Whatever it is, I'm sure you started off drawing horribly, then one day came back to doing it, and used a different style, and it somehow just clicked into place.
That's what happened for me when I figured out how to draw dragons. I just couldn't get the wings and horns to work. Then I sat down one day, with a picture of a Wings of Fire dragon for a base, and just drew, and when I was done...I had a SeaWing on my paper!
So in this post, I'm going to give a sort of half encouragement half how to in dragon drawing!
I'll be using this picture I drew of a SandWing as an example, as it's one of my better ones.
So the first step is to pick your pose. That's the most important thing. Once you have your pose decided, draw two circles to represent the head, and a line to represent the neck, and if you wish more lines and circles for the rest of the body, but this example is going to be focusing on the head, and some of the neck.
After that, you can flesh it out a bit. Add the lines that make up the head and neck, and if you want any horns, go ahead and add them in this step. Oh, and don't forget the ear(s).
Next up erase your circles and neck line, so that just the dragon's outline remains. Here's where you add in smaller details like a mouth, nose, and maybe an eye-ridge.
Add in a ruff, if your dragon has it, or perhaps a line of spikes.
Now darken the lines you want to keep with a pen or marker, and use an eraser to get rid of all unwanted lines.
Now, you could leave it at that, or you could add in even more detail, by adding the neck scales. You could theoretically add in every single scale, including the ones on the face, but a good way to imply scales is to put them on the neck. Start with a single row, then go down to a second, and then make a third of lines that just kind of fade into the underbelly. Darken the ones you want to keep, editing as you go, and erase the unwanted ones and voila! You're done!
Do you have a picture of dragons you've drawn? Could you show me?
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