Art Meme: For Bard

[rowyn]

bard_bloom asked for dragons, so I drew two from his latest novel, Mating Flight. I had a lot of fun drawing them!

Comments

[level-head.livejournal.com]

Nice expression on both!

The reindeer antlers are certainly seasonal. ];-)

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[terrycloth.livejournal.com]

There was one with antlers? I totally missed that.

[sythyry.livejournal.com]

Yum! Very nice, Rowyn! I like seeing the contrast between the baroque drake with the way-too-large crest and sixteen spikes and six very long barbels and eight points of antlers, and the rather plain dragoness with just the ears that come naturally. And their expressions!

[sythyry.livejournal.com]

I think it's Csirnis, from his description:

Csirnis's scales look like crisp leaf-shapes of gold. Mine do too, sometimes,
but that's because I'm pretty good at shapeshifting. Csirnis wasn't wearing
any shapeshifting spells. Eyes like huge emeralds, antlers with four perfect
forks each, six perfect barbels, a long crest from head to mid-back with just
the right touch of iridescence. Tail with an elegant diamond-shaped stinger.
Six curved claws, and matching elbow-spikes, as white as ivory.
Forewings shining like gold, hindwings shining like emeralds, matching scales
and eyes just right. Big, too -- twenty-five feet from shoulder to
tailbase.

[rowyn]

Yes, he's supposed to be Csirnis. I made up the cheek-spikes because the head seemed to need some extra adornment. I mean, you'd think barbels and antlers and crest would be enough, but the sides looked a bit plain. Maybe if I'd put the barbels along the sides of the muzzle instead of grouping them underneath ....

[sythyry.livejournal.com]

I'm sure he wears cheek-spikes sometimes. I think they look charming!

[rowyn]

Yep, Csirnis. I'm not sure the antlers get mentioned again after his introduction -- I didn't remember them either. :)