Dragon Tutorial by Dragonologist

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Since quite a lot of people have asked me for help with drawing dragons, I decided I'd make a new tutorial. I traced the base sketch from a sketch I made earlier, so I wouldn't fail misserably while explaining.

I hope my tutorial will be helpful, enjoy! :D

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painted on a Nintendo 3DS
06 Aug, 2014, 4:20 pm
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Crowley the Dragon

06 Aug, 2014, 4:38 pm

I watched it, it was quite helpful. :D Although I draw dragons similar to you anyway. And how did you make the scales look so good? They never look that great when I do them. XD

Also, I hate drawing those long thin parts of the wings.

Galaxypaws

06 Aug, 2014, 4:41 pm

I liked this tutorial very much! I think you will help lots of people to get their basics right. And i learned 2 new ways of shading. Awesome, well done Elena! :0

mb3zza

06 Aug, 2014, 4:41 pm

Thank you this will help me draw dragons better. Especially the neck and wings and claws. I can never get them right.

Dragonologist

06 Aug, 2014, 4:44 pm

I'm glad my tutorial was helpful for you guys! :D

KaileyCrafter

06 Aug, 2014, 8:07 pm

How do you flip it? makeing the picture face the oppisite direction? and thank you :D I'll draw my next dragon but using this tec., also one more question should I not put scales all over my dragon's body? Your dragon only has scales on his neck, :/

Korasu-Safaro

06 Aug, 2014, 8:29 pm

Awesome tutorial. the tips on shading and the muzzle really helped : D

Dragonologist

06 Aug, 2014, 8:38 pm

@wolf-N You're welcome! I'm glad it was helpful

@Kaily Well you know when you push the L button to get the color wheel, you get this bar beneath. And I if you click the 3rd (i think) icon there, you'll see options like "Clear canvas" "discard changes" but also the flipping option.
And yes you can use the first scale technique on the whole dragon, I only did it on the head and neck because it would take ages if I used it on the whole body and I wanted to show other techniques too. So that's why each part of the dragon has a different texture.

Dragonologist

06 Aug, 2014, 8:39 pm

@RainbowK9 Thanks! I'm glad it helped!

greatmaccao

06 Aug, 2014, 8:47 pm

Thanks much, Elena! ^^

Dragonologist

06 Aug, 2014, 9:22 pm

You're welcome oakwood!

KaileyCrafter

06 Aug, 2014, 10:06 pm

thanks, and your awesome dragon, ^w^

Velociraptor

07 Aug, 2014, 11:32 am

Gurl, you said you don't know if you should upload any videos, but you could record this playback, edit it a little, with music, or voice(?) and then upload it to YT. Lel. Just a little idea.

majik mushroom

07 Aug, 2014, 6:54 pm

amazing tutorial!!! ^u^

KiraFaye04

08 Sep, 2014, 6:10 pm

I would never have thought of the muzzle like that. Your tutorial is great.

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