Working on figuring out some musculature, wings, and general proportions.
Dragon wings are hard but I’m beginning to make sense of them.
This is rough with lots more to figure out. Probably a lot more to change when it strikes me that something just won’t work in real life (as it always does).
the ol’ what was i thinking?
I’ve been poking and poking at the idea of dragons. Dragons in myth and folklore, dragons in art, dragons in literature, cultural differences between dragons, etc. A lot of dragons. And dragon anatomy. For some unknown reason except that maybe I’m a masochist, I went and made up a dragon for no good reason while I was teaching (poorly) myself how to work in Procreate.
anyway…
Turns out, this dragon will be my main dragon in the bestiary cuzz I kinda like him.
From here, I need to work out the little dude’s wing structure, his anatomy, some poses, diet, behavior, and whatever else I can think of that might be important to know about a Forest Dragon. Also need to work on other dragon types and hope I live long enough to get them all down. Eventually, he and the others will be rendered in graphite, ink and watercolor.
Did some more work on the bestiary even though my motivation in these covid times is terribly low. I managed the portrait, bits of anatomy and a full body watercolor. Not sure if I’m happy with them but it’s all I have at the moment.
next stop, Dragons!
I’ve wanted to do a Bestiary for the longest time. Now, with the plague upon us, I can think of nothing better to do with my time.
The list of beasts I want to do are mostly mythical but I’m sure some beasts living in our touchable dimension will make it into the mix. Not sure how I will arrange it, how many beasts will inhabit it, well, actually I am not sure of anything at all except for the first beast I have started is the Phoenix. The Last Phoenix.
And here’s an anatomical page that looks at the skull, foot, and some of the feathers found on the Phoenix. Held in the foot are branches from the Frankincense tree which the Phoenix uses to build his funeral pyre.
I’m hoping to include a full color image of the entire bird. Then onto the next beast which might be a dragon? Kelpie? Maybe a unicorn?
Croneswood Art 