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Description HERE IT IIIIIIS, the tutorial I had been working on since January.... Although it's been on a long hiatus until last month. I can't believe it is now done Special thanks to my beta readers who offered seriously helpful and constructive reviews on this. If not for you guys I doubt I would have regained the motivation to finish this c':

Eventhough it was lots of fun, this is as far as I'll go with dragon tutorials. One reason why I'm terrible at tutorials apart from confidence issues, is there is usually a ton I want to talk about and it becomes a huge mess hahah. I also have trouble explaining and especially in English. Hope all the text doesn't scare you off xD Let me know if you spot any grammar error.

In any case this allowed me to fully nerd out and express my unhealthy love for design features and unique character traits I could go on and on for hours. Starting off with the faces!

Also, sorry if the part about "drawing in your own style" feels a bit long, but I wanted to say this since I have been messaged by people several times, that they have been told to change their style and draw dragons like I do because someone told them "it's how you draw dragons, don't use your current style", and I find this really silly. It has happened enough times that I felt it needed to be mentioned. People have no right to dictate how you should draw something and state which style is "right".  It's also not a good idea to say this if the artist doesn't want their style being copied, but that's another topic.




Anyways, hope you'll enjoy! If you ever use this tutorial to design some charas, I'd totally love to see what you do with it c: And like I said part 2 will be here in a few days ~

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SeaSaltShrimp In reply to ??? [2016-08-26 21:52:42 +0000 UTC]

That sounds neat! I hope the next parts of the tutorial are going to be helpful then :'D

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GreenWingSpino In reply to SeaSaltShrimp [2016-08-26 22:05:35 +0000 UTC]

Yeah I'm looking forward to more tutorials on dragon design!

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Tellastar In reply to ??? [2016-08-26 20:29:15 +0000 UTC]

no but i love this so much im gonna do what Sammy is planning on doing and buy a shitton of sketchbooks and just draw man this is gr8 
glad to be ur beta reader <3

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SeaSaltShrimp In reply to Tellastar [2016-08-26 21:51:54 +0000 UTC]

It's such a cool idea aaaah and it's really nice to hear ;u;
Thanks again for the big help mwah <3

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Tellastar [2016-08-26 20:28:42 +0000 UTC]

make adopts out of those generic dragon heads 

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SeaSaltShrimp In reply to Tellastar [2016-08-26 21:51:04 +0000 UTC]

sounds good I just need to create some generic dragon body

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StarArt101 In reply to ??? [2016-08-26 20:26:16 +0000 UTC]

Wow! this is a big help for an dragon OC i am creating! this is a big help!

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SeaSaltShrimp In reply to StarArt101 [2016-08-26 21:49:55 +0000 UTC]

I'm really happy to hear that! :'D

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StuteriRose [2016-08-26 19:53:05 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much, but not for telling me how to design dragons better, but to realize how much further in art I have come than I thought!<3 Thanks! Really helped me!XD

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SeaSaltShrimp In reply to StuteriRose [2016-08-26 21:49:38 +0000 UTC]

Glad to hear it! c:

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StuteriRose In reply to SeaSaltShrimp [2016-08-27 11:21:29 +0000 UTC]

Glad to tell you!

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SnowyRoselina [2016-08-26 19:48:12 +0000 UTC]

* Trying to process everything * MY BRAIN CELLS ARE MELTING!!!! TO MUCH... 



This is great, like I said before the brain cells must of been working your ass off putting everything together in this part one.

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SeaSaltShrimp In reply to SnowyRoselina [2016-08-26 21:49:26 +0000 UTC]

Haha that they did, and even more so later on in the next parts that will be posted

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SnowyRoselina In reply to SeaSaltShrimp [2016-08-26 22:12:12 +0000 UTC]

To much of the brain cells to work on. XP.

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Rylucius In reply to ??? [2016-08-26 19:42:06 +0000 UTC]

This is a beautifully done and detailed tutorial!

