“We men (and women) dream dreams, we work magic, we do good, we do evil. The dragons do not dream. They are dreams. They do not work magic: it is their substance, their being. They do not do; they are.”
~ Ursula K. Le Guin, The Farthest Shore
~ Ursula K. Le Guin, The Farthest Shore
During the class Jackie Ochitwa taught, she mentioned going to her Instagram to reference the face artwork she does and I noticed she had a cute little green dragon.
Sometimes balloons look better in person than they do in a photo because of the 2-D representation of the 3-D image. The standing version came first but didn't have a very dragon-y feel because the only thing that says "dragon" at all are the dorsal ridges which can't be visible from any angle where he would be facing you.
I built it again sitting and gave him more of a grrr face, but it had the same problems. I had to cheat like a 2-D animator for the shot. Notice in any cartoon where a girl has her hair bound in a ponytail, the hair and usually the scrunchy holding it are always visible outside of a transition move.
The dorsal fins are set at about a 30º angle for visibility in the main shot.
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