Thorn Revised

So, let me be honest. Ever since I came up with my character Thorn several years ago, I loved him, but couldn't draw him like I wanted to for crap, his face especially. I would always draw him from the same angle, and his snout and eye placement made his head look like a big wedge rather than a dragon-like creature. I guess I was too afraid to try to find a new way to draw him cause I thought it would change the way he looked too much, but a while ago I said screw it and messed around with some new designs and techniques. This is the result, and I don't know why I didn't do it sooner because GOD is it so much better.

I used a wolf's head as a guide for the shape of the snout and placement of the eyes, so I could get a mix of the eyes looking separated by the halves of the face, but still look binocular. I just made it a bit rounder and smoother. Other than that, I changed the shape of the ear a bit, shortened the horns, and changed the shape of his bangs so they go more to the side instead of... however I tried to make them before.

And of course, I wanted to show a range of how Thorn normally looks shy and innocent (thanks to the soft features and big shiny eyes), but can go to looking a bit more angry and monstrous. I got a bit of inspiration from Spyro the Dragon for the sort of "soft" dragon look, and well as Yoshi for a bit of that "cute" look, and Toothless for the switch to angry and fierce.



The Challengers and Jeremy "Thorn" Thornton are copyright Marcus Bower/Spritedude. Don't steal it's not cool blah blah blah