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A big thank you for your help for the creation of dragons.
I plan to create a 3d with Blender and your tutorials will be of great use.
I have already created a pterodactyl for a challenge, I will post it soon.
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Wait, wouldn't the body be short so the muscles have less work to do to hold the rest of the dragon's body in flight? I mean, look at birds today, short bodies an all. Also, wouldn't you think that the muscle is concentrated mostly around the chest?(driving muscles for the wings and all.) Great tutorial BTW.
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Which rib cage do you prefer out of all of them?
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The second and third one c:
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This is nice c:
But... shouldn't legs be larger, stronger, to hold dragon's body? o.o
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If you believe so then you draw that c:Β
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I LOVE THIS (and the other tutorials as well, I'll fav them all), thank you SO much! I think I'm going to add this to my favourtes and keep it forever and ever! Btw, I love how you draw dragons, really beautiful art!
Again, thank you!
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Exactly, a wing shoulder and the arm shoulder aren't made out of one piece. Good anatomy of the wings, but the back of the dragon looks very painful
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I have a comment: You say that having the wings on the arms is unnatural. But do remember that dragons would have to have grown two extra limbs to evolve wings, which is impossible
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Improbable in our world, but not on others.
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Yes, but I assume that the dragons intended to be described are supposed to be earth creatures.
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I feel that she was just basing her dragon's anatomy of of earth creatures and their anatomy, but that doesn't mean that her dragons are in our universe.
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LOL her face! XD
and you are so great draw!
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why does anatomy look so complicated, my brain literally did a double take looking at this XD
just revisiting your tutorials, still great ^^
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Ehm.. I got a question. Why is drawing bones important in dragon art?..
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Understanding basic anatomy is always important when you're going for a semi-realistic dragon design. 
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Ah, hell I'll probably spend a lot of time on this.. >.>
Thanks for the Tutorial.
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Finally somebody who thjink like me!!!
FINALLY!!!
why do you all fix paws and wings on the same block??? this is stupid!
just do like me and sammy: one structure for each limb/ pair of limb!
well, I personally don't like ears on dragons, except if... we think somehow the dragons could be more credible in mammals! ^^
when I think about it: bat wings, pangolin's scales, antelope horns... not stupide to think a dragon can also be a mammal! ^^
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I can agree there for the most part, but I will say that a dragon having aural openings that are covered/protected by various head-appendages (plates, spines, fins, etc) also works well in many reptilian and avian cases.
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I have trouble with dragons...I love this tutorial.Β
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I love these tutorials and I use them along with some things from a book of drawing dragons by one of my favorite dragon artists
here is the book: www.amazon.com/Dragonart-Evoluβ¦
I do own one and I love it! notΒ only for the drawing info but the cute little comics here and there!
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Well, that book looks very nice
Glad that you find my tutorials useful ^w^
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i love them keep it up!
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One minor thing with the snout.Β I totally get what you mean about the upper snout commonly being bent and looking broken, BUT birds DO have a hinge (nasofrontal hinge) where the bill meets the forehead and can bend it upward.Β Just another thing to keep in mind.Β (Though I'm with you that I don't think many people have this sort of avian-like movement in mind when they draw "broken" snouts.)
Examples:
You can see the hinge on this cormorant skull where the bill meets the forehead: www.mnh.si.edu/lewisandclark/iβ¦
Parrots, like this macaw, have very noticeable hinges: www.connecticutvalleybiologicaβ¦
African grey parrot flexing their upper mandible upward while yawning: thumb7.shutterstock.com/displaβ¦
Gull showing the upward mobility of the upper mandible: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipediaβ¦
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Thank you very much for this info and for providing the links.
I knew about the parrots having movable upper beaks but thank you again for reminding me
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Again, I totally understand what you were getting at, but might be a good idea to address that it can happen, but still has "rules" like any other anatomy.
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Thank you again for another lovely tutorial of yours ^^ They are really helpfull and I have to say that this is the best tutorial I've seen on dragons. Do you happen to know any sites for good scientific studies?
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I only know this one here: www.pinterest.com/characterdesβ¦
It has a lot of stuff and a lot of categories
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omg, wow 
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Thank you very much! 
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That's just really intelligent and well done!
I'll use those advices
Aslo, I didn't thought about the different way of putting the bones so the dragon is able to fly, really helpful!
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There are many other ways as well 
Anyway, I'm glad you think of this useful n__n
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Wow!!! Your anatomical ideas are a God-send. I have long been toying with something similar but never managed to get anywhere as close and detailed.
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Thank you! I'm glad that I could help
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