This wraps up my second month of a dragon a day, every day!

That also means that there’s a second Daily Dragons gallery up for your perusal, featuring the dragons from the month of June, 2010. Go have a look!

On that note, it’s time for all good little artists to hit the hay. Goodnight, and thanks [...]

This one was completed at tonight’s Drink & Draw, using basically the same media as yesterday’s. However, I tried to focus more on the lines and less on the shading to carry the rendering. The result is…well, see for yourself. Similar, but different.

I’d like to do a color rendering of this critter, because I was [...]

The name, Coatlus duodecapteryx, simply means “coatl with twelve wings” in almost-but-not-quite-scientific latin. Eight eyes, twelve wings, a masklike face…this was quite a bit of fun to draw, and I deliberately worked to keep it loose and gestural whenever possible.

Religion and spirituality were on my mind when working on this. Coatl is a reference to [...]

Not a true hydra, the so-called bog hydra is actually a highly developed archaeomollusc more closely related to krakens and mangrove haunts than to any sort of hydra – despite the primitive and peculiar biology of some hydrae.

Like its cephalopod relatives, the bog hydra’s body is supported by powerful hydraulic muscular action, making it distressingly [...]

This piece was drawn freehand using croquil dip pens in two sizes, and a small brush for fills and washes. The composition and anatomy aren’t great, but I’m definitely feeling more self-assured in my draughtsmanship with a dip pen or brush. Some kind of underdrawing would have helped the weak points.

Working with the pen freehand [...]