Dragon of Elements - Water
Dragon of Elements - Water
Dragon of Elements - Water by Stratadrake
Description
Description
The third entry in my current redesigns of the elemental dragons, meet the element for water, in her fourth (and possibly final) incarnation. An important element since it's one of the primary substances present in living organisms, water also wields power over the ice element (since ice is water), and in vaporous form can wield limited power in the air element as well.
This drawing took a bit longer than usual due to one main difficulty, the chosen viewing angle and how to portray the dragon's near wing at that angle. While I may not be completely and 100% satisfied with the results, they are good enough, and after a span of 8 days, it's time to move on to the next dragon.
Next element: Earth (v3.0)
Medium: Colored pencil
Time: About 5~6 hours
Scale (full view): 75px/in
This drawing took a bit longer than usual due to one main difficulty, the chosen viewing angle and how to portray the dragon's near wing at that angle. While I may not be completely and 100% satisfied with the results, they are good enough, and after a span of 8 days, it's time to move on to the next dragon.
Next element: Earth (v3.0)
Medium: Colored pencil
Time: About 5~6 hours
Scale (full view): 75px/in
General Info
General Info
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Category Fantasy » Dragons » Elemental Dragons » Sea/Water Dragons
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Category Fantasy » Dragons » Elemental Dragons » Sea/Water Dragons
Date Submitted
Views 2993
Favorites... 26
Vote Score 1
Comments
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Media Colored Pencil / Crayon
Time Taken 5 hours
Reference
Media Colored Pencil / Crayon
Time Taken 5 hours
Reference
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Heatherenie on May 2, 2005, 11:34:22 AM
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This dragon is deffinatly fit for swimming. KFelidae on December 17, 2004, 9:20:24 AM
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Mreefle!It's so preetiful! (yes, school has killed many a braincell)
Your grasp of form is coming along so well! And the design on these last three dragons has been stellar. This one, in particular, grabs my attention and holds it. It's not simply an everyday aqautic dragon, but definetly has traits from many different creatures (and probably quite a few straight from your imagination).
I do understand how the wing gave you trouble. That view is hard. There's no fancy way to put it - it's a hard pose to reproduce. Since most bird pictures aren't taken from that angle, I'd say the next best place of reference would be a prop-driven plane, as they tend to have a dehedral (upward slope) to their wings, very much like a bird. But without using reference, the thing I recommend doing is showing deeper shadow under the "shoulder", "elbow", and "wrist". This will show that there's pure definition, and adds depth.
A great little series of dragons, and I can't wait to see Earth!