Get Well Soon

As posted on DeviantArt:

If you're sick too, this is for you <3. But it was intended for my sick roommate.

*omfgIinkedit*

Some Creatures

Random sketches from World Issues of an Amphithere, one my favorite types of dragons, and a cat creature I shall name Clarence.

After a break...How to Train Your Dragon!

So I know I've not posted in eons. I've been extremely busy this past month, and will be so again for all of May, but I have some art and writing to post, so I figured I should do so in the little spare time I have.

For those curious, this week I had an AP (Advanced Placement, for University) exam and traumatic surgery for my eyelid, which was not fun at all. Well, the AP test was fine. More the surgery but, but the proceedure went fine and I think it's healing well.

I saw How to Train Your Dragon on opening weekend way back, and was so moved by it, I grabbed a piece of paper as soon as I got home and drew the main dragon character, Toothless. It was from memory, so it's not perfect, but I think it's pretty cute.

...His body continues, but that's as far as my memory went, and then I think I had to leave my house for some reason. Anyway, the movie was one of the best I've seen in a long time, so if you haven't seen it

The main character's name is Hiccup. If that didn't make you want to go, you have no soul.

Dragon Sketches and Kietaro Faces

Couldn't draw people today. So I drew dragons!

Just started with some circles for the face and snout and tried to see how well I could do freehanding different angles. With the exception of the 4th one, I don't think it's too bad, considering I've never tried before...

Just filled up the page. And Ointment was a word that made Steph giggle today, so that's his name.

And these started out as Flametail, but just didn't look like him at all...More Kietaro-ish, though he's hard to pin because he shape-shifts. Doesn't look like any of my other males, though...

((I think it's cause Flametail has a much longer snout. Ah, yes, upon locating my only existing picture of Flametail, he has much larger horns and a more pointed face.
I may try him properly next.))

Spike

I wanted to experiment with a very winding body. Then I wanted to see if I could mentally project where it's stomach would be throughout the twists and turns, and therefore where it's back would be.

The spikes were just out of boredom.

Coat of Arms Mania

I've been going a little bit crazy in designing Coats of Arms for my characters (well, the nobility or Pseudo-nobility at least), and I've begun with my Riders (and a couple dragonspawn themselves).
Firstly, to start at the top of the family tree (or would it be the bottom, the roots? Whatever), we have Xiren Vior, despicable, evil, usurping ex-Rider of Zaraine the Black. One of the few 1-sidedly evil characters I have, though still with an interesting backstory. I wanted a Coat that showed his evilness and taste for weapons, but still subtly tied in with his important Vior bloodline (relating to a certain magical energy in the form of a sword).

< --This is the progression, and it turned into something I really liked.

Next we have his son, Karimo. He wanted to be disassociated with his father, but wanted to portray his pride for his beautiful black mount, Trianna. Again, I wanted to tie in the Vior sword, but also wanted to show Karimo's eternal debt and relation to Tsumi the Keeper. So... ->

I really enjoy the end result. The sword is yielded, and the dragon's submissive posture represents both Rider's and Dragon's debt to Tsumi. It directly honors his beloved Black, while still showing his protection of the sword. My first attempt, dragonfire licking his three weapons of choice, was alright, but more violent a look than I was going for.

Travelling up or down the tree is Karimo's son, Ryu. Now, he would normally adopt his mother's Coat, but since there were unfortunate circumstances, he had to make his own. I haven't picked one yet, though I like the more earthy feel to these ones (and the feather association with Tori), but I need to keep that Vior sword in there somewhere.

Finally, I did the one they're all sort of centered around, which is the Varmier Coat-of-Arms (Tsumi/Julesque). This turned out REALLY well in theory and sort of well on the paper, but the scan didn't do it justice at all. I'll probably redo this one very soon.

Essentially, hers is a shield (symbolising her status as the Protector), but made into the shape of a dragon head wreathed in flame. It's quartered as well: The top left is a demon, the top right is a golden dragon, the bottom left is a crecent moon and the bottom right is a sun.

Ryu and Draduro (Young)

A split picture of Ryu and Draduro, symbolising the two sides of his conciousness.

Drawn in Philosophy. Colored at home.

