelvin]

http://www.whereismyeyeball.com/images/CA/Sketchbook/DragonToad.jpg

Bog Dragon is incredibly ancient, and usually quite sleepy, but he's still the law around these parts.

He swears he could still fly if the need ever arose.



0kelvin

[Soultek]

Lol, okelvin, yeah i'd like to see him try to fly :P

[JERI]

Dang, these are some fine dragons. Did you all drew those with tablets?

Still,even with tablets, these images are really impressive - nothing I can come up with using the same hardware.

My meager contribution.

http://img259.echo.cx/img259/1618/dragon26lk.jpg

[oracrest]

Bog Dragon is incredibly ancient, and usually quite sleepy, but he's still the law around these parts.

He swears he could still fly if the need ever arose.



0kelvin

this guy would look really sweet if he actually leaped off the ground to take off, then started flapping his wings, and just kept soaring........

[character]

yay! my turn, hehe. cool pics all. you guys f'in rock

http://www.polylover.com/dailysketchbook/dwagon_thread/dwagon_001.jpg

http://www.polylover.com/dailysketchbook/dwagon_thread/dwagon_002.jpg

[Ive]

hey, great work everyone, especially the colored ones

here's my:
the text on the pic says"baby dragon-adult dragon, same old smile"
http://www.inet.hr/~esvorcin/slike/dragon.jpg

[Banned_User]

Thanks to CartoonFox for hosting the images for me- I appreciate it dude.

OK- Some new sketches/concepts of unique dragon species, I tend to like the flightless dragons more

First off Is A mountain goat inspired breed that has some BIG ASS horns, these large creatures can be found roaming high altitudes balancing along rocky cliff sides with the greatest of ease. I have included some size references.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v19/cartoonfox/hosting/mountain.jpg
This species is a smaller breed that resembles your modern bird/owl hawk.. although thier fisty little bastards hence thier name "bastirds" They like to cause trouble and rip things apart with thier talons.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v19/cartoonfox/hosting/bastird.jpg
This last breed, I had a lot of fun with the pose, and on this one I used a group of reference images of various exotic animals and then added my own sense of design to give him that dragon quality. I have incorporated Hippos, Wildabeast- sp? and Kangaroos, I depicted him in a lazy yawning pose laying down on his side.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v19/cartoonfox/hosting/belop.jpg

EDIT: forgot the references i used for the last one
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v19/cartoonfox/hosting/reference02.jpg

[demeter_luna]

Wow great concepts everyone!!! :groupie2:

[Verithin]

Nice stuff Mike! Really like the last one... it would be great to see a carcass behind / beside him. Relaxing after the kill as it were.

Hey... you stold my frickin' TO DO list!!!

:tihi:

[Nutro]

Time to take a break from almost 3 years of lurking...

I'm not too much into dragons but I gotta say that some things here are just plain great. <3


Well... here's an attempt for color work after a long time - and first time using textures. It came out too dull, so i had to let the auto levels to try to make something out of it :^^;: and well ... :^^;: :^^;:

http://img7.echo.cx/img7/2329/bludragonsmallver29ef.jpg

[hurricane]

That was a interesting one Nutro !

Mike corriero: sweet !! like em all!


so, one more :)

Legend tells of a ruthless regent who reigned the dense woodlands of Farastas-Im. Through the ages the people where plagued by lurking predators from the dark, but as long as the king was not affected he let them be.
One day as the king dined with his newest conquest; the fair madame Tella in the royal garden, a beast so vile and awesome even the guard dogs lost their bark came and left but a speck of blood in the lady's stead. The king was outraged and demanded that the beast was to pay his debt for robbing the king of a night of pleasure. Knights and mercenaries from all corners joined up in the search for that one beast. Was it ever found? - No one knows, but many a beasts where to pay the same debt before the kings matter was forgotten...

As the time passed and almost all the Urduls were killed, the king kept the last ones in his castle as guard dogs. And now the Urduls serves each new king, forever paying their debt back.

http://www.rainysaturday.com/Hurricane/DragonUrdul.jpg

cheers

[qstom]

anddd Here the StupidDragon hehe.
http://www.telefonica.net/web2/annulledcreations/qstom_66.jpg

[coondoggle]

http://www.tangrala.com/artwork/dragonwhite.jpg

Weeeeeeeeeeeee! Dragons! :^^:

[Verithin]

Beautiful doodle Coondoggle!

[Venndetta1]

Ugh.. Going back to class...

My unfinished. sorry guys. =(

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y139/venndetta2/dragon.jpg

[Pavel]

qstom: Looks cool
hurricane: Incredible dis !

[Kazz]

Mike: I thought I recognized those legs! I actually used the same pic of the kangaroo for a little animation I'm working on. Badass hippo mouf too.

