Drawing Dragons
Learn How to Create Fantastic Fire-Breathing Dragons
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Erschienen am 10. Februar 2022
393 Seiten
978-1-56975-898-4 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
Step-by-step instructions on how to draw a myriad of fantastical, fearsome winged beasts in all their forms and poses.
In easy-to-follow, step-by-step detail,
Drawing Dragonsteaches you all the tricks and techniques you'll need to create your own amazing dragons. You'll discover how to draw all types of dragons using nothing but a pencil.
Drawing Dragonsshows how to bring to life fierce warriors and bearded ancients as well as baby hatchlings and protective mothers. It also features a special section on adding claws, scales, horns, jewels and other unique details to your dragons.
Learn to draw:
- Ferocious, attacking dragons
- Graceful sea dragons
- Fire-breathing flying dragons
- Wise, thoughtful dragons
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Sandra Staple is an artist and photographer whohas been drawing dragons for over 15 years, and has literally sketched thousands of them. She won awards as far back as high school and had shows of her work when she was in college. She has sold paintings through her website and other sites online art galleries. She runs the popular website canadiandragon.com and lives in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Inhalt
- Intro
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Section 1 - UNDERSTANDING THE DRAWING BASICS
- TOOLS FOR THE DRAGON ARTIST
- SHADING TECHNIQUES
- PERSPECTIVE
- FINISHING TOUCHES
- Section 2 - DRAWING THE DRAGON FORM
- DRAGON EYES
- FACIAL EXPRESSIONS
- DRAWING THE MOUTH OPEN: TEETH AND TONGUES
- VARIOUS TYPES OF DRAGON EARS
- THE FIRST STEP: DRAWING THE ENTIRE HEAD
- THE HEAD: SIDE PROFILE
- THE HEAD: FRONT PROFILE
- THE HEAD FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES
- TYPES OF DRAGON HEADS
- DRAWING THE BASIC DRAGON FORM
- THE HIND LEGS
- THE FORELIMBS
- CLAWS AND FEET
- THE FRONT CLAWS
- DIFFERENT CLAW POSITIONS
- DIFFERENT TYPES OF CLAWS
- DRAGON TAILS
- DRAGON WINGS
- THE SECOND STEP: PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
- ADDING GENDER TO YOUR DRAGON
- DIFFERENT BODY TYPES
- Section 3 - ADDING DISTINCTIVE DETAILS
- HORNS AND HEAD PLATES
- RIDGES AND SPINES
- TAIL TIPS
- SCALES
- UNIQUE MARKINGS
- FEATHERS AND FUR
- FIRE BREATHING
- ADDING ADORNMENTS AND JEWELRY
- MAGICAL ITEMS
- Section 4 - CREATING DYNAMIC POSES
- STANDING
- SITTING
- LYING DOWN
- CURLED UP SLEEPING
- RUNNING
- FLYING
- LANDING
- ATTACKING
- YOUR SPLENDID DRAGONS ARE COMPLETE!
- Section 5 - ENCOUNTERING UNIQUE DRAGONS
- ORIENTAL DRAGON
- SEA SERPENT
- FAIRY DRAGON
- DRAKE
- AMPHIPTERE
- LAST WORDS
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
- Copyright Page
