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CARTOON MAGIC SO YOU WANT TO DRAW FANTASY CARTOONS? ME TOO! ed ee aes ere or ae ec REALLY KNOWING WHAT IT MEANS. SO LET'S TAKE A FEW PAGES TO TALK ABOLIT HOW TO GET THE MOST FLIN AND CREATIVITY OLIT OF YOUR FANTASY CARTOONS. THEN ee ee er eat ele THE FalR FOLK THE SIDHE THE FAERIE PRINCESS WATER FAERIES SYLVAN FAERIES FAUNS GOBLINS SCouT CREEPER BRUTES THE DWARROW GIANTS TROLLS OGRES ANCIENT BEASTS INTRODUCING ANIMALS WOODLAND CRITTERS FELINES CANINES HORSES THE HORSE IN ACTION HORSING AROUND DRAGONS THE DRAGON WALK DRAGON FLIGHT aFTERHORD INDEX —o7— x88 6s r- J 60 él él 62 66 68 70 74 76 78 80 62 86 88 92 94 ONCE UPON & INE, "FANTASY" CONJURES UP IMAGES OF KNIGHTS, SWORDS, AND DRAGONS, AS IN THE CLASSIC MONSTER'S Lae — MYTH "ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON.” 'SOLATED MOLINTAIN CAVE MONSTER — FIRE-BREATHING DRAGON e I THE SPECIFIC DETAILS OF THESE MYTHS — THE BUT THEY ARE ONLY DETAILS, AND CAN CHARACTERS, PROPS, AND SETTINGS — WERE CHANGE TO FIT THE TASTES OF ANY ALIDIENCE. USED BY ANCIENT STORYTELLERS WHO WERE OUTSIDE OF ITS DETAILS, THE MODERN* FAMILIAR WITH THEM, "DRACULA" IS SIMILAR TO CLASSIC MYTHS. * "DRAGULA® WAS WRITTEN IN 1694 eS LOOKING AT THESE EXAMPLES, YOU MAY HAVE THE STRANGE AND DREAMLIKE NATURE OF NOTICED THAT WHILE SWORDS AND GUNS ARE FANTASY IS EMPHASIZED BY GIVING “NORMAL” OBVIOUS WEAPONS, GARLIC AND SHARPENED OBJECTS AND PLACES SPECIAL MEANING OR BITS OF WOOD ARE NOT! POWER THAT THEY LACK IN OUR OWN WORLD, Ss = nice suveens — qe eee sar feceaiee— entettaranany apres oawre aes OEE coon or See tases Coonan pe omnes Mond pgs dprincrtt Peterlee rene WIEPOLITA, THE AMAZON QUEEN FA gp A — oie gpeneitee sous asi ih, USE BY ae CHOIGE IN OLD EUROPE (MEAL OR ED? BEAUTY, SPING GOLD Decor ie hate eee, WHETHER YOU FILL YOUR FANTASIES WITH INTRIGUE YOUR AUDIENCE BY TAKING THE BASIC STRANGE NEW CREATURES OR FAMILIAR ELVES /DEAS BEHIND FANTASY CHARACTERS (KINGS, AND GOBLINS, YOUR MOST IMPORTANT TASK IS WITCHES, AND 60 ON) AND BY CARTOONING, TO AVOID DRAWING THE EXPECTED DETAILS — EMPHASIZE THE WONDER, TERROR, AND THIS WILL PUT YOUR ALIDIENCE TO SLEEP. WEIRDNESS OF TRUE FANTASY ADVENTURE! ANOTHER DIFFERENCE BETWEEN "NORMAL" AND FANTASY WORLDS IS THE INSULAR NATURE OF FANTASY — EVERYTHING IS RELATED TO EVERYTHING ELSE. FAIRY TALES ABOUND WITH LUCKY MEETINGS, LOST FAMILY MEMBERS, AND PATE-ILLED DESTINIES. HUMANIZED ANINALS a LIVING HORLD IN A FANTASY