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Dragon Rider

-An art challenge me and my friends did where the task was to design a villain. I took inspiration from the book "Dragon Rider" by the amazing Cornelia Funke, where the villain is a huge, golden dragon named Nettlebrand.

-Nettlebrand has an unbelievably destructive nature and an even worse personality. Either way, he was super fun to draw!

-The illustration above is supposed to be a "fake movie screenshot" and was inspired by a scene in the book where Nettlebrand reveals to another character how threatening he can be.

The villain of the story: Nettlebrand

The villain of the story: Nettlebrand

Nettlebrand Reference

Nettlebrand Reference

Early sketches

Early sketches

Thumbnails and Concept Art

Thumbnails and Concept Art

Chosen sketch with some colors slapped on to test composition

Chosen sketch with some colors slapped on to test composition