Make a large and modest circle side by side to one another for the forepart and back of the body. Start by making a large circle well-nigh the eye of your paper, using a compass if you want to get it perfectly circular. And then draw another circle that's almost ii-thirds of the size of the first i to the left of information technology and so at that place'due south a pocket-sized gap between them. The larger circumvolve will become the chest and shoulders of your dragon and the smaller one will be for the hips.^[i]

• Don't overlap the circles or else your dragon'southward body will look too short.
• Your dragon will look longer if you put the second circumvolve farther abroad from the first one.
• Be careful not to depict the circles too large or else the balance of your dragon won't fit on the folio.

Depict a smaller circumvolve with a rounded trapezoid to make the dragon'south caput. Make a circumvolve that's almost one-3rd of the size of the front of the body, and place it in a higher place the largest circle then at that place'due south a big gap between them. Where you draw the circle volition determine how long your dragon'southward neck volition exist. Add a minor rounded trapezoid to the correct side of the circle to requite your dragon a snout.^[ii]

• Use a compass to describe the circle if you desire it to expect perfectly round. Otherwise, it's okay to draw it freehand.
• Describe with light pencil lines and so you can erase and reposition the head if you don't like where you drew it the first time.

Sketch curved lines connecting the head and body circles. Outset from the bottom of the head and draw a curved line that connects to the far correct side of the large circle. Then make another S-shaped line from the top of the caput so it intersects the top of the large circumvolve to complete the neck. Add a curved line from the top of the large circumvolve to the height of the circle on the left. Make the dragon's stomach with another curved line that connects the lesser of the large circle to the lesser of the circle on the left.^[3]

• Avoid using direct lines when you lot connect the circles since it volition make the dragon look unnatural.

Put in lines for the legs and then you know what shape to make them. Start near the center of the largest circle and draw a straight line angled astern and then information technology extends past the bottom of the circle. Then add a small-scale dot to the finish of the line for the ankle joint earlier cartoon another straight line angled forrard that's virtually one-fourth of the length of the get-go i. Attach a direct horizontal line for the dragon'due south foot. Go on adding lines for the legs on the front and back circles until your dragon has iv legs.^[4]

• Some dragons may only have wings instead of front legs. (Those dragons are called lindworms or wyverns.) If you don't want your dragon to have forepart legs, just leave them off.

Sketch out rounded tube shapes around the lines you drew for the legs to bulk them up. Commencement by drawing a curved line on either side of the leg lines you made earlier. Brand the legs and so they're near the aforementioned thickness as the bore of the head. Go on the straight guide lines you lot drew in the eye of the curved lines to add together muscles to your dragon's legs. Extend the legs down to the talocrural joint joints you drew at the lesser. Draw three-iv toes on each foot that finish in points to give your dragon some claws.^[5]

• You can also draw circles and ovals over your lines instead of tube shapes to make the musculature look more than realistic.
• Wait at pictures of other lizards and reptiles to use as references for your dragon's anxiety since they may have similar features.

Add a curved tail coming out from the dorsum of the body. Start from the top of the medium-sized circle where the and describe a curved line going toward the left side of the page. Make the line well-nigh the same length as the dragon's body before catastrophe it. Then draw a second curved line from the bottom of the circle that follows the curves of the first line. End the second line so it forms a signal with the showtime one.^{[half dozen]}

• You can describe your dragon'south tail as long as you want it.
• Make the tail narrower as it gets closer to the tip and then it looks natural.

Sketch out curved lines for the shape of the dragon's wings. Offset the base of operations of the wing at the pinnacle of the largest circle simply behind the dragon's neck. Extend a curved line going dorsum from the dragon's cervix and terminate the line when information technology's over the middle of the dragon's body. Then make some other curved line going angled toward the head and cease it before it intersects the neck. Make a long curved horizontal line that ends above the tail to make the acme of the wing.^[7]

• Y'all can add spikes to the meridian corner of your dragon's wings if yous want.
• Yous can make the wings larger or smaller if yous want.

Add together the webbing to the wings to connect them to the torso. Start from the tip of the wing that's over the tail and brand a wavy line dorsum toward the center of the dragon's body. Once the line intersects the dragon's back, draw curved lines from the top corner of the wing then they extend to the wavy line you simply drew to brand the webbing.

• Dragon wings traditionally look similar to those of a bat, so you can use pictures of them as references for your cartoon.

Give your dragon features and horns on its head. Start by cartoon pocket-sized circles for the optics near the top of the head. Add a bumpy brow ridge to a higher place the eye to make your dragon expect aroused or menacing. Draw a line from the end of the muzzle toward the heart of the circle to add the mouth, and put a few pointed teeth coming out of the rima oris. Then give your dragon 2 curved horns coming off the dorsum of its head to give it more than character.^[8]

• Some dragons accept ears that resemble their wings. If you lot want to add ears, draw them directly beneath the horns.
• The student in your dragon'due south eyes can exist round or look like a slit.

Erase whatsoever lines you made that aren't a part of your dragon. Use your eraser to remove any marks you made that aren't a part of your dragon'due south body, such as the circles or lines in the middles of the legs. Piece of work carefully so you don't erase whatsoever of the dragon's outline, or else you lot'll have to redraw sections. Wipe or blow away any eraser shavings to make clean off your newspaper.^[nine]

• Employ the eraser on your pencil or utilise a clickable thin eraser to clean upward lines in tight areas.
• You lot tin go over your dragon'southward outline with a pen or sparse marker before yous erase the guide lines to ensure you don't remove any marks by accident. Let the pen or mark dry out completely before erasing since it could smear.

Add scales if you want to make your dragon look realistic. In one case you clean up your cartoon, add together small curved or wavy lines inside the dragon'south body to make a scale texture on its skin. Don't draw every single scale since it could make your drawing expect messy. Piece of work lightly in pencil so y'all can erase the scales if they make your cartoon visually confusing or if yous want to adjust the size of the scales.^[10]

• Y'all don't demand to give your dragon scales if you don't desire.
• You may as well add together spikes along your dragons dorsum to add more texture and detail.