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Here’s a wholesome painting I did of two baby dragons cuddling. 🫶💗 Honestly so proud of this one, I feel like my eyes have been blessed by my own painting. I don’t even care if I sound cocky, that’s how much I love it 💀.

Hiya people of Tumblr. I’m very new to this website and am loving it so far. Decided to share my dragon drawings with y’all for my first post. I’m obsessed with dragons/HTTYD and often draw dragons. I love my scaly babies. Which one would you adopt and what would you name them?

Waypoint, the Night/Ice hybrid.

This art is a little bit older, but I wanted to share it because this was another one of my concept ideas about abilities and how it affects them.

In this case, I simply had wanted to draw a piebald Night/Ice but with the basis of a star, both in appearance and ability. However, it evolved more once I came up with the idea of what if there was a nightwing power that had to do with specific directions. Hence came this idea:

Waypoint has the gift of prophecy, however, it is based more on areas in specific. They will have visions about places far away from where they are, rather than what's happening in their vicinity. They are automatically drawn towards these places though, having visions days ahead of getting there. Like a waypoint, a beacon, leading them towards the place their prophecy is about.

I haven't done anything else with them yet, but I may do more in the future. Stay tuned!

Frostbite, a Sky/Ice hybrid.

Essentially I had an idea for a concept that had to do with conflictions, hence the tribe associated with fire(firescales), the skywings, and the tribe that would then be the complete opposite: the icewings with their ice. Pretty much the confliction would be centered around something negative, like how conflict often leads to arguing and fighting. So I thought, what if it's fire and it's ice tried to "live" in the same "host" despite the fact fire and ice are not compatible.

Hence where this idea came from: what if it's fire and ice attributes negatively impacted its body and its health because of how contradicting the two are? So the idea for Frostbite, the skywing/icewing with pseudo-firescales and "frostbreath" came into being.

His scales are too hot for frostbreath to actually form and be expelled from his body, but doesn't stop in trying to be created. This makes his firescales very hot, which can burn if touching for too long, but won't set things ablaze just by a touch like Peril can because the frostbreath dampens its effects. Unfortunately this is then very harmful to his body, like in the following sketches.

The first image was roughly around his teen years, where he's healthy. However, in the above sketches, he goes from healthy at the beginning of his life, to a deteriorated health when he's reached roughly a young adult age.

The frostbreath and the firescales within will have taken a toll on his health, eventually ending to a premature death.

Some of this was also inspired by Battlewinner, when she used the lava to keep the frostbreath down her throat at bay. Similarly they both have these two opposite forces working against one another to create some form of stasis. Though with Frostbite the scales tip a little bit, causing a negative reaction.

And honestly, I just generally thought it would be cool to create a concept where two forces worked against eachother, leading to an unfortunate conclusion. What do you guys think about this concept?

doubles 4 sale. all are fairly cheap as far as doubles go, the most expensive one I have here is 5kg and I can still haggle on all of them.

pictured here:

green/maize XXY  |  crocodile/midnight XYY forest/driftwood XYX   |  marigold/peridot XYY grapefruit/cerise XYY  |  saffron/tomato XYY cobalt/plum XYX

He wants some bread… 🥖🥐 Twitter I Instagram

Inktober 2019 #12 “Dragon” (& “The Cardinal’s Blades” by Pierre Pevel) 

(Based on a portrait of Richelieu by Philippe de Champaigne and an illustration by Rolland Barthélémy)  

