Preliminary Sketches

[moogoogaipan]

Ok... just for the sake of showcasing development, I'm posting the sketches I just drew up for my design of my snare drum that I'm refinishing.
I have taken off the old clearcoat and stain and I'm going to leave a natural finish, but this design will be painted on the shell as an accent with little bitty cherry blossoms to add some depth.
Keep in mind, this is not a finished product, I just sketched this out in a couple of minutes...

Just for the sake of saying so, cause I know someone will try and do this...
this is just for the sake of showcasing my ideas, I'm not changing it to suit anyone's desire. I know what I'm doing, just enjoy the art.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/moogoogaipan/dragonfull.jpg

by the way, the dragon will be breathing fire onto the Tama badge... if you wondering what that diamond is. And that image is literally 44" long

[Panopticon]

wow thats pretty good...but wheres the second dragon's other legs?

[moogoogaipan]

umm... i'll blame it on the preliminariness (word?)... I couldn't find a good position for them at the moment so I'm just letting them not be there for now. I'll add them later...

[pitchfork]

Jesus you are ace at drawing, that should work nicely.

[Swiftay]

skillz!!

i actually quite like how the one dragon has no back legs! looks coolz0r.

[beaker_747]

If only you did that to your entire kit, ala Chad Smith's octopus kit. But it looks awesome as it is, just for the snare.

[super_kick08]

Wait, i don't understand. how it that going to all fit on your snare drum?

[We_Love_Lime]

Wait, i don't understand. how it that going to all fit on your snare drum?

The picture is going to go around and around and around and around and around and around the snare yo. 44 Inchs= Circumfrence. R= Radius. You know Pi.

[drummingducktape]

like 2 PI R= circumfrence. that seems about right for a 14 snare. good luck and awesome stuff there. hope it works out. o and i second that the no legs on the other dragon looks cooler

[Drum Monkey]

That's cool. Hope it turns out really good :cool:

-DM

[Ming-a-Ling]

you should try doing that as a wood burning. That would look sweet.

[super_kick08]

Ah alright, i understand. Didn't even think about that. Heh thinks.

Oh and looks amazing.

[Zildjian]

wow, looks amaizing...I cant even draw a stick figure so yea it looks great to me

[GhostGrooveMike]

Your a great artist, can't wait to see the finished product

[moogoogaipan]

w00t w00t... thanks guys... glad you like it. I'm hoping it'll come out as the image I have in my head... so far so good.
I still have a lot of work to do to the shell first

[FockerTheLopper]

OMG, that is stunning. I would love to have a cool custom design on my drum, too bad I'm not creative and can't draw.

[moogoogaipan]

You probably could if you tried real hard. It's just right-brain activity just like music and whatnot. I usually just shut off my analytical side and then everything comes together...
If you have a girlfriend... try drawing a picture while you are talking to her on the phone.
Your mind will be away from the drawing and then when look at it later, you'll be surprised at how accurately you can actually draw.

[oliv_da_skinmasher]

Good advice man, and great design.

[drumass04]

That's looking really sweet.

Take a look on Ghostnote, there is someone on there (can't remember their name) who has done similar works, with Koi instead of Dragons. He/she has done it as a pencil drawing on the drum shell, and then coloured it in (again with pencil) directly onto the shell. They then use spray on laquer so as to not ruin the artwork.

Work like this done well on a drum is absolutely incredible. I hope you pull it off :)

Timmy P

[Murd_666]

Dude that drawing is sweet you could kill me in quick drawing. But if it were me I'd have the two dragon tails entwined, but thats me, it still looks sweet though. I hope it comes out nicely for you.

[Kainen]

great sketches man. I was curious to know what colors your dragons were going to be?

[moogoogaipan]

great sketches man. I was curious to know what colors your dragons were going to be?
I really haven't figured out yet... we'll say it later.

[Juicy_Forlorn]

Awesome sketches. That snare is gonna look great.

[Half Life]

Sweet drawing. That'll probably turn out awesome if you actually do it :thumb:

[moogoogaipan]

I'm kind of torn. I'm not sure if I should airbrush it... or actually pencil it in... cause you can pencil draw on smooth wood surfaces. I'm gonna experiment on small samples, but I've always been better at controlling a pencil and airbrushing is a totally different thought process than pencil drawing.
I'll get some samples images up tomorrow and you guys can tell me what looks better.

[Panopticon]

paint it on with a brush then go over it with a few coats of lacquer...

[Chippy569]

don't forget to put the lugs in your drawing...

[moogoogaipan]

don't forget to put the lugs in your drawing...
I'll be using tube lugs so that they don't interfere greatly

[aznriceball]

i loved drawing those dragons since i was little. typically there is a heavy focus on the 'blades' on the back (for lack of a better english word), the tail and the mane. great job!

[moogoogaipan]

Alright, so for now, I'm putting off the dragon idea.
The finish was really bad underneath the stain, so I coated the snare with rice-paper and I'm going to do some chinese brush paintings over it. I'll do some more prelims and post them up in a couple of hours.