How to Learn to Draw Dragons
Dragons are imaginary creatures found in the ancient mythologies of several cultures, including those of China and West Europe. Popular lore of Western culture usually portrays dragons as enemies of humanity, though China's dragons are essential creators and sustainers of human life. Features commonly found on dragons in popular media typically include those found on extinct and present-day reptiles: forked tongues, teeth like stalactites and batlike wings.
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Instructions
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Form the head, as seen in an oblique (indirect) front view. Draw an upward-pointing triangle with sides that are roughly equal. Make the triangle about 3 inches wide, as measured from its left to right point.
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Complete the head with another equal-sided triangle slightly to the left of Step 1's triangle. Make this triangle much smaller than Step 1. Draw lines connecting the corresponding points of both triangles.
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Form the lower mandible. Draw a slanted oval whose bottom left is slightly below Step 2's triangle and whose top right is the bottom of the dragon's head. Slightly under the oval, draw a curve that connects the oval's extreme left and right edges.
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Draw several upward-pointing triangles for teeth whose bottom is the oval outline from Step 3.
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Make the forked tongue. Slightly to the left of the lower mandible, draw an upside down V. Draw curves that flow from the V's bottom points into the mouth.
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Create the eye. Draw a small oval slightly under the top point of the head's largest triangle (from Step 1). Draw the eyelid as an upside down V whose top point is just above the oval. Flow an upward-bowing arc connecting the V's left and right point and cutting across the upper portion of the eye oval. Draw a small, filled oval inside the oval to create the eye's pupil.
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Draw three small curves to form ears that begin just to the right of the top point of Step 1's triangle and flow slightly up and to the right. Make two of the curves end at the same point. Make the third curve end slightly left of this point, at the lowest of the first two curves. This action creates a sense of 3-D depth. Create the left ear as a mirror image of the right, on the left side of the head.
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Create the body. Draw a large teardrop shape whose top, which should be open, is the center of the lower mandible.
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Make wings. Draw a large, downward-pointing triangle whose two left-most points attach to the body. Place the right point several inches to the right of the body. Mirror this triangle on the left of the body. But, compared to the right wing, leave less distance between the triangle's left point and the body.
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References
- Photo Credit dragon image by BorisNoWorries from Fotolia.com