Hurr: I want one of those! damn.. too cool. And an interesting story to top it off.

I'll be posting my revamped dragon soon. here's a sneak peak
http://www.k4zz.com/files/sneak.jpg

[JERI]

http://www.tangrala.com/artwork/dragonwhite.jpg

Weeeeeeeeeeeee! Dragons! :^^:

I like this one personally, it's got clean and stylish outlines.

[1-thought]

yeah - totally -
i was actually thinking about the panzer dragoon stuff,dinosaurs,porpoisy type things muscles and ray fish
but yeah - it turned out lookin likeEVA unit one.(jaw lines the prime offender) - almost the lens flare of anime monster world now i guess :-(
i was thinking of a cross with shark teeth and mamoth ones too....

i did an edit but only to the top of the head -
i was thinkin of doing a new one crossed with a hammer head shark - but id have to start from scratch or id end up with the aliens from PITCH BLACK :-)

i like things with iregular heads - like evolutionary aberations or dead ends.............

http://img259.echo.cx/img259/461/dragonsea26ld.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

might do a smooth transparent green and yellow head too where you can see the skull - like deap sea creatures.



fantastic thread... this one looks like something straight from Phyrexia, like Gix. (magic reference)

[jon_rÜsh]

hey!!

Nice work!! its very cool.. I like it!!
Keep it up!!

[dibumac]

I guess I'm in a less serious style....
http://webzoom.freewebs.com/dibumac/Ilus025.jpg

[joe]

I just had to make one of these...

http://www.egerkrans.com/art/dragon%20copy.jpg

Cheers!
/johan

[AeonfluxVienna]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v650/AeonfluxVienna/Dragon.jpg

Hi all,
saw that thread to late last night, I think that image might go down well in here.
best,
Ae.

[Tanem]

Hi everyone, I havn't posted in long time. Been busy with work. But couldn't pass up making time to paint a dragon.
This is if dragon had evolved into a fishing type bird dragon.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v617/Tanem/dragonbird.jpg

-T

[Tad]

Here's one of mine I did a few weeks back,
I like drawing dragons really..
http://ic1.deviantart.com/fs6/i/2005/101/e/7/Piehnon_by_tad.jpg

[sottsass]

Fiery guy, trying to create a faceted look....http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y171/sottsass/dragon2.jpg

[JonnyAwesome]

Well its obviously very rough, but i have more ideas i wanna work on, i just wanna finish this one.
Did this today.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y106/JonnyAwesome/drag3.jpg

[Icey]

wow... i see this is getting serious!!
man...

[CLGreene]

kindof a mixture of some of yalls dragon art and a human

tanem:i love that concept itis sweet

mike:the pencil sketches are damn amazing and real creative
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v257/Fericon/drakon.jpg

[Tariq]

Hi all, been seeing and loving the idea of dragons sitting or wrapped around trees, mountains etc...
Cheers,
T.
http://img137.echo.cx/img137/3937/theking8zw.jpg

[kink]

one of mine, i like those who don't look like the typical fantasy-dragons
http://www.doodle-n-draw.com/images/zeichnungen/pic_creature03.jpg

[Banned_User]

GREAT WORK GUYS, this thread is so much fun to look at.

Here is a bedtime doodle from me, his wings are made of pure energy and his legs mainly for standing, but when flying thier used as a large hand to grab things basically.. :P
http://www.coroflot.com/user_files/individual_files/38691_2p5ntkzLgNPHM3SCkhQxtQyLp.jpg

[SeanE]

http://sean.sevspace.com/photoshop/dragon.jpg

drew this one years ago over the space of 15 weeks of boring education theory lectures

*edit 16th May 2005* - sorry guys but this picture is eating up my bandwidth so I have to make it a link.

[MikeDunbarr]

I drew this one the other day, what do you think! :^^;:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y152/MikeDunbarr/dragon.jpg

[eddfrutos]

I draw this marine dragon using a 0.35 liner pen...
hope you like it. :}

http://www.geocities.com/edd_frutos/hipo.jpg



there is a lot of good stuff here... great idea to have this tread is very useful

[yocdub]

http://www.joinedartists.com/community/attachments/DRAGON.jpg

[MasonL]

This a really cool thread, and this site is full of very skilled people. I got inspired to join the forum and sketch something I hadn't seen yet, a mechanical junk dragon. Hope know one minds if an ID student lurks around and marvels at everyone's work. ;)

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y179/white_240sx/dragon.jpg

[poopinmymouth]

Dang, so many awesome dragons.

