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"Deceleration" by Krystal Tyler

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A dragon comes in to land on a dusty plain and slowly jogs to a stop.

I've always wanted to portray my dragons as real, intelligent creatures that might have existed instead of mere wanderings of the mind.

Phun Physics Phact: There is no such thing as 'deceleration' - when someone or something slows down, it's just accelerating in the opposite direction.

Done in mechanical pencil, June 26, 2003. The original is 12 x 18 inches.

UPDATE: Added a background.


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28 Aug 200345 Katherine R. Faehling
Aiiiiiiii no more physics!! Don't I get tourtured enough at school?!?! *attacks the computer*

:-) Krystal Tyler replies: "Bwah ha ha! I will rain physics upon all you unsuspecting visitors!"
15 Sep 2003:-) Ashleigh Ellis ~Lenalis
Haha, the truth of the physical world revealed. You can also fry a pickle on a teslacoil. But man am I glad to have that class over, despite all the cool props my hippie of a teacher had. Woo.

You're right though...your dragons have always had their element of plausibility, and shame on me for not stalking you better, I missed this guy's grand appearance. He's very...ambulatory, I can see his wings bobble as he maintains balance and cranes his neck lazily to stretch muscles still tensed from flight. Wheeeee dragons!

:-) Krystal Tyler replies: "I've seen something like that: as a demonstration during a spring festival, a few of us physicists put a couple electrodes in a pickle and made it glow. That was great! ^.^ It smelled kind of nasty, though... Ah, need to work on that stalking skill...shame shame... ;-] Aren't dragons great? (Thanks for commenting on mah stuff!)"
4 Sep 2004:-) Jennifer D.W. Lee
*Standing ovation!!!!* ...Hold on...still clapping....ok...now the gravaling...YOU ROCK! Detail..um...no words...yeah.....*standing back up to clap somemore....
29 Sep 200545 Ajder Andrei
THis is an interesting design... the only thing that bugs me about him is that his head seems to be a bit to small in comparation to the rest of his body... but the nagain, that could just be me... there are reasons why his head would be small ( like for speed for ecxample ) but Hey... this is just my own opinion... other then that... amn...the wings are folded a bit ockwardly... if he has just touched down and is deccelerating ( accelerating in the oposite direction ) then I would have expected his wings to be spread open in the process of foalding whille he continues to run allong till he gets to a stop...
Also, if he is sapposed to be moving forward... I don't really see how his taill could possible be aiming forward like that... unless he is really contracting all the muscles in his taill like that... though I don't see the pourpouce...
And one last tiny detaill... givven the fact that he is in motion, then those spines/strands that come from his head should be aiming backwards a bit... though it all depends just at what speed he is coming allong...

Well... I think I have sed all that I could possibly say about your pic... it is still a wanderfull pic... and better then smth I could do... I imagin a lot of things about dragons especially moovvement and the way they act in certain situations... I mean I thought about several ways in wich a dragon could take off fromthe ground... but surprisingly, I never thought about how they touch down... I have to thank you fro reminding me of this important detaill with your pic here... it give me a thing to ponder about... thanks again...

And, I hope I did not offend with my critick here...

P.S.

Mechanicle pencill IS THE BEST tool for drawing... ( for me, it is the only tool for drawing )...
19 Oct 2006:-) Chris E. Gustad
Loved the scales, must have driven you nuts...
19 Oct 2007:-) Miriam Tschanen
The background is amazing. And I envy your patience... something I'm just definitely not blessed with.
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'Deceleration':
 • Created by: :-) Krystal Tyler
 • Copyright: ©Krystal Tyler. All rights reserved!

 • Keywords: Detail, Dragon, Graphite, Landing, Mechanical, Pencil, Scales
 • Categories: Dragons, Drakes, Wyverns, etc, Mythical Creatures & Assorted Monsters
 • Techniques: Pencil/Graphite Pen, Mechanical/Technical Pencils
 • Submitted: 2004-04-10 06:14:36
 • Views: 851
 • Resolution: 700x457

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