This is Drakkel, it is supposed to be a male, but I'm not sure anymore. Posterity will decide.
This drawing is for a contest ( http://midnight-dire-wolf.deviantart.com/ ), I don't really know all the small details about it but I guess I was just seeking an excuse to draw something and prove that I haven't totally lost my touch after two years and half of not drawing anything.
The contest objectives were: must have a really cool name, should have wings, 6 horns, three toes, mane, have a description and looks like it guards something
So in order: okay, check, it was difficult to place them but done, no problem encountered for that, completed, I will have to ask for details about what I need exactly to fulfill that point and that last one was almost a misfire; at first it looked more like it wanted to barge in than guard anything but I think I was able to put the drawing back on track (to some extend).
Technical details:
Done with an automatic pencil 0.3mm. I didn't know where the pic was going even toward the end; the position of the legs and hands changed several times but the pic turned out better than expected. Shading was a pain as the paper of my new sketchbook is a bit textured. It's not a problem when drawing, but it doesn't give a smooth shading; I ended up using a q-tip to uniformize it. For someone used to draw on photocopier paper, this was a bit unexpected, so I opted to not shade the whole thing and wait until I can experiment a bit more with this kind of paper.
Nice Tempest. I know exactly what you mean about the sketchbook and copy paper( I used to use plain sketchbook paper all the time,but recently I've been favoring copy paper.) Okay then I guess now just about all the entries of my contest are almost complete, but if you want to submit more pictures in, you are more than welcome to. I'm most likely am going to need details on the type of elements he has, but you can wait if you want.
I'm really impressed by that background! It's so much better than anything I could do. And the dragon itself came out really nice. (: I rather like the shading actually, probably the q-tip. xD I use my fingers. Building layers to shade can help keep it smooth.
I see enough mistakes to require a revision C.
Adding horizon line and some structural damages, the "Bloaty Head" must be popped, then reinflated to the correct PSI using a clever machine. So let's all praise Photoshop, as I chant the intonations of image correction and call upon the program to banish my mistakes to oblivion!
Hi! Good work! I think I would completely lose my touch (or the thing I call my touch ^^) afther 2 years drawing nothing! Actually, I think I will never survive drawing nothing during 2 years, even if I am not a very hard worker! But I agree, the head reducing was necessary. And perfectionism is the best way to improve!
@Jewel not until sometime in Sept. For some reason I want to be over whelmed with pictures...(that is probably bad luck saying that but...) Contest is not closed yet... @Tempest For some reason I didn't notice the pitchfork and hay until now... and... you sound like me when I critisize my art...@Jewel Wouldn't you agree?
i could never go two years without drawing anything. even if i didnt draw anything big, i would still doodle on the back of my homework, wether the teacher wanted me to or not >:3
Adding horizon line and some structural damages, the "Bloaty Head" must be popped, then reinflated to the correct PSI using a clever machine. So let's all praise Photoshop, as I chant the intonations of image correction and call upon the program to banish my mistakes to oblivion!