WORLD, EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED TO EVERYTHING ELSE TO CREATE A LIVING WORLD. ANIMALS TALK AND ACT LIKE PEOPLE. EVEN TREES AND RIVERS HAVE VISIBLE PERSONALITIES, IN THE SHAPES OF TREE SPIRITS AND RIVER GODS. TALKS LiKE A MAMAN, EVEN USES ‘POLITE PHRASES! FAN OUT 70 ABSORB SUNLIGHT AND WATER race c.usrees of eaves NHUMANIZED OBJECTS LEAVES USED TO WHILE SOME ELEMENTS OF A FANTASY WORLD HAVE OBVIOUS PERSONALITIES CWITH FACES, VOICES, AND SO ON) EVERYTHING IN FANTASY — OBJECTS, PLACES, EVEN BACKGROUNDS — SHOULD BE DRAWN WITH A VISIBLE SENSE OF CHARACTER! HOW DO YOU DO THAT? GOOD QUESTION! THAT'S WHY THIS BOOK IS CALLED "FANTASY CARTOONING." _ CARTOONING 1S USING LINES, SHAPES, AND SYMBOLS TO SHOW INVISIBLE IDEAS — LIKE THE PERSONALITY OF A CHARACTER, OR THE MOOD OF A PLACE OR EVENT. OBJECTS HITH PERSONALITY CURVED EDGES SUGGEST A 9 "2007 eno#e henall Py srieaanerintee mr aacs eee PLACES HITH PERSONALITY IN THE END, THE IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER ABOUT FANTASY IS THAT THE DETAILS AREN'T TIED TO ANY PRESET IDEAS OR HISTORICAL PERIODS. THIS BOOK IS FILLED, NATURALLY, WITH FAERIES AND DRAGONS AND THE LIKE, BUT THESE ARE LEAVES DON'T OBSCURE THE TWISTING BRANCHES TREE TuISTS JUST A STARTING POINT. THE DETAILS IN YOUR DRAWINGS HAVE ONE PURPOSE: TO SHOW A WORLD THAT IS MORE BEAUTIFUL, MORE TERRIFYING, AND MORE MYSTERIOUS THAN OUR OWN. LET'S DRAW! =n HEROES AND VILLAINS EVEN THE STRANGEST FANTASY STORY IS USUALLY ROOTED IN THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN HUMANS AND THE WIDER WORLD AROUND THEM. SO FIRST WE WILL LOOK AT DESIGNS FOR HUMAN HEROES, MAGI, AND BANDITS. THEN WE'LL TURN THEM LOOSE ON THE WORLD OF FANTASY! THE HEROIC IDEAL HEROES COME IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES, BUT THE TYPICAL HERO LOOKS SOMETHING LIKE THE ANCIENT GREEK ADVENTURER, HERAKLES. EVEN EXCLUDING THE SHOULDERS, THE CHEST. 15 THE LARGEST, MOST O——/ EXAGGERATED PART OF ALWAYS START WITH THE SPINE! THE BODY, ALMOST TWIGE TH SWEEPING LINE GIVES @y AS WIDE AS THE WAIST : YOUR FIGURE MOST OF His O——~_ G ENERGY, AND CONNECTS ALL THE oo PARTS OF THE BODY TOGETHER i SLIGHTLY AWAY FROM THE 2007. 