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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Klaus" data-source="post: 569444" data-attributes="member: 607">Some really cool dragons there, folks! Malessa's latest dragon reminded me a lot of Valerie Valusek's work back in 2E. Liquide's wingless dragon was cool, bearing some resemblance to Lockwood's black dragon.Wolvorine, I really liked your leonine dragon, very Oriental in style. Try adding boar's tusks to the lower jaw, and a full mane going over the neck a bit. It also reminded me of a Ki-Rin (check the cover of Oriental Adventures 1E, by Jeff Easley).Here are some tips on drawing dragons:The anatomy: When drawing the skeletal dragon for Counter Pack: Dragons, I had to look over some pictures of animal skeletons, so I went over a lion, a bat and a brontosaurus. Picture this: Take a brontosaurus' neck, spine and tail, slap those on a lion's ribcage, fore and hindquarter's (but please do shrink the bronto, ok? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> ). Then take a bat's wings and place them just a bit behind the lion shoulders. Now cover with the apropriate muscles. A dove has strong pectorals for the flapping, so look at that for a dragon's "wing pectorals".The pose: You have NO idea how hard it is to fit a dragon in a 4x2 inch rectangle... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> Here's a nice trick: draw the spine of the dragon in a single line, from the tip of the tail to the base of the head, as if he were a snake of sorts. Avoid brisk turns, since it's the creature's spine. If the dragon is turning his head to see an enemy behind him, he'll turn his head, his neack and at least a bit of his forequarters.The scales: look at pictures from crocodiles and iguanas for peebly-looking dragons (could be good for blues and blacks, who live in environments similar to gila monsters, iguanas and crocs). Iguanas also serve as cool resources for reds (specially the giant Galapago ones). For white, try fish scales, which are smaller. I like fish scales for metallic dragons, since they too have metallic hues.I just did several new dragon pictures for a new edition of Counter Pack: Dragons (which was a special GenCon release), where I did full-bodied dragons, hatchlings of all cromatics (so cuuuute), plus some cool half-dragons. Ever tried doing that half red/half ogre from the MM Appendix? A really cool villain for a 3rd level party. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Draw On!</blockquote>

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