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SeaSaltShrimp In reply to Rylucius [2016-08-26 21:48:07 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! :')

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AeriPlumis In reply to ??? [2016-08-26 19:38:48 +0000 UTC]

Aaah merci pour ce tuto! Il est vachement utile et ces conseils peuvent aussi s'appliquer pour d'autres animaux dont la morphologie est un copié collé d'un design à l'autre! Ça me donne déjà des idées pour améliorer mes designs qui ne sont pas si bons que ça! X)

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SeaSaltShrimp In reply to AeriPlumis [2016-08-26 21:47:59 +0000 UTC]

En effet ça peut s'appliquer pour n'importe quel type de personnage! De rien et ravie que ce tuto puisse donner quelques idées :'D

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AeriPlumis In reply to SeaSaltShrimp [2016-09-09 01:19:12 +0000 UTC]

Du coup j'ai réussi à donner un design final à un perso important qui me résistait depuis des années, ce tuto m'a vraiment inspiré! Et aussi ça aide pas mal pour l'anatomie, voir ces dessins de pattes et de bouches ça m'a tellement aidé à corriger des défauts récurrents qui faisaient que mes Ocs étaient peu expressifs et avaient des pattes à l'anotomie douteuse... Donc merci! Ton dur labeur a payé vu que ça aide et inspire du monde!

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DarkwingDrake [2016-08-26 19:26:34 +0000 UTC]

beautifuly done!!
and Very detailed.  I can deffinately use some of these tips to help me improve my dragon art! thanks for posting this! can`t wait for part 2!

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SeaSaltShrimp In reply to DarkwingDrake [2016-08-26 21:45:44 +0000 UTC]

Thank you and glad to hear it! Part 2 will be posted very shortly

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MissUnashamed In reply to ??? [2016-08-26 19:12:06 +0000 UTC]

This is so helpful! Thank you so much for sharing

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SeaSaltShrimp In reply to MissUnashamed [2016-08-26 21:45:10 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad!

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TsuriaDragon [2016-08-26 19:07:29 +0000 UTC]

yay Shrimpo still alive

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MSK-Art In reply to ??? [2016-08-26 18:56:57 +0000 UTC]

This tutorial makes me really want to sit down and properly design a dragon I have been really sloppy with.
There are so many things i havent been thinking was possible, but this just openend my eyes.
Thank you so so much for this very well and thought through tutorial

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SeaSaltShrimp In reply to MSK-Art [2016-08-26 21:44:59 +0000 UTC]

I'm really happy if this can help you with your design then :'D it's a pleasure!

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whirlawind [2016-08-26 18:48:22 +0000 UTC]

Damn this is huge! I can see all the effort you put into this, it's extremely well done and helpful!

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SeaSaltShrimp In reply to whirlawind [2016-08-26 21:44:02 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! :') It did take a pretty long time but it was all worth it!

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PhiaHart [2016-08-26 18:46:21 +0000 UTC]

it's been a while that I've seen such an intuitive tutorial on dragons, and it doesn't sound I'm right your wrong, or THIS is how it should be
only subjective and suggestive as it should be
Beautifully made tutorial Fourth, and I look forward to part two ^^

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SeaSaltShrimp In reply to PhiaHart [2016-08-26 21:43:24 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad because sounding like that was the last thing I wanted gdhfh
Thank you!

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PhiaHart In reply to SeaSaltShrimp [2016-08-27 20:49:30 +0000 UTC]

welcome

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DorkWolf-Nightmare In reply to ??? [2016-08-26 18:45:38 +0000 UTC]

Lately I've been having this problem that both my dragon characters look almost the same, and I think this was really helpful
Thanks Shrimp  

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SeaSaltShrimp In reply to DorkWolf-Nightmare [2016-08-26 21:42:09 +0000 UTC]

I hope this will help you then :') My pleasure!

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ChaosBetween In reply to ??? [2016-08-26 18:10:56 +0000 UTC]

WOW!!

