sixteen | dragon ears

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question: can you do a tutorial on ears?
asked by: dragoonlord

again, you can reference real animals to make your mythical ones more interesting!
goat and horse ears are good ones.
but anyway, on to the tutorial.

this is just one style for ears:

this is just one style for ears:

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^first draw your dragoon head

^add a small circle for where your ear will attach to the head

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^add a small circle for where your ear will attach to the head

^add a small circle for where your ear will attach to the head

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aaaand there's the ear! now you can move on to finishing the rest of your dragon:

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aaaand there's the ear! now you can move on to finishing the rest of your dragon:

aaaand there's the ear! now you can move on to finishing the rest of your dragon:

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and there we go!
for different ages, however, ears will be different shapes:

and there we go!for different ages, however, ears will be different shapes:

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a baby dragon will have the largest ears compared to its head. as the dragon gets older, the ears will get more proportionate.
and ears can also convey emotion:

(ignore my uninspired crappy scribbles)

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(ignore my uninspired crappy scribbles)

hope this helped,
- brie

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