Et voici un fanart, cette fois de la série de romans de Pierre Pevel Les Lames du Cardinal (aux éditions Bragelonne ou SF Folio). Je viens de terminer le tome 1. J’ai mis un peu de temps à rentrer dans l’histoire, car il y a beaucoup de personnages à introduire, mais une fois qu’on plonge dans l’intrigue, impossible de le lâcher ! J’ai hâte de lire la suite ! Alors de quoi ça parle ?! Eh bien, les lames du cardinal sont un groupe d’espions du cardinal de Richelieu qui vont reprendre du service. Au premier abord, on se dit que c’est un roman de capes et d’épées mais pas que !! Car Pierre Pevel mêle aussi à ces intrigues une dimension fantastique, car les humains vivent étroitement avec des dragons !! J’ai beaucoup aimé ce mélange de capes et d’épées et de fantasy (un peu comme dans la Rose écarlate, quelque part…). Pour ce fanart, j’ai décidé de dessiner un des personnages qui m’intrigue beaucoup : Saint Lucq ! Je suis dans ma période “beau ténébreux mystérieux,”, haha !! Avec un petit dragon noir ! Voilà, je lirai la suite des aventures des lames avec beaucoup d’impatience en tout cas !! 

right so you know how only some people can see the dragons and you can ride them in botw. hear me out does this mean some random like rito or something might see link on naydra or dinral or whatever and just be so fucking confused

sight seeing around hyrule ;)

THIS TREND DIED BUT STUDIO GHIBLI ARTSTYLE WOOOOOOOOOOO

this MAY took 31hours but it's still better than ai so it's a win

I FINALLY FINISHED THIS SHIT

Do yall ever wanna fly away into the sky with no responsibilities and listen to music

Finished this...the day before yesterday I think, I dunno, it's on the drawing.

Timestamp: 16 hours, 35 minutes

I had to learn to draw wyverns for my last comic involving Gerome & Minerva, but I couldn't find good references of Minerva so to learn I initially traced over one of the Radiant Dawn mounted dragons to have a first general idea of how she would look. Sharing in case you guys can use it for reference too!

✰Tsunami rahhh

i struggled so much with the pose but ofc in the end she's ready to fight, she also had beads in her pearls to represent her friends :>

*insert witty caption*

This episode, not only as the end of an era but the beginning of one, serves its purpose in being the most symbolic, yet breathtaking depiction of what growth feels like.  As always, House of The Dragon, does not fail to properly enchant it’s viewers. I, for one, am extremely invested and interested in knowing if it maintains its magnificence. 

Episode 5 of House of The Dragon marks the end of one phase and the beginning of another, not just a new chapter but a whole book.

Needless to say, the episode in itself was phenomenal and as always I've got quite a few things to say, or rather, point out.

A targaryen can never be nameless, ser Criston had already marked a path that Rhaenyra wouldn't walk upon. I see the origin of his fury. His proposal wasn't out of love, it originated out of regret and desperation to save his dignity.

We once again see the display of absolute dominance by the Targaryen's when Viserys stated that Rhaenyra's children may be born Valarion but they shall rule as Targaryens.

And again, when Viserys refuses to accept a chair in Corlys' throne room as no king, (especially not one residing on the iron throne) shall ever sit beneath another.

We finally see Otto sow the seed of Rhaenyra's betrayal in Alicent's mind which is further watered by ser Criston, (just because he wasn't patient enough to let Alicent complete her sentence).

I loved the subtle comparison of Alicent to the flowers which thrive where they aren't supposed to. She was expected to wither without her father by her side, but instead further solidifies herself as a formidable force by wearing her house's colors of war to Rhaenyra's betrothal celebration.

An enchanting parallel was drawn between the carriage ride in episode 3 and one in episode 5, both times Rhaenyra is treated as a commodity to benefit the realm. Earlier, she was expected to be a paragon of virtue and behave like an ideal sister (during Aegon's 2nd name day) and this time, she is expected to marry for the sake of an alliance between house Valarion and Targaryen.

We also see that Rhaenyra has completely forsaken the necklace gifted to her by Daemon as she attempts to erase him from both her subconscious and physical self.

I, for one, loved the phrase dining as we see fit because not only did Rhaenyra dine very well last episode, she wishes to continue to do so after, which again highlights how she loves to be in control.

Coming to the feast.

The entry of House Valarion gave me literal chills!! (I would be lying to say that I didn't start clapping tbh)

Daemon's entry was extremely symbolic of his mistakes. Last time, he entered with Rhaenyra walking by his side but now, he walks alone, TOWARDS Rhaenyra.

