With How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World released last year, the story of Hiccup and Toothless has ended. We have been told there will be no fourth movie. So what now? What do we do with our How to Train Your Dragon feelings? Well, we suggest reading the books, make a cosplay, write a fan-fiction, or make fan art!
In fact, there is a lot of fan art out there for How to Train Your Dragon. After all, dragons are a lot of fun to draw and the world the story takes place in is quite artistic and creative.
So if you are missing the characters and world, don’t worry! Fans keep the story alive in their own ways, and these are some of our favorite examples of fan art from the franchise.
Hanging Out With Toothless
The artist, Life-Writer, was inspired to make this art piece after seeing a live-action show of How to Train Your Dragon in Toronto. That’s right, there are live-action shows! Apparently, they are amazing.
This art piece really captures the warmth in both Hiccups and Toothless’ friendship and in their surroundings. It looks like summer, when the days are warm and there is time to just relax. It is sweet, lighthearted, and we love the joy shown in Hiccups’ face.
Light Fury And Toothless
This colorful and atmospheric piece was made for a How to Train Your Dragon contest. It is certainly contest-worthy, as it has amazing composition with a richness of shapes and colors. It takes a lot of creativity and talent to make buildings as interesting as dragons, but the artist accomplished just that.
The artist is well2hell. While their gallery on Deviantart is not so large, each piece is quite gorgeous.
Flying Together
We absolutely love the panicked facial expression of Toothless in this artwork. It really captures the dragon’s silly personality. Besides that, the roughness of this art is awesome. It looks like a scene out of a whimsical storybook. According to the artist, mohja, they fell in love with Toothless and wish dragons were real. This painting captures the falling scene, with all of its merriment and panic.
Besides How to Train Your Dragon fan art, the artist also has made fan art for Pokémon, The Fantastic Four, Spiderman, The Legend of Zelda, and more.
Stormcutter
Not all How to Train Your Dragon fan art needs to be cute. After all, dragons can be scary and monstrous. That is part of why we love them! This artist specifically picked the Stormcutter to draw in a realistic manner. It first appeared in the second How to Train Your Dragon Film. It was Cloudjumper, who was Valka’s dragon.
The artist made this already cool dragon design all the more epic, like it has come out of a dark fantasy novel. The artist is Isvoc, and they do a lot of dragon art both original and from different fandoms like Final Fantasy and The Hobbit.
Flying
This looks like an awesome poster for a fan’s room. We love everything about this piece from the blue colors on Toothless to the designs on Hiccup’s wings. The way the characters are balanced in position actually gives them the look of a Tarot Card!
Ganym0 is the artist and they are talented with both drawing people, creatures, and anthropomorphized creatures.
Cute Portrait
This fan art is so gentle and soft. It almost looks as though the characters are underwater among the blueberries and flowers. Hiccup is drawn in an anime-like style with large eyes and a small nose. The way the artist painted the fur on Hiccup’s clothes makes the vest look super fluffy!
The art was done by Hetiru. Most of their art is in the gentle anime style like this piece.
Chinese Dragon
The style of this piece is very different from the others! It is very cartoon, like the sort of animation for a kids show. It also takes a different spin on dragons. Dreamworks’ How to Train Your Dragon never utilized Chinese dragons in their dragon designs. Though this makes sense, since the Vikings that Hiccup is a part of are from Western culture. Still, dragons with Chinese designs would have neat to see.
The artist is kasau-vn and they do a range of artistic styles. Besides How to Train Your Dragon, they have also done fan art for Naruto, Captain America, and Dragon Ball.
Flying Together
This art was sold at an Anime Expo. While How to Train Your Dragon is not anime, a lot of anime fans love the films. This is because, like anime, the films explore fantasy, are animated, and have a nice mixture of both emotion and action. Also, this fan art looked a bit anime-esque. We love the action in the characters’ bodies and the joy in their faces. The colors are also especially warm and comforting.
The artist is nargyle. They have done similarly styled fan art with franchises like The Legend of Korra, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Kill la Kill, and the Avengers.
Best Friends
If you haven’t noticed already, nearly all the fan art depicted in this list is of Hiccup and Toothless. That is what the films are all about: their friendship. Mankind has always loved cross species friendship stories and we have a lot of them. Having one with a dragon though is a little less common.
We love the detail that the artist put into Toothless’ scale and the shading of Hiccup’s vest. The art was done by kanapy-art.
Movie And Book Hiccups
Both the style and idea behind this art is awesome. Both characters are Hiccup, but one is the film version and the other is the book version. They are comparing notes! The artist wrote, “Hiccup from the movie will really be surprised that Vikings in the book have already lived with dragons for a long time. And Hiccup in the book will also surprised that Hiccup in the movie didn’t speak Dragonese, but he still can communicate with Toothless.”
The artist is Luce-in-the-sky and they also draw fan art for Final Fantasy, Pokémon, Big Hero 6, and much more. Their art is all very cute, so check out their gallery!