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--SoC-- Dragon

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A dragon species for the new thing we're writing. I'm not going to lie, this took like a week or two to get how I wanted it.

I wanted to play off of the more traditional artwork of dragons while blending in inspiration from dragons I loved from movies and books as a child, and keeping it somewhat realistic so it could actually function.
The movies and books I drew from are:
- Dragon from the 'Pagemaster'
- The book called 'Voyage of the Basset'
- Tales of EarthSea. A fairly recent movie, I didn't much like it but the dragons were really nicely done.


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Creatures of myth, they were far more common in older days. However man was not kind to them for thousands of years, attacking their adolescents searching for new territory and massacring nests of hatchings left them struggling. Around the birth of the Draconics, things became easier on the ancient beasts. They acted as liaisons to the other races and vicious defenders of dragon nests and territories, fighting as an army for their chosen kings.

Most dragons don’t breed often, only once about every hundred years. Eggs are few, and some die before they hatch. Growing up is never easy, and few reach adulthood. However, the elder dragons are enormous. Typically they live on remote islands where fish are plentiful, but as there are only so many islands, dragons have moved inward and attack livestock and whatever else they can find.
The dragons speak in their own tongue, which only the draconics seem to understand.



Please don't steal this art, thank you.

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D1g1m0ncrazy's avatar
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: your skills at drawing dragons are beyond words.
This looks really awesome and fearsome, too. :D
Definitely a great design, nice work!