DIY: The Dragon Manuel (from How to train your Dragon)

This month on DIY prop culture builds we build the dragon Manuel from How to train your Dragon! this project will teach you a whole lot about book binding, as well as patience in your art, to anyone looking for a challenging build to test your skill, this is a good candidate.
Music:
-Gjallar by: Alaxander Nakarada
-"Viking trolls"

[@samuel_thenerd9882]

Fun fact when dreamworks made httyd they did some research when making the book of dragons and you can actually translate the pages. I forget what language they used but it's actually easy to tell from the night fury page that it does use the rune how actual words would be written(using the same rune for the same letter every time since on that page we do in fact see a reuse of some rune letters.) So that's fun to know. If I made this I'd add a page in the front or back with a rune to modern alphabet letters key so I could read it and see if what hiccup read was actually in the book.

[@TheJonMachineArt]

Yeah I heard that! Id love to see it truly translated, and that key idea is genius!!

[@billijomaynard8924]

They used actual Norse runes to create the Berkian Norse written language but with English words.

[@Furys_mood]

This inspirated me to do my own!i invested lot,especially in drawing and it turned out Good!

[@kaikathegreat2255]

where did you find the drawings of the dragons I cant find them

[@sshadowsiight1503]

Wow this is absolutely stunning! I really hope someone/Dreamworks might release a Dragon manual for fans to read. Would love to learn more about the dragons!

[@Ben-li5et]

This video deserve 20 million views

[@galaxydeathskrill5607]

This is a dream come true! Now i want to draw again XD

[@Xaela-Nyx]

THIS. IS. ART

[@xRandom.editsx]

makes me wanna make my own version with all the dragons from the whole universe (games included) but that would be so much work i doubt that id ever do that

[@TorchYT21]

i had dreamed of making a full book every dragon and every class minus the hybrids, but my only problem would be the drawing

[@lucky_hmmm]

Same

[@nicolasenslin4857]

Wow that vidio way so cool with the dragon book that you mad❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😮

[@minadragonrider8695]

I need to craft one 😍😍

[@twinsandfun9362]

I love this i am going to try this.Thank you so much!

[@TheJonMachineArt]

Thats awesome!! Let mr know how it goes!! And I totally wish I could sell these but i feel like id run into copyright issues :( either way it means a lot that you love it so much

[@mistere.m.p.1573]

I. LOVE. THIS. VIDEO. Now if only there was a way to give it more than one like...

[@Plumhaus]

Dang dude - this is probably the coolest HTTYD-related item I’ve ever seen!!! I have wanted to make my own Book of Dragons since 2010 myself XD I’ve got paper, but I did not think about baking it!! Also, I have plenty of leather, but I couldn’t get good enough photos of all of the original wording and if you’re gonna do it, do it right, I always say! I think I can draw the dragons (I certainly have the pencils - I love hardtmuth!!) Do you recommend tooling the leather for the cover, or burning it? I love this video! Thank you for showing us this masterful work of art!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@zepchir]

one time i forgot about the dragon book i made a long time ago outside while it was raining and muddy. after some days i found it and it looked so amazing! sadly i can't remember what i did with that

[@DouglasBTavaresRJBR]

Thanks for the project, I'll do mine

[@twinsandfun9362]

If you kept making those and sold them they might sell out!

[@TheJonMachineArt]

I might actually consider doing that when i get some free time, it seems like thats a common consensus and it means the world to me, thank you!

[@jes14originalaccount]

I absolutely love your craft! I've been wanting to make one for a long time but could not find a good tutorial. Any chance you can share a photograph of each page? If you don't mind, I'd love to use that as reference for drawing all pages

[@TheJonMachineArt]

Thank you so much!! It means a lot! Ive actually been considering creating a Deviant art account for my KZbin channel so i can do exactly that! If i do ill keep you updated😁 And if you do make one let me know how it comes out!!

[@Ahsoka215]

Good idea!

[@h011y_flaherty]

@@TheJonMachineArt yeah pictures of all your pages would be awesome. Have you decided on the deviantart account yet?? Great work btw!

[@TheJonMachineArt]

@@h011y_flaherty yes i did!😁. Sorry for the delayed response but I posted on deviant art with the pages a day or two ago, with the art from the book (as well as my other art) and you can find the page under the same name as my KZbin channel. It means a lot that you love it so much 😁

[@despairseatoad3592]

@@TheJonMachineArt Did you change your channel name since posting this? I sadly can't find the pages

[@roniali7446]

Very realistic amazing work ❤👌

[@IDK_194]

Wow that's cool

[@niarinzu]

I love this! i am planning to make one too! ❤️

[@TheJonMachineArt]

That’s awesome!!! Lmk how it comes out!

[@TheToyHoarder]

I'd love to make one too, but even the research prep is pretty tedious. I'm not sure I'd have the patience to get to the end of it or not.

