Dragon of Elements - Thunder by Stratadrake

Dragon of Elements - Thunder

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Meet the sixth entry in my elemental dragons series, this is the dragon for electricity now in his fourth and possibly final incarnation. Considering that his previous (third) incarnation was just about perfect, I knew I'd have to do something rather crazy-go-nuts if I was going to achieve such truly stellar results as the fire and ice I started this series with. I started with. Did I? I dunno. I challenged myself to complete this one in time for Christmas, and surprisingly, I did. It's the first drawing I've completed within a single 24-hour time period in awhile.

Anyway, the element of electricity is also known as lightning and (for short) thunder, even though 'thunder' is technically a misnomer. Lightning travels easily through the water element and through the metallic ores of the earth element, and it is considered a partner and complement to the air element in such manifestations as thunderstorms.

The next and penultimate element on my list will be an unlucky seventh: Darkness. Wish me luck....

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

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Category Fantasy » Dragons » Elemental Dragons » Lightning/Thunder Dragons
Date Submitted December 25, 2004, 10:32:21 AM
Views 2670
Favorites... 17
Vote Score 3

Comments 16
Media Colored Pencil / Crayon
Time Taken 5 hours
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orcameister on February 17, 2009, 12:00:40 AM

Wow... Thunder is my favorite element sooo... BRAVO!

UnderUnion on July 21, 2007, 2:21:17 PM

Once again, very nice work. I like how you have put the eye color purple. I never thought purple and orange would go together, but I never thought about the EYES before. I also like the wings, which would look good as a solid, but better with the design you have put into them. Very fine detail work. A+

bassgspl on July 14, 2007, 10:10:04 AM

HI man i was looking for dragons to draw and i saw urs and i read the history u used. I think ur a very very good artist

But theres something i want u to know, I was drawing a manga of dragons, its about a guy who wana become a goldem dragon, for do that he need defeat every elemental dragon. I see ur dragons thay are very good.

But i see some things are similar on our historys
Thats makes me worried

Stratadrake on July 15, 2007, 5:25:57 AM

Coincidences happen, try not to worry too much. Just give the dragons your own design and that'll do.

dragoon1987 on June 23, 2007, 3:57:47 AM

in my eyes its cool but missing one thing it suposed to be green
elemental dragon of thunder is suposed to be green

Stratadrake on June 24, 2007, 2:36:25 AM

Says who?

KionaKina on June 14, 2007, 2:07:55 AM

This dragon makes the sun look dim. Wow, simply amazing. You are probably the best person at drawing dragons

SparkyTheMadDog on April 27, 2007, 10:57:09 AM

Whoa this is really neat! Do you come up with these elemental dragons yourself?? *faves*

ShadowDragon91 on April 10, 2007, 12:03:02 PM

Wow The yellow Coloring is really Great!! Nice Job!

Moonlightelf on February 2, 2006, 2:51:02 AM

Another great looking draggy ^^

VideogameMaster on December 19, 2005, 12:45:00 AM

That's the coolest, spikiest dragon I have ever seen and it looks realistic, too. I mean all of your drawings look realistic. The lightning bolts on the dragon's leg looks great. That's a real lightning dragon.

Fairygurl27 on August 24, 2005, 3:25:06 PM

this one has a nice apeal to it as well, the lightning bolts add a very nice touch, and the purple eye is also really neat, the wings are very well done too the head of the dragon is very nice too *adds to favs* very well done

Heatherenie on May 2, 2005, 11:50:46 AM

as an electricity like dragon, I would have used light grays, some light purple and white and yellow mixed, with a hint of blue, the eye, to me, appears to tell me that it is the element of thunder otherwise i would confuse this dragon with fire. the legs tell me its of thunder but the short spikes elsewhere make it seem like fire. I think that this dragon should have had longer spikes like it could have had a set of horns coming out long like, like ifrit off of Final fantasy 10. get the idea? It also could of had longer wings. it's a dragon that should be able to fly real well, and the wings to me don't seem to be large enough.

EraRillian on April 10, 2005, 5:33:24 AM

Wow! I love the colors! they make this pic so womderful! The only things I can find that may be a bit off are the legs are too small to support the heavey bone plates all over the dragon, and the chest should be slightly bigger because of the size of the head and again, all of the horns and bone plates. The coloring on this is amazing though-great job!

Queen_Asheer5600 on January 8, 2005, 1:58:11 AM

When I was looking through your upgraded Elementals Thunder really caught my attention. These dragons don't seem like the kind you would be found riding with all those spikes going down their backs I think it would be rather painful. I really love the attention to details and the colors, the tail looks great but I think it should be angeled down slightly more due to the weight it would be carrying with the big tail end.

KFelidae on January 2, 2005, 11:24:46 AM

Hmmm. Somehow I expected Thunder to be liether somehow. Aw well.
You're certainly getting into full detail mode with your dragons. I enjoy seeing them, and hope that the rest of the series goes smoothly. =D