November Sketchbook, Day #5 - Myth-conceptions


Things are not always what they seem, and the same holds true for dragons. At first glance, this fellow seems to be swooping in for a quick meal. But look a little more closely - those fluffy little crows are asleep. And the dragon - he's not landing. He sits, delicately balanced on the thin wire. His outstretched wings provide an awning to shelter the balls of fluff at his feet from the pouring rain. These birds aren't his dinner. They're his friends.

Green dragons, traditionally, are considered more benign. They prefer quiet, green spaces like deep woods or mountain tops to the habitations of man, but this is due more to man's distrust than the dragon's nature.They are historically the more non-violent of the dragon races. This fellow is a kind of dragon called a wyvern, that is, it has wings instead of a front pair of limbs. The dragons of Skyrim are of this genus, only much, much larger. It is commonly debated whether or not wyverns are even dragons. This is like trying to debate whether or not a cat with three legs is still a cat.

Today's sketch was drawn first with my trusty Staetler Mars 780 and a 6H lead. This is the best for sketching something to be inked because the sketch lines erase so easily. The drawing was inked with Sakura Pigma Sensei pens and then colored with Berol Prismacolor pencils.

My Staetler Mars 780. I've had it since 1988.

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