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Kraaku β Dragon Scale Tutorial
Published: 2010-04-21 08:58:28 +0000 UTC; Views: 27436; Favourites: 726; Downloads: 434
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This basically is a quick explaination of how I draw dragon scales. (It doesnt mean its the right way. If YOU know, TELL ME! D
These scales are basically scales for a cuddly.. super green no-teeth dragon..
If you wanna do it more realistic, you should probably go for a bit more.. greenbrownish color-scheme than I did here.
But I'm attracted to colors, just like a crow, so you cant blame me. Dragon is GREEN, end of story
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This was very helpful, now my dragons can look different instead of just being normal skin, thanks!
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Thanks for the super duper awesome tutorial to follow!!! Tried it in redΒ here!
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This helped me a lot, thanks!!!
though it's kinda hard doing that kind of scales with colorpencils, but I guess it's just about practice, right
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... My head explodes at the idea of doing this for every scale.
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Lovely! Should have searched this up earlier while working on a request. This'll work better than what I originally had planned xvx
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Thank you for the tutorial!
I have only one question: How exactly do you smudge the one single line for extra shiny appearance? When I do it it never looks the same. What kind of brush do you use?
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i would just like to thank you for putting this up; it helped me to do the scales on this: [link] !
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just realised i never added to my faves. fixed now
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awesome tutorial! am trying it now 
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Thank you!
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This is an awesome tutorial thank you so much! it is exactly what I needed for my dragon: [link]
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Thank you so much!
Thats a great dragon!
Good to see my tutorial came in handy!
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Wow! Fantastic! this is what I am seeking for....
May I use the final work in my game app? ^^
firestoke
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Thank you, and ofc you may! I'd be honored
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Very interesting, I'm trying out a similar technique on a mega piece i'm working on (essentially a different order of your process, and adding extra shadows etc.) but am I right in saying scales take waaaay too long to draw?
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Yeah you're absolutely right. It takes ALOT of time, atleast if you draw every, single scale by hand and don't use any brush or texture
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And that's exactly what I've been doing for the past 100+ hours ha ha, the pain >.=.<
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Oh fantastic, I've been looking for something like this. Thanks a lot, this looks great, you've done a lovely job!
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Thank you so much! 
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Thanks. I'm just starting to try digital art. I wondered how you make the scales and or wings get that shiny effect. This is wonderful.
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No problem at all! Glad u found it usefull
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On step six, which layer is this? The scales, the middle layer or the lower layer?
Thanks for the help.
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A new layer on top of them all :3
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Thanks. That now makes sense. I am working with ArtRage and have Photoshop Elements 7 that I will try to experiment with also.
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Wow thanks this is in the words of jack sparrow...I like it!Simple easy to remember. (or something like that 
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one question; what color do you do the scales in?darker green or black? or whatever
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I usually try to use a darker shade of the base color. Black and white can be a bit tricky to blend, so for a green dragon I would use light green for highlights, and dark green for shades.
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so if you were doing a silver dragon would you do like a dark grey?
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