japanese dragon drawing tutorial

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The first step is always simple and short. What you are going to be doing here is drawing out the guidelines and a few circle shapes. Lets start off by drawing the circle shapes, there is only a few of them Draw a small round circle for the head and another wide smaller circle for the eye. Then draw a boxed oblong shape for the snout. All that is left to do for the shapes is draw out two circle for the knees. Now what you are going to next is draw the guidelines for the body, hair, and whiskers. more

Now in this step which is step 2, you will be drawing out the actual shape of the Japaneses dragons body in detail. The best way to start this step is to start at the head and snout. This is a very simple step because all you will be doing is basically drawing an "S" shape for the body. Using the guidelines draw out the legs, and detail the hair a bit. more

And finally the last step where all you have to do here is sketch out the detail and definition on the Japanese dragons hair, face, head, claws, and frilly looking hair on the back of the front and hind legs. You are going to have to draw each individual spike that is on the dragons back. After your sketch looks like the one above you can erase the guidelines and circle shapes. more

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This is what your sketch should look like when you are done. All you have to do is color him in your own colors or use the coloring code that i used here on my sketch. That is going to conclude this tutorial on how to draw a traditional Japanese dragon. more

Description: Okay people this tutorial today is going to be on another dragon, but not any dragon, the Japanese dragon. These types of dragons look similar to the Chinese dragons except there are slight differences. For one, they have no wings at all, so this means they don’t actually fly around as much as the Chinese dragons do. Second, their bodies are heavily scaled with a snake like body; this gives them the appearance of slithering instead of flying. Japanese dragons also have small clawed legs and their heads have small horns or antlers, they resemble more of a lizard in the face then any other dragon species. Japanese dragons are usually depicted around large bodies of water, surrounded by clouds or fly out of the heavens. These mythological creatures of Japan are a lot more slender, and this is why they look snake like and not big, bold and full of hair like a Chinese dragon. Now, an interesting fact about these slithering serpents, since Japan is a country surrounded primarily by water (surrounded on all four sides to be exact), the traditional Japanese dragon shares a close bond with the sea. The Japanese word for these dragons is Ryu; another distinction that these beasts have from other eastern dragons is that they only have three claws on each foot. The Japanese dragon is just one out of four beasts from Japanese mythology; the other three are as follows, Crimson Bird, Black Turtle, and the White Tiger. If you ask me what dragon has more unique appeal, well my answer would have to be both. The Chinese dragons have a bold colorful look to them, and the Japanese dragons have a subtle quite sleek look that makes them sort of mysterious. All in all any way you look at it I love all kinds of dragons even the ones I pull out of my head. I mean to me their just fascinating creatures that have been around for centuries. This tutorial will show you how to draw a traditional looking Japanese dragon step by step. I hope you have a load of fun.

We temporarily stopped you from leaving so you could confirm The site above is not affiliated with in any way. Please continue at your own risk. Don't enter any passwords or personal information from a site claiming to be or its affiliates.Ok, let's start with some basic guide lines. The main things here are the head, the lower jaw, the snake-like body, and the legs. Because of the serpentine look of this dragon, I want a flowing shape to the body. Having the neck curve sharply behind the head is pretty dramatic... I think. more

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I like to start with the eyebrows and eyes whenever I'm drawing a creature like this. The Chinese dragon will have flowing, hairy eyebrows. I mainly draw teardrop shapes for each little clump of hair. Give him a round eye and go heavy with the black around the eye. Emo dragon. Draw in the lower eyelid so the eye isn't just floating there, and give him some wrinkles between the eyebrows. more

Close in the forehead flesh. For the snout, draw a row of scales down the nose and end it with a pig-like nose. Draw in a small, bushy moustache to cover the lip, and then add the long, streaming moustache on each side of the nose. It's good to think of these strands of hair like a ribbon, so you can twist and turn it around. more

The Chinese dragon has antlers that grow back, from behind the eyebrows. I've seen these illustrated like wood, somewhere, so I kind of made these antlers look like gnarled tree branches. First draw the long, pointy part. Then add a blunt offshoot on the top of each horn. Draw in a large tuft of hair on the top of the head. more

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Time to draw in the cheekbones and the flesh on the sides of the snout/face. Next draw in some bushy sideburns behind the cheekbones. The front of the hair is made up of smaller shapes, and the strands get longer toward the back, with a few very long strands. I took a moment to fill out the lines on the moustache and eyebrow here. more

This step is mainly about the upper teeth and tongue. Instead of all sharp teeth, I wanted to give him a few normal teeth in the front, like what we have -- four incisors between the canines. For the tongue, it's good to thing of that ribbon shape again, twisting the tongue around, showing both the top and bottom. Then go in and add more hair to the head, like a lion's mane. more

Now draw in the lower teeth. It's important to try to match the shape of the lower jaw to the upper jaw. This really just takes practice. In fact, these jaws may be a little off. It can be tricky. For this guy, just try to draw them as if they're bordering a rectangle. Draw in the gums, and add a little beard on the chin. For the inside of the mouth, let's just keep it black for now. more

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While the head of the Chinese dragon is almost lion-like, the body is obviously like a snake. You need to split it between the back and the underbelly. The belly usually has larger, horizontal scale shapes, while the back is covered in smaller scales. Here I've drawn the belly scales in a sort of V-shape, adding a few nicks and ridges to give them dimension. The center of each scale bulges out almost like a spine. That's the center line you see. Draw in a wrinkle along the edge of the underbelly. Oh. Try to have the scale flow with the shape of the body. It's not just a flat curve. Try to picture it like a tube or hose. more

Ok, now the body and front legs. Use small scales to outline the body, rather than just drawing a smooth line. This breaks up the shape and gives it some more dimension. continue the wrinkle along the side of the body, separating the underbelly from the back. The legs are fairly small and just kind of stick out of the sides of the body. It's good to think of the feet like eagle talons. Definitely bird-like. Add some hair to the backs of the lower legs. more

Ok, there's a row of spikes going down the spine of the dragon. At first I was just going to have hard, shark-fin shapes, but I decided to break them up and turn them into tufts of hair, just to get some more detail in to the drawing. The hair is very stylized. Try to think of each spike as a little fire, almost. This repeating shape is a really strong design element that will catch the viewer's eye. Repeating shapes are usually pretty interesting, but here they also serve to create an interesting silhouette for the overall shape of the creature. more