1F 4 LIMB IS BENT, @ THE TOE HALVES CURVE’ (AWAY FROM EACH OTHERS | GENERALLY, LIMBS CURVE THE CHEST IS ABOUT RT EVEN THOLIGH IT Wee BE ONE HEAD HIGH, THE COVERED UP, DRAW THE NECK 80 YOU CAN PLACE THE HEAD. THE NECK 18 ONE HEAD WIDE a ARGE HANDS, O _siiguriy smatier THAN THE HEAD, SHOW STRENGTH CAND ARE PERFECT FOR HOLOING (OVERSIZED WEAPONS? a WHEN THE 70RS0 18 BENT OR Cm TWISTING LIKE THIS, THE BENT QUT SIDE 1S MORE CURED THAN THE BENT- IN SIDE 6 re rr Coe rea ea ONE OF THE BEST TRICKS FOR MAKING YOUR FIGURES LOOK THREE-DIMENSIONAL 18 TO USE OVERLAPPING LINES WHERE DIFFERENT BODY PARTS CONNECT; THE LINE THAT (8 CUT OFF SHOWS A BODY PART BEHIND THE OTHER LINE SHOWING HAIR BLOWING BACK REINFORCES THE @y ENERGY OF THIS POSE —y— THE HEROIC FACE THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF MANY IN THE INTRODUCTION, | MENTIONED HOW LINES CHARACTERS IS THE FACE. THE FACE SHOWS A AND SHAPES CAN BE USED TO REVEAL A CHARACTER'S PERSONALITY AND EMOTIONS, AND PERSONALITY. LET'S LOOK AT THE BASIC IT'S UP TO YOU TO USE EVERY DRAWING TRICK SHAPES OF A HEROIC HEAD. YOU CAN TO CONVEY THIS INFORMATION! EARS GO FROM EYE LEVEL 70 BOTTOM OF NOSE THOSE ARE THE BASIC SHAPES AND PROPORTIONS FOR MOST HEROES. NOW LET'S CONSIDER SOME OF THE MAJOR VARIATIONS IN SHAPES AND PROPORTIONS THAT REVEAL A CHARACTER'S PERSONALITY. BROW AND CHEEK ARE ‘SHARP, AND BROW iinet eee aprmepmas emma | emeeges Seek

—B— VaRIATIONS ro oreser Basie Soar or ouacree, ad R ereons BRON, rao ADO THICK EYEBROWS §— Burr STILL HIGH oes ‘aaove eves Pres LOWER AND fr “I nae LARGE, SHOWING AN ~\ eae ALERT CHARACTER WITH Care {LOTS OF BRAIN SPACE THROUGHOUT THIS BOOK, WE'LL TRY OUT MANY MORE PACE TYPES AND EXPRESSIONS, BUT NOW | THAT THESE BASIC TYPES HAVE BEEN LAID OLIT, LET'S TALK ABOLIT . . . THE LADIES! =19— THE HEROING WHILE WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH MALE HEROES, MYTH AND FANTASY ARE ALSO FULL OF HEROINES, FROM DAYDREAMING CINDERELLA TO ADVENTUROUS DOROTHY 70 ENCHANTING CELTIC SORCERESS MORGAN LIFEY. BLANK EYES LOOK LESS HLMAN AND MORE CREEPY zawecessey eating vos = WHEN ARMS RAISED LP OR 70 SIDES, COLLARBONES 18 MORE VISIBLE EVERY CURIE OF CLOTHING ovens, ‘ROUND’ ENTER UNE FOR meres nose dy MOTH AND HN sas eouno Can, ane THE SIDHE FACeé GIANT POINTY EARS ARE FINE FOR FIGURE 1S. ( STATELY EIGHT HEADS TALL 1 ALMOST NEVER DRAW FIGURES wngesr parr FACING DIRECTLY FORWARD, DIFFERENT SIDES ARE MORE OR | Sma TO, Bur ‘SLIGHTER THAN, LADIES ON P. 47-48 HATER FAERIES THERE WERE SEVERAL "LESSER" FAERIES, INCLUDING THE WILD SPIRITS OF RIVERS, LAKES, AND WELLS. THE NYADS (TO USE THEIR GREEK NAME) WERE WILDER LESS REGAL AND MORE CHILDLIKE THAN THE SIDHE ARISTOCRACY. 