ugh I hate drug tolerance because I took a 10 mg melatonin like an hour and a half ago and I'm only kinda tired but my body aches and my bed is too hot and my boyfriend has decided to take up like 3/4 of the bed and I have to get up early tomorrow. can I just kms already guys
ugh I hate drug tolerance because I took a 10 mg melatonin like an hour and a half ago and I'm only kinda tired but my body aches and my bed is too hot and my boyfriend has decided to take up like 3/4 of the bed and I have to get up early tomorrow. can I just kms already guys
do you have a process for drawing dragon faces? their expressions are so fun and lifelike to look at :]
Sure I do!! I don't think about it too much consciously nowadays but I definitely have a process. Mostly it's informed by previous experience doing human expressions? Specifically a loooot of anime style characters, but I also use the same basic layout for pretty much every character I draw from dragons to ponies; only thing that changes is the proportions and whether or not I need to add a snoot.
I threw together my best shot at a guide, hope it helps~!!
(I am aware that my chicken scratch is very messy and accessibility is a good idea so I'm gonna throw plaintext of what I wrote beneath the cut)
Willoillo's Hastily Drawn Guide to Dragon Faces!!
Step 1: Circle [image ID: a sketchy circle]
Step 2: Where they lookin'? [Image ID: the same circle, but with a cross drawn on it. the lines that make up the cross are curved slightly to show dimension.]
Cross roughly where the eyes are
Step 3: Top Snoot [Image ID: The same circle with the cross, but now with a collection of curved lines making up the top half of a dragon's snout attached. The mouthline is curved upwards to show a smile.]
top half first
I add a circle for the tip of the nose if there's foreshortening so I can tell where things will overlap
this line determines mouth shape. Important!!
Step 4: Eyes + Brows [Image ID: The circle with the snout, now with a pair of eyes and raised brows looking at the viewer.]
Sometimes I swap steps 3 & 4
Mini Eye Tangent [Image ID: a series of three drawings showing how to build an eye shape, starting with a circle, then adding a top and bottom lash to create a specific shape, and finally showing the eye with an iris looking at the viewer. Next to it are other eyes with different shapes and expressions, with the circle behind them shown to show how they were built from the same template. One of the eyes has a heavy eye bag drawn, following the shape of the circle behind it.]
Eye shape determines personality and expression but they're all based on the same base
Start with a circle, then do the lash shape, and finally the iris
The circle can also from wrinkles/eyebags
Step 5: Jaw!! [Image ID: The same dragon, but now with a lower jaw. The line for the back jaw is drawn visible through the snout to show how it connects to the face on the other side.]
Connect the back jaw behind the snout to make the cheek
Step 6: Neck + Ears [Image ID: Same as previous, but now with a curved neck added connected to the circle, as well as leaf shaped ears. An additional circular sketch has been extended behind the original circle past where the ear is connected.]
Start extending our circle back to make room for horns
When I'm drawing full bodies I usually have a neck already in place
Ear shape can differ a ton!! [Image ID: examples of how I draw different ear shapes for icewings, nightwings and sandwings; the icewing ear is sharp and jagged, the sandwing ear is long like a rabbits, and the nightwing ear is twisted like a goat's.]
Step 7: Features [Image ID: A finished sketch of Kinkajou from the Wings of Fire series with a happy expression. An arrow is pointing to her with the line 'oh look it's kinkajou now' written next to it.]
@o1hergrey this cat gets his wildcat-looking pattern from his (wild) leopard cat great x3+ grandparents. The bengal is a hybrid/crossbreed between the leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) and the domestic cat (Felis catus).
F1 (pure leopard cat), F2 (half leopard cat), and F3 (quarter leopard cat) are almost always retained by cat breeders as breeding stock.
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