With the long, decorative tail, the ornamental wings, and the odd crested snout, I was thinking of this fellow as the draconiformes equivalent of a tropical quetzal or perhaps a bird-of-paradise. I’d lean toward an “outrageous” color scheme, in all likelihood – something day-glo maybe.

This one’s practically screaming for color – the lines look a bit lonely by themselves on the page. I thought I’d take a break from the oh-so-serious pencil renderings I’ve been doing lately and try something more stylized and cartoony.

Pencils on bristol – and yes, his name’s Gustavus. He doesn’t look like he’d answer to ‘Gus’ though.

A stone simulacrum, given life to protect ancient treasure. Or maybe just some marker lines on paper.

I may be overthinking the philosophy here.

Daggerwings are a large group of old-world wyverns ranging in wingspan from one to twenty yards – large daggerwings are exceptionally powerful, deadly predators. The wyverns are named for the elongated, blade-like first fingers on the wings which are used to make kills, even in mid-air. Most daggerwings have small jaws and weak talons, relying [...]