My Drawing of a Chinese Dragon.

Silent Hunter Xx

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2006

Republic of Ireland

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16 Aug 2009 at 15:34 - 1

Hey Peoples

well, im always looking through all your drawings and such here and i do be in awe and wish i could draw like ya'll, well i was sat down today with nothing to do, so i watched Dragon Wars (D-wars) and loved the look of the Celestial Dragon at the end of it and pondered to myself, [Hmm, i wonder could i draw that?] well i went onto Google looking up pictures of dragons and such and found one i quiet liked, so i put it up on my screen and used it as a guide i guess. i in no way traced etc. but after a few hours of doodling 3 cups of tea and a few cigarettes i finished.. kind off, and felt quiet a warm feeling of pride inside <(^_^)> looks like i found myself something new to keep me occupied in my spare time. I still have to color it to make it stand out as it looks like a load of scribble's, hope you can make it out. :P ill post up the pictures sorry about the quality =/ i had to use my Digital Camera as i don't have a scanner,
Don't be afraid to say what you think and if you have any pointers for me or anything they'd be highly appreciated

Thanks for your time

hope you enjoy
P.s - Thanks people your my inspiration =D
Part I
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...X/DSC00946.jpg
Part II
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...X/DSC00947.jpg
Part III

Shursh

Lion's Arch Merchant

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KaVa

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16 Aug 2009 at 15:57 - 2

dude that's pretty good! i think it would be cool if you colored only parts of it, like along it's spine or something. but seriously, good job.

there's a pretty good business for drawing people's GW characters and such for commissions - you should check it out.

Silent Hunter Xx

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16 Aug 2009 at 16:02 - 3

Thank you =)
ya thinking about doing the bits of spiky hair yellow and then the ribbon around the legs in a red maybe and the underbelly a dark yellow or maybe an orange still pondering : )
ahh maybe in the future, might try it out on a few of my own characters first and see how i get on, i tend to have problems drawing faces on people lol
Thanks for the Comment =D

` Marshmallow

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Join Date: May 2009

Canadaa!

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16 Aug 2009 at 17:06 - 4

Ouu <3 Thats good o: ! I've never been able to draw dragons , lol ;x Good job. C:

Only thing I can really spot with it is those giant whisker thingies on its face, maybe try to make them the same size? One looks a tiny bit bigger than the other

MomirVig

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16 Aug 2009 at 18:41 - 5

It's not bad but I don't like it. It's out of proportion in a lot of spots. Like said before the whiskers are off, and the body of the dragon seems VERY! skinny to hold that head up, I could understand if you were modeling this off of Lindsey(Lohan) or Ashley(Olson), and the legs are humongus for the body......

All in all it's a 5-6 out of 10.......

mathiastemplar

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Denmark

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16 Aug 2009 at 19:14 - 6

Good work there m8^^
Some advice. Study how shading works, find a good techniqe.
Shading works wonders^^
Also, Make some lines thicker at some places (this helps the image pop out)

deviantart.com is a good place for all kinds of artists to share knowledge and improve, there are also a lot of good tutorials around^^

Hope that helps

- www.mathiastemplar.deviantart.com

poppu16

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16 Aug 2009 at 19:26 - 7

Hey, you just drawn Shenron ! !

Tzu

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16 Aug 2009 at 20:10 - 8

nice work, especially considering it's original, and you're a newbie!
Keep drawing!

Silent Hunter Xx

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17 Aug 2009 at 00:37 - 9

Thanks for the comments people

and thanks for the pointers and such. and ya i now see what ya mean about the whiskers and other things being out of proportion.
and hahaha @ the lindsey lohan and Ashley Olson thing made me giggle but yea i see what ya mean thanks for the input ill be sure to take that into account in the future.
Cheers mathiastemplar, ill be sure to look shading up and thanks for the link, you got nice drawings there =) ill be sure to look about there

i just Googled Shenron and i think your right, haha ive never seen Dragon Ball before though.
and many thanks Tzu i sure will =)

StormX

Krytan Explorer

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18 Aug 2009 at 06:55 - 10

Originally Posted by MomirVig

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It's not bad but I don't like it. It's out of proportion in a lot of spots. Like said before the whiskers are off, and the body of the dragon seems VERY! skinny to hold that head up, I could understand if you were modeling this off of Lindsey(Lohan) or Ashley(Olson), and the legs are humongus for the body......

All in all it's a 5-6 out of 10....... I think it depends on what you're trying to do. Chinese dragons are meant to be more serpent-like than lizard-like. Besides, in traditional Chinese art overall composition matters more than specific details. Some stylized anatomical inaccuracies are intentional.

laksa and curry

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18 Aug 2009 at 07:04 - 11

Very good work. Not perfect but the effort showed. Thumbs up

pumpkin pie

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bumble bee

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18 Aug 2009 at 08:06 - 12

I would say that is what a lóng (龙 or 龍) intended to look like.

One tiny detail, if i may, the top right paw/hand/claw of the dragon, the one behind, seem to not be attached to the body that well. Otherwise, looks all good to me, throw in a firey ball and some clouds or not and your good to go!

Stick Out Tongue

some 龍圖騰 (Totem of Long, of Long Tu Teng) for references.

Silent Hunter Xx

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20 Aug 2009 at 06:24 - 13

Thanks for the Kind comments and the Pointers =)
Much appreciated

KashaSkandrannon

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CaD

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22 Aug 2009 at 01:52 - 14

you could scan it into a digital format and start matte painting it in gimp or photoshop. Proportions look good, just a matter of adding value and/or color

Silent Hunter Xx

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23 Aug 2009 at 15:53 - 15

Ya, im gonna fix some parts up and try scan it in on a friends comp and send it back to mine cause i dont have any way to do it myself.
was going to color it myself but not quite sure which way i was gonna do it, i know id end up messing it up haha,