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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Liquide" data-source="post: 569948" data-attributes="member: 1407">Hi there Claudio always nice to see you pop in to these threads <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=":)" />Well the head is actually inspired from both Lockwoods Black and Blue dragons in the MM, still tweaked everything to merge with my style a bit better. Horns are always fun to draw don't you think <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" />Wouldn't that make it look very primal? I thougt in oriental mythos that dragons where pictured as wise intelligent beasts more then a fierce musucular and proven beast of battle. But it would certainly look cool <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" /> Cool lets see if our views is similar then.Well I agree on everything 'cept for the bronto tail and neck, since the bronto's neck wasn't intended (as far as science can tell today) to be used in an active and flexible manner it would look a bit static if drawn as they are supposed to be drawn. I prefer to base the neck on a big constrictor snake's body/neck since it give a better view of musles and is also a quite powerful view that supports the image and the "natural" pose of a dragons neck.The tail also needs more flexibility then the brontos tail (a brontos tail is an extension of its spine and isn't so felixible as say a lions or even a lizards as far as sience can tell). I prefer to make it as the far end of a contrictor snake, or an extended version of a crocodiles tail.Heh <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" /> , well none of my dragon sketches are smaller then an A4 and I still have problems with fitting everything in (mainly the wings since they need to be so bloody HUGE!).Good solid advice, more or less the same technique I do for all things reptilian and quadraped. Easier to fit everything else in this way. After the spine I position in the shoulders to see how the weight of the creature will be distributed. When shoulders are positioned I place wings and where wings connect followed by the hind legs to place weight right. Final stage is to outline the head and the tails shape for me however <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=":)" /> (final rough draft stage that is)All solid advice, I prefer a crocs back however, combined with bony structures from mammals to support the back though. Mainly since it gives a more primal and firece image. But solid and good advice.Draw on mate, and that product I wanna see soon <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" />Please come back later or earlier for more disussion Claudio (always nice to do workshops and discuss techniques)</blockquote>

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