I love classic dragons, I really do, but for me, I think the word dragon is up for so much interpretation. I love the flightless dragons, so I wanted to do a take on a land dragon, lithe and fast. I used a lot of cheetah, dog, and horse reference. I wanted it to be a scout animal for war, silent, super fast, but not exactly a pushover if it needed to fight. I also like the idea of giving a dragon different topical and textural surfaces. In this case, fur instead of scales.

http://www.poopinmymouth.com/2d/beastconcept.jpg Excuse my rough traditional skills, I'm still pushing to improve in that area.

But being a 3d artist, I wanted to bring it to life in three dimensions, and really give it some love.
http://www.poopinmymouth.com/3d/dragon_pose.jpg
http://www.poopinmymouth.com/3d/dragon_crouch.jpg

I really want to animate this someday, or have someone else animate it, because I think he would make some really beatiful movements.

[syngeist]

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y41/xashe/dragonbreathG.jpg

[0kelvin]

Great model and texture, Poop!

I'm loving this thread.



0kelvin

[Denis]

This is an old one but it fits the thread. It's not much compared to the great dragons flying around here. ;)
http://www.denis-goulet.com/dragon.jpg

[djstoker]

5mins in ps. Its not anything special, but i wanted to contribute to this thread. Sammy I am amazed by your "aqua-dragons".
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y153/zombiejam/dragon.jpg

[unit]

It's been such a long time since I submitted anything on conceptart.org I thought I'd put aside a 1/2 hour from my work here and take up the challenge.

Mine's a fairly cliched dragon I suppose and well, it's only the head.

http://www.unitstudio.com/navigation/Content/dragon_speed01_sm.jpg

Nice work everyone, and a great little challenge

unit

[Anemos the Storm]

http://www.thewhisperingleaf.com/images/mydracrs.jpg

[Dragonspit]

Great thread. Lots of excellant stuff here. Let me see if I can add one.http://pixelsnpaper.com/desertdragon.jpg

http://pixelsnpaper.com/CRYBABY-2.jpg


http://pixelsnpaper.com/dspitlogo.jpg

[ScribbleHEAD]

I apolygize that i have to post through cgtalk - unfortunatly i can't access my isp's webserver to upload this.... :(

Thought i'd join in on the fun here (very nice work here btt - especially corriero :D)

Alright well being busy at work with technical stuff, this was really a nice change.


http://www.cgtalk.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=69797

[unit]

Just wondering if people are making sure as requested by Mike, that the dragon be an entirely new drawing, done specifically for this thread. I'm sure I've seen some of these elsewhere...

Still nice work people

[Dragonspit]

Just wondering if people are making sure as requested by Mike, that the dragon be an entirely new drawing, done specifically for this thread. I'm sure I've seen some of these elsewhere...

Still nice work people

Unit, your right, I'm guilty. Just popped in and was cruisin throught without reading that, got excited and wanted to join in. I can remove mine I guess, although I think only one of them I have had out before. Or, I could get spend a little time and do a new one.

[unit]

Hey, no problem Dragonspit. :D I wasn't pointing the finger at anyone in particular, just reiterating Mike's T&C's. As a thread gets longer it's easier to gloss over info that may have been posted earlier.

I don't there's a need to remove it...just don't do it again!!! ;)

[Banned_User]

Guys, dont bother removing them..
I would rather people create new work, as i said just so this doesnt become a dumping ground for you to post your lifes work of dragons..etc.

People have been neglecting to read the first page since this is over 150 posts now..which is a good thing, but im not gonna kill anyone for not reading the first page.

I gave permission to poop in my mouth for the cg model since he asked.

Great stuff, keep em coming.

Scribblehead, thanks for the comment

[Hideyoshi]

Mike: Love your last one! Got a sleek and dynamic feel to it!
Sammy is doing his regular overkill work... :$
damn!

[Crow]

Here's a weird dragon-spider-thing. Was in a spidery mood after my c.o.w.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v614/crow_mcauley/183.jpg

[CsakiP]

I've posted this in the finished forum but since this thread was the source of inspiration I post it here too.
Great work guys!!!

http://web.axelero.hu/csakip01/DragonNude.jpg

[Ian Mack]

Excellent work here!

Poopinmymouth: I love your 3d model. I'm not a big fan of the leopard print on it but damn man...animating that dragon would be fun. and more fun.

I can see it in my head moving like a cheetah, flying low across the ground.

Keep it up everyone! If anyone needs an idea...what do you think an old or sick dragon would look like?

[britt]

great stuff guys,

but few compare to my dragon, he's the coolest

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Brittain/mydragon.jpg

[Slash]

I gave permission to poop in my mouth for the cg model since he asked.




Damn man.. I was about to be a bitchy wiseass and whine about how he reused his art. DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL! :P


I love this thread guys. Keep em coming. I know i said i was gonna have a go, and i will, in time. :teeth:

[vigostar]

hurricane's dragon is still my favorite!

