Dragon Dream Continues

"Celestial"
2.5 in x 3.5 in
Colored Pencil on Bristol vellum

I'm pretty darn pleased with how this turned out, probably should have picked a lighter color for the background but oh well. I original was going to make it's mane a full out rockin rainbow, so thankful I decided not to!

I had only been scheduled eight hours this week at work, at the point I don't care. After all, I was able to get something done finally! ^_^

Wordless Wednesday

First CP Pony

"Red Gala aka Crimson Gala"
2.5 in x 3.5 in
Colored Pencil on Bristol vellum

Yeah, I have pony fever and it was only a matter of time before it really leaked into my art :D I have this terrible itch to draw out the ponies that are not only mini figures but also in the show as a background character. So this one is known as Crimson Gala as the toy, but Red Gala in the show. Why they did that I have no clue.

I want to work out my own style, especially since I'm using colored pencils so the next one may have a completely different body build, who knows.

Bird Finished At Last

"Fiery Sky"
5.5 in x 5.5 in
Colored Pencil and Water Color on Bristol vellum

Sweet everything on this planet, I finally finished it!!! The feathers are terrible, I even cut part of it off because I had messed them up so bad. Also, I finally found out that using masking tape to remove pencil does work on this paper, it was a HUGE life saver. Well sort of I guess. I didn't want to abandon this, just took me awhile to finally quit dreading the inevitable and just do it. If I ever get the urge to do a bird again, it will be awhile, and I will definitely do a feather study first.

That Stuff

Ever had a really frustrating day and just need to revert to the basics a bit, I did on Tuesday:

I was pretty upset that day and making this helped a lot, it's time for me to look for another job. :(

On another hand, who took my 2H pencil?! Oddly I have a bunch of 2B and that isn't helping me right now :D

It Started With Dragons

Humans are usually inspired by something when they choose to start down a path, I was no exception when I started drawing. My Nana might have been the small start to it, but the big spark came when I fell madly in love with dragons. I would see them on book covers, statues, t-shirts, television; anywhere really and I couldn't help but be in total awe of them. At the age of ten I struggled with the knowledge that they weren't real, how could something so cool not be real?! I wanted them to be real, I started reading as many books as I could about them or just with them in them.

At this point I am only slightly interested in drawing, I've drawn a few cutesy little things for relatives and done some epic tracing in books, but nothing serious. It wasn't until I was twelve that I decided it was time to try to master it, especially in the area of dragons. My first dragon I drew happened one night with a lot of trepidation; could I do this? Was it going to turn out? If I couldn't do this would I keep trying?! When you see it, you may guess which book cover it is from ;)

Ruth the White Dragon
Done in Crayon
2000

Anne McCaffrey's dragons were a huge inspiration and when I finished this (without tracing which I think is obvious) I felt it was a HUGE success, so I kept drawing dragons. At first I just looked at other peoples art and drew it, but I eventual strayed away from copying and made my own dragons.

Roleplay Dragon
Colored Pencil
2002

Admittedly dragons were the only things I would draw till I was taking art classes in high school, then I felt I -had- to expand.

Fire Lizard
Colored Pencil
2003

But always I came back to the dragon, because I knew if I wanted them to be real in anyway, it had to be through art.

Poison Flower
Colored Pencil
2007

Earthling
Colored Pencil
2008

As silly as it may sound, to this day I still dream that they are real. My only consolation to this is that the dragon is one of the oldest 'monsters' in history and myth, spanning over different cultures that hadn't met at the times. So I still carry the small hope that they are out there somewhere, only reachable to us through art, books, video games, how ever we may see them.

Dragon head sketches
2013

Wordless Wednesday (Photo Heavy)