70 GIVE THEM DRAGONFLY WINGS INSTEAD OF FEATHERS BY WIDENING THE OVERALL FACE AND ENLARGING THE BYES OF A STANDARD. FAERIE LADY, YOU GET CHLDLIRE sas 228 Mone sorte Pan niga L< / coinrbiblars No + | ele csones tte on a tenan oe ‘ee alos ss waren soars, ae ane aie HAVE LONG, Casisane Home tai @ Saunas syaps :a0% 6000 PLowN Neen pam eniceas \ eee ee ey out Be STE ae \ | WBE po OB oTMeS NO NOT COVER UP THE FIGURE SHELLS FOR JEWELRY * "WN THC Never B¢ Areui0 70 ees CHANGE A POSE — ae a ad Has Wola ERASERS ARE FOR! ‘ } covoneo, 9 mmee, Lone F206 Toes He Stn, sce AMHIBNS SYLVAN FAERIES THE WILD FAERIES OF THE FORESTS AND FIELDS CTHE GREEK DRYADS) WERE EVEN MORE ROBUST AND ANIMAL-LIKE. SOME WERE PART ANIMAL, WHILE OTHERS WERE ACTUAL ANIMALS WITH SUPERNATURAL ABILITIES. DRyADS ARE LARGE, ANIMAL LIKE (EYES AND EARS AMONKE NIE WeAD (BEEP. 44) Q_ 2 sie, Bur ONGERS AND TOES THE KNEE 8 Pom cones tive CLEP — mavervons PAWS ARE FORWARD, xa foray Genes coin sso r.ow hE ALWAYS VARY THICKNESS SCROLLS, OR ANY OTHER CYLINDER SHAPES GOBLINS GOBLINS ARE THE DARK SIDE OF THE FAERIE WORLD. WHILE IT'S NOT ALWAYS CLEAR WHAT SEPARATES GOBLINS FROM FAERIES — SOME OF WHICH ARE QUITE NASTY — GOBLINS TEND TO BE MORE UGLY AND ANIMAL-LIKE THAN OTHER FAIR FOLK. YOU CAN START GOBLIN FACES WITH THE BASIC ANIMAL HEAD AT RIGHT, OR A MORE SPECIFIC ANIMAL TYPE LIKE PIGS OR FERRETS, THEN TWIST THE SHAPES AND DETAILS TO MORE SINISTER ENDS. ee, FIGURE AND POSE SIMPLE ENOUGH THAT EVEN PARTS IN FIGURE 1S FIVE HEADS (ces BALAN ‘HUNCHED BODY LIKE A TAIL THE DHARROH THE DWARROW ARE EARTHY FAERIES THAT OFTEN LIVE AND WORK UNDERGROUND. TOUGH AND SKILLED, THE DWARROW ARE ALSO SHORT; THIS IS THE ORIGIN OF THE WORD “OWARF. SOME ARE KIND AND SOME ARE DANGEROUS, BUT ALL ARE CRAFTY AND STUBBORN. THE DHARF HEAD snasen LARGE PUPPY EVES WH LARGE PUPS (Ay -® vir tance THE MOST EARTHLY AND PHYSICALLY AWESOME OF THE FAERIES WERE THE GIANTS, TROLLS, AND OGRES. SOME GIANTS WERE GOOD AND OTHERS EVIL, BUT ALL TENDED TO BE SOLITARY, AND USED THEIR MASSIVE STRENGTH RATHER THAN THEIR SLENDER INTELLECT. HEAD 1S WIDER THAN [718 HIGH, AND BOY (8A SQUAT FIVE POREME FORESHORTENING — NEAR LIMBS LOOKING: MUCH LARGER THAN PAR LUMBS — A005 ‘MORE ACTION TO POSE fives = RUNNING POSE As @q (BOTH FEET OFF THE GROUND IN A DeaMaric LEAP “GOR GIANT faces MUSCLES ADD TO BRITE 0 128, ano Kee? vETALS NO ONE WANTS TO SEE A PUFFY TROLL LEG MUSCLES AND JOINTS ‘STRAIN UNDER MASSIVE WEIGHT; KEEP LINES AND SURFACES AS ‘SHAPES SIMPLE FLAT PLANES (BEEP. 6D <> HEAYY FACE (BEE WITCH ON P. 43% BODY ONLY TWO Ree LARGE SHOLILOER