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Black Water Dragon

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Hey everybody! It's been a while hasn't it? I don't even know where to start with this. I'm so sorry I was gone so long, my life has been pretty hectic lately and I haven't had much time for art for most of the year D8. I hope this piece at least makes up for my absence. This was done for the Year of the Dragon contest over on :iconscales-and-clawsclub: The goal was just to draw a black water dragon, and I actually only found out about the contest four days ago, so I've been working like crazy to get this done before the deadline, which is actually today, so I hope they'll still except it. Either way, this water dragon design was one I actually came up with a while back, that I intend to make my basic design for any water dragons I may draw, so this contest gave me the perfect opportunity to try to sort of finalize the design. This is also the first contest I've ever entered, so I'm excited to see how I do. As for the actual design, I've tried to think it out pretty thoroughly. I wanted to make something that looked like it could actually swim, while still giving it wings in a way, so I gave it fin wings or "fings" as I like to call them. They are too small to be used in flight, but they serve to help the dragon move through the water. They can make a flapping motion with them to propel them forward and use the fin on their back to help turn in different directions. All the bright patches of color on him also glow in dark light, which can serve to frighten predators and attract prey. If at all possible, I'd love to someday make an animation of how I picture them swimming. (Just have to learn how to animate first :P.) Anyway, I hope to submit more art soon, but with how things have been going lately, I can't make any promises. Either way, hope you enjoy! I wanted to do more with this, but I just ran out of time. I'm fairly pleased with it, but I could've done better.

PLEASE COMMENT!! Comments mean more to me than favs, and I'd like to hear what people have to say.

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shadee's avatar
Really cool dragon design! Love the patterns and the webbing between the spines. :)