How I Draw Dragons

I like drawing dragons. Today I am gonna share with you how I complete a dragon picture. It’s been awhile since the last time I posted something tutorial-like, so I am pretty exciting. Should be fun. Here we go.

Step 1: Stick figures!!!

Well, not really “sticks” since dragons are complicated creatures. Here I am drawing Eastern-style dragons so they are snake-like, and the shapes must be smooth and leisure.

Step 2: Sketch!

With the lines I made in step 1, now it’s pretty easy to just play along and sketch the heads, the bodies, and the limbs with a pencil. The upper right corner is rather empty so I put a thingy there. Not sure what it will be.

 

Step 3: Inking

No more questionable parts. No more “gray areas”. It’s all black and white now, and a typical ball pen will do justice. I have decided to make the thingy the sun. Here comes the heat!

Step 4: Lineart…

Just another inking step to make the drawings become more vivid. Then I also sign at the bottom right corner.

Step 5: Shading!

Put in the shades. This time I shade the picture with Adobe Photoshop CS 5.1.

“Father and Son, 2012” - FINISHED!!!

Thank you for reading! I hope you enjoyed this. : )