IS Fat, XO Nor muscle, AND TAPERS 70 THE WRIST IN CuiRVES SUALL HANDS AND FEET EMPHASIZE HAGE MOUTH AND BELLY OF A GLUTTON ANCIENT BEASTS FANTASY STRIVES TO RESTORE THE “NATURAL” ORDER [oa ae NA NRL canna ean EV a Cee ae I i ae aia Na CN ae ea en one ope hu DESTRUCTIVE SIDE OF NATURE IS LINLEASHED IN NATLIRAL FORMS Gene eee eee ee ee eee ee eee eas auad [gen ge) (2 ee Na a eee CREATION AND DESTRUCTION, THE ANCIENT eT cel INTRODUCING ANINALS DESPITE OBVIOUS DIFFERENCES LIKE HORNS AND FUR, MOST ANIMALS HAVE THE SAME BASIC HEAD THAT WE SAW ON P. 60, BY LENGTHENING THE SNOUT, RAISING THE BROW, OR MAKING OTHER ADJUSTMENTS TO SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE HEAD, YOU CAN SUGGEST A CERTAIN ANIMAL EVEN BEFORE YOU ADD THE SURFACE DETAILS. NOSTRILS € TOP OF SNOUT HANGS DOWN ‘BELOW JAW ANIMAL BODIES AND PERSONALITY LITTLE TAPERING FROM CHEST TO WAIST FAIRLY SMALL HEAD LET'S START WITH SOME RELATIVELY SIMPLE ANIMALS: SQUIRRELS, RABBITS, AND OTHER WOODLAND CRITTERS. THEY OFTEN HAVE PLAYFUL, CHILDLIKE PERSONALITIES AND THEY AID WANDERERS, DRUIDS, AND FAERIES. AOODLAND CRITTERS GENERALLY THESE ANIMALS ARE ABOUT SPEED AND WARINESS, RATHER THAN STRENGTH. MINIMIZE CHEST AND SHOULDERS, AND EMPHASIZE THE HEAD AND ESPECIALLY THE WIDE, ALERT EYES. Le. eke Ee en CRITTERS IN HOTION STROLLING CRITTERS Witt HAVE TWO O8 THREE FEET ON THE GROUND AT ONCE FOR BALANCE — A FLEEING (CRITTER Witt HAVE ONLY ONE (COR NONE! ON THE GROUND EVEN IN LONG SWEEP OF LEG, HEEL STICKS Obi ONG, SLINKY BODY STAYS LOW TO. EXAMPLE ABOVE. FIGURE 1S: FOUR TO FIVE HEADS LONG (NOT INCLLIOING TAIL) mi oversize eves, Uke SNOUT < ‘SUGGEST A Js! DaNgeRGus =~ conto onsen P Les Susaro nore Tuar Ths 16 118 Pees omencaress, cur ‘Webs ony e Toes LONGER AND LEANER © TOUCH THE GROLIND =3— CRITTERS IN HOTION STROLLING CRITTERS Witt HAVE TWO O8 THREE FEET ON THE GROUND AT ONCE FOR BALANCE — A FLEEING (CRITTER Witt HAVE ONLY ONE (COR NONE! ON THE GROUND EVEN IN LONG SWEEP OF LEG, HEEL STICKS Obi ONG, SLINKY BODY STAYS LOW TO. EXAMPLE ABOVE. FIGURE 1S: FOUR TO FIVE HEADS LONG (NOT INCLLIOING TAIL) mi oversize eves, Uke SNOUT < ‘SUGGEST A Js! DaNgeRGus =~ conto onsen P Les Susaro nore Tuar Ths 16 118 Pees omencaress, cur ‘Webs ony e Toes LONGER AND LEANER © TOUCH THE GROLIND =3— RANGING FROM ALLEY CATS TO REGAL LIONS, GENERALLY, FELINES ARE MORE CURVY THAN FELINES ARE LONGER, SLINKIER, AND MORE ‘THEIR CANINE RELATIVES, ALTHOUGH THE POWERFUL THAN WOODLAND CRITTERS. LARGER CATS ARE