Just a standard white dragon. She‘s just so cold! So cruel! And umm… not that bright apparently? (Legit just found out they‘re not very intelligent when I looking up some shiz lol)…Eeeeehh, I think this is still a win tbh xD.
October 17, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Just a standard white dragon. She‘s just so cold! So cruel! And umm… not that bright apparently? (Legit just found out they‘re not very intelligent when I looking up some shiz lol)…Eeeeehh, I think this is still a win tbh xD.
It was quite a fun bit to paint out an entire dragon made of sapphire without photobashing. It basically became a material study at a certain point. Harder to understand now with the material render but I’m really proud of the scale flow on this guy.
August 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
It was quite a fun bit to paint out an entire dragon made of sapphire without photobashing. It basically became a material study at a certain point. Harder to understand now with the material render but I’m really proud of the scale flow on this guy.
Finally the last of my dragons for Dungeons & Dragons The Book of Dragons. Unlike the others who are merely decorated with crystals, this boy is crystal to the bone; like a gummy worm made of rock.
This is dragon 5 of 5
August 1, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Finally the last of my dragons for Dungeons & Dragons The Book of Dragons. Unlike the others who are merely decorated with crystals, this boy is crystal to the bone; like a gummy worm made of rock.
More than any of the others this one had a lot of gem bits in the hide. I’m already such a fan of painting osteoderms that doing crystalline ones were a special treat, a painter’s delight 🤠
July 31, 2025 at 7:27 PM
More than any of the others this one had a lot of gem bits in the hide. I’m already such a fan of painting osteoderms that doing crystalline ones were a special treat, a painter’s delight 🤠
With all the Gem Dragons I did for Dungeons & Dragons The Book of Dragons, the crystal dragon probably had the strongest foundation to build from so I really made a meal out of painting the skin folds.
This is dragon 4 of 5
July 31, 2025 at 7:19 PM
With all the Gem Dragons I did for Dungeons & Dragons The Book of Dragons, the crystal dragon probably had the strongest foundation to build from so I really made a meal out of painting the skin folds.
Because it was the most traditional dragon shape of the bunch that actually made it the hardest. Had to find more novel ways to eke out a bit more juice in the design. In addition to the scale type, I focused on the more novel folding wing shapes.
July 30, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Because it was the most traditional dragon shape of the bunch that actually made it the hardest. Had to find more novel ways to eke out a bit more juice in the design. In addition to the scale type, I focused on the more novel folding wing shapes.
A lot of what I do when I post art here is talk about how I had some break through or whatever but man I really did have one here. The way I started thinking about specular highlights completely changed when I did these. I just understand how to paint better now I guess 🤷
July 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM
A lot of what I do when I post art here is talk about how I had some break through or whatever but man I really did have one here. The way I started thinking about specular highlights completely changed when I did these. I just understand how to paint better now I guess 🤷
Next in the Gem Dragon illustrations I did for Dungeons & Dragons The Book of Dragons is my favorite. You may have noticed the somewhat controversial design feature but instead of cowardly ‘fixing’ it, I leaned all the way in.
This is dragon 2 of 5
July 29, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Next in the Gem Dragon illustrations I did for Dungeons & Dragons The Book of Dragons is my favorite. You may have noticed the somewhat controversial design feature but instead of cowardly ‘fixing’ it, I leaned all the way in.
Of all the Gem Dragon illustrations I did for Dungeons & Dragons The Book of Dragons this weirdly proved the most challenging. I pushed myself to paint a type of scales I rarely do here.
This is dragon 3 of 5
July 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Of all the Gem Dragon illustrations I did for Dungeons & Dragons The Book of Dragons this weirdly proved the most challenging. I pushed myself to paint a type of scales I rarely do here.