I have to applaud Daemon for coming back to king's landing (while in exile), to attend a feast (he certainly wasn't invited to), and to try and tempt the bride (his literal neice) to chose him instead. He not only dances with said bride but also proceeds to (almost???) Kiss her in front of her father (his brother) AND GET AWAY WITH IT.

(Rhaenyra tempting him like this didn't help either, but I loved each second of it)

(Viserys' face here is so funny)

And finally...

Alicent's entry was breathtakingly powerful, I couldn't take my eyes off her. I even felt an urge to bow, I believe she brought a perfect end to the chapter of her trying to reconcile with Rhaenyra and finally having enough.

(My fav scene, undoubtedly!l)

I have not read the books and all my interpretations are solely based on the series.

OP I have tears in my eyes, I literally have the perfect wip saved in my files for this 🙏🙏🙏

I've been thinking. Dragons are the greatest beings in the world right? The rulers of mana, the living gods. With a flick of their wrist they can perform complex magic that human mages need to cast many complicated circles for. So here's the thing. Why do almost all the dragons have humanoid forms? Save for Raon, who simply refuses to polymorph, and Eruhaben, whose polymorphed form is an elf (which is not so different from a human) every other dragon we have come across across three worlds now has a human form. Sure, the human form is smaller than their real one. Convenient, easy to move around in. Easy to blend in into the human society. But the thing is, why do they need to blend in? Dragons like Exion and Eruhaben are exceptions who like to mingle with the humans. But dragons with superiority complexes like pretty much every other dragon we saw on Aipotu, and the loner dragons of Nameless 1 like Rasheel. Why do they need a human form? Why don't they ever polymorph into something like, idk, a cat? Maybe a freaking swan? Why always a human? Mila is understandable. But why did Rasheel appear in his human form at the palace (during his first appearance) when appearing in his dragon form would have been much more intimidating? He didn't have any reason to be considerate because he was pissed for having his sleep disturbed. And for beings at the pinnacle of magic it doesn't even make sense to take the humanoid form for the sake of convenience, because they can literally do nearly everything through magic! And creatures who are considered the most prideful and adamant about being unique to the point they don't take after their own parents, does it make sense to try to take the form of "lesser" creatures like humans? Again, Eruhaben and Exion are supposed to be exceptions. So why is almost every dragon we come across in humanoid form? I just don't understand!

Imagine how it will he like if Cale gave all the dragons a rubik's cube to solve. Since dragon are prideful, great and mighty, they will not ask for help. No they will not. Just like that it continued for days.

And Cale just solves it in 5 seconds

i told you i’d do art for it…anyway Natsu’s major flaw in this AU is that he thinks he has to shoulder everything himself, refusing to rely on others due to his father abandoning him. Lucy is trying to break this false-belief but he doesn’t seem to get it (yet)

dragon Natsu (basically Igneel) referenced from this because dragons are hard to draw

(Minus toothless because I feel like he's a lot of people's favorites)

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Old as shit

I know, i know, i haven't drawn Roselina a.k.a Tan ( i gave her an new name but nickname is the same. ) but look, she has an new look but i can't mix an wild cat and an dragon. Im still learning. #dragons #traditional #wip

Httyd au in which Hiccup gets to be the feral dragon boy he was destined to be.

Basically, what if the underwater scene in the first movie when Stoick frees Toothless from his chains during the fight with Red death didn't happen? (Im talking about that scene before Stoick tells Hiccup that he's proud to call him his son)

I think there was some form of understanding between Toothless and Stoick in that scene. When Stoick pulled Hiccup out the water and broke Toothless free he showed Toothless, for the first time, that he wasn't the enemy here. Not anymore.

What if that had never happened?

What if Toothless managed to break the chains, all by himself, fuelled by his panic when he saw Hiccup drowning? What if Hiccup managed to cook up a last minute plan to free him, using all those sharp bits of metal and debri to do the job quicker, before he lost breath?