[Summer Pudding]

Awesome stuff here, especially from Mike C and Sammy. The variety of interpretations is remarkable. Here's my favourite interpretation from Dirty_C.

Great work Christian



http://toeslikefingers.com/gallery/dragon16042005.jpg

[bwkeough]

ugh, britt, nice goat head. some people will eat anything, huh? me, I prefer twinkies. :P

here's my toss in the dragon heap:

http://nand.net/~keough/sketchbook/guard-dragon.jpg

[Banned_User]

Britt- umm your scaring me. Did u eat that?

Summer Pudding@- Thanks

Bwkeough@- Nice one

I've been trying to get in an hour or a little more of sketching each night now. No References.. Obviously penguin related, uses his nose as a snorkel. Water Based Dragon. Inspired by Sammys water dragons..I kept this on the simplistic cute side..

http://sketchforums.com/uploads/post-11-1115179485.jpg

[britt]

Relax guys,

Didn't eat the thing.I bought it at a Food Maxx. Couldn't believe there was a pile of sheepheads next to the groundbeef. I had a potluck to attend, and figured, this was a great time to learn how to cook sheep head. Everyone at the party got a kick out of it. As you can see, they decorated it. What a bunch of sickos. jk :}

[mentler]

This must be finished ~~ I want to do the next one!!

I pay homage to the dragon masters ~~~ here is my meager post per request

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v413/mentler/050405dragon.jpg

[Banned_User]

Alright, Another quickie I liked the little black and white water dragons..so here they are diving into the water.

http://sketchforums.com/uploads/post-11-1115222871.jpg

[thirdeye]

Nice work everyone, esp you Mike - the hippo and the energy-winged ones are the best :)

Some doodles from me. I'll try turning them into something more later.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v309/thirdeye00/SKB71.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v309/thirdeye00/SKB72.jpg

[mentler]

Thirdeye ~~~~ very solid ~~~~~~~ very nice indeed!!!!!!!
Mikw ~~~~~~~ always pro shit dude!!!!!!!!!!!!

[SaIiLdVaEnR]

Here's my meager attempt.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/SaIiLdVaEnRx/gary12.jpg

[JustaArtist]

Pretty awesome Dragons everyone.

This was a work in progress at the time this thread was started but it inspired me to finish it so I hope it's ok :)

thirdeye those doodles are works of art as is, excellent stuff.

http://www.stevegoad.com/CAOrg/BorderPatrol.jpg

Close up shot:

http://www.stevegoad.com/coolart/images/progressshots/borderpatrolclose.jpg

[Golanhall]

Awesome thread,

Tried my best making something, image aint 100% correct but had fun, be gentil on this noob.

10hours of photoshop

http://ainulindale.trendfocus.be/dragon3small.jpg

Big version (http://ainulindale.trendfocus.be/dragon3.jpg)

[mentler]

JustaArtist ~~~~~ Whowa dude ~~~~ terrific work

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v413/mentler/1228ejpg.jpg


Lots o great stuff on this thread !!!! I need to go back to the drawing board!

[azghoul]

first post here ...
got that rather old picture I did years ago with copic markers (the scan is too small, as the piece is quite large, anyway ...) :

http://azghoul.com/b/large/greater_dragon_large.jpg

[Gnosis]

That piece is great, azghoul! What an atmosphere! <3

[Banned_User]

Great Pieces- I really wish people would read the first page rules though
Justaartist- nice work, but i hardly think that u did that piece for this thread, since it looks like you spent about 60 hours on it ;) The human is the weekest part of the piece, because the anatomy looks poor in comparison to the dragon, especially on the face close up.

Azghoul- again, nice drawing, but read the rules please

Dont bother removing the works, just next time, create something original for the topic and read the rules ;)

[JustaArtist]

mentler: Thanks I really appreciate it.

Mike: Well crud, that's twice I've posted in here and have been wrong both times. :) I said it was a work in progress at the time this thread was created and it inspired me to finish it, if that still doesn't fall in the category I'll gladly remove it.
About the knight I was just curious, is it the proportions of the knight that are off or the fact that he's a lot smaller to the Dragon? I meant to make him quite a bit smaller to portray a very large beast. I appreciate your input and again sorry if I posted the wrong stuff.

[CLGreene]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v257/Fericon/wuky.jpg

[Sammy]

britt, awesomeness --- dragons party too hard sometimes.
This thread is goin awesome -- everyones work is kicking ass, and I'm glad to see we've gotten a good share of very liberal and creative dragon designs.

Here's a giant Lobster dragon, based on a friends concept --- we tossed some ideas around, and came with an idea based on a recent lobster dragon sketch of his.

