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How big should a dragon wing be? Do you choose a size that will carry them but is so large as to be impractical in a drawing, or too small to even get airborne? There is no one magical answer because it's something the artist has to come up with themselves. It's your drawing. Choose a size and balance that you are happy with. Here's some interesting thoughts on how you can choose your size- and why you may want to just ignore them for your drawing instead. :)
Category Artwork (Traditional) / Tutorials
Species Dragon (Other)
Size 591 x 800px
File Size 137.6 kB
Wing position along the body might matter, too. (Although I'm sure Flinters already knows all of this from his research.)
There was an experiment done where a bird-like shape was towed over a nest twice. Once so the wings were closer to the head, once with the dummy reversed so the wings were closer to the back. (Yes, the wings need to be near the center of gravity, but that was managed by where the "body" bulged.) As most agile/fast predator birds have their wings forward, the chicks in the nest ducked down for a wings-forward shadow. Wings-back suggests more prolonged fliers.
Also, long wings can suggest gliding, such as a sailplane or the U2 spy plane, or birds like seagulls. Shorter wings are more common on fast, agile things like fighters and pheasants.
There was an experiment done where a bird-like shape was towed over a nest twice. Once so the wings were closer to the head, once with the dummy reversed so the wings were closer to the back. (Yes, the wings need to be near the center of gravity, but that was managed by where the "body" bulged.) As most agile/fast predator birds have their wings forward, the chicks in the nest ducked down for a wings-forward shadow. Wings-back suggests more prolonged fliers.
Also, long wings can suggest gliding, such as a sailplane or the U2 spy plane, or birds like seagulls. Shorter wings are more common on fast, agile things like fighters and pheasants.
Here I've been drawing my flying Dragons more along the lines of the Rutan Designed "Vari-Eze" with the canards up front. (The flaps over the ears and big collar frills acting as forward "Stabilators." Still, I like your comparison to a lightweight. pre WW II biplane fighter and that of a later, all metal skinned aircraft. I tend to think of my flying dragons like "Organic flying machines" too, using their wings for thrust and lift.
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