Style Research Refinement - Ascalon

I really liked the art style for the first Spyro the Dragon game and for the Legend of Spyro series. The first game has a cute, cartoony look and the prelim sketches are very expressive.

Legend of Spyro is very stylistic. The only female dragon in the game, Cynder is graceful, elegant, yet fierce, which is how I want Ascalon to look as a full grown dragon.

Charles Zembillas, character designer for Spyro.
http://www.theanimationacademy.com/galleries/instructor/charles_zembillas/cz1.html
http://www.theanimationacademy.com/spyromenu.htm

 

 

 

 

 

Art style used in the Legend of Spyro series.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I also liked some of the designs by Kei Acedera as her dragons were cute and appealing.

And thought the guest art of John Nevarez and Martin Hsu were very eye catching.

Nevarez's dragon looks powerful and intimidating. It would make a good reference for Ascalon's mother.

Visual Research - Ascalon

Illustrations by Wayne Anderson. He also drew the character designs and influenced the art style of A Flight of Dragons.

Blazing Dragons.

 

Pocket Dragon Adventures.

 

 

Game art for the original Spyro the Dragon for the Playstation, released in 1995, it's Japanese counterpart, Spyro the Dragon: A Hero's Tail, released in 2004 and The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning/The Eternal Night/Dawn of the Dragon released in 2006/7/8.

 

 

Scans from Dragon Sketches and Chiutensity/Whispers by Bobby Chiu and Kei Acedera of Imaginism Studios.

Guest art by John Nevarez

Guest art by Jose Lopez.

Guest art by Martin Hsu.

Scan from DragonArt Fantasy Characters: How to Draw Fantastic Beings and Incredible Creatures by J "NeonDragon" Peffer.



















Model sheet of Looney Tune, Pepe Le Pew. Scan taken from Animation Art: From Pencil to Pixel, the History of Cartoon, Anime and CGI.

Cartoon kitten. Scan taken from The Cartoonist's Big Book of Drawing Animals by Christopher Hart