Grrl Power #1413 - Discombobulate a dragon (Patreon)

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The thing I've recently discovered about drawing big dragon guys covered in scales is that it rapidly becomes tedious to draw a big dragon guy covered in scales, on account of all the scales. His face doesn't help either.

I already knew that, academically, but these pages have driven the point home. On top of that, I recently found some time to catch up on some comic reading - I've been supporting the Gold Digger "Colorize the first 100 black and white issues" kickstarters, and was reminded that I wasn't really taking advantage of the medium of comics fully. Good art (or as good as I can manage) is fine, but if good art is all a comic can offer, it's probably going to be a little boring. I love Joe Madureira's art, but... I don't care about the story in Ultimate Avengers at all. Battle Chasers better, but honestly, I think the art actually detracted from the few moments of levity in those books. 

The ideal solution, IMO, is something like One Punch Man, equal parts fantastic and goofy art, and never takes itself so seriously that the humor is atonal. Obviously I'm a huge fan of Gold Digger and there are a jillion other examples, mostly in the manga genre. 

So today we get... not quite Super Deformed dragon guy. I think proper SD is where the head is at nearly as big as the body. Also, I just like to occasionally take the time for a back and forth panel sequence, where you can see the gears turning in someone's head, and the page isn't 85% word bubble. Which I fully admit I am the poster child for that style of comic.