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TurnerMohan In reply to doctor3uk [2015-03-22 02:52:58 +0000 UTC]

I think they look way better in artwork (which is why, more often than not, I'll draw them that way ) because a drawing or painting doesnt have to move, and so you can just pose them in a really good single pose and leave it at that. I think six-limbed dragons, cool as they are in artwork, look really awkward and chimeral in motion, their wings just sort of sit there like a giant contraption on their back when grounded (see dragonheart) and their forelimbs (especially on long, reptile-bodied specimines like these, rather than more robust lion-bodied specimines like draco or deathwing from warcraft) would just tuck up uselessly when in flight, and (as my anatomical illustration - which i see you also commented on - shows) the whole chest/shoulder area and having to accomodate what would be two sets of pecs/lats/shoulder blades/clavicles invariably ends up looking kind of insect like and freakish - like the mutos in godzilla - rather than like a beautiful, physiologically plausible creature (as dragons should be)

I give the film makers' descision (not only on the hobbit but on so many dragon movies) credit to go with the "wyvern build" (a term i find somewhat irritating, as fixed taxonomy among fantasy beasts - to the degree that it is currently enforced - is a relatively new idea, and one which misses the often fluid and poetic quality of myth and legend; dracula, for instance, is both a vampire and basically a werewolf aswell) as it gives dragons a muscular reality and plausibility to dragons which, until I've seen one that works, I have to say six limbed specimens cant really pull off, which is why film makers so often opt to go four limbed (actually, as much as I liked movie-smaug, i still think the best movie dragons, in terms of moving and flying with convincing speed and power, were the ones in reign of fire)

thank you for your compliment though, I'm fond of these dragons myself, and if you know any movies with really good six-limbed ones that i maybe just havent heard of, i'd give it a shot.

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TurnerMohan In reply to The--Procrastinator [2014-12-20 00:01:10 +0000 UTC]

he's the man

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TurnerMohan In reply to Keltix2006 [2014-10-29 13:50:47 +0000 UTC]

it was black watercolor and white goauche over pencil with some white acrylic for the really strong highlights.

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TurnerMohan In reply to PaulTobin [2014-10-22 04:34:08 +0000 UTC]

Thanks my friend! glad you like it

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TurnerMohan In reply to Artigas [2013-11-22 21:48:52 +0000 UTC]

thanks man! I've seen Karl Kopinsky's work before (the warhammer related stuff anyway) but I never knew his name. Do you know what kind of paint he works in for those big warhammer paintings? I love the style, but I'm still pretty new to painting, and dont know my way around the supplies so well. Good to hear from you again, my friend, you should check out some of the "long winter" related work I've been making lately (if you havent already that is) I think it'd be right up your alley. Men are freer outside is the latest

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Artigas In reply to TurnerMohan [2013-11-25 13:17:23 +0000 UTC]

Hey bro. I saw all of your stuff, I want to write down my impressions on each one, but it will take some time for in english I'm not that fast or precise, you see. Very inspiring stuff, I love each one of them! You keep it up bro.

Well Kopinski do not left much for us in his official webpage so I went to his art page on facebook and did a long research about his techniques (which interests me a lot as well, because I am planning to solidify my style and craft and his style is so much like I want to do) and turns out the man use a HUGE variety of techniques and mediums. Seems like he is experimenting with each piece.

Here's what I got:

Oil over pencils on watercolour paper

oil on canvas

paynes grey watercolour over pencil

pencil, gesso and oil on art board

oil on primed artboard

Watercolour and graphite on art board

acrylic inks on artboard

acrylic ink and pencil on artboard

 Acrylic ink wash with pencil and pen on artboard

 Oils over pencil drawing sealed with liquitex on watercolour paper

pencil and dip pen on strathmore artboard with an acrylic ink wash to finish

pencil on art board gessoed then oil painted

Oil on primed watercolour paper

watercolour and pencil on watercolour board

oil on primed artboard, with pencil and acrylic underpainting

digital photoshop

pencil on smooth 300gsm HP watercolour paper, I then added watercolour , keeping it very loose and allowing alot of the textures to happen naturally, I then fixed this and covered it in liquitex matte medium and finished the painting in oils

black and white oil

graphite Acrylic inks with dip pen and brush on artboard

acrylic on strathmore artboard

Oil on primed watercolour paper

Pencil watercolour and acrylic ink on HP watercolour paper 300gsm

Hope it helps us both. See you.

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TurnerMohan In reply to Artigas [2013-11-26 09:29:16 +0000 UTC]

yeah this helps like crazy! boy this guy really knows how to draw and paint, and i see he does alot of life drawing/painting to keep his figure skills sharp (always a good idea)

it seems like his paintings are mostly oil, in one form or another (with some watecolor and acrylic thrown in there) they're pretty damn impressive. I'd seen some of his work before, in the warhammer books; while I'm not a huge fan of the blown out, ridiculously over-muscled warhammer aesthetic, his dwarves do achieve this great michaelangelan heroicness in their strength and poses.

thanks alot for introducing me to this guy, I feel I could stand to learn a lot from him.

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Artigas In reply to TurnerMohan [2013-12-02 13:50:49 +0000 UTC]

Yeah I want to learn a lot from him too. The technique seems not to be that simple, but I want to learn it. i love the way his drawings are a little bit unfinished if you know what I mean you can see the pencil lines and brush strokes. Reminds me a lot of your work. I'm glad I was of some help. See you bro.

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TurnerMohan In reply to anyazalia [2013-07-02 10:46:23 +0000 UTC]

thanks! please do

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anyazalia In reply to TurnerMohan [2013-07-02 10:52:36 +0000 UTC]

your gallery is awesome!! congratulations for the great work!

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TurnerMohan In reply to ElrondPeredhel [2013-07-02 07:36:45 +0000 UTC]

different by way of an awful lot more time in it than the others (this was actually a painting, but using only black and white paints)

Thanks!

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