Firnath the Dragon Blade

This is a picture of a drawing (very indistinct, I know) I drew of Firnath the Dragon Blade. I say it now--it does make an appearance in one of my stories. Two, actually. Not telling which up-and-coming ones they are, though.

Any crits would be appreciated, especially if you know anything about swords!

I can't really see it, but what I do see looks pretty cool. Very symetrical.

Try scanning your drawings instead of taking pictures of them, if you can. It works a lot better and gives us a clearer image. What we hae now isn't very easy to comment on.

The only problem is, I don't have a scanner. I can try to get a better image...the lighting wasn't all that great at the time. I should have another one in just a minute or two...

EDIT: Let's see how this works.

Much clearer.

That is a wicked blade! If you bury it in someone to the hilt, the spikes on the hilt stick in them....was that on purpose? that's really cool!

One thing: what's on the side of the blade? I can't really tell

Yay!

Actually, the points weren't 100% intentional--they were made to mimick a dragon's wings (hence the name Dragon Blade). I guess they could impale the enemy, though. It would make it really hard to draw from the body, though... *just had a great idea for the story this blade's in*

On the side of the blade? That's suppposed to show the part of the blade that can be sharpened. Basically, there's more area to be sharpened at the midsection of the blade than if it normally curved to a point. I don't know if you get what I mean, but...yeah. ^^;

And on the broadside of the blade, where the little square is, is its name in my own little written language. ^_^

It looks really short for a sword. Really, really short. In fact, it looks more like a dirk than a sword. (Guessing from the size of the grip, I'd guess the blade itself would be no more than a foot or so long.) See the difference in the blade:hilt ratio between the two links? The cross-guard looks really wide. I would keep it that wide if you were extending the length of the blade to make it more sword-like, but it still might be pretty ungainly, as weapons go. (This image is a pretty good reference for the parts of a sword and their relative ratios to each other. Of course, different styles will have different sizes, but they're all about the same, when you get down to it.)

I used to draw swords a lot - mostly the Sword of Martin, from the Redwall series - and most of the swords I drew had the same problems I see in this. (Which, of course, is why I see them.)

edit: eh-heh, yeah ... somehow, I could've sworn you'd said "sword" somewhere, but apparently not. Disregard all of that if it is, in fact, a dirk or a dagger. *fail*

No, Meep, you've got a point. I tend to have problems with that. I draw the blade first, then the hilt, but I always draw the hilt too long. And the crossguard too wide. ^^; So...yeah. I've still got it, I'll see what I can do and update it. I'm really better with dragons, but even then there's a LOT that could be improved upon.

EDIT: Actually, it looks a lot better on paper than in the photo. My phone stinks when it comes to good-quality stuff, especially if I have to zoom in. >.<

Wow, that's a really good sword. My swords tend to become lopsided and sort of stupid looking. The one complaint I have with this piece is that it's drawn on lined paper. Lined paper is never good to draw on if your intending to show it off. It takes away from the piece by having all those blue lines thru it. You might want to re-do it or something to make a bit more advanced looking.

great sword.
I looks really neat.
what colours would it be?

nice handwriting as well.

Wow. You've got some amazing talent! It would be better had there been a little color somewhere on the page (either in the sword or in the background) just to brighten it up a bit. ^_^ The detail is very nice, so... wonderful job!

~*Syd*~

Hmm, color...um, well, I hadn't really decided yet. And about lined paper--I have a bad habit of drawing on the back of any sheet of paper I happen to have to hand (cause sometimes my sketchbook is way over on the other side of the house or something), so--yeah. ^^; I can try to photoshop it or something and get rid of the blue lines. *sigh* The only problem with trying to redraw it when you've already handdrawn it is that no two pieces ever come out the same. I can try, though...

Thanks for the comments, everybody!

I think it looks good for line art indeed. The blade is a bit short but that is easily fixed so no worries there. I think you could do some shading on a later version to add some depth. Overall a nice looking sword and the lettering is well done too.