MORE POWERFULLY BUILT! FELINE HEAD OP FAGE ves, Ea _—_ APART ire @ FuGE OUT (AND LOWER LIP AT i PELVIS HALE SIZE eee CROUCHING CaT ABOUT QUARTER ‘S06 OF CHEST TaveReD neck SANE LENGTHAS HEAD AND NECK ‘CONNECT AS ‘SINGLE LINE NECK BASE ALMOST AB Tick LOOKING UP AT LION pee A Cee E00, EYELNE AGGRESSIVELY OUT CURVES LEWARD CANINES — DOGS, WOLVES AND THE LIKE — ARE ROUGHLY SIMILAR TO FELINES, BUT ARE GENERALLY MORE ANGULAR, WITH LONGER HEADS AND STRONGLY TAPERED TORSOS. WHILE THERE ARE A WIDE VARIETY OF CANINES, FANTASY TENDS TO FAVOR HOUNDS AND WOLVES. HERE ARE NOTES ON A WOLFLIKE CANINE, PERHAPS A WEREWOLF WITH TRACES OF ITS HUMAN SELF. WOLVES AND WEREWOLVES ARE DANGEROUS, BUT NOT ALWAYS EVIL. ANCIENT VIKING WARRIORS WERE SUPPOSED TO TAKE ON WOLF FORM IN BATTLE, AND IN 1692 A BALTIC FARMER CLAIMED THAT HE AND FELLOW WEREWOLVES WERE ENGAGED IN A GREAT WAR WITH EVIL WITCHES! CANINE HEAD DOWN, THEN GOES BACK TO CHEEK compacts — FINISHING ONE LEAP AND BUNCHING UP FORNEXT ONE BASIC STRUCTURE ‘AS FRONT LEGS. WHEN IN PllLt RUN, ANIMAL RUNNING HERENHOLF FOURTO FIVE HEADS LONG, EXCLUDING TAIL Sahay oie ban Oe GanmomarMe cs O SSD 7 HORSES AS BOTH THE MAIN SOURCE OF TRANS- THEIR COMBINATION OF STRENGTH AND GRACE PORTATION AND THE MOST POWERFUL WEAPON MAKE HORSES DIFFICULT TO DRAW, ESPECIALLY IN ANY FANTASY ARMY, THE HORSE IS ONE OF IN ACTION. A FAIRLY TYPICAL HORSE HAS THE THE MOST IMPORTANT AND UNDERAPPRECIATED FOLLOWING PROPORTIONS: ANNALS: (JUST OVER ONE ponee 1s Fve 10 7p abe catie Pom Wan rearine oF meusesoranee GG ERALZION shvetecnases Ee rey rl wees oie Pete we aeeee’ | "eg ibtounsty eee re user re Se rareaeo svour is one wean cicLE LONG, WITH FLAT END SWALL SHOULDER AT CHEST CENTER, ELBOW JUST AT BOTTOM OF CHEST LOWER LEG THINNEST PART OF HORSE, LIMBS © ickesr ar JonTs Last sno oF 186 18 } © feruaiay 1068, BOTTOM Hide SEREIONG THE HORSE HEAD LONG OVAL IN oP OF sNOuT SNOUT WIDER AT END AND NARROWER — WILD MANE EARS THICKEN IN wi sans “ar Base v6. byes ano (N CRONT, eon rick Gurro si0es ates BESI06S FLARING g NOSTRILS, NOSE RN \ “etaenn cues euce aura a BELOW SNOUT snout TAPERS §— cquane OFE rosunren, “Creeks oases \ & LEED weenoners CRED wouryoces norco Wee Fay eae ana Sot Midsie O08 TOORER ie eters WEN Mourn PENG a vaRlaTIONS \ >) TH LEANING FORWARD TONECE SHOWS ‘RGENCY A 6000 RIDER KEECE SEINE “STRAIGHT, AND GRIPS. HORSE'S SITES WITH KNEES LONG Ta SWEEPS REINS ARE HELD IN BACK TO EMPHASIZE HORSE'S MOUTH, ‘HORIZONTAL MOTION AND COME OUT ON