Oracrustacea - Homaridae Manchesteria:
A giant 'aggressive' filter feeder and ancestor of the common edible lobster. The Manchesteria pulsates backwards through the ocean in the tradition of a common lobster's tail-sprint, filter feeding on tiny plankton gathered in its tail.

His tail has adapted cilia that, when the membrane is opened, can filter out small plankton and food particles from the ocean surface. The cilia then 'snowball' the plankton under the belly of the giant lobster towards his mouth for feeding.

Manchesteria is known as an 'aggressive' filter feeder because of his violent nature. Any organism that blocks his instinctual feeding path is quickly torn apart by massive pinchers and left in his wake. The local opportunist sharks that appear to feed on the remains is usually the sign of a fresh kill.

http://www.modelforge.com/sammy/MattLobsterEtheriumWEB.jpg



Here's some development thumbnails that I had Oracrest crit me on 'till we got the most idea concept ... all the thumbnails show the lobster traveling backwards to the left, with his head facing the right.

http://www.modelforge.com/sammy/mattlobsterthumbswebcompilation2.jpg

Here's Oracrests origional image, and my reference sheet --- I composed a texture for the lobster from like 5 of these images:

http://www.modelforge.com/sammy/stylesheetlobsterweb2.jpg

[oracrest]

booyah! New work desktop.............

Nice dude! I really like how it came out.....
Totally gonna have to model this badboy.....

[Johann de Venecia]

sammy: Bloody awesome. Sat here with my mouth open for a good 3 seconds... Lovely work!

[vigostar]

Your freaking sick SAMMY!! shit dude... anyways, heres my entry.. I feel like a fool posting after Sammy.. Well, here goes....
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v402/vigostar/dragon11.jpg

I invisioned my dragon to be a half Mammal half reptile thing... Done with a Bic pen.

[Sammy]

I invisioned my dragon to be a half Mammal half reptile thing... Done with a Bic pen.

Great pen rendering! You should look through some research/reference about mammals vs. reptiles ---- There has actually been a transitional period in the early triassic where some reptiles were taking on mammalion characteristics.

check out the cynodonts ( a little scientific tree (http://www.geology.ucdavis.edu/~cowen/HistoryofLife/cynodonts.gif) ) --- they're some of the most recognized for when some reptiles started to take on mammalian characteristics --- cool little dudes, how they're designed.
Us mammals have everything to thank for those little bastards :$
cynodont (http://www.mathematical.com/dinosdviniaskull.gif)
cynodont (http://www.palaeowerkstatt.de/img/procynosuchus2.jpg)
paleo-art cynodont (http://www.macn.secyt.gov.ar/cinodo1.jpg)

[bwkeough]

ahaha, there you go matt! I'm a little confused, you don't live in Manchester....I'll be waiting to see that model.

awesome job sammy, I love the easy obsession of all those greate concept sketches. I think you could push the head a little more towards a horseshoe crab, though, they have a great structure to them. I used to see them all the time on the beaches in Delaware. I would imagine they were the tops of samurai helmets, the men buried up to their foreheads in the sand.

[bwkeough]

i'm going to have to go back to the design page on the dragon i drew on wednesday, even with 4 arms, he's much too traditional compared to the 'roc-lobster.

[vigostar]

cool sammy thanks for that.... i guesss thats the difference between a pro and amatuer... a pro would do their leg work and an amateur would think their imagination is the best ref..!

[Daggermoon]

Sammy i love your paintings dude!!! i really like how u show your ref, and where u get your ideas. u just simply rock.

[Gnosis]

I'm amazed by your designs, Sammy. They're so believable, I really get the feeling that these creatures could actually have existed. The text and surrounding environments helps building up the illusion in a phenomenal way, and it's great that you post the reference photos to show where you got your inspiration.
Totally awesome and inspiring work, keep it up!

[J.Mac]

Very cool thread i am glad it is going still!

Sammy - most impressive; heh i am alittle jealous... :}

well here is a dragon i painted last night for a few hours before having to get back to hwrk, trying to use a different painting method.

-----------------------
http://www.mdx5.com/conceptart.org/DRAGON.jpg

-Jesse

[oracrest]

ahaha, there you go matt! I'm a little confused, you don't live in Manchester....I'll be waiting to see that model.


Well, my last name is Manchester. Yeah, I can't wait to get this collosal monstrosity created in 3D. Gonna be a blast to model and texture, since lobsters are just so fucking cool!

