SUCH A LONG Process
1. I was inspired off of a semi-fail project that I had gotten bored of and eventually just draw a dragon and a wolf on. (I was supposed to draw an 'Olympic medal' design. The dragon on one side of this wooden disc stood for night, and on the other side, the wolf for day. I would even flip it over to the right side sometimes depending on if it was night or day.)
Part One: Dey
2. I started work on Dey, I did the outline first and then the sky, but it really doesn't matter. (I chose to name it Dey because I was being stubborn and just didn't think naming it 'Day' would be very creative. So I changed it, just slightly.)
3. Then I did the cloud/sun and the hills. (I did all of them on separate layers, so I didn't have to worry about getting clouds in the way of my outline. Or outline in the way of the sky.)
Part Two: Finishing Dey
4. After that I worked out the colors for the wolf as well as the touch-ups where there were random little white splotches everywhere. (Blending the fur was eh-hard because the tool in ArtRage I was using also blended in the background colors, which is one reason why they're in layers. So I can take the back off. But then it blending the co lor white into it a little bit, which messed it all up.)
5. I went back and did shadows after I finished Knight and realized that I forgot the shadows. (I am very forgetful.)
Part Three: Knight
6. I finally got to work on Knight the next day, ironically. Again, I did the outline and then the sky, but that order is completely preference. Do what you like. (The body was hard to proportion, because all dragons are like this, hard to proportion. Also, I was trying not to get the background too dark, but dark enough. This part and the next one were especially frustrating!)
7. After that I did the moon/stars and the mountains. (Actually, I forgot the moon and went back to it later. It's kind of weird for me because the moon and the sun are kind of the highlights of the art so yeah....)
Part Four: Finishing Knight
8. Next I did the color, including the separate layers for the wings and body. (If you haven't noticed, they are done with the same blending-tool as the wolf fur. So similar blending troubles there!)
9. Finally, I did the shadows and mini-stars on the wings. DONE! (The mini-stars are an idea from a Tui T. Sutherland's Wings of Fire Nightwing dragons.)