October 29, 2018 4 min read 6 Comments

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Hi everybody and welcome to a brand-new tutorial on the NIL-Еech, this time entitled "How to draw a dragon step by step". 

Here are some Interesting Facts about dragons:

1. A dragon is a large, serpent-like famous animal that appears in the folklore of lots of cultures worldwide. Beliefs about dragons vary significantly by area. However, dragons in western cultures, considering that the High Middle Ages have frequently been depicted as winged, horned, four-legged, and capable of breathing fire. Dragons in eastern cultures usually are described as wingless, four-legged, serpentine animals with above-average intelligence.

2. The earliest confirmed dragons resemble giant snakes. Dragon-like creatures are first explained in the folklores of the ancient Near East and appear in ancient Mesopotamian art and literature. Stories about storm-gods slaying huge serpents take place throughout nearly all Indo-European and Near Eastern mythologies. Famous prototypical dragons include the mušḫuššu of ancient Mesopotamia, Apep in Egyptian mythology, Vṛtra in the Rigveda, the Leviathan in the Hebrew Bible, Python, Ladon, Wyvern, and the Lernaean Hydra in Greek folklore, Jörmungandr, Níðhöggr, and Fafnir in Norse folklore, and the dragon from Beowulf.

3. The popular western image of a dragon as winged, four-legged, and capable of breathing fire is an invention of the High Middle Ages based on a conflation of earlier dragons from various traditions. In western cultures, dragons are represented as monsters to be tamed or gotten rid of, typically by saints or culture heroes, as in the popular legend of Saint George and the Dragon. They are typically said to have ravenous appetites and to reside in caverns, where they hoard treasure. These dragons appear regularly in western fantasy literature, consisting of The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien, the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling, and A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin.

4. The word "dragon" has likewise become applied to the Chinese lung, which is connected with good luck and are thought to have power over rain. Dragons and their associations with rain are the sources of the Chinese folklore of dragon dancing and dragon boat racing. Lots of East Asian deities and demigods have dragons as their mounts or companions. Dragons were likewise related to the Emperor of China, who, during later Chinese imperial history, was the only one allowed to have dragons on his home, clothes, or individual articles.

 

 

The realistic way to draw a Dragon – Let’s get going!!

In this tutorial, we used the next art products:

  • H5 pencil
  • B4 pencil
  • Kneaded Eraser
  • White Vinyl Eraser
  • Blending Stump
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Step 1. We draw the center lines of the body and the wings, mark the joints with dots, in which the wings and body bend when moving. H5 pencil

 

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Action 2. Draw circles (head, shoulders, hips, elbow bends of the wings). H5 pencil

 

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Step 3. Draw the lines of the neck, abdomen and back, the lines of the tail, the main lines of the tendons of the wings. Pencil H5

 

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Step 4. We clean the lines inside the body. Objects in front (front wing) close objects in the back (back and part of the abdomen). Pencil H5, wash

 

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Step 5. Draw the information (hooks on the wings, muzzle, hind legs, membranes on the wings) Pencil H5
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Step 6. We wash out the extra lines in the location of the head and elbow bends. We draw the main lines of the scales' direction, the details of the muzzle, the tip of the tail. Pencil H5, wash

 

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Action 7. We draw teeth along the scales, draw lays out and details (fingers on the elbow flexes, head, eyes, nostrils, claws on membranes).

 

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Step 8. Draw the folds between the lines of scales. Pencil B4

 

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Step 9. Paint the wings and body of the dragon with a light gray tint. Pencil B4.

  

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Step 10. Apply darker strokes to produce volume. Pencil B4.


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