Heres an albino lobster. (http://www.lobster.um.maine.edu/lobster/photoofmonth/leslie%20ricker%20blue%20lobster2.jpg) I think these guys come around like one in a million, just a genetic anomaly

[Sammy]

/\ /\ /\
Wow, amazing find Matt!

bwkeough, vigostar, Daggermoon, Inkarnation:
Thanx guys, I love being able to show my reference and process --- tha' thumbnailing/referencing part the most fun :yayca: --- As designers sometimes we have to be honest with ourselves when we are not knowledgeable of the concepts we are creating and go out and do the research/referencing .... especially in the case you are designing based on someone's interests other than your own, you need to know as much as they do on the subject.
This is what separates an artist that creates an image from a designer that creates a concept --- a designer has to get inside the head of his audience, and figure out what they would love to experience.

Check this guy out: the megamouth shark (http://rps.uvi.edu/VIMAS/Megamouth.jpg) I think this species of shark has only surfaced twice for documentation, once in the 70's and once in the 90's .... now if that's not a freakin' dragon, I donno what is :blahblah:

[vigostar]

thats crazy dopeness sammy.... i concur with what you mentioned... i wish i would have gone to school and taken it seriously.. i would have been as intelligent as you.. now im stuck with doing everything the hard way... oh, well... practice practice practice..

[Joey-b]

my 2 cents.. i know it aint good.. but hey.. u guys just inspired me to do some sort of an original dragon..
sammy damn thats good
also asghoul.. i love that
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/joeyb/dragon.jpg

[Gnosis]

.... now if that's not a freakin' dragon, I donno what is :blahblah:



A good candidate would be the komodo dragon, the worlds largest lizard:

http://www.no-pest.com/KomodoDragon.jpg

It could make a good basis for a dragon, perhaps combined with some other creatures.

[azghoul]

Azghoul- again, nice drawing, but read the rules please

oops, sorry for that, lets just call me a noobie to this. :S

[Phattro]

I dont know jack about dragons :P but man ...SAMMY, your dragons make me pause and look. great work!!! and very nice for sharing your process and ref. very beneficial to everyone here.

I myself have been accused of drawing too much from my head. and I've learned some valuable lesson on the use of ref sheet. Its crucial when you need to add the subtle weight of realism to your design that is otherwise non-existant.

[Helzer]

Sammy - that is a spectacular piece of work. I wish I had a print.

[OLSEN]

Bump! <3

Great work all, lots of good stuff in here with lots of variations. :)

I really like Tariqs linework on page 1, aswesome stuff, I wish I could draw like that.. (that goes for Mike too, who's equally impressive..)

Sammys work is as good as always, hard to crit of course, but I feel the lobster dragon is not what I would call a dragon.. more a giant awesome lobster. But if the artist says it's a dragon then I'm not going to argue. :)

[Sean Vaul]

Did this a few days ago for this... Just took a little while to get it posted here....

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/seanvaul/DragonConcept.jpg

I'm new here... yay!

[MiJKa]

I was kinda bullied into this by an acquiantance who posts here regularly.

Anyway, this is a few days old, but I didn't get the registration email till this morning, so...engh.

http://www.arguetects.com/sart/dz2.jpg

[Patch]

If bullying is what it takes.. ;)

Glad to see it here. I like how you managed to maintain the serpentine feel even with six legs.

[Banned_User]

This thread is becoming a beast on to itself.. very cool work guys, im glad that this has been a lot of fun for everyone and motivated a lot of people to post thier first "posts" on ca.org

PS. SAMMY- your sick.. love u man ;) great lobster creature/dragon it came out real nice man.

[hurricane]

great pieces you all !!! all worth glory and honour ! :D

heres some paper ones..

http://www.phuxxx.com/~hurricane/Temp/Sketchbooks/May-05/MayPaper04.jpg

http://www.phuxxx.com/~hurricane/Temp/Sketchbooks/May-05/MayPaper05.jpg

http://www.phuxxx.com/~hurricane/Temp/Sketchbooks/May-05/MayPaper06.jpg

cheers

[alti]

awsome images hurricane, i'm loving your penciling tecnique., so much so that i'm going to rip it off and say i made it up.

[J-boogie]

You guys are producing some great work. Sammy went absolutely above and beyond with that giant mutated lobster creature. Great job. Not a dragon guy, but here's me trying:

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y211/J-boogie/Dragon_thread.gif

[regarded warrior]

what an awesome thread! good work everyone

[bwkeough]

hurricane-- do you ever scan in and color your graphite work? I really like the feel of them.

[Killer Napkins]

heres my dragon... i jsut put some quick markers over the top!

http://www.renderosity.com/photos/ArtistArticle11731.jpg

[mentler]

Very nice work KN ~~~ very dynamic and I like he placement on the page~~~ also like the set of little wings~~~~

[solvent]

http://www.tristangfxdesigns.com/gallery/albums/illo/preview_5.jpg

[Sammy]

/\ /\ /\

Oooooohhh, good stuff

more please! :confident

[GraphicGeek]

man, I love this thread.. So much great art to browse through!!

