Thursday, April 23, 2009

Dragon


I'm extra busy today so for the first time I'm posting an old picture on the Micks blog. This is a dragon sketch I did a couple of months ago. It was probably prompted by a re-watching of Dragonslayer. A great 80's fantasy movie with the best on-screen dragon of all time, who also had the best dragon name of all time, Vermithrax Pejorative. 

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17 comments:

  1. David FergusonApril 23, 2009 at 10:55 AM

    Really great dragon. Love the detail.

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  2. Stephen MooneyApril 23, 2009 at 11:01 AM

    Ah, Vermithrax Pejorative. Loved Dragonslayer so much as a kid, had this really cool marvel comics adaptation of it too.... memories.
    Lovely line on this, kinda moebius-ey in places.

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  3. Fran JohnstonApril 23, 2009 at 11:07 AM

    really nice bompso. you should make a sculpture of it and stick it on a pillar in your driveway!

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  4. jacinthaApril 23, 2009 at 11:28 AM

    right after you finish the bust for our house...it is a lovely drawing though...can we have a dragon sculpture instead? I'll pay you in mocha cake.

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  5. Stephen ThompsonApril 23, 2009 at 11:36 AM

    How about Mooney's head on a dragon's body? Sexy!

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  6. Will SlineyApril 23, 2009 at 11:43 AM

    Nice stuff Stephen

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  7. Declan ShalveyApril 23, 2009 at 11:44 AM

    Who could say no to that?

    Nice drawing. I like how you blocked in your shadowy areas.

    Never been a fan of dragons i must say.

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  8. Stephen ThompsonApril 23, 2009 at 11:55 AM

    What if it was a gritty, street level Dragon who lived in a morally ambiguous world where the line between what's right and wrong was constantly being redrawn? You'd draw the hell out of that.

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  9. Declan ShalveyApril 23, 2009 at 12:23 PM

    I know you jest Thompson, but you're right; I really, really would.

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  10. Stephen MooneyApril 23, 2009 at 1:47 PM

    No dragon statue! Just pyre Moon-Head!

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  11. Kevin Mc NamaraApril 23, 2009 at 1:50 PM

    nice and sketchy, i like it

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  12. AnonymousApril 23, 2009 at 9:31 PM

    Really like this sketch, Mooney. Head reminded me of the Skeksis' from The Dark Crystal (which I'd love to see one of yas or all of yas for that matter, take on!)

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  13. Declan ShalveyApril 24, 2009 at 2:12 AM

    Wrong 'Stephen' there lads. Try again.

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  14. JudyApril 24, 2009 at 9:13 AM

    I <3 Dragons, the detail is great on his face. Reminds me of the Flight of Dragons :)

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  15. Bob ByrneApril 24, 2009 at 12:51 PM

    never saw the film! I think I was in a coma for about 2 years in 80's.

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  16. AnonymousApril 24, 2009 at 2:04 PM

    Our apologies! What a faux pas! THOMPSON - your sketch is aces!

    You have no idea just how often we confuse Thompson & Mooney on a regular basis.

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  17. JudyApril 25, 2009 at 8:30 PM

    @Bob Byrne - the book that you can get is fab too, the drawings of dragons are so wonderful to look at

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