Category Archives: anatomy
Dragon-A-Day Online: Day 1,319: Back… to Basics.
I thought of (and started) doing another “from behind” sketch, but hardly got anywhere before realizing that it was more a question of musculature and angle than anything else, and I’m not really prepared to handle either of those at … Continue reading
Dragon-A-Day Online: Day 1,318: From Any Angle.
While sketching around (as much as I can with the pen, which is to say that I put some lines down but they didn’t take because the paper’s weird) I realized that I’d never really done any sort of back … Continue reading
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Tagged head shapes, muscles, pens, technique
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Dragon-A-Day Online: Day 1,315: Around the Horn.
So Tad Williams started a conversation thread on Facebook about dragon horns, and a friend linked me to it. This had me thinking about possible origins of horned dragons. Horned vipers and toad brows came to mind, though goats and … Continue reading
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Tagged dinosaur, dragon, horns, pens, scales, what makes a dragon
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Dragon-A-Day Online: Day 1,310: All Ears.
Some mistakes were made. In order for this to feel at all dragony (at least to me), I added the ear towards the end so it would be less of a bejeweled serpent.
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Tagged dragon, ears, pens, what makes a dragon
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Dragon-A-Day Online: Day 1,305: Hometown Hero.
Ever since I started this ballpoint pen journey, I had this idea rattling around in the back of my brain of a swamp-dwelling dragonman with bunches of reeds or something tied to his forearms either as a sign of status … Continue reading
Dragon-A-Day Online: Day 1,297: Chickenfoot.
A day or two ago, I was wondering how long the streak of Really Nice Drawings might last- when I might just not have the ability to dedicate the time necessary, something like that. Tonight wasn’t quite that night, but … Continue reading
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Tagged chicken, dragon, feet, scales
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