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Daily Dragon #186: Arboreal Quadroxis

WesT — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 04:11:56 +0000

This delicate, minute wyvern is endangered in the wild, in part due to the great demand for quadroxis eggs and hatchlings among wealthy dracophiles looking for exotic pets. Despite its fearsome appearance, the arboreal quadroxis is a highly social and affectionate creature. Most of its larger relatives are adapted for hunting in the open skies, [...]

Daily Dragon #185: Tusked Daggerback

WesT — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 03:59:10 +0000

The tusked daggerback is a true dragon, a massive, mid-sized wyrm native to subarctic uplands. This heavy-bodied creature is a slow, clumsy flier with a powerful form more suited to terrestrial predation than aerial hunting. Older daggerbacks rarely fly at all once they stake out their territory, taking to the air mainly during mating flights [...]

Daily Dragon #184: Cath Draco

WesT — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 06:23:14 +0000

With the short horns and muzzle, the spotted neck, and the posture, there’s something decidedly feline about this one. Cath is basically old Irish for “cat” – a cath sith or cath sidhe is a fairy cat, for instance. Draco is, of course, Latin for dragon.

You can probably guess where this is going.

Also…Happy Halloween!

Daily Dragon #183: Magnificent Wyvern

WesT — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 06:18:59 +0000

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.

Daily Dragon #182: Grace Notes

WesT — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 06:15:55 +0000

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.

Daily Dragon #181: Gustavus

WesT — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 06:10:16 +0000

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

Daily Dragon #180: Flint Guardian

WesT — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 06:04:00 +0000

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

I may be overthinking the philosophy here.

Daily Dragon #179: Equatorial Daggerwing

WesT — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 05:50:26 +0000

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 [...]

Daily Dragon #178: Inferno Face

WesT — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 05:36:06 +0000

This particularly evil-looking wyvern is properly known as a gaudy tyrant. Apparently its visage wasn’t enough to keep the artist interested – the rendering depicts the tyrant breathing fire, but as any schoolboy knows, wyverns don’t possess breath weapons. Obviously, this is an instance of artistic license gone wrong. Tsk, tsk.

Daily Dragon #177: Gar Gouille

WesT — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 05:27:15 +0000

Freehanding with markers, and thinking about some of the really delightfully grotesque gargoyles found on European buildings of old.