Skimming the Silver Lining by AriaGunnir

Skimming the Silver Lining

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My Dragons are mostly inspired by the art from the Anne McCaffrey covers from The Dragon Riders of Pern, especially how their wings join to their bodies... Around the period of time I was drawing this particular dragon, I was influenced by some Asian paintings I had seen of dragons, which depicted their faces looking more like a dog's. This picture is from about a decade ago... If you have ever seen a swimming reptile, they hug their legs against their bodies like this one does as he swims through the air.

Someone said that my dragon reminds them of Dragonair from Pokemon... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonair_(Pok%C3%A9mon) I guess I can sort of see a resemblance... Perhaps a distant cousin, twice removed????

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Category Fantasy » Misc. Fantasy
Date Submitted January 7, 2007, 8:25:46 PM
Views 2524
Favorites... 3
Vote Score 4

Comments 25
Media Graphite pencil
Time Taken Unknown, probably a couple of hours
Reference Dragon Riders of Pern

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7thSynn on March 12, 2007, 3:19:42 PM

0mg.....when I was like in 7th......umm....umm....that pokemon....lol....UGH!! what was its name?.....Dragonair...yea...thats it...I looked it up...lol...it looks just like it...just w/o the wings....awesome stuff...

AriaGunnir on March 17, 2007, 6:02:26 AM

Huh! I will have to go check that out.. This is so old, I think it was well before Pokemon came out, though... Cool! Glad you like!

Punx on March 5, 2007, 8:36:13 AM

so smooth. very nice!

AriaGunnir on March 17, 2007, 6:01:31 AM

Thanks! He shaves with Schick! lol

Tikuu on February 23, 2007, 5:24:10 AM

awwww, it's face is so cute! another realy good dragon!!

AriaGunnir on February 23, 2007, 9:12:25 AM

Thank you very much! I do believe dragons have cheerful moments... LOL

rolla_roach on February 21, 2007, 4:14:07 PM

This is so neat^^ It's like a blend of Pokemon and The Land Before Time! Very unique style. I entered 2 pics in the same contest. Good luck to you!

AriaGunnir on February 22, 2007, 10:50:39 AM

Thank you Rolla! You were a good contenda in the last contest we were in together... You got skillz. I am working on one more entry... I was inspired by the really nice textures that everyone did on their dragons' scales, so my new entry won't be all smooth scales like my old one. And it's sort of posing... I really like the ones you entered! You did Young Peacock Dragon and Twin Dragons right?

rolla_roach on February 26, 2007, 3:13:52 PM

I saw your new one! Great work on it^^ And yup, I did peacock dragon and twin dragons ^_^

rolla_roach on February 22, 2007, 2:20:32 PM

Thank you very much ^_^ Can't wait to see your new entry. I know it's gonna be awesome. Yeah, Twin Dragons and Peacock Dragon are my entry. I may do one more (an Eastern Dragon maybe), but I'm not entirly sure...

ScarrFace on February 21, 2007, 10:06:53 AM

Words cannot describe this..The wings the eyes everything is just so skillful..

AriaGunnir on February 21, 2007, 10:52:24 AM

Well, thank you very much! I do like happy dragons... I'm sure they wouldn't want to get caught having fun, but I'm sure they do when we aren't watching! LOL

sesshy4189 on February 10, 2007, 4:50:17 AM

thats really good, I love the wings^^

AriaGunnir on February 10, 2007, 8:36:44 AM

Thank you... I think that is one of my favourite things: I like wings that are almost transparent...

Uchiki on February 9, 2007, 9:46:31 PM

Awesome! You're way better at drawing dragons than me. I'm entering the dragon contest, too, but am having real trouble in coming up with an entry- second attempt at the moment. Love the shading, especially *adds to fave pics list*

AriaGunnir on February 10, 2007, 12:52:29 AM

Thank you very much! I'll have a browse in your gallery too!

Lennex3 on January 30, 2007, 12:54:40 PM

your dragons look happy, mine are always like *bite your face off*.. i like it

AriaGunnir on January 30, 2007, 10:08:07 PM

I tend to draw dragons in a variety of moods... They must have good moods sometimes! And of course, I am sure certain breeds are more prone to different moods.

jira on January 28, 2007, 12:49:27 AM

Just a great job!

thedudedisturbed on January 25, 2007, 9:04:44 AM

mega hurrays

AriaGunnir on January 25, 2007, 11:45:36 AM

Thank you very much!

Papercut_Dragon on January 20, 2007, 4:46:10 AM

Dragonriders of Pern!

. . . You are amazing. :)

I like the facial structure, and the, uh, things (for lack of a better word) coming out of the part surrounding the eyes.

(Haha, I know this comment is pretty shallow - I prefer leaving deeper comments about the entire gallery on the profile page, which is what I'll do once I'm done browsing.)

AriaGunnir on January 20, 2007, 10:49:59 AM

Thanks much! I kind of think of those as sensory organs like whiskers or antennae, some sort of way that they might taste the air or use to communicate over long distances, like the way a snake tastes the air with its tongue or like whales use song. They would be tougher than hair or fingernails, but more flexible than horns or antlers. They can spread out like in different directions, like ears. I haven't come up with a name for them yet, so if you can think of a name, I'm all ears.

Papercut_Dragon on January 26, 2007, 8:07:45 AM

I think some book I've read before had something like that, and called 'em "feelers". (I think it was . . . Dragonsbane? By um um um Barbara Hambly! Which is a good book, by the way.) I'm afraid I'm not very creative when it comes to names. ^^;

AriaGunnir on February 23, 2007, 9:24:13 AM

LOL No pressure... I'm sure it's something that can be categorized scientifically... LOL