Start off with a cream painted rock. Egg shaped is best but any large round-ish rock should work. Sketch out the jagged edges so you know where you are working.
Add a nice big round eye. We'll shape it in a bit.
Mark where you want the top and bottom eye lid to be. This gives it the eye shape. I also mark in where I want the pupil to be.
Basic color work. My paints are super cheap so typically I will need several coats. This actually works in my favor as I blend colors
Second coat and I start focusing on the color blending of the eye. I also color in where I want the browbone to be and color that in a different color.
Third color should finish off the coloring in and shadings.
Now I give shading to the browbone and color in the points of the jagged egg black fading it into the skin color. This is to make it look like shadows, that there is more of the dragon farther in the egg. Logically it doesn't make sense, I mean if the eye is that big there's no ROOM in the egg for the rest of the beast. To that I say...I don't care. It's magic and it's how I wanna do it. *sticks out tongue in a very immature way*
Time for some thick line details. I give the browbone some large scale details and tiny circles makes the scales on the skin. A little detail I find fun is a metallic eye liner.
Thin detailing pens are great for adding the cracks in the egg. I also go around the metallic eyeliner. A couple light spots to help sell the idea of glossy eyes. Seal it to protect the paint and you're done!
