Yesterday, I did the hummingbird drawing (the one on the right), but was too lazy to post it.
One of the things about Todd Lockwood is he’s very detail heavy- which can be difficult to emulate in 1 hour or less. I found that squinting at the reference, seeing where the darkest areas, shade in those areas first, then draw a few details here and there.
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Drawing of Todd Lockwood’s Drizzt. Feeling pretty happy. The last time I tried to do a 30 Day Challenge, I petered out around Day 15. I’ve taken some precautions to make sure that doesn’t happen again including:
Making a template of my blog posts ahead of time and making several drafts so I can just draw, log in, and put everything up
Microgoal: If I’m not feeling motivated, don’t think the goal is “draw a picture,” Instead, change it to “pick up the pencil”
Never have sketchbook ‘put away.’ Put in a place where you can see it and is easy to get to.
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Can you call yourself a Dungeons And Dragons artist if you’ve never drawn a beholder? … I mean sure… but it was still fun to draw!
Daily Fantasy Drawing Thoughts & Meditations
Welp. I wasted a whole hour about how it’s a good thing that nobody really cares about your feelings and how artists shouldn’t spout off stuff if they don’t have all the facts or haven’t thought about it only to find I was falling into that same trap.
So instead, I want to start focusing more on writing about fantasy topics: Magic, treasure (though I have very strong, angry opinions about treasure), fairies, and all that good stuff. It can be a bit of a danger though. If you’re reading Dragon Rider’s Dance, and also reading blog posts about my half-baked 4am thoughts and ideas, then your brain might not be as free to just enjoy the story for what it is and come up with your own conclusions. Because you might know too much about how my mind works and what I believe and therefore, what ‘message’ I may or may not get across.
Like I am ‘anti-slapping children across the face because they told you they want to grow up to be just like you.’ I am literally writing a scene where this happens. My bad guys are not very nice.
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Another Todd Lockwood. Tried to take his concept and make the dragon look like Ari. I ended up wasting an hour because I drew the original head, but ended up erasing it to make the head look more like Ari’s.
Daily Fantasy Drawing Thoughts & Meditations
Why Do Kings Hate Dragons in Fantasy Stories?
Simple! Dragons are evil, fire-breathing monsters that steal gold, kidnap princesses, and burn down farms! But if you’ve been living in recent times where there’s an obsession with ‘subverting your expectations’, you probably know it’s more than that.
In Dragon Rider’s Dance, dragons have the ability to look at treasure and know its whole history. If a king is spreading a propaganda tale of how he was the mighty defender of the realm, she could simply look at his sword, see the truth and say “Actually, you hid behind a rock the entire battle.”
I’ve been playing with the idea for Book 2 where Ari and Matthias get hired by a king who’s been corrupted by the UnNamed to protect his daughter, but while they’re protecting the princess, several assassins and dragon slayers are trying to kill them. And of course, they find out later the king put out a proclamation that an evil dragon and her dark knight stole their princess, and whoever rescues her will have her hand in marriage or something.
I made an animatic using Conan audio a few months back which kinda got me thinking about that storyline. I’ve decided it’s going to be the first adventure you see Ari and Matthias go on.
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Today I cracked open a book on composition and did an exercise on composition. What started as a landscape turned into my two characters walking on a path. I normally don’t like doing landscapes, but I’m pretty happy with how this one turned out. I think the mistakes I made during this one helped me figure out what I needed to do differently.
…or it could be that I did that one later in the day was therefore harder on myself.
Daily Fantasy Drawing Thoughts & Meditations: Stop Thinking About Yourself
The funny thing is I started doing these drawings because I’ve been feeling very anxious about absolutely nothing lately. Today, I heard a really good piece of advice:
“Stop thinking about yourself. Focus on the other person. Make the other person as comfortable as possible.”
I can’t believe that a simple phrase like that really puts things in perspective. There’s a really stupid part of my brain that thinks if I make a mistake, that people will think less of me, or that I’ll never recover, or whatever. I get anxious every time I have to go in for a meeting because I always think it’s because I’m in trouble (it’s never the case).
The reality is, once you make a mistake, or if someone gets annoyed with you, they’ve long forgotten the slight not even a second after it happened. Unless they’re a horrible, narcissistic person that isn’t happy unless they’re holding a grudge (in which case, you don’t want to be around them anyway).
So, if you’re talking to someone, don’t be sitting there obsessing over whether or not you’re making a good impression, but literally, just shut up and listen. It’s a chance to learn something new.
Sorry, I know this has nothing to do with art, but this is really helping me, and I hope it helps someone else.
And Now, A Word From Our AI Scribe About Fantasy Art Drawings
Art therapy is a process of using art to heal from psychological and emotional trauma. This can be done through drawing, painting, and other creative activities.
Psychologists use art therapy as a way to help patients communicate their feelings, explore their thoughts and memories, develop self-awareness, and manage behavior.
The use of fantasy art in the healing process may be used to help people express difficult emotions or experiences that they are having difficulty putting into words. Fantasy art can also be used as a way for someone to explore their mental state or journey through different worlds in order to find peace with themselves.
