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Knights VS Dragons, the timeless clash between man and nature. I always root for the dragon.
Graduates
Isaac Capp
BFA in Illustration - Illustration Design — IllustrationCourse:
Portfolio Design Lab
Faculty:
David Tillinghast and Eric Nyquist
Term:
2026 Spring
Knight VS Dragon
A large (22x30'') colored pencil illustration depicting the timeless struggle between knights and dragons. This time, the dragon clearly has the upper hand
Process:
I first laid out the composition of the dragon in graphite pencil on a large sheet of Strathmore 500 series 3-ply bristol plate (smooth, not vellum). Then, after a few digital color studies and experiments, I got to work rendering the whole thing with a selected layered palette of prismacolor pencils. Once finished, I used an exacto knife to cut out the entire dragon. At this point, I decided to add the knight, which was created with the exact same process and pasted in with Nori paste.
Learning Outcomes:
This pushed the limits of the medium of colored pencils for me, especially in scale. I also have been on a personal quest to draw the "perfect dragon" based on my own list of aesthetic criteria. This is the closest I have come to that goal.
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