#hideous zippleback

[crypticpaw]

A piece I finished some time ago but never got around to posting, felt like the right time!

[ppaleoartistgallery]

HTTYD Flocking

today on Paleostream we drew HTTYD dragons!!!!

closeups and design explanations/descriptions below:

terrible terror and monstrous nightmare: you'll notice all the dragons arent hexapods, deliberate choice on my end, not much has changed about the terrible terror tbh, it just only has four limbs now, less spikes, longer feet, and a more crown-like horn arrangement.

but ooh the monstrous nightmare lmao, i decided to shrink it down and remove a lot of its spikes, i wanted to make it a sorta chihuahua of dragons, small and feels like it can pick on everything. but relies on its projectile venom to save it. instead of lighting on fire, it lights its enemies eyes on fire by spraying venom from venom glands along its neck, back, and tail at the enemy

for the hideous zippleback, i decided to give them beaks (cause i felt like it) and make it so the double head is an illusion caused by the smaller sessile male who's constantly attached to the female, the female has a smaller crest and horns which makes the male's smaller head but larger features balance out the silhouettes. the male rides on the female's back everywhere being held in place by his claws and her wingtips, i also made the female cursorial because i felt like it again

the rumblehorn, i went for beetle-like wings and elytra-like display feathers, and for the funny i gave it a rhinoceras beetle head, and two toes on each foot

the razorwhip is a really cool design, but i was thinking that it would be a sleek and efficient killer, so i gave it smooth and dark scales that are incredibly reflective, and a parankylosaur macuahuitl. i also gave it bottom tooth-like projections on its bottom jaw

for the whispering death, i made it a derived ray-finned fish because dragons are anything you want them to be (also inspired by Wyatt Andrews' Rodan design). i replaced its eyes with two white bioluminescent display features, and put its eyes where its nostrils usually are and gave it a gulper eel mouth with a loooot of gill rakers to replace the rows of teeth

the red death, i decided to keep its size large, i took a lot of sauropod inspiration from this one. airsacs replaced the posterior two eyes, and i gave it a tail club and tooth-like keratin projections on the lower jaw

we ended with the shellfire, even as a kid i hated the design, at this point i was on four hours of sleep and had been awake for about 12 hours, so i just made an over-sized placoderm with spurs on the side of its head, cause dragons are anything you want them to be

[f-angy77]

Httyd dragons part 1

Part 2 |

[polly-w]

Oh yeah, I guess I kinda missed sketching on paper...

Just quick doodles of the gang

[stalkingwindss]

Heyyy a bit different from my usual posts but I've been on a httyd kick lately and you will have to suffer with me. <3 I drew Barf & Belch because they were my favorites when I was little and still are. That first scene with them is engraved in my mind forever.

Whiteboard doodle that started it all. >:C and >:3

[fairmerthefarmer]

Anyway, more dragons. (Version without the words under the cut)

Man drawing dragons is out of my comfort zone but I adore this franchise too much to not try to get better at it.

[berserker-chokehold]

The hideous zippleback :)

[saturnniidae]

Headcanon: As well as the abundance of scales dragons shed, many species also lose and regrow their teeth periodically (like sharks) and it's always been tradition amongst vikings to display parts taken from dragons they killed as trophies, but now Berkians celebrate and use things dragons lose naturally. For weaponry (like how the dragon riders used shed scales for their armor) for jewelry, accessories and decoration.

Dragons have always been an integral part of Berk's culture but over the years the reasoning behind it has shifted, now they wear teeth or scales of their dragon's in pride of their beauty and the bonds they share, or for remembrance of the deceased. They put up tapestries and include them in their architecture no longer as displays of their dragon killing prowess, but in celebration of them, their nature and the peace they've made.

They're proud of their dragons, they love them and want the world to see it.

[beetlestarshine]

Hideous Zippleback Sandworm hybrid because I have the compulsive urge to mix my interests or else I'll perish

[thecabinsixwitch]

how to train your dragon aesthetics: 5/?

Ruffnut Thorston

🌲 🗡️ 🐉 👑

“There are other things I wanna say, but none of them are very ladylike!”

[chameshida]

Long time no see! Here are some Hybrids update over the year

Frightbulb (Flightmare x Gronckle)

Timberstryke (Timberjack x Triple Stryke)

Fierytail (Night Fury x Singetail)

Bonezipper (Boneknapper x Zippleback)

Gemgripper (Gembreaker x Deathgripper) 

Songwool (Songwing x Woolly Howl)

Check this out for more Hybrids!

[crypticpaw]

I freakin' ADORE Hideous Zipplebacks, so when I saw them (hahaha, get it???), I just had to draw these two!!

...These one?? It's confusing!

[nocturnal-nexu]

I've been in a "How to Train Your Dragon" mood lately, and I remembered these little guys I did a while back. Some silly little doodles in the style of the dancing Toothless meme. They're based on the dragons I had in the "School of Dragons" video game. The game has since been shut down. I miss playing with my silly little dragons. :(

[dailydoseofdragon]

Day 66- Barf and Belch

[ardenchambres]

FUCKING FINALLY.

I always wondered why I couldn’t draw HTTYD dragons despite being able to draw random ones. The answer came to me a few days ago: I kept trying to draw them exactly like the models of the series instead of my own style. This has happened before with human characters as well, so I’m not all that surprised. I’m glad they came out so similar to the real models, though.

Anyway, here are a couple of dragon OCs. Sizzle and Spark are chronic kleptomaniacs and managed to steal an egg for them and their mate, a Nadder named Frostjumper who I’m drawing later, while under the influence of the Red Death. Even her call couldn’t drown out the voices, I fear. Topaz was abandoned by her flock very early on as they were caught in RD’s control. She was picked up by a pod of Thunderdrums and learned to be a Tidal Class dragon instead of a Stoker. She mostly communicated using vibrations, as those were the only things the deaf dragons could recognize, and struggles to speak in what everyone else thinks should’ve been her native tongue. She ended up teaching that language to the nest she and her pod joined, though, so it all works out in the end.

[the-writing-trash-panda]

I’m just curious but what dragon would you want (besides a night fury). I want a Monstrous Nightmare.