big problem with dragons.help please

hey guys,
I have been really sruggling with dragons, i dont know weather to go full face kinda like a mermaid or one down the side. either way they never look like dragons any help or pics would be awsome.
Thankyou

I stink at the one down the side too. I had two different people show me the technique and mine are still not good.

lol, well at least im not the only one

https://www.youtube.com/sparklingfaces#p/search/1/t4ZOAMHmqpI

i use vi's dragon

blarg - that's a really bad one....lol....
that's my " too many kids in line and I have to hurry" dragon....lol

thanks guys, and sparklingfaces i love your work, i love watching your new ones

This is my 1st dragon & I keep forgetting to get a new pic.


I also have a "dragonfly" dragon+butterfly in this months challenge.

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i dont know if it worked but this is what i came up with, what do you think????

lol sorry, i just saw my dragon and realised i put it on 2 times lol

this is mine... I do it down their arms sometimes too

I want to do a dragon, too! I've seen several one stroke techniques, but haven't gotten it yet. They always end up looking like a lizard

I'm going to try a lizard, then put wings on it.
Psalmbook, I am in awe of your talent. If that is your first dragon, you put many of us to shame. I'll just keep practicing, and maybe I'll be half as good someday.

here is mine

This is halfway through mine, haha. I add teeth and an evil eye, go over the spikes with metallix blue, and sometimes do belly marks in white. I don't usually do legs anymore, just more spikes.

I'd love to figure out a split cake dragon though - this one is pretty fast and the boys really like it, but it FEELS hit and miss sometimes. Does that make sense? I have a dragon mask (inspired by Vi's!) that I do as often as this one.

Love them all!

I'm thinking about going with an all black dragon. Seems like it would be faster.

I am in love with that blue dragon Shannon!

sparklingfaces wrote:blarg - that's a really bad one....lol....
that's my " too many kids in line and I have to hurry" dragon....lol

lol, it is NOT! it's amazing!
i use it and i love it, and so do the kids i use it on, so, win-win

Shandi has a good one... she actually starts it off like a horse ....
maybe she'll post hers - I had the pleasure to see it in real life so picture.. sorry

OMG guys they are all amazing xoxo thanks for all your help, think im going to keep practicing this one dragons are so popular

I paint lots of dragons. It is one of my favorite designs. If the line is really long then I paint a sunset with a black outline of a Chinese style dragon. The boys like that because it is named Ninja Warrior...I name all of the designs that I use. Then I also use a dragon mask design from silly farm. I use the blue shimmer arty cake instead of the green one they use. Girls and boys both like it and it only takes about three minutes to do. Sorry that I don't have the link but if you go to you tube or silly farm it is easy to find.

I use one from Heather on Sillyfarm also, and it's one of my most popular with boys and girls. Takes me about 30 seconds when I don't fill it in, maybe about a minute when I add the lines on the wings, and the eyes/horns on the head.

This pic was my first attempt, so it's changed some since =). Seems like it is always different every time!!

http://www.sillyfarm.com/video_gallery/new_gallery/silly.php?strSearch=dragon
Here is the tutorial for it. I hope this link works...It is a really quick design. She shows it on a little girl. I always outline everything that I do and add glitter. I like to talk to the kids and spend some time with them but the actual painting itself is not hard and is very quick. And, any time that I use the arty cakes to do stuff like dinosaurs, or alligators, lizards...you know the usual stuff. I always get lots of wows even from the really simple things like this mask design. I think that they add a lot of punch to the simpler designs.

I do a quick easy green Chinese-style one:

I have to paint fast and well as most of my gigs are per face. These are two of my dragons, not very good at this step by step photo thing...here goes.

here are some on kids, hubby has a bad habit of taking a picture before I'm finished but I'm happy to have any pictures!