One of the best Tutorials I've ever seen!  This makes my Top Five List!!

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SeaSaltShrimp In reply to ChaosBetween [2016-08-26 21:41:40 +0000 UTC]

Aaaah thank you so much! :'D

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Vergolophus In reply to ??? [2016-08-26 18:06:06 +0000 UTC]

I loved the part when you talked about lips and chins. Dragon schnozzes are a given when talking to me but lips and chins are very rarely explored and I have been messing with them in order to redesign a character of mine. Subtle differences do go well in the long run; kudos to that!

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SeaSaltShrimp In reply to Vergolophus [2016-08-26 18:30:10 +0000 UTC]

Yeeees :') every detail counts and I'll go as far as saying subtle differences IS one of the most important parts of designing characters!

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VDragon-Creations [2016-08-26 18:05:09 +0000 UTC]

YES! ITS FINALLY HERE. This is going to help so meny people (including myself). Thank you so much.

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SeaSaltShrimp In reply to VDragon-Creations [2016-08-26 18:18:15 +0000 UTC]

Not a problem ;-; I'm really happy to hear it!

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VDragon-Creations In reply to SeaSaltShrimp [2016-08-26 19:52:50 +0000 UTC]

I can't wait to try some of these little challenges you have on here too. ^^

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Vergolophus In reply to ??? [2016-08-26 18:00:21 +0000 UTC]

OOOH YEA, THIS TUTORIAL CAME OUT JUST AS GOOD AS MY MAMA'S SPAGHETTI:
FILLED WITH SPICY NOODLES

MMM GIVE IT A TEN OUTTA TEN CAN'T WAIT FOR MORE

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SeaSaltShrimp In reply to Vergolophus [2016-08-26 18:30:57 +0000 UTC]

THAT'S SUCH A GR8 RATING THANK FRAND

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zonesybaloney In reply to ??? [2016-08-26 17:57:34 +0000 UTC]

This is really helpful oh my gosh thank you
bless your soul
can't wait to see the next part for this!

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SeaSaltShrimp In reply to zonesybaloney [2016-08-26 18:32:46 +0000 UTC]

Ayyy thank you So glad to hear it!

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WindWing101 In reply to ??? [2016-08-26 17:51:27 +0000 UTC]

HNNNNF they all look so good and im so inspired to make like 50 MORE CHARACTERS

ugh i have enough already youre tormenting me wHHYYY

anyways this is great and its so wonderful and it really is true how much you can make something unique honestly.
Like I will never be mistaken which characters are which when it comes to yours or other people who follow these strategies

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SeaSaltShrimp In reply to WindWing101 [2016-08-26 18:27:26 +0000 UTC]

I will force you make 50 designs and no less ahahahHAAAA

Aaaah yes that's one thing I love to see other people doing, I'm always hunting for the tiny details that are unique between each of their characters and it's always lovely to see how varied that makes them, physically and not just from their colors

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WindWing101 In reply to SeaSaltShrimp [2016-08-26 18:59:24 +0000 UTC]

The problem is I always doodle like 500 random characters, and then I'm like "okay i cant keep all of you so if i want some "new character" take an idea and then doodle some things that come to mind and stick with that"

and then some lovely character appears. and the other 500 fade into the background and become one with the void. ;-;

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Craaske [2016-08-26 17:50:18 +0000 UTC]

oh god


oh goooood

Now I can finnaly remake my old dragon sonas, bc this gave me ideas and motivations
 Buddy buddy pal friend amiga, you are great

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SeaSaltShrimp In reply to Craaske [2016-08-26 18:22:52 +0000 UTC]

not a problem bruh pal frend buddy cherry french fry go make some pretty chars

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Craaske In reply to SeaSaltShrimp [2016-08-26 18:37:51 +0000 UTC]

ok my home slice bread slice bro lad mate buddy bud chum amiga freund koleżanko
I won't disappoint you my buddy homie lad friend chum

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