Ranking Dragonheart Designs based on what I like
Draco, Dragonheart 1
Originally I was kinda lukewarm on his design, but after watching BTS and finding out the original inspiration for him was Foo Dogs, I warmed up. Really expressive face, a pioneer in computer animation, though I still prefer dragons with longer faces. I really like his anatomy, he’s a solid bloke with cool ridges and scale texture. I wish his wings were better connected to his body, they look a bit flimsy. Overall a very solid design, 7/10
Drake, Dragonheart 2: New Beginning
The prodigal son(?) of Draco, my least favorite Dragonheart movie also has my least favorite design. While I understand Drake is meant to be a younger version of Draco, something about him feels very Uncanny. I think it’s how short his snout is and how smooth his face looks compared to Draco. The rest of his body is similar to Draco, and same complains with the wings apply. 5/10
Drago, Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer’s Curse
While not my favorite Dragonheart movie, it has, in my opinion, the coolest dragon design. Drago moves much more animalistic movements and really solid anatomy. I love his lil underbite, and the way he uses his wings like a bat to balance himself. Also, his shadow form that displays his skeleton is a really creative decision and looks sick as hell. He looks distinctly different from the other dragons in the series, while still looking like he Belongs to the series. 10/10
Drago, Dragonheart 4 Battle for The Heartfire, and Siveth, Dragonheart 5 Vengeance
My biggest complaint about this design isn’t necessarily with the design, it’s why Drago’s character model changed drastically from 3 to 4. It wouldn’t bother me as much if they didn’t use the same model for Siveth, which I’m 99% sure is the same model but colored blue. That being said! I really do love this design. It looks very grounded and I love how muscular/solid the dragons look. Even though they used Drago’s model for Siveth, I’m very happy that they only thing that changed is color. I love the shape of the face especially, they aren’t shrinkwrapped! 9/10
