Drawing Firedrake
From Lumatic’s “Making of Dragon Rider” webpage, some nice, expressive drawings of Firedrake the Silver Dragon. Click the image to unsqueeze and enlarge.
What’s His Name?
Slatebeard. He’s the wise ol’ dragon in Dragon Rider aka Firedrake The Silver Dragon. Alas, the only one who will listen to him is Firedrake, and that is, the Rim of Heaven is where their kind can go for refuge. Firedrake, our hero, decides to find it. Below are some character designs posted by Lumatic. […]
The Voice of Firedrake
What is it like to voice a dragon? How do you voice a dragon? For Dragon Rider, aka Firedrake The Silver Dragon, Thomas Brodie-Sangster voiced the lead character. He discusses his role in the following videos. From Premiere Scene, January 27, 2021. Posted by HeyUGuys, February 8, 2021. Here is Brodie-Sangster behind the mic: https://youtu.be/9FanLyxSmvc […]
How Firedrake the Silver Dragon Sizes Up
In animation production, animators refer to size comparison charts to make sure the characters are in the proper size relationship when they interact. For example, this is the comp chart for the main cast of Dragon Rider, aka Firedrake The Silver Dragon, presented at Lumatic’s website. Click on the image to unsqueeze and enlarge it.
How to Finance Your Dragon
In early 2016, Constantin Film AG commissioned Lumatic GmbH & Co. KG made a finance teaser for AFM, the American Film Market, to attract investors to fund an animated feature, Dragon Rider, based on the New York Times bestselling novel by German author Cornelia Funke. This is fun. Watch: Dragon Rider AFM Teaser from LUMATIC […]
How to Draw Your Dragon
A highlight of the new DreamWorks Dragons: The Nine Realms is the delightful drawings shown during the end credits. Could it be these hand-drawn poses have more personality than the CG versions?
J. Michael Straczynski Releases The Prisoner
Spoiler alert! Don’t read this if you haven’t watched Patrick McGoohan’s The Prisoner. J. Michael Straczynski, of Real Ghostbusters and Babylon 5 fame, revealed the secrets of the show in a series of Twitter tweets on December 2, 2021. https://twitter.com/straczynski/status/1466628593673392136 Okay, since so many have inquired (with some taking hostages) here’s what I figured out […]
How to Make Looney Tunes Comics More Interesting
Comics artist, animator, storyboard and character designer Dave Alvarez, in his own brilliant style and knowledge of the craft, presents a cartoonist’s point of view of presenting Looney Tunes in the medium of comic books. Click on each image to expand it. Check out Dave Alvarez’s website here.
Elizabeth Cullen: A Rising Star from Down Under
Presenting two interviews with Elizabeth Cullen, one of the stars from The Bureau of Magical Things: From Bond University: Think you have what it takes to win a full-scholarship to study Film and Television at Bond University? BUFTA Overall Scholarship Winner Elizabeth Cullen created her winning film in just one weekend! Hear Elizabeth share her […]
Batman Reveals His Secret Identity
On June 7, 2015, Klystron2010 uploaded this little nugget:
