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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. : )
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  1. WyattMarch 24, 2012 at 11:08 AM

    Nice Work, how do you cover the ink with the white cloud in the bottom left corner? Do you either erase pencil lines or start an new sheet and copy the shapes?

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  2. DK-GmMarch 24, 2012 at 10:26 PM

    After inking I scanned to my laptop and erased the unwanted parts using Photoshop. :D

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  3. BluebellMarch 31, 2012 at 10:17 PM

    It is such a beautiful dragon!

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  4. Antique ReplicasApril 3, 2012 at 1:49 PM

    con nay trong ko du lam, ma dau to hon minh... the new comic book is exciting. congrats!

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  5. DK-GmApril 4, 2012 at 10:23 AM

    Vẽ cho người nhà và mang tính chất 2 bố con mà chị. Vâng đầu to, do em bị ảnh hưởng bởi xem múa lân hồi bé. :D

    Thanks chị

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  6. AnonymousApril 29, 2012 at 12:06 AM

    Vẽ đẹp vậy anh, dậy em vẽ với =))

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