dragonspawn

First off, let me just say one thing: IT IS NOT THE DRAGON YEAR UNTIL FEB 4th, GUYS. KEEP YOUR PANTS ON.

as you may or may not know, I was born in the hour of the Fire Dragon according to the Chinese zodiac (insert obligatory Skyrim joke here), and have been meaning to create a personal Oriental dragon/'long' character for myself for quite a while now. Since we're on the cusp of the dragon year once again I figured the time was right to fiiinally sit down and pin down a design for her.

She doesn't even have a name yet, but what I do know about her is thus: she's still pretty young, newly turned from a carp, on the small side, and curious about her newly acquired shape and powers. Her colours will deepen and darken as she ages and she'll probably end up a red eventually. Because she's a fire dragon and Oriental dragons are aquatic creatures, her breath ranges from a warm mist to scalding hot steam. When she is older, she will also be able to create lightning and wind up a thunder dragon. I still am just beginning to work out how the oriental dragons in my head operate as a society and that will require a lot more reading and researching into Chinese and East Asian mythology for ideas. Fun!

I'll eventually make a proper ref sheet but it feels good to finally have a concrete design! And I'm planning on doing a dragon year commemoration picture too, because damn did the rabbit year ever suck for me and for a lot of people I know. But 2012 seems to be off to a good start...