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MonikaZagrobelna — How to Paint Drogon in SketchBook Pro

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Published: 2017-08-29 06:14:37 +0000 UTC; Views: 21469; Favourites: 702; Downloads: 455
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Do you watch Game of Thrones? Well, who doesn’t! This season we’ve had a chance to take a closer look at Daenerys’ three dragons—mighty beasts created with stunning CGI. What makes Game of Thrones’ dragons even more special is that they’re designed extremely realistically! If you like drawing dragons, you can learn a lot from Drogon, Rhaegal, and Viserion.

In this tutorial we will analyze Drogon (who gets the most screen time) and paint him step by step using SketchBook Pro. I will show you how to sketch him, and I will lead you through all the stages of painting: coloring, shading, and rendering. This guide will be technique oriented, which means I will not show you exactly how to draw every line, but rather how to achieve specific effects. This also means you can use it to paint your own dragon!


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There's also a timelapse video! www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKBw3Q…

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Comments: 31

NatanGui [2021-03-22 01:04:15 +0000 UTC]

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chillyravenart [2019-06-27 12:53:46 +0000 UTC]

This is absolutely fantastic, all the detail is mesmerising. Wow!!!!

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MonikaZagrobelna In reply to chillyravenart [2019-06-28 06:44:29 +0000 UTC]

thank you

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NatanGui In reply to MonikaZagrobelna [2021-08-22 23:02:29 +0000 UTC]

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Yurkavel [2019-06-06 01:50:42 +0000 UTC]

Hey Monika, HUGE fan of all your artwork and thanks a lot since you were both ma inspiration and best guide to start with sketchbook, heres a question, is there another page in wich i can see your tutorial?, the sketchbook one got updated so there are no more tutorials of yours

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MonikaZagrobelna In reply to Yurkavel [2019-06-06 07:52:46 +0000 UTC]

Hi! They promised me to try to retrieve the tutorials from the old site, they don't know how long it takes or even if it's possible at all, but keep your fingers crossed! Once I know anything, I'll post an announcement on social media to let people know about the new location of the tutorials

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Yurkavel In reply to MonikaZagrobelna [2019-06-08 01:35:15 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot, i l really admire yer art topics and style


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Tarkhiel [2019-05-05 12:07:47 +0000 UTC]

Great work !

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WillowstreamHP [2018-04-21 21:55:35 +0000 UTC]

i saw that video lol

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MonikaZagrobelna In reply to WillowstreamHP [2018-04-22 08:00:43 +0000 UTC]

That's cool

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SolGravionMegazord [2017-11-22 03:58:06 +0000 UTC]

Cool!

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Anseline [2017-09-03 22:30:40 +0000 UTC]

Wow, po prostu wow podziwiam za cierpliwość do tych wszystkich detali, ale warto było, bo przepięknie Ci to wyszło, gratuluję, wspaniała praca

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MonikaZagrobelna In reply to Anseline [2017-09-04 06:28:20 +0000 UTC]

Dziękuję za miłe słowa

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Mel13 [2017-09-01 05:32:38 +0000 UTC]

Love your artwork and loved seeing the step by step! great tips about lighting and Ao pass! Thank you!

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MonikaZagrobelna In reply to Mel13 [2017-09-01 07:31:56 +0000 UTC]

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LittleDragonKid [2017-08-30 22:27:34 +0000 UTC]

Now rework it, make it blue, add some blue fire breath and you have the new ice Dragon.
Challenge accepted?

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MonikaZagrobelna In reply to LittleDragonKid [2017-08-31 08:22:30 +0000 UTC]

I'd like to create a whole new painting for [SPOILER]Viserion[/SPOILER], but for now there's not enough visual reference for him, and I don't want it to be simply recoloring of Drogon. Maybe next season!

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LittleDragonKid In reply to MonikaZagrobelna [2017-08-31 19:12:13 +0000 UTC]

seems like spoiler doesnt work
But this image have already the potential for it! If you have still the raw Image, you can just edit it.
i.imgur.com/NKN6u81.png
There my cheap Gimp version My SKills are bad I know, but just as impression Oh and I forgot to set the Ice Lord on it
The image isnt public only over the link from here. On your wish I delete it

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MonikaZagrobelna In reply to LittleDragonKid [2017-09-01 07:34:00 +0000 UTC]

This is cool (pun not intended!)

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LittleDragonKid In reply to MonikaZagrobelna [2017-09-01 16:23:04 +0000 UTC]

But I`m sure you can make it 100x cooler

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Lolliangel00 [2017-08-30 15:26:19 +0000 UTC]

Oh wow! This looks so great!!! Amazing work

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Evodolka [2017-08-29 20:02:11 +0000 UTC]

...that's a wyvern

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MonikaZagrobelna In reply to Evodolka [2017-08-30 06:35:59 +0000 UTC]

No, that's Drogon, it's his name And these creatures are called dragons in the World of Ice and Fire. Wyvern/dragon distinction comes from D&D and doesn't apply to every fantasy world.

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Evodolka In reply to MonikaZagrobelna [2017-08-30 07:58:19 +0000 UTC]

OH so sorry i read dragon
i kne it was game of thrones i was just saying he was a wyvern
if i miss read it than i am sorry for the mistake

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Lamp-P0st [2017-08-29 16:46:00 +0000 UTC]

he's such a purty dragon but he's so hard to draw xD

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Freya-Soft-Paws [2017-08-29 16:15:25 +0000 UTC]

Love how you made Drogon look. Spot on!  

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ClefairyKid [2017-08-29 13:12:46 +0000 UTC]

Dang the details in this are incredible! 

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shazzz999 [2017-08-29 12:58:28 +0000 UTC]

Cool. I love dragons. S

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Yuki6 [2017-08-29 08:17:44 +0000 UTC]

Wow, awesome . Piękne detale, piękna robota. Cudne łuski .

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MonikaZagrobelna In reply to Yuki6 [2017-08-29 08:48:02 +0000 UTC]

Dzięki Za każdym razem próbuję znaleźć sposób, żeby te łuski malować szybciej, ale się chyba nie da—jak ma być ładnie, to musi być długo

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Yuki6 In reply to MonikaZagrobelna [2017-08-29 09:51:32 +0000 UTC]

Oj wierze, hm.. niektórzy używają pędzle imitujące łuski, ale to nie wygląda wtedy tak naturalnie. Chyba warto się pomęczyć  .

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