Alison Johnstun
@alisonjohnstun
🐉 I draw dragons and such 🐉 #dragon | #art | #DailyDragon | #sketch | #FanArt alisonjohnstun.com
I really enjoyed drawing Shiko and think this is one of my best AP drawings so far. #smaugust
Silumgar on the back of a foil adult Dragonlord Silumgar AP. The backside is also foil which makes drawing and photographing difficult. I've brightened the image so the sketch is a bit easier to see.
I struggled with this sketch of Atarka, but in the end I think it turned out ok #smaugust
Sketch of Kolaghan on the back of a baby Dragonlord Silumgar proof #smaugust
For #smaugust this year, I think I'll work on AP sketches. They'll start in pencil, but I'm hoping I'll come back to them later and color them at some point. Anyway, here's a sketch of Niv-Mizzet on the back of a hellkite AP
Sketch commission I did a few months ago that I really like. You can find my commission calculator and contact info here www.alisonjohnstun.com/commissions
It is perhaps the physical amorphousness of dragons that appeals to me; It gives me freedom to explore a variety of designs.
Incredibly broad, I know, but it is a useful definition in pushing a design into or away from draconic territory. It’s amazing how simply elongating a form and adding scales can instantly make most designs draconic.
I typically define a dragon as a chimeric creature with a serpent-like quality (chimeric here meaning the combination of familiar traits into an unfamiliar form, regardless of how smoothly integrated said features are.)
I’m less interested in the “☝️🤓Erm actually that’s technically a wyvern” argument and more what makes a design feel like it might be categorized as a dragon in the first place. Why does one design feel like a dragon and another less so? How can I make a design feel more draconic?
Happy #AppreciateADragonDay / #DragonAppreciationDay What makes something a dragon? 🧵
So, unfortunately, my mtg playmats will not make it in time for Anthrocon, but I will have APs of both cards.
I'm at Planet Comicon this weekend in artist’s alley at 823 & 825. I even managed to get a few Silumgar prints made the evening before we left for the show.