ETHER SIDE CLEAR WHEN © g KEE TIPS SHARP AND Lees LIFTED STRAIGHT, AND KEEP LEGS SLENDER, 70 ADD GRACE AND MOTION *caune DMASTY BONDE Se4LeTIRES, =a (EV REAL RO Cer CHEST WITH CUIRVED-LIP HORIZONTAL LINE (SINCE WE ARE LOOKING UP AT IT, KEEPING (ALL THE BASIC SPHERES, CUBES ETC. ‘CONSISTENT WITH THE SAME VIEW MAKES THE POSE CLEARER AND MORE BELIEVABLE!) SHOULDERS ARE ON 9 5106S OF CHEST L665 SIMILAR BUT NOT 0 © panaset, HOOVES (CURLED GLOSE TO CHEST ‘BEFORE STRIKING OUT FLARING NOSTRILS <> NECK ARCS SLIGHTLY, IN MUD-LEAP, BODY aaa FROM THIS ANGLE, CHEEKS AND EVES HORSING AROUND DRAGONS DRAGONS HAVE BEEN DESCRIBED IN A VARIETY OF WAYS, BUT CARTOONED DRAGONS SHOULD REFLECT THE INNER NATURE OF THE BEAST. THE TRUE LORDS OF FANTASY ARE DRAGONS. ANCIENT, MYSTERIOUS, AND MAGICAL, DRAGONS ARE THE GREATEST OBSTACLE — OR AID — IN ANY HEROIC ENDEAVOR. START WITH THE BASIC /DEA OF THE DRAGON. DRAGONS WERE TIED TO BOTH DESTRUCTIVE STORMS (AND BENEVOLENT RAINS: SOME WERE DESCRIBED AS ‘HAYNG WINGS, BUT THEY ‘SEEMED TO PLY GUST AS WELL WITHOUT THEM Ap) usuaiey cescerser WATER, AND SHED THEIR SEN WITH LION'S GLants OR BIRD'S TALONS THE DRAGON HEAD oncee esos ano wipes oer aon Base oF onour <> ° ese VaRIA TIONS SAME PRINCIPLES USED BASILISKS (FROM THE GREEK WORD FOR "CROWN, ") HAVE A CREST ON THEIR HEADS — AND SINCE THEIE MORTAL ENE 15 PERHAPS IT CAN Feseueie anoDSTERS CesT THE DRAGON HALK LUKE BAT WINGS, STEM ore tee eee iN SmeTone? it THE WING PEL “isn reer Wrens Caney THROUGH MASS a TOTAL AND eh oe TEND aoe CHINESE DRAGONS HAVE FLOWING CHIN WHISKERS LESS REPTILIAN THAN EUROPEAN CHINESE DRAGONS MAD EXPLICITLY ‘BREEDS, CHINESE DRAGONS BIRD CLAWS; FOLIR FOR LESSER HAVE WHISKERS AT JOINTS — DRAGONS, AND FIVE FOR THOSE ‘SIMILAR TO CANINE FUR ASSOCIATED WITH THE EMPEROR DRAGON FLIGHT LARGE BAT EYES. AIRBORNE DRAGONS ARE LIGHT AND AND NOSE ‘NOT MLBCLILAR (THEIR STRENGTH DOWNATE HEAD COMES FROM SIZE AND MAGIC), SO ‘SWALL SHOULDERS AND CHEST MINIMVZED BY BROAD RIBS LEGS AND TAL TO of CREATE KITE SHAPE, POPULAR IN LATE MEDIEVAL (AND MODERN ART, WITH | foes wna ae Lae ey { serene \\ NECK AND TAIL HAVE \\ 0 Siliee Benes BAT-LIKE FACE 1S SIMILAR TO WOLE, BUT WITH THINNER SNOUT AND LARGE, ‘SHARP NOSE <> suaLe cHEsT Ano i LaRee Pele, UE S) eso wr tone WOODLANDERS NECK TO Tall 15 ONE LONG, CURTED 216286 LARGER HIND LEGS, ESPECIALLY THIGHS, FOR LEADING INTO THE AR fesoomanie Om LARGE SAW AND THIN EEE SNOUT OF CROCODILE

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