[@Squishy_Seal]

Aw my gawd I love it !

[@patthecat4164]

Amazing

[@valeriacaminos9902]

hola muy bueno el libro es exactamente igual a la de la pelicula y lo mas genial es el toque viejo que tiene el papel

[@heroslayer6097]

I always wanted them to make this book and sell it cuz ı LOVE the dragon manuel

[@davidwalliamsfann2845]

For a next vid idea can u being back the dragonanual and show us all the pages so I make. My own

[@agusm7743]

This is awesome

[@aylendorado927]

New crush hahah

[@darthpoon2164]

Wow.. Amazing. I wonder whether you sell it or at least can sell the softcopy of the pages?

[@joaopedrosilva171]

Did you publish the pages of this work of art somewhere? I wish I could do mine too inspired by yours, forgive me for my terrible English, oh congratulations on the great job :)

[@goultardlebarbare9058]

How you get all the page of the book for reference !!! The movie didnt show all the pages and i search for that!!!

[@eduardohernandezlopez3681]

I like night Fury

[@ozbkozbk5136]

İt's a beautiful 🤩

[@DEVO-lg1nz]

You can make copies of it and sell it

[@tamasilles4593]

Hello! where can I see the contents of the book?

[@JMB_Knight]

Can I have it Plz

[@Ghost-Links.Official]

Hi where abouts did you get the lever from for the book?

[@obatato7459]

very beautiful friend, did you use references? if yes can you let me know where you found it?

[@TheJonMachineArt]

Thank you 😁😁😁 to find my references i took screen grabs from the movie, and also found some miscellaneous art online that I attempted to replicate. I made a sort of sequel video last June (i think) were i went through book page by page, and pictures of the pages are on my deviant art (www.deviantart.com/thejonmachine) I hope that helps 😁 im glad you enjoy (if you make one for yourself let me know because id love to see it!

[@takamufa1263]

@@TheJonMachineArt did you delete the page?

[@davidwalliamsfann2845]

Or post them online in good quality

[@Yoriichi_Tsugikuni03]

yo i wanna buy this ill pay any price for this how much is the price?

[@aiden.c.strong9301]

After seeing this video I realized where in the world did you get the reference images I'm trying to make my own not using a custom book but instead using a compound binder but then adding into the later species that were not in the first movie but instead we're in the two series I came after the one that was using dragons that they mentioned but then add because I have the app rise of berk but that doesn't help has all the information is all jumbled up I also have been googling but all that does is just lead to paradoxes that don't have any information I need so I really need to know where the frack you source of this

[@TheJonMachineArt]

Tbh, besides for the scene in the movie I really didn’t use too much reference, i do plan to make a new dragon manual sometime next summer and go deeper into my process behind designing the pages. For the pages that weren’t in the movie i either used unofficial sources, (The Monstrous Nightmare comes to mind) or just made them up😂

[@aiden.c.strong9301]

@@TheJonMachineArt Someone on both fandom and Tumblr both posted the entire book and them for our pages like concept art and some pages that don't actually exist in the original series like two and the other has the text translated yes a lot of the gibberish but some of it is actually what he's reading

[@leiyla]

Omg this looks AWESOME 🤩! Can I buy it? Please?

[@lexiecamileguzman7918]

the cofie scene is kinda sus cuz he knew the flavor suck and he was looking in camera...

[@iwangittins]

how did you translate the letters into english im making one and i want to write in the same alphabet from the movie

[@amomeumundo5087]

Mano mandou muito

[@Anc1ent_Torche]

How long did this take?

[@TheJonMachineArt]

It tool a while, the Makeing of the book was pretty quick, i did it in two nights I think, but drawing in the book took about a month with an average of two pages a day. I got into a kind of routine of drawing every day at the time, it was very good practice.

[@Anc1ent_Torche]

@@TheJonMachineArt nice and thanks for letting me know, your book came out great👍🏼

[@davidwalliamsfann2845]

One question: how the flip did you get all the pages

[@TheJonMachineArt]

Well, the ones from the movie i got screenshots of and copied, others you can find online, and some i quite honestly just made up😂

[@davidwalliamsfann2845]

Ok

[@davidwalliamsfann2845]

Send the link for. Me Plz

[@davidwalliamsfann2845]

U did well on this man, u must of had the time to do it. Could you make fish legs dragon cards next?

[@davidwalliamsfann2845]

Could you screen shot the made up ones to Google so I can make my own Plz?

[@Neutaaaa49]

Anyway I can buy this?

[@blackstormoffical4406]

Can i buy this i eill give you 10 milion $

[@nicolasenslin4857]

Hi sorry to bother you can i get won of the dragon book please for free please im a big fan of how to train your dragon and you if can sorry to bother you