In both cases the fight would probably go like how it did in canon, minus the heartfelt moment Hiccup shared with Stoick before the battle.

Hiccup would still get knocked off by the Red Death's tail, and Toothless would undoubtedly go after him, having to bite his leg off in process, etc etc.

But,,,,when Stoick finally finds them after the battle, worried out of his mind, thoughts consumed by the fact that the last thing Hiccup might've heard from him was him declaring that he wasn't his son, he does not encounter a trusting night fury. Toothless does not unfurl his wings to show him his son.

Instead, he glimpses his son under it's wings as it shifts, standing with no little difficulty, with Hiccup's limp form between it's forelegs as it growls and hisses at him.

Toothless absolutely mauls anyone daring to approach them, and it eventually has to be subdued by the entire gang + their dragons. It isn't an easy feat, despite Toothless also being injured and drained by the battle.

In the end, they manage to get Hiccup the medical care he needs, the dragons ferry the vikings back to Berk, and it's all a very slow process, especially with the feral protective Night Fury stubbornly guarding Hiccup. Astrid is the only one able to approach them.

And that trend continues,,,even long after Hiccup has recovered. Toothless makes every effort to drag him away from people, and on the rare occasion he isn't successful, he just spends the whole time threatening the poor sods foolish enough to come too close.

As a result, Hiccup spends much of his time away from people, except for Astrid and the gang and most of his time is spent around dragons, learning about them and just being Hiccup being feral.

He goes of flights further and further away from Berk, trips lasting longer and longer, and Stoick fears one day he might never come back. He talks to the beasts in their own language, with hisses and clicks and chirps, the draconic sounds bleeding into his Norse. The Night Fury follows him like his own shadow, protecting him far better than Stoick ever could.

He rues the day he disowned his son.

For it seemed as if the Night Fury knew what he had done, and took Hiccup as it's own hatchling.

Hoard of cats and kittens, oh yeah!

whats your hoard

Are you interested in dragons or fantasy themed art?

Well, I think the right question to ask is… 😌

Omg look at them!! They’re so beautifullll #> <# omg i love fasas little star paternsss and wind song it’s so cuteeeee!!!! AHHHHH OMG I LOVE THEM XD

@spookys1fan

I told myself to try your tutorial! Here’s the results

Fasa and wind song !

Had to reblog to add more ^^*

@frogsforeverr

I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DRAW A DRAGON FOR FOREVER AND CAN YOU PUT A GUIDE ON THAT FOR ME PLS

Here are my attempts at it

Omg these look great!! Ur style is so cute and easy to digest! It’s so pretty!

I was only able to do a headshot tutorial, but if u want one I can make a fullbody one! And if u want one for a specific tribe! ^^

My style is a bit more semi-realistic so just be aware that you might not get it perfectly on the first try! And it’s great if you do, but don’t expect perfection, art is about making mistakes so you can look back and say “Im so much better than I was before”, progress is the best thing about art, but don’t try and force it. It’ll only give you burnout. Pace yourself and go at ur own pace! I’d love to see more of your art and progress in the future! ^^

Here ya go! ^^

Here ya go! ^^

I tried not to add too many extra things/colors but I also wanted the hybrid parts of him to be more visible so yeah, a lil more complex, more colors, ^^* hope you like it anyway! ^^

YAASSS in the end! I finally was not lazy enough to do my boio a new ref?!

Anyways added s few thing to the da design, hope y’all like it!

AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH OMG OMH OMY KSKAMAMAMAMM hoLY CRAP AAAAAAA

HES SO BEAUTIFUL OMG I LOVE HIM SO MUSH THANK THANK U SMAMAMAMAMMAMMMMM ######> <###### HE LOOKS SO GOOD

I love ur artstyle so much it’s absolutely beautiful and I’m looking at this going “AAAAAAAAAAAAA” internally #> <# thank u so much this just made my whole entire week

Fancy little guy for @spookys1fan I love this funny little guys design, it’s so silly