Ok, here's my contrbution:

http://www.lopezstudios.com/portfolio/NewArt/bluedragon_paint_72.jpg

-Freddy

[staceydiana]

Yes dragons!! Awesome ideas awesome works everyone :yayca:

Order: Diuku
Family; Meropidae
Genus Species: Mercos aosus:

The Little Bee-eater, characterized by richly colored plumage, slender body, usually elongated tail and central tail feathers. Reptilian scales located beneath the downy plumage are still apparent.

This Genius of Diuku has kept their grasping talons for use during fledgling flight. In the learning process the aosus will climb out to the farthest branch where it may spread it's wings. Mature females make use of these appendages during nesting.

Predominantly praying on small bugs and reptiles this species thrives, there have been estimated to be between 40-60 million Mercos aosus. They are solitary, drawn together only to mate. Iridescent scales, golden plumage and red markings around the eye signify a healthy male mate. The female lacks the red eye markings and golden plumage however she retains the iridescence of her scales... :blahblah:


http://www.modelforge.com/sammy/dragon%20bird.jpg











http://www.modelforge.com/sammy/mov-arc-refstacersistehstupidz.jpg


refernce sheet


http://www.modelforge.com/sammy/arc-ref-page.jpg

oracrest thanks for the use of the index hall...we're still down for the count over here :)

[maxetormer]

hell I feel really intimidated to see all the awesome
dragons all of you have been doing, this is just a quiky
I mainy wanted to join in the fun, not very original :bashful:
after seening Sammys crab dragon I decided to
put more thought on the next one, funy enoguth
I did a crab dragon some time ago:
http://www.deviantart.com/view/4511239/

GraphicGeek: now this is really nice I like all the
spikes on the dragons head, the humans look a bit
stiff tho, and the redering is just superb.

MiJKa: that is one slimy orignal dragon, I like
the color scheme a lot dude.

hurricane: it appers that your imagination
has no end, cool concepts!



http://img122.echo.cx/img122/7236/drag18rs.jpg

[wintis]

Wow! I've seen some great dragon renditions on this thread. There are some seriously unique designs. Sammy's dragon is by far the strangest dragon to date. Looks awesome though. Mijica, love the style. Hurricane's got great drawings as well. I definitely relate. Several others showed great talents as well.

I was inspired to do my own dragon for the forum. Especially since dragons kick ass. It's a smaller image but..oh well, it was fun to draw.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v728/wintis/bigdragon.jpg

[J-boogie]

This post is exploding with talent and ideas. Wintis, Hurricane, and so many more have awesome pencils. Figured I post another D. Ragoon just for the hell of it.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y211/J-boogie/56a7f9b6.gif

[GraphicGeek]

Here's a dragon I did earlier. I'm kinda digging the direction this one is going. I may put more time into finishing this one later just feels like it could use something more.

http://www.lopezstudios.com/portfolio/Sketchbook/ls_dragon.jpg

-Freddy

[Mr.Delicious]

Figured I'd join in the dragon fest, eveybody's doing great work! I did this yesterday after I saw the thread, took about 3-4 hours straight tablet in PS. keep up all the friggin awesome dragons!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v403/MrDelicious/turtle.jpg

:$

[Ahkahna]

http://www.summerdragoness.com/images/bw/dracoliche.jpg

boonnesss :D *loves skeletons*

[Uziel]

40min of dragonsketch fun.
Influences:dino, varan, dog, jacksons chameleon, chinese dragon,...
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y231/jarrafatti2/04dragons.jpg

[solvent]

AWSOME THREAD here.... wow many times

[ghūl]

hey fantastic thread goin on here, a timeless topic interpreted in many different flavors. I just wanted to throw in my "two" cents/dragon which is influenced by some familiar aquatic life.. the pic is at the end of my sketchbook thread and will post on this thread when its colored..cheers :yayca:

[bkmini]

Great dragons, everyone. I can't believe noone's done a cow dragon yet!

http://www.bradkurz.com/pics/cow_dragon2.jpg

updated 5/27. click here (http://www.bradkurz.com/pics/cow_dragon.jpg) for the original.

[Obi-one]

This thread is awesome, there's a lot of great work.

here's mine

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/2d/croquis17.jpg

obi-one

[Joey-b]

inspired by sammy's work.. i alreqady posted it in a thread.. but this thread inspired me.. so it should be in here 2.. im not that good.. but here goes
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/joeyb/WDdone2.jpg

[solvent]

felt like a crocodile and a condor hence the name KroCon



http://www.tristangfxdesigns.com/gallery/albums/illo/krockon.jpg

[General Grevious]

This is a damn good thead, great work all.