Lilith, the White Dragon

Okay. So, she's not really white, but I tried to fix her up and clean her.

I drew the base of this in Philosophy and finished in Literature. I ended up doing actual shading throughout and finger-smudging, which made my hands all black (like, shiny black pencil lead color over most of the fingers and palms), which made me look like some kind of diseased freak.

I scanned it, and I want to try and color her properly....

For those who are curious, Lilith is Tamira (Tami)'s mount, and about 80 years old. This means that she's matured, but she's a great deal smaller than a lot of other dragon rider's mounts because she's so young. Her personality is calm, easy, and friendly; she is always by her rider's side, and they function very well as a pair.

((For those curious, this was the original: ))

Dragon Sketches 2

Some more!

Yeah, I know the disembodied legs are kinda creepy....And the wings are too small =(

Tea To The RESCUE! Amongst other daily happenings of the day.

Thanks to Tea for posting this for me, since my internet is being stupid and not loading webpages for me.

I knew I wasn't going to do anything in Literature today, so I specifically brought a how to draw book and sat down to practice. I'm quite pleased with the results and will continue on in this manner through the book, actually doing all the practice excersises and sketches, until I master it. Then I'll go to my other one, maybe, and draw from there, etc.

Also, learned how to use the clone tool in PSP. It's aaaaaawesome, it'll essentially draw for you. So nifty.

Myro (Dragon Form)

I sort of ran out of paper while drawing it (sadface), but I finally got around to a first draft, conceptual sketch of what Myro's dragon form should look like. I just added the stripes because I was bored, and figured his hair is retarded, his scale patterns can be too.

I was considering drawing the individual scales on him, but the bell rang. Darn.

To those who wonder, I imagine him as sort of a cross breed between a Knucker or Tibetan dragon (from a Dragonology standpoint) and a variant of a European. Basically, it has the form of a Knuckler (thicker hands, opposable thumbs, long body), but more the tail of a Knucker (an also winding-bodied dragon, but with tiny wings). The European variation comes from the horns (traditionally shorter and thicker, but I thought the long, skinny ones played more with the body shape and triangle-based head), the spines, and obviously the massive wings. Unlike most Europeans (especially ones that I draw), the membrane does not connect again at lower point on the body, but instead branches out from the same place on the base.

I'm not sure if I like the fangs. And the limbs are bleh, but I do like this overall.

Drawn in: Philosophy.

Leah and Evan; Sketch

Not very good, but I decided hey, might as well post it. Was just explaining what dog-dragonthing hybrid people would look like, so I drew Leah in her (unshaded) 'dragon' form and a very bad Evan in human.

Evan's so awful, I normally draw him much better...I'll have to do him over.

Baby Dragon -Blue-

Okay, this is good. Two days in a row...let's see if this holds.

I think I'm getting a bit more comfortable with digital drawing. This still sucks, but it's less sketchy, and I experimented with different pressures on the graphics tablet pen, and discovered a new button (it did the highlights quite nicely).

Hopefully tommorow I'll have a new addon installed for PSP that lets me add scales properly.

This is no character in particular, though maybe they should be. They're pretty cute!

Credit to Sandra Staple and her wonderful how to draw book 'Drawing Dragons' for the pose!

Trianna

Well, I've finally did a lot of things today:

• I started a blog



• I reinstalled my graphics tablet



• I learned how to USE my graphics tablet



• I learned how to use layers on PSP (Paint Shop Pro, my photoshop-variant of choice)



• I drew a picture entirely digitally!

Very exciting. So here it is:

Now, I know it kinda sucks, it's dark an all. But I decided I'd start with something I was comfortable with drawing (dragons) and just work from there. It's only three layers in total (the black outline, the body coloring, and the background coloring), but still...I mean, for a first attempt, it's not that bad!

I hope to be updating daily, with either hand sketches or digital sketches.

For those who don't know: This is Trianna (tree-ANNE-ah), a black dragon (who I decided had bits of blue-purple on her, cause she really did need a twinge of color), and Karimo's mount. She's absolutely massive, intelligent, and will follow her rider anywhere (as he will for her). She's technically a bad guy, but not really.