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This is my guide to dragon anatomy. It is not a traditional tutorial that shows you step-by-step, "here's how to draw this picture of a dragon", because nobody ever learned anything from that, and if they did it was from subconsciously doing what I'm skipping to here.
You see, a tutorial that walks you through but never explains doesn't teach you how to draw, it teaches you how to copy. To truly draw, you need to learn to See. Seeing is understanding how something works, so you can picture it in your head and understand how it all connects. For animals, this requires you to know how the bones work.
Thus, I've shown a reference, rather than a how-to guide. I've explained in detail, and hopefully by my explanations and good old observation, you'll be able to figure it out.
Give a man a tutorial, he'll fill a page. Give him a reference and he'll fill a sketchbook.

One more thing: practice. I took years to get this good. You won't get there overnight. Deal with it. Just keep trying.

Note: Should be antorbital fenestra. I keep typing anti for some reason.

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Mood: Love ~IncognitoMallard Jun 2, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
This is extremely helpful! ^u^ Thanks for the diagrams!!! I'd read three wing structure tutorials before this and STILL didn't quite understand...:P
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~LittleFireDragon Jun 2, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Wings are difficult to understand unless you finally figure out that they're just distorted hands.
I'm glad this was useful.
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Mood: Joy ~IncognitoMallard Jun 2, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
:nod: It was very useful! :salute:
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~ICreateWolf13 May 13, 2013  Hobbyist Artist
This actually helps a lot ^^
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Mood: Love ~blueviolinist13 May 8, 2013
thank you so much for the tutorial!
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Mood: Love ~Quilava-Lover Apr 30, 2013  Hobbyist Artisan Crafter
Thanks for this ref. I've been practicing dragons for quite a bit now, and cannot seem to get the hang of it. I have sketched the whole thing and I'm hoping it will help me later on. Really good work!!
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~LittleFireDragon Apr 30, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Good luck!
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Mood: Joy ~Quilava-Lover May 2, 2013  Hobbyist Artisan Crafter
Thanks! Today i drew the head of a dragon, im starting to get better already. Thanks once again and I'm hoping it will help even more in the future!
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~LittleFireDragon May 2, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
If you need more guidance, I'd suggest purchasing a copy of *neondragon's book DragonArt.
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Mood: Love ~Nana-Yamakawa Jan 24, 2013
Yay for mammalian! :D
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