This book contains various works that I've made. Some will be on paper, while the majority is done on computer. Also, if you're into dragons, animals, people, OC's, etc., then take a peek into my art book! Hope you enjoy :D
*Picture Name* = Drawn on...
I think this is the first picture I've made that took about 12 hours? I didn't go to bed until 3 o'clock in the morning, but it was worth it!!
I made sure to add detail all over the feathered dragon, especially in spaces that I'd usually have plain (if you know what I mean). I'm proud of what I accomplished, but there's one problem I have with this...
It looks too much like a dinosaur, lol. I probably should've added some sort of scaly-ness(?) to the creature, but as long as you see it being a dragon, then I'm good :P
As promised in the title, I'm going to go through this step-by-step:
Step 1: Planning it out
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What I like to do is get the basic shapes in first. I also like to add in rough details to get an idea of what and where I'll draw.
Part 2: Outlining
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On a separate layer, I outline details that'll be apart of the final design. If you compare this to the rough draft, you'll see that there are certain edits in feather placement. I usually make these changes due to how rough the sketched-out lines would appear if they're the final outlines.
Part 3: Adding color
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- Now before I added color, I used the eraser tool, with opacity set around/below 30%, to make the lines less visible; I'm working on decreasing the amount of lining in my work nowadays).
On another layer, I color in all the areas with the base colors chosen. I like to have little blobs of color to the side so I can take color samples easily when coloring.
Part 4-5-6-7: Extras-Lighting-Shading-Background
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I forgot to save these steps as images separately, so I'll narrow it down.
-4: Before I move into shading and lighting, I like to add more detail to the dragon's features, as in feather patterns and such. For this dragon, I decided to have each-and every-feather have a glowing tip. It helps the image look less flat (which can also be achieved through the next few steps).
-5: Using the dodge tool, I lighten up parts of the dragon where light touches it, including parts of the large branch it's perched on. I like to have this on a separate layer so I can delete it if an attempt doesn't work out.
-6: Using the burn tool/brush tool set to low opacity, I cover areas that would be out of reach of sunlight. This is also on its own layer, and when I feel that the shading looks good, I merge it with the lightened layer.
-7: When I feel that the dragon is complete, I paint a background with no outlining to help keep the focus on the dragon. Something I had to keep in mind was the angle that the dragon is positioned at; since the right side appears to be closer to the viewer, the background has to somewhat give the same effect. I attempted to make it seem like the dragon is in a circle of open space, in a bushy forest.
Step 8: SIGNING IT!
Since I'm proud of my work, I made sure to sign it.
Well that's all I got for the moment ^-^ I think I'm going to take a break from drawing dragons...maybe....maybe not....
