原文節(jié)選自《馴龍高手設(shè)定集》，由龍崖社·龍之書翻譯組漢化整理，本合集僅在龍崖社區(qū)，Bilibili，愛發(fā)電（最先更新），Lofter發(fā)布，未經(jīng)授權(quán)禁止轉(zhuǎn)載！

夜煞作為這部電影中龍族的代表，以其神出鬼沒的習(xí)性，和它迅速而強大的龍息攻擊，被維京人視為最危險的龍族。雖然就種族而言無牙可能比較可怕，但是他其實是一個十分聰明，感情豐富的生物。

“它的龍息是一道易爆的離子團(tuán)，而且精確度很高——你能聽到它飛過來，然后看到一道藍(lán)光和沖擊波光環(huán)。這道沖擊性的轟擊能點燃目標(biāo)并炸出一團(tuán)藍(lán)白色的閃光?！币曈X特效總監(jiān)Craig Ring解釋說，這一設(shè)定讓無牙和希卡普的友誼成了禁忌。

電影中無牙的形象被設(shè)計得比其他龍更加簡潔，流暢和隱蔽?！拔覀儽緛硐氚阉O(shè)計成狼一樣的，但是后來我們發(fā)現(xiàn)換成大貓效果會好得多?！睂?dǎo)演Dean Debois回憶說。

“他的顏色的靈感來源于我們一個美術(shù)組員工屏保上的黑豹。那個圖像很有沖擊感，暗黑的臉上那對眼睛直瞪出來。”導(dǎo)演Chris Sanders解釋說。給夜煞設(shè)計純黑的皮膚的想法給美術(shù)組帶來了獨特的挑戰(zhàn)，因為在各種光線條件下展現(xiàn)純黑的顏色比較難。“我們測試了反射性，以使在各種場景下細(xì)節(jié)都能很清晰，包括清新的月光下和煙霧彌漫的場景。我們試著加上天鵝絨的質(zhì)感和斑斕的光澤，最終我們滿意地得到了這個更像鯊魚或者黃貂魚而不像爬行動物的皮膚，”表面負(fù)責(zé)人Sabrina Riegel回憶到。

要讓觀眾接受無牙作為電影主角需要他們的認(rèn)知轉(zhuǎn)一個大彎：他必須先被視為一個未知的危險的威脅，然后變成一個神奇的，迷人的生物，這樣這個故事才能行?！拔覀兿Ｍ闹橇颓楦袀€性可以在不擬人化的情況下展現(xiàn)出來?！北O(jiān)制人Kristine Belson說。為了讓觀眾更容易與他產(chǎn)生聯(lián)系，無牙展現(xiàn)像狗，貓，馬與人互動時使用的動作，這樣觀眾就更容易“認(rèn)出來這種聯(lián)結(jié)而被打動。”角色動畫負(fù)責(zé)人Simon Otto如是說。

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The main dragon character in the film is the night fury, a species regarded by the Vikings as the most dangerous due to its reclusive nature and surprising, powerful fire skills. While Toothless may be formidable by virtue of his species, he proves to be an intelligent,emotional creature that just happens to have agile articllery.

'His firepower consists of plasma bolt of explosives that are fired with great accuracy ——you hear it coming and then see a blue bolt and shockwave ring. It is a percussive blow which can set things on fire and explode them in a blue-and-white flash of light,' explains Visual Effects Supervisor Craig Ring. This makes Hiccup's relationship with the dragon all the more forbidden.

Toothless is designed to be a cleaner, sleeker , stealthier dragon than the others in the film, 'We had previously thought of him as wolflike , but then we discovered another big cat worked even better,' recalls Director Dean Debois.

'His color was inspired by a black panther screensaver on one of our story artist's monitors. That image was striking and electrifying, with those eyes staring out of the darkest black face,' explains Director Chris Sanders. This desire to give the nightfury a pure black skin presented unique challenges for the artistic team due to the diffculty in portraying pure black color under a variety of lighting conditions.'We tested specularity and reflectivity to show detail that would read well in everything from crisp moonlight to foggy or smoky scenes. We tried applying s velvetlike texture and iridescence ,and we were finally satisfied with a skin that is more like that of a shark or tringray than repitilian,' recalls Head of Surfacing Sabrina Riegel .

The audienece's acceptance of Toothless as a main character requires a vast shift of perception : He must go from being reguarded as an unknown ,dangerous threat to a magical , charming creature order for the story to work.' We wanted to make sure his intelligence and emotional personality came through without anthropomorphizing him,'says Executive Producer Kristine Belson . To facilitate his connection to the audience ,Toothless exhibits behaviors that a dog , cat or horse might use when interacting with humans, with the hopes that the viewers will 'be touched by their recognition of this bond,' according to Head of Character Animition Simon Otto.