10/21/11

Dragon Sketches (Drawings)

Written on October 21st, 2011

One of my favorite things to draw in my past time are dragons.
I don't know what it is about these mystical creatures that makes me so fascinated with them. It takes me a long time to perfect and sketch out just how I want a certain dragon to look.













Sometimes I want it to look like a traditional Chinese dragon.

















Other times I want it to look like a traditional European dragon.










Sometimes I put my own twist on how I want a dragon to look. 








These different dragons make me wonder how the creature came to be on two different sides of the earth, since there are dragons in old Chinese paintings, and on ye old Europe back in the dark ages. 
Can two ideas really occur at the same time and recorded down in history and not just be more than a coincidence? Besides, this was back before the 15th century when it was a certain someone's mission (Christopher Columbus) to find a route to connect Asia (who wanted to remain cut off from everyone) to Europe.
It's just interesting to ponder about. Maybe it is coincidence, maybe, it really isn't.