[HuB]

sorry, no dragon here - I just had to say I LOVE that cow dragon. <3 <3 <3 bkmini, you have a new fan.

Nothing's perfect but this comes really close. I've been looking at it for quite some time and I had a hard time finding anything to crit about it. firstly, the proportions are beautiful. It just works. And on top of that, you've got some awesome colours, patterning, scaling, and lighting! Well done!

but to avoid being a total fanboy, I have two very minor crits. one is perhaps to clean up some of the pencil lines. they give it great character around the head, but the hatching near the bottom isn't necessary. the second is that the cow dragon's sides don't give enough of an impression of curving around it. the large pearl coloured centre scales wrap nicely but then it looks like the torso flattens as it changes to the white and black scales. maybe if some of those intermediate white scales were larger, it would work better. It still works the way it is too, let's see some more from you!

JustaArtist - nice rendering. one crit is that the dragon doesn't look like it's gripping the rock below it, looks "pasted" on the background. otherwise, great work.

Sammy - you made a crazy idea work beautifully. it looks awesome but for me lobsters always conjure up the idea of bottom feeding, rather than gliding through the water like a whale. I just get the image of that heavily armoured beast sinking like a rock.

staceydiana - nice work, definitely reminds me of archaeopteryx!

everyone else, great dragons! don't have time to comment on them all but there are some real cool ideas here. Some of the pencil sketches are simply astounding.

[Bralt Hannicart]

http://users.skynet.be/Braltika/prentjes/seadragon4.jpg

some water dragon

http://users.skynet.be/fa255472/prentjes/dragon2.jpg

a six-eyes, multiple jaws dragon thing.

amazing work in here, inspires me to make some more!

[FabianV]

First off... I went through every single work on this thread and I must say I am extremely impressed with all the works Ive seen! I should really try and give my own contribution to this dragon thread.. I'll see how it goes! Keep up the good work everyone! Im loving it! :D

[mentler]

Here is one I did a few months ago

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v413/mentler/bosch12.jpg

[Tryst Blackshadow]

I haven't actualy posted on these forums in a long while.
I drew a dragon earlier.
http://img176.echo.cx/img176/8600/dragon9ex.jpg

[DCON]

this is something i did years ago
http://images.deviantart.com/i/2003/40/b/5/Dragon_World.jpg
http://images.deviantart.com/i/2003/40/b/5/Dragon_World.jpg

[kyliegirl]

Well, my last name is Manchester. Yeah, I can't wait to get this collosal monstrosity created in 3D. Gonna be a blast to model and texture, since lobsters are just so fucking cool!

Heres an albino lobster. (http://www.lobster.um.maine.edu/lobster/photoofmonth/leslie%20ricker%20blue%20lobster2.jpg) I think these guys come around like one in a million, just a genetic anomaly

thats a blue lobster.. albino lobsters are pure white, and are also the only lobster which doesnt go red when cooked because they have no pigmented colouring

http://www.dobsonagency.co.uk/animals/albinolobster.jpg

thats an albino lobster

[Floater]

This thread is awesome, there's a lot of great work.

here's mine

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/2d/croquis17.jpg

obi-one

How the heck did he draw that texture on that dragon? O_o
I've been trying for ages and failed every single time.
Would obi or someone else give me a quick walktrough or something on that? You know with a couple of pictures of that in different stages?

[Claudia]

Good topic! I love drawings of Dragons!!!!

[SABRE]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v19/SABRE/SuckyJacky/HEAD_DRAGON_CELESTIAL.jpg

http://photobucket.com/albums/v19/SABRE/SuckyJacky/th_DRAGON_CELESTIAL.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v19/SABRE/SuckyJacky/DRAGON_CELESTIAL.jpg

A old work....Its not finished because I lose the original image in a "format c:" :nohope:

[Ahkahna]

I wanted to take a break and get to homework :P So I'll finish this dumb critter later.

http://www.summerdragoness.com/images/crap/dumpy.JPG

[Tiina]

Hey Hannah, didn't know you were here. :)

About time there was a dragon thread. I'm all inspired now.

[young paddy1]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v19/youngpaddy1/dragrhino.jpg

slightly childish rhino dragon.

I'm seeing some seriously great work on this thread, never been any good at dragons personally but you've gotta give it a go haven't you.

[charger]

heres mine and its my first try at coloring with photoshop
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v350/cool69charger/dragon.jpg

[Kung Fu Genius]

I'm a little embarrassed to post my el-cheapos, but, like Young Paddy says, you have to post something, because, hey! dragons!

A couple of sketches I did in church today... :^^;:
http://plutonium35.com/images/dragonesque1.jpg
http://plutonium35.com/images/dragonesque.jpg

(BTW, the Cow Dragon is ADORABLE!)

[light]

Damn, I should start going to church...