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SammyTorres — TUTORIAL: Dragon Heads
Published: 2014-02-28 01:39:07 +0000 UTC; Views: 54352; Favourites: 1864; Downloads: 1942
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Okay so this is just a basic thing but I hope it'll help you guys out
Also, remember to go to my group: dcp-dragoncyclopedia.deviantar… and become a watcher so you won't miss out the upcoming advanced dragon artwork, hand picked to help you with drawing dragons and dragon accessories stuff :3 I will be posting my dragon tutorials there as well!
If there's anything I didn't bring up or if anything was incorrect please write it in the comments so everyone knows!!
<3 Thank you! <3
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Comments: 42
Starting with a silhouette was really helpful for me.
Thanks ^^
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this was super helpful! i've never drawn a dragon before but now i feel like i could give it a go without being completely embarrassed at my results.
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OMG you have no idea how helpful this is! Thank you so much for sharing this, sometimes it's hard to figure out where to start when it comes to drawing.
Awesome tips <3
thanks thanks thanks
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wow.. just fabulous stuff! i'm into carving wood, stone and bone. i am relatively new to carving. i just love your ideas. i have a piece of cotton bark i'd like to carve a dragons foot on and a walking stick to carve out a full length dragon. i was able to download the jpg but the image is massive and off my screen. do you have any ideas on downsizing the jpg? am i able to save it? i need to look at the tut "hands on" while working on my piece. i hope i'm not doing anything wrong, sincerely, Mary..
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hmmm, what you can do is to fullscreen the tut, scroll to the hands are visible and screenshot the thing?
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This is so Useful I think I'm in love with you! :VV
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Thank you so much for sharing your dragon tutorials!
I love the hint with the silhouettes-I tryed it and I got a dragon head I really like.
drachenherzen.deviantart.com/a…
I waited for a great dragon tutorial like yours
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Great tutorial! I'm going to try the silhouette method! ^^
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Thank you so much for this, I managed to make my own skull from a mix of a Smilodon, Wolf and generic raptor shaped skulls. ^_^
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Very nice and interesting perspective! Thanks for sharing!
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What program do you use? I would like to make my own skull.
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Awesome tutorial!
I might be wrong but.....is this drawing in the end Tyrion Lannister from Game of Thrones riding on one of Daennerys's Dragons?! (I like Game of Thrones,but my mum says I'm too young to watch it.. she's a big fan though
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Hehe thx
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Will you let me know when you have? I'd like to see your results and hear about your experience with it
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I'll leave a comment when I have.
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Nice, im going to try that silhouette thing
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i really like the silhouette method, you can get imaginative with it! 
very helpful tutorial!
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Oh God, you're tutorials are perfect! Tyrion is riding Drogon!
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Oh man these tutorials are so cool. It was really nice to look through your gallery again
I really love your creativity and how you explain your process to logically come up with new, unique, but harmonious shape designs. I will definitely be trying to exercise more creativity in my designs too.
I hope you don't take this the wrong way, but I don't think 'mix and match animal parts' is a good approach to be teaching people. It just really confuses me that you do a great job in your tutorials of explaining anatomical benefits like the extra skin on the ears or specific realisms in teeth, but then in this tutorial (which is more basic than the next) you say "You don't have to be accurate".
I just think it's important when messing with bones to realize that bones can't do anything without muscles and muscles are one of the most important things when defining form and function. Allosaurus and mammals have two completely, totally, fundamentally different mechanisms used to move their face/mouth, etc.
With the design created by your allosaurus/tiger/wolf skull, the dragon can't possibly open his mouth any further than it is now without hitting his own jaw (which is useless bone anyway since no muscles would attach to it) on the back of his head. And also the muscles that close the mouth would attach to. . the eyeballs ):
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wow
This is great! I'm thankful for you to give me this very good criticism
Just keep in mind that I'm not used to teach or make tutorials 
I actually did think of how the muscles would be attached when I mixed together the skull but I didn't want to add too much work and therefore chose to leave it out...
I really appreciate your thought on my "mix and match" approach and I hope that people will read your comment
If I make an anatomy theory tutorial (or have a section of anatomy in my future tutorials), I'll like to think of your comment and do a better thorough explanation of bones and muscle theory.
Gosh I can't believe you took the time to write this for me... You have been my fave dragon artist for so many years!
Thank you, Shin!
<3
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Oh gosh you're welcome beb. I'm awful at teaching how to draw so I don't even bother trying to make tutorials. xD It's really difficult to teach how to do something without flat out going into 'anatomy course' for me, so I just spare people.
The best part of this tut though is how you give people options; like depending on what kind of learner they are. I plan on following your next tutorials. ♥
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Another great work
Just one thing from me - in the "random silhouettes" drawings the 2'nd and 3'rd one would have... a bit of difficulties when trying to eat anything...
Myself I prefer realistic dragons (well, as realistic as fantasy creature can be) and I'm fighting for my cause ^^
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I see
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Yeah, the idea is very good overall - especially when u need to draw something and have completely no idea how should it look like xD
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Thank you so much! This is very helpful, even though I don't draw digitally, it was such a great help!
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If you have a copy machine you can just use that to take copies of your sketches or clean-up drawing and draw on top of them
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Thank you so much for the tip! I'll be sure to try it in the future!
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i never thought to combine skulls like that, very helpful thank you! <3
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