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Published: 2016-08-26 16:18:31 +0000 UTC; Views: 78655; Favourites: 2535; Downloads: 941
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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".Β 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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People just have tthink that dragons don't exist. That means there aren't any rules. I'm a little bit critical towards the bone-rules and stuff like this because it makes sense in our biological human world but it's already completely impossible when you thΓΆink of the fire breath and stuff like this, so it's a mythical creature and nobody ever have to think about logic there. I mean of course a dragon with tiny claws and arms can be phisical strong, you don't know about how the muscles are made. Because they don't exist, they never have and they never will (at least not the dragons we imagine here)
I know your point xD but it's like a talk about the horns of unicorns, if it's logical or not depending on their material-if unicorns don't exist and already are illogical
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Aww look at that poor dragon that can't sit down. *hugs the dragon*
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that is a really really nice toturial
I will fav. it , to have nice help with drawing.
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This is absolutely amazing!
For a year I've thought about if I ever had time to do another dragon tutorial, it would be about cartoon dragons with a focus on shapes and uniqe designs. This, however is so much more well explained, I don't think i could match up to this qwq oh boy, tomorrow I'm gonna buy some new sketchbooks and fill them with dragons because this tutorial just motivated me!
thank you so much for this and I'm looking forward to the 2 other parts!Β
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bruh same I need to indulge on some designs big time
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I HAVE NEW BOOK LET THE SKETCHING BEGIN!! *franticly scribbles shapes*
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Aw man I'm so happy to hear this inspired you this much ;w; And it's a pleasure, glad this is helping people out so far! <3
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SQUATS OH MY GOD!!!
im so glad this is finally out omg
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Wow
Yours is more complicated than I thought
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U FORGOT TO MENTION HORNS ARE MEANT TO HEEADBUTT PPL NOT LOOK FANCY
EITHER HEADBUTT SOMEONE OR TAKE THEM HORNS OFF :/ Painfully
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Oh my god I completely forgot horns are also originally used for fighting
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I think I have never once in my life drawn a dragon actually using its horns
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me neither but
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WHAT DID U THINK THEY WERE FOR? PIERCINGS (
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This is a most gracious thing of you to do, very inspiring and helpful!
And of course, lovely art
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Thank you! <3
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Hehe lookin' good so far shrimpfoot.
Can't wait to see what part 2 is about!
Also I hope everyone finds these useful. Looking at the same face syndrome example you had up there made me cringe so bad at the thought of it simply because it exists XD
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Thanks! We'll have to wait and see B)
Aaaah yes, I hope this can give people more ideas, and help to not just rely on cool horns/crest then consider the design done, but see those as an extra to push the unique-ness further. It's like having a bunch of people looking exactly the same except for their haircut
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I actually rly love this??!? I hope it helps so many people with anatomy and shape and everything???
After I changed some of my characters body shapes and faces I was so excited because they were all actually DIFFERENT???
I also rly love the spike things. The ones that bother me most are the ones on their elbows and heels and chest??? It's just ow
I am an offender of the wing spikes though
BUT AH CANT WAIT FOR NEXT PART?!!!
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I hope it does! :')
I KNOW once you try varying shapes and stuff you just can't stop haha IT'S SO MUCH FUN
I know c': When I see a dragon with heel/underbelly spikes and imagine it try to sit or lie down I just feel pain for the guy
You mean the elbow wing spikes or??
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ITS SO TRUE HAHA. Recently I gave my noodle hind legs that are like.. cartoony characters? Like he just walks on the entire back foot rather than the toes I guess?? ANYWAY CAN'T STOP DRAWING HIM.Β
Elbow wing spike and outer finger wing spikes ops
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Ahh man I love the variation here.~Β
I havent introduced a lot of dragon-chars here, only one but I notice a lot of things here I took to heart and put into her to make her look unlike the others, this should help if I ever introduce my other characters though. (No time now.) as some kind of pointer. :') I've been looking up to this aaa.Β
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Sounds good! ;-; I hope this can help then!
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Finally <3
Yes yes and yes.Β
We all needed it
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Oh my god this is REALLY helpfull!!
This tutorial will really help me to create unique OCs! >: D
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Really glad to hear it 
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These are some really awesome tips. I mean not just for dragons either. Like you said, shapes and small details can be all it takes to make two characters look really different. I probably need to draw some of my characters and vary how they look a little more. (That'll be more difficult to do with my human characters.) My animal characters I've been meaning to draw side-by-side and attempt to make them look different in shape and size.
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Right, those tips can be used for any type of character! Ever since I tried varying the shapes and details of everything I never could stop haha. It probably is more challenging to do on humans if you're more used to animals though, since the face is so different;;
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Yes! Humans in general are very different from most animals, so it sometimes feel you have to learn to draw all over again with them. haha.
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Très cool tout ça. Beaucoup de boulot. Hate de voir la suite.
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Merci :'D La suite pour bientΓ΄t ~
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COULDN'T PART TWO BE PART ONE EVERYONE NEEDS THAT ONE MORE ESPECIALLY AFTER WHAT WE JUST SAW
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You keep popping up in the comments and I find this hilarious for some reason
UMMMM RIGHT
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my god so much put into this tutorial its very good.
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Dawww, the grandpa-dragon looks so cute <3
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HeheΒ I have a soft spot for him :')
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Awesome tutorial so far! I'm glad with how it's come out, I just hope people don't look at it and say it's more of a guideline (that's their mistake, not yours).
Can't wait for the next part, a lot of this should come in handy for future dragon artists with a bit of help, great job!
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;o; i love the pacycephalosaurus dragon gimme >o> AND ALSO THE OLD GRANDPA at the bottom i'm stealing him we're getting married ok bye
i was super excited to see this in my inbox omg~ Your grammar is great by the way :,D the only thing i spotted was you spelled 'literally' as 'literrally' but otherwise it looks great!!!Β
also, this is super in-depth and isn't pushy about any certain style at all o: you did a really good job here <3
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Grandpa dragon was one of my faves I had fun on his "mustache-spikes"
Ugh I have issues with the word "literally" I always spell it different each time
eeeeeh thanks I'm so glad <3 I tried not to sound bossy and all "DO THIS AND DON'T DO THAT"
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I love his mustache
Omg it's ok i have so many issues with spelling sometimes i feel your pain
NP <3 yee your tone throughout is just educational and suggestive, not bossy whatsoever <333
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That poor dragon with the locked jaw.
I admit, I have issues with drawing similiar shaped heads. Trying to break out of that habit.
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yeeeey finally, I will know how Skye draw her characters wohooo!! <3 <3 <3
this will be really useful for me cause, I'm planning create some dragon characters for my own story <3
I really love your cartoon style <3
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Very useful tutorial. Thank you for making this!
I can't wait to see second and third part!!
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Thanks! ;-; Glad you found it useful!
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I don't really get the " ;-; " emoticon, but no problem!
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Damn, i thought you would merge those 3 parts together into a single tutorial.
Anyways, this is a great job you've done for the community.
I hope this tutorial will inspire more artists to try out new things.
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