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Dragon Character Designs

color and character test
the pour street sweeper
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Han, the poor little street sweeper.

Below are some exploratory character designs from the “Dragon” project. Most of this designs are about four years old and were made right after I finished up my time working on Space Chimps. The script was finished by then but because of Space Chimps reception all of Vanguards projects were put on hold or outright shelved. It was a frustrating time for me so I started drawing Dragon art when I could, hoping that some fresh designs would help push the project forward.

This didn’t really work but it did open the door to a bigger movie and what was once just a little tale began to grow into a romanticized epic adventure.

  • big man
    mountain bandit idea
  • thick guy
    another mountain bandit design
  • bow and arrow
    the mountain bandit
  • mountain bandit
    ram mounts
  • primary colors
    cult costume ideas
  • yellow, red, green
    cult color dress
  • red, blue
    dress designs
  • han
    the pour boy and his pup
  • lantern
    in the cave
  • sweeper
    broom
  • the princess
    caught steeling
  • new old jacket
    big kid in a little jacket
  • so cold
    cold
  • very dirty
    crawling in the mud
  • a great laugh
    happy
  • hock shot
    master sweeper
  • big ending
    flying on a dragon
  • broom swing
    dust attack
  • horns
    high priest
  • photoshop dragon
    early dragon design
  • color and character test
    the pour street sweeper
  • the old man
    the dragon
  • awesome head dress
    city guard
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Dragon Paintings

roof
the temple
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Here is a collection of concept paintings I made for the Dragon project. All were painted in Photoshop.

  • cave
    after the dragon
  • mountains
    kite chaser
  • waterfall
    the city of wu
  • roof
    the temple
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Dragon Trailer

The dragon gives a lesson in kindness
The dragon gives a lesson

Dragon is the story of a poor street sweeper in an ancient Himalayan city who sets out to clean up his city and in doing so uncovers more dirt than he was expecting. Our humble young hero is pulled into a world divided by greed. As an army of wild mountain bandits threatens to invade the isolated city its people see little hope for survival but to pray desperately to their dragon god for protection. From the grit of the gutter to the lavishness of the city’s palace our street sweeper must use all of his sweeping skills to uncover the truth about the dragon and find a way to save the city he loves before time runs out and all is lost.

The project is based upon the book “Everyone Knows What A Dragon Looks Like” BY J. Williams. Vanguard had the rights to the books and paid me to write it with a writing partner, Sejung Kim. The project has sat on the shelf for years. It’s a beautiful story and I would love to see it get its due some day. In my free time I have donated a ton of time and artwork for the project hoping it would help grease the wheels and get it moving. Every now and then I get a phone call and then the excitement fades and its back on the shelf again.

Above is a pitch trailer I made for the project and below are the panels I used to make it. Interestingly enough I drew all of this while I was in Jerusalem.

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Muddy boots

Han and the wolf pup
The wolf pup flusters the young street sweeper.

Here is a fun little sequence I found in my sketchbook from a few weeks back. I’m in the process of trying to scan everything so there should be a lot of new art up in the next few days.

Han and the wolf pup
The wolf pup flusters the young street sweeper.