Art therapy is a form of psychotherapy that uses the creative process of making art to improve one’s mental health.
Fantasy art is a form of art that depicts fantastic creatures, scenes and places. Fantasy artists can create anything they can imagine and they often make their works look realistic.
Dragon art is a type of fantasy art that usually involves drawing mythical dragons in different poses or scenarios. It’s popular among fantasy artists because it’s considered one of the most difficult types to draw well.
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Today was a wholly original piece. No references or anything. I decided to take the challenge of implementing every I’ve practiced over the last week and create something original.
Daily Fantasy Drawing Thoughts & Meditations
This really was an opportunity to just let loose. I didn’t know what the dragon would like when I finished it, but I think I like how it turned out. She’s not the mighty, fire-breathing force of destruction, but more the serene all-knowing creature that will send you on quests, give you advice, or maybe find who has the purest heart (no, I don’t know what that means) and choose said heroes to be the next king and queen.
I was thinking ahead for Book 4 of Dragon Rider’s Dance and a conversation between two of the child characters that grow up to become the protagonists. Agnes, the quarter orc lady who had dreams of becoming a mighty warrior like her daddy. Her first appearance in the comic is here. In this scene, Agnes had decided to put her dreams of becoming a warrior princess on pause and decided to join her mother and be a healer instead. Leif at first thinks it’s because she lost her confidence, but Agnes tells him that wasn’t it at all.
Rather she had a realization that just because men find glory in violence and battle doesn’t mean that’s the only source of glory. There’s just as much importance in giving and preserving life. The reason why good men find a strong purpose in battle is not because of the people they get to kill, but the lives they protect and save. Healers and warriors are both needed and should be held in the highest esteem.
She goes on to tell him this is how dragons are.
They don’t need to exercise their power, or ‘prove’ to others their might. They just are. They have claws and fire, but don’t feel so insecure that they have to use them all the time to remind people who they are. Everyone just knows not to mess with them, and the ones that do oftentimes end up being dinner.
And Now, A Word From Our AI Scribe About Fantasy Art Drawings
Fantasy art is a genre of art where the artist creates scenes that are unreal and fantastical. This includes creating worlds, people, and animals that do not exist in the real world. The artist can create these scenes in any medium – oil paint, watercolor, pencil drawings, or digital paintings.
There are many different styles of fantasy art creations: surrealism, hyper-realism, expressionism, cubism and more. These styles are all unique and make up what is considered to be the genre of fantasy art.
Fantasy art is an art form that is not bound by the confines of reality. It can be a perfect way to express your creativity and imagination.
In this section, you will learn about the different styles of fantasy art, such as cartoonish, watercolor and anime. You will also learn about how to draw them in different ways using simple shapes and lines.
You’ll also learn about some famous fantasy artists that have inspired many people with their work.
Fantasy art is a genre of painting that depicts fantastic subjects or scenes. It can be an illustration or a story that is not bound by the physical laws of our world. This type of art has been around for centuries and it still has a place in modern society.
Some famous examples are paintings from the Renaissance era, like the Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli, and The Garden Of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch. These paintings show how fantasy art has always been popular and how it will continue to be popular in the future as well.
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Click on the image to see yesterday’s art. This was a study of Anne Stokes’ Dragon Kin.
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Today was more of an ‘I do what I want’ kind of day. It was gonna be a copy of another Anne Stokes, but it ended up being Ari and Matthias in the same pose.
Didn’t have a good day yesterday, so the feeling like I woke up and accomplished something felt pretty good. I have a sorceress character in Dragon Rider’s Dance book 2 and have been looking for inspiration for her character design. Anne Stokes is very well known for her paintings of beautiful women as well as dragons, so the beauty/beast motif she has really works.
Oh, also, Ari wanted to be in the picture too, so that’s her on the coffee mug. I am selling it on my Shopify store. I have T-shirts attached to my instagram account, but I still need to figure out how to get the coffee mugs on there too…
Day 5: “Through Heaven’s Eyes” from Prince of Egypt.
There’s going to be a bonfire at the end of Dragonrider’s Dance, so I tried to find the scene from Prince of Egypt. Another spectacular work of art. The screenshot is different from the one I actually ended up using because I was using the higher resolution Amazon movie, but they don’t let you take screenshots, so, here it is.
Dangit… forgot to draw the rocks in the fire pit. Oh well.
Thanks everyone for joining me today! If you would like to take part in this challenge, please put a link in the comments so I can see your progress! Please read my comic, Dragonrider’s Dance on dragonridersdance.com or Webtoon Canvas! It’s an exciting fantasy/fairytale/action comic about a world where dragons are all female and disguise themselves as princesses!
About This Site
Having escaped the tyrannical Vallan’Gangst Empire, Matthias travels south hoping to find and study dragons-creatures that once ruled his homeland but have been extinct for decades, Matthias gets a clue a live one might be in the small mining town of Lionsburg. While everyone’s preparing for the Emerald Stars Debutant Ball- no one seems interested in answering any of his questions- except a young woman named Ari- the eldest daughter of a mafia-esque family of elves with a few dark secrets.
