Showing posts with label dragon sketchbook. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dragon sketchbook. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Mythical Beast: Enfield

by William O'Connor


 


The Enfield is an extremely rare animal that was once seen on the coat of arms in medieval europe consisting of the combination of a raptor and a fox.  Since the usage of the Enfield was uncommon and restricted to north western Europe it is believed that this animal had a very limited range before going extinct some time around the 16th century.

Being the size and having the range of a red fox it would be assumed that its habitat and diet was similar.  As fox hunting and encroachment by other predators would have strained an already rare animal it is assumed that this creature died out from limited resources but was still regarded highly for its agility and precise hunting skills.  Kept as pets in menageries it must have been an extremely beautiful creature.

To view more mythical creatures from William O'Connor's Dracopedia The Bestiary visit:

https://www.amazon.com/Dracopedia-Bestiary-Creating-Mythical-Creatures/dp/1440325243/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1359676887&sr=1-1&keywords=dracopedia+the+bestiary+an+artist%27s+guide+to+creating+mythical+creatures




A Gallery of Enfield art from The Bestiary by William O'Connor










Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Python Dragon Time Lapse Sketch



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deU3AGtGoPM&feature=share

Check out my Time Lapse video of a recent digital painting: Python Dragon







Enjoy!

WOC



Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Dracopedia Sketchbook #6

New Dragon Sketch for The Dracopedia Project. Enjoy.

WOC




















Ligurian Dragon Stantant
Pencil on Paper
11"x14"

















Thursday, February 17, 2011

Dragon Chalk

Working using black and white pencil on brown paper has been a favorite way to draw since I was in college. Here are a pair of dragons drawn in this classic method....

Enjoy.

WOC

















































To view a selection from the book or purchase Dracopedia visit:
Amazon.com/Dracopedia


©2010William O'Connor/William O'Connor Studios/Dracopedia:A Guide to Drawing the Dragons of the World/The Dracopedia Project. All rights reserved.

Monday, September 13, 2010

Dracopedia Sketchbook #002

Foreshortening dragons is always difficult. This is a sketch started as just a head study, and kept getting bigger and bigger....I've included a detail so you can see all the pencil rendering, I love pencil rendering so I won't paint this one.

Enjoy!

WOC














"Great Icelandic Dragon" (#004)
12"x16 Pencil on Paper















(#004-detail)



To view a selection from the book or purchase Dracopedia visit:
Amazon.com/Dracopedia


©2010William O'Connor/William O'Connor Studios/Dracopedia:A Guide to Drawing the Dragons of the World/The Dracopedia Project. All rights reserved.

Saturday, September 4, 2010

Dracopedia Sketchbook #001

Some recent Dragon Sketches....Enjoy.

WOC

























































To view a selection from the book or purchase Dracopedia visit:
Amazon.com/Dracopedia


©2010William O'Connor/William O'Connor Studios/Dracopedia:A Guide to Drawing the Dragons of the World/The Dracopedia Project. All rights reserved.