How to, times two

Well, this has been a long time coming, but after dipping my toes in there with the AtLA crossover pic, it's my first full-blown piece of "How To Train Your Dragon" fanart!

The concept might not be immediately obvious, so in case you don't get it, allow me to explain. On the left side, we have Hiccup and Toothless as they appear in the original young adult novel by Cressida Cowell. On the right, we have those same characters as they appear in the recent animated movie.

Book!Hiccup's design is taken from concept art drawn up at a time when the "How to..." movie was planned to stick closer to the original book, though his straw basket and helmet are straight out of the illustrations from Cowell's book. You can see the design in question at various points in this YouTube vid, most notably 0:34 seconds in. [link]

Book!Toothless, meanwhile, is taken straight out of the Cowell book, with coloring provided by a small image I found on an HTTYD wiki: [link]

This image was a LOT of fun to make, and it definitely served as an excellent step forward for my new Goauche coloring technique. Hope you all like.