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Dragons vs Dinosaurs - Pages on page 5 - (let me show you them)
mr0range
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Hi, I haven't posted here in a good year ... except for that one post I just did in the Q/T section. Anywho, been working on making these here comic books. Went to the Seattle con and finally got my first gig. Come next year my first book (not independently published) will be published by Arcana as a 100 page graphic novel.
Anyhow, here's some pages I've just finished after fighting Photoshop and finally easing the pain in SBP.
and yes, the book is called Dragons vs. Dinosaurs.
Anyhow, here's some pages I've just finished after fighting Photoshop and finally easing the pain in SBP.
and yes, the book is called Dragons vs. Dinosaurs.
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Fucking dragons, think they run the place.
But really, I leave both sides open for anyone to root for either side. No "good" or "bad" side, just whatever you decide you like the most.
I'll let you in on a secret .... the t-rexs stay strong and healthy by eating unicorns.
if so... wow, crazy small innernets!
beautiful work.
But aren't dragons basically dinosaurs anyways?
I like the pictures a lot! Would love to see more.
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No, not me.
thanks.
As for dragons being dinosaurs, I sort of address this and make many differences - one general one being is that in my world, dragons are magic derived while dinosaurs are of the earth. I could say more, but that would be giving away random bits of the comic.
are... are you implying that dinosaurs aren't quality
gtfo of my forum if you're implying that.
I just guess in his story Dragons're made of magic and DInosaurs made from Earth.
Earth mean Gaia for me(goddess of earth).So ,what made from Earth should be unlimited(or almost unlimited).And if Dragons in his story summoned by human(I guess from what i saw in his comic),you shouldn't make Dragon weaker or equal to Dinosaur.Because it'll make story unbalance.
Btw ,it too fast for me to say so, because i don't know his storyline.what i said just come from my feeling ,no need to angry about that.
Sorry again if you don't like what i said.
It is a battle of power vs numbers. Like ants against a scorpion - so to speak.
I approve whole-heartedly. Please continue.
Well, they have a variety of shapes in the book. Each has its own look. I also wanted to have my own Dragon "look" so I'll be mimicking shapes closer to "real world" lizards.
I'll agree, he has a dino look to him, I'll probably address some smaller details and designs on his body to pull him a bit further away from his basic look. Elements I had in mind when I look back at the rough sketch that I forgot as I got distracted actually doing the piece.
Also, and this is pretty much just a personal pet peeve...but why is the woman wearing a cloth bikini if she's going into battle?
I swear to god, if I ever got into the industry, nobody would ever have me design female characters, because I would actually put armor on them. And not just on their shoulders, or hemisphere metal bowls barely covering the nipples...I'd give her goddamn armor, I tell you whut.
Nice composition in the last panel, though.
Well, she didn't go into battle ... as I give away more of the comic ... she was ambushed, not expecting a battle.
And the armor thing is addressed in the comic as well. I completely understand your thinking, and I'm there with you.
Oh ND... No one will ever draw girls in realistic armor because girls in real armor look the same as dudes in real armor. And whats the point of drawing girlies if you cant show off their ta tas? srsly.
PS: I think your dragon needs horns or spikes or something. As of now, its just a dinosaur with bat wings. I really dig the clean lineart though.
Yeah, this is the part I forgot about. I glanced over my original sketched layout and saw various horns and nubs all around. I got caught up in everything else I forgot my own elements and without people saying here, I wouldn't have looked back at it, but now I have, so now I have to go fix it. haha.
you're making a comic about Dragons versus Dinosaurs?
holy shit that's awesome
no matter who wins, I got a boner
That's the gist, it came out of me and my friend ragging on movies over MSN how no one delivers on what you think is going to happen and it's full of convoluted stories no one cares about ... example: D-Wars ... or other such things. So I said "Fine, I'll make a movie called Dragons vs. Dinosaurs" .. it was a joke for a few days until I started thinking about it and telling some other friends, their first reaction was to think it was stupid, then they'd go quiet for a few minutes, then come back to me. "Y'know, I was thinking, the more I thought about it, Dragons vs Dinosaurs is pretty awesome" .... that's how 50% of all reaction to the book is whenever I mention it.
My one friend was actually going to draw it, but she got hired by DC to do comics ... so ... I had to buckle down and draw it myself.
I'm just saying ... the movie is called Dragon Wars ... you kind of expect something. Not 80% talking and 2 dragon scenes.
Reign of Fire had also come up in the conversation. Basically I said, let's just throw Dinosaurs into the mix.
At one point it was going to be episodic where the catch phrase while planning a battle was "that's so crazy -- it just might work".
Anyhow, since I can't make movies or TV shows, I had to make a comic.
Awesome line work!
There is also more than one sized pterosaur, that's why there's a guy in the background riding one, which is (obviously an artistic liberty) based on the largest pterosaur discovered. And the snub-nosed one is based of another variety - again, with a little artistic license.
Pterodactylus has roughly a 3 foot wingspan .... but, upon looking up my reference, that's not exactly how they looked - seems I drew the wrong one (a Pteranodon like the others) my bad - I thought they had the same look, just one was smaller - seems not so. I may have to redraw that one to fit the species.
wow, I can't get nothing by you guys.
Do you guys know what a Pterodacylus is?
and just for comparison ... here's my first first attempt at this double splash a couple months ago.
oh, and for kicks. Here's what I drew a year ago.
oh and for more kicks, here's the logo to the comic ... which may also change.
*looks around the office*
Arghhh what the hell
*rub rub rub*
The other work though, is really great.
lol i found this comment really funny since it's a logo for a comic...
... But I agree the logo is kinda naff.
note to self: definitely have a look at the logo revision.
Man, if I didn't post here, I wouldn't be changing any of this ... I don't know what that means, either it was helpful or I'm easily swayed by the masses.
I don't suffer from Insanity. I enjoy every minute of it.
son, you got yourself a best seller on your hands.
They look like dinosaurs with wings, and a couple of spikey bits. They don't have traditional elements people associate with dragons such as serpent like body frames, longer skinnier pointed jaws, and most dragons are typically quadrupods not bipedal, which your drawings seem to imply by the shape of the hands.
Its possible to come up with your own style for a dragon without making it look too much like a dinosaur. There are many styles of dragons already throughout history, but they all have basic dragon features in common.
European dragons
Chinese dragons
Welsh Dragons
Wyverns
The key thing to keep in mind is dragons are serpents, not merely dinosaurs with wings. If you don't draw with this consideration, you run the risk of simply making a comic that is about dinosaurs fighting some other guys who may or may not be dinosaurs. Anatomy anatomy anatomy.
I've always liked the idea of dragons originating from dinosaurs anyways, makes it seem more like they could have existed.
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that was way too many words.
I'll simply draw my dragons, and if you like them, that's great, and if you don't ... I don't mind.
But I will put thought into what you've said. Now to get on with my pages.