Dio Dragon Tribute by ~Spork-Bunny on deviantART
As many of you probably know (at least the Metal heads will) in May 2010 Ronnie James Dio passed away. My good friend El Goro mentioned his passing on his podcast and said that the only way he can come to terms with his death is to imagine him riding on the back of a dragon on his way to heaven. As soon as he mentioned this I jotted down some thumbnails to turn this into a tribute illustration. A year later I'm going through my sketchbooks and I find the thumbnails. So I sat down all day and worked on it. (While listening to 'The Best of Dio' appropriately enough. Rainbow in the Dark is still one of my favorite songs.)
For the composition I imagined the dragon being long and serpent-like like a Chinese dragon, but a Chinese dragon didn't make sense to me concept-wise. So I decided to design my own dragon for him to ride. He's a guitar playing bat/dragon with lots of arms and horns. I'm quite fond of him now.
I'm very pleased with this. I may tweak it after sitting on it for a while but for now I'm pleased enough to post it. I'm also proud that this is 100% Digital.
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