Dragon of Elements - Water by Stratadrake

Dragon of Elements - Water

Description

The third entry in my current redesigns of the elemental dragons, meet the element for water, in her fourth (and possibly final) incarnation. An important element since it's one of the primary substances present in living organisms, water also wields power over the ice element (since ice is water), and in vaporous form can wield limited power in the air element as well.

This drawing took a bit longer than usual due to one main difficulty, the chosen viewing angle and how to portray the dragon's near wing at that angle. While I may not be completely and 100% satisfied with the results, they are good enough, and after a span of 8 days, it's time to move on to the next dragon.

Next element: Earth (v3.0)

Medium: Colored pencil
Time: About 5~6 hours
Scale (full view): 75px/in

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Category Fantasy » Dragons » Elemental Dragons » Sea/Water Dragons
Date Submitted December 16, 2004, 5:27:01 PM
Views 3088
Favorites... 26
Vote Score 1

Comments 12
Media Colored Pencil / Crayon
Time Taken 5 hours
Reference

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orcameister on February 17, 2009, 12:01:25 AM

Wow! VERY VERY NICE!

LoveKisameChan on September 3, 2007, 3:35:52 AM

just gorgeous! i am listening to saria's song from the legend of zelda, and this dragon seems to fit the mood of the song, in my opinion... btw, i really wish i could color as great as you... and i really do need new colored pencils, lol

KionaKina on June 14, 2007, 2:10:00 AM

My all-time favorite element and the msot gorgeous water dragon imaginable, it deserves way more comments.

mickey_da_silver_Rayqaza on September 9, 2006, 12:39:58 PM

Amazing detail! I think it to be a bit unpreportioned, though... of course after 3 hours staring at Paintshop tutorials, ones eyes get a little strange. o.o I love the way you colour, im so jelous. *envy envy* Your dragons are so original and creative. Well.... i think ill go and envy you some more. o.o Keep it up?

_Sam_ on February 26, 2006, 10:10:37 AM

beautiful!

xXDarkHuntressXx on January 29, 2006, 10:20:49 AM

out of all the works i've seen of yours, i like this one the best. well, i have two pages to go, but i like this a lot. ya if you wouldn't mind checking out my dragons, i'd really appreciate it cuz i can tell you're an expert at this stuff; i promise they're worth it. if you could do that, i'd greatly appreciate it. the themes you have with this dragon are really cool, i really like the ends of the wings.
cool
-virg-

Fairygurl27 on August 24, 2005, 2:37:50 PM

another wonderful dragon, I like the pose on this one, and the water color scheme is very nice, the blending of color and how well the colors fit together, I agree with the person above on how you can really tell it is an aquatic dragon, very well done *adds to favs*

Darkmasterbabe on August 1, 2005, 1:38:54 PM

hm this is excelentwork Good form the scales seem very realistic and nice looking wonderfuljob

darmasterbabe~

SoaringKitty on July 14, 2005, 9:20:56 PM

Are there scales on that thing, or are they just not detailed like the others? Any ways, The color sceme is nice, and so is the detail, as always. Personally, I would have drawn part of the near wing's upper side, just so it would look U shaped, as if the wing is partly folded.

riri-chan on July 4, 2005, 2:57:39 AM

it's kinda freaky but cool. it's kinda freaky-cool.

Heatherenie on May 2, 2005, 11:34:22 AM

This dragon is deffinatly fit for swimming.

KFelidae on December 17, 2004, 9:20:24 AM

Mreefle!

It's so preetiful! (yes, school has killed many a braincell)

Your grasp of form is coming along so well! And the design on these last three dragons has been stellar. This one, in particular, grabs my attention and holds it. It's not simply an everyday aqautic dragon, but definetly has traits from many different creatures (and probably quite a few straight from your imagination).

I do understand how the wing gave you trouble. That view is hard. There's no fancy way to put it - it's a hard pose to reproduce. Since most bird pictures aren't taken from that angle, I'd say the next best place of reference would be a prop-driven plane, as they tend to have a dehedral (upward slope) to their wings, very much like a bird. But without using reference, the thing I recommend doing is showing deeper shadow under the "shoulder", "elbow", and "wrist". This will show that there's pure definition, and adds depth.

A great little series of dragons, and I can't wait to see Earth!