Draw a Dragon
Do you have trouble drawing mythical creatures? It's not as straightforward as drawing a frog or a car, but you have more room for creativity because no one can ever say it doesn't look like the real thing! Learn how to draw a dragon by following this tutorial.
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Steps
Method Four: A Water Dragon
- Draw an oval for the head.
- Draw a sharp curve connected to the oval drawn previously to complete the main head outline.
- Draw a jagged line for the mouth.
- Draw curves with sharp edges for the horns.
- Draw another set of curves for the frills.
- Draw an S- shaped curve for the neck and part of the body.
- Draw another similar S-shaped curve as the previous one.
- Draw a circle to make the main body section.
- Draw a series of curves attached to triangles for the tail and feet.
- Draw ovals attached to curves for the main feet of the water dragon.
- Based on the outlines, draw your water dragon
- Add details such as eyes, horn details, scales, and back spines
- Erase the unnecessary outlines.
- Color your water dragon!
Method Three: A Realistic Dragon (Fantasy)
- Draw an oblong for the head.
- Draw a smaller oblong inside the oblong earlier for the mouth.
- Draw a series of curves to make the frills.
- Draw a circle to make the chest of the dragon.
- Draw curves connecting the chest with the head of the dragon.
- Draw a big curve to make the body and tail.
- Complete the body and tail outline following the curve drawn earlier.
- Draw four ovals for the feet.
- Draw a series of ovals to complete the feet.
- Draw sharp curves attached to the feet for the claws
- Draw a series of curved lines for the wings.
- Draw a series of curved lines attached to the lines drawn previously to complete the wing outline.
- Based on the outline draw the main parts of the dragon.
- Add details to the dragon such as eyes, flame breath, scales, and back spines.
- Erase the unnecessary outlines.
- Color your dragon!
Method Two: Realistic Dragon, Festive
- Draw a perspective cube for the nose of the dragon.
- Add another perspective cube below that.
- Extend straight lines from the upper cube and join them to make pointed horns.
- Draw a string of a guideline for the body starting from the head to the tail.
- Connect lines to the body guide for the limbs of the dragon. Further connect straight lines for the claws. Also draw a flowing guideline for the tongue.
- Draw details of the dragon based on the guides.
- Erase all unwanted lines and enrich it with further details.
- Draw a repeat line over the entire body as a guide for the flames.
- Draw the flames based on the above guide
- Color the dragon.
Method One: Cartoon Dragon
- Draw a slanted oval for the nose of the dragon.
- Add a couple more ovals to the earlier oval for its eyes and draw two antennas from it as guidelines for the horns.
- Draw two small ovals for the nostrils and a tapered semi-circle for the mouth .
- Draw a big-sized oval for the belly.
- Add two overlapping ovals on the big oval for the thighs of the dragon’s hind limbs.
- Place two smaller ovals for the paws just below the thigh-ovals.
- Now draw a guideline rising from the eye-ovals to the tip of the tail for the shoulder , back and tail of the dragon.
- On the basis of the guides, draw the shoulder, back and tail-lines of the character as well as the belly.
- Draw a couple of small ovals for the paws of the fore-limbs .
- Draw two curved lines arising from the neck followed by connected curved lines for the wings.
- Based on the entire layout, draw every possible detail.
- Erase all unnecessary lines. Then draw the guide for the fire flame and draw the bony plates on its neck, back and tail.
- Draw the fire in detail based on the guide.
- Color and shade the dragon.
Things You'll Need
- Paper
- Pencil
- Pencil sharpener
- Eraser
- Colored pencils, crayons, markers or watercolors
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