Nidd the Dragon

This one less obviously than others, but hey, look! It's a vector dragon!



This guy is called Nidd. As my Flickr description will say, he is for a children's story I am very casually writing notes for. He appears as a statue in it, but I wanted to draw his true form for fun and for reference.

I originally was going to try making him more 'Norse' looking, but as I researched that I found out that Age of Mythology totally lied to me, and the dragons up north are more like big serpents. So I gave him more of a snaky body, realized he was looking a little oriental in style, and then something occurred to me. There was this museum exhibit I went to while I was in Edmonton (that was mostly for children, admittedly), that talked about dragons and their origins in human legends and history, and mentioned how some were pretty much a mish-mash of animals.

So I thought I'd try my hand at that. I tried to give him a wolfish, horseish head shape, with long horse/goat ears, antlers, a snake's body, thick fur (either wolfish again, or something with a thicker coat), bird's legs, bat's wings, and a tail of my own design.

... What?

Anyway, for this world, I figured dragons were more of a description than an identifiable species. Y'know, magic creatures, right? And the kind of dragon Nidd is are shapeshifting types anyway, so your guess is as good as mine when it comes to putting science to them.


The background, as usual, was an afterthought, but I wanted a colour that would make the drawing pop out. Somehow red was chosen. For the real thing, though, I'm not sure. I didn't draw him with a background in mind (probably because I didn't initially plan to post this to the blog, eheh), but maybe I'll draw the carnival he works at in later... Hm...

Well, until then! See ya later!

Evolution of a Character

/ What I've Been Doing For Four Months, Part 1

Hey, remember these guys? Or at least Nero?

Well, y'see, one of the side effects of drawing every day (even if I don't post it) is that your style changes. Usually for the better. Sometimes, you can notice that change over a month, or sometimes even a week.

Blah blah blah, dramatic build up, hey look at this!



Sketched on paper, then scanned and inked and coloured in photoshop!

Still a Work In Progress, though. I keep doing this multitask thing, look where it's gotten me! ANYWAY, yeah, the backgrounds very obviously need work, and admittedly, I mostly put them there so there wouldn't be huge gaping blank spots behind the characters I was so proud of.

But yeah, my point is, hey look! Spot the differences!

Yuu's wings are better! And I figured out what his suit looked like! And his hair is - well you can't see it here, but his headshape and hair are better than in those early doodle pages.

Nero's got a larger and pointier chin, likewise with his nose, and his hair has flared out into four spikes on top, and however many I feel like for his bangs, because I had to draw him repeatedly for a project I will mention later, and the best way for me to stay consistent was to cut corners.
... Uh.

And Krii is- not in this picture, but rest assured his structure is better too.



That's all I have for now! See you next post!

WIP it good!

Well, it's not Wednesday, but this is a WIP that I kind of like and would like to show to the world before I ruin it further!



There's a long story behind this starting with me jokingly creating a fan-character for Sailor Moon based on the stars of the constellation Draco, but then she, er, turned into her own character. Tadah!

ALSO the title says this is a Work In Progress. That is because her right hand will be holding a sword (that will block her nice shoulder-frills and mouth), and also I have to put shading to it. And probably pick a better hair-colour, and a less eye-burning and rushed background.

Professionalism!

But yes. More on this when I have a more finished version to post, hopefully with her sidekick/ward/boss. That's all one person, by the way.

See you in five minutes next post!

Wow look at the time!

Well it's been about four months since my last update! Funny story, really, which I hopefully will get to in the next post. As it is, I'm speed-updating to make it look like I am a very active blogger and illustrator!

Look!



I call 'em Bocas, probably after ten minutes of looking around Wiktionary for a word that means 'mouth'.

I made this for this group I'm in at deviantArt, but I am reluctant to link to my dA activity because that is way more casual than the tight professional image I cultivate here.

Er. Biology notes! They don't eat a lot, given that their mouth and eye takes up most of their body; the trees they normally nest in bear fruit that looks like them... but they don't exactly have the brainpower to know this, so you could just as likely find them in an orange tree; their children resemble burrs and stick to the fur of passing creatures to get carried to a new location; they can reel themselves up or down or swing from their tiny little legs; and they will eat anything they can fit into their mouths. Fortunately they are about the size of a grapefruit, maybe.

That's all for now, tune in in five minutes!