DRAWING DRAGONS - Anatomy Basics Art Tutorial, How I Do It!

I needed this video 5 years ago 😢

This is so helpful. I never understood the basics before. Thanks so much!

The great thing about drawing dragons is that they are mythical! I just love trying to draw dragons of all shapes and sizes; in fact, taking a random animal and trying to make it into a dragon is a super fun way to practice drawing all those body types and features!! The sheer creativity that comes alongside drawing a dragon is what makes the process so enjoyable! Great video :DD

It's always great to get insight from other artists! Turns out you construct your dragons very similarly to me haha. It's great what a basic understanding of anatomy can do for you! Wonderful vid :)

So I've been in an art funk for a while. I've felt like my art just sucks, and I don't know what to do. This video was just what I needed. Thanks, Bella ❤

I think this tutorial is a really great way to show how to do perspective. Personally, I’ve had problems with the thickness of the wing bones and the way the talons look on their arms and legs. I think a major problem I’ve been having stems from not tapering off the legs. (Also personally I like adding a protrusion on the shoulder when connecting the wings to the body, like there’s an extra joint where the wing bone attaches.) Thank you for the in depth, high quality, and easy to understand tutorial Bella!

I've decided a long time ago that dragons get dog/cat paws. I am just terrible at drawing talons, and so i just don't try anymore just so i don't lose my mind- I love how you explain things, very comprehensive for beginners :) I personally like more chunky necks, so it feels like their neck can't simply be broken by a stray pebble. Also, I put wings right over the shoulder.

Absolutely wonderful of you to make this video, Bella! It's always great to see how other rather amazing artists go about, in their art styles. I believe this would be very helpful for newer artists like myself to better understand how perspectives work!

i find it super interesting how you think of the different body parts as different parts found on other animals! especially with you connected that back leg and describe it as a dog's leg--that was so helpful because i'd never thought of dragon anatomy like dog's anatomy, more like cats. but yea i definitely enjoyed this, as did everyone else i can assume, and i think i speak for us all when i say that i'd love another tutorial!!!! keep up the good work, you are my idol when it comes to wings of fire :)

Ty Bella for making this video! I love the way you draw wof dragons it’s so amazing!

As someone who struggles with perspective and ofc anatomy, I love this video so far (not done watching lol) A personal thing though is that I hate almost everything I draw so it's very hard to hear "look around you and reference other artists to find your style" for the five quadrillianth time and yet even after four years I'm still considered a beginner. I even feel as though I have a basic understanding of anatomy as a whole, it's everything else I'm struggling with. Eye placement, mouths, perspective, all of that is absolutely rough for me. So I hope I can find a tutorial or at least a way of thinking that explains how to not hate your own art or something like that, how to avoid the "gunky brain" that I get when I can't draw well (Sorry for over sharing)

jesus christ i didn't think it would help me to such a huge extent, thank you one billion times

I beg for you to do perspectives with heads and faces this already helped out with doing a new perspective for my art and omgggggg thank you sosososososo much my art will turn out so much better thanks to you.

This way of drawing has actually helped me draw many animals, not just dragons! With this way of drawing, I’ve actually been able to draw a horse that doesn’t look crappy!

Most of this I already know as an animal artist (cats, dogs, etc.), but it's cool and helpful to see it applied to a dragon form, thanks!

This video is absolutely amazing, I love this. Please make a headshot tutorial on how to draw dragon heads from different angles :)

As someone who has never drawn a dragon, this was so freaking helpful! I can now draw a dragon for my dad thank you!! <3

Omfg TYSM!I needed this desperately so I could upgrade my dragon drawings

This actually really helped me with 3/4ths dragon perspective, tysm!

Yay! Thank you, Bella! I've been wanting a tutorial from you because you are one of my favorite artists/animators. I've watched other stuff but I think it was way too early to draw that sort of stuff. Now I'm advancing and I found this tutorial helpful for me, such as explaining how to look for references. I often get a reference picture and then start drawing what is there without really learning much and just left me feeling agitated. Now I know what I should do with reference. Hope to see more of this!