#flame dragon

[spinchip]

Flame 🔥 redesign

The tail feathers spread out like a peacock 🦚

[chernobog13]

SUPERMAN'S PAL JIMMY OLSEN (vol. 1) #84 (April, 1965). Cover by Curt Swan.

Leave it to Jimmy to not think through his latests hare-brained scheme. "I'll put two giant monsters together to make a movie. What could go wrong?"

I love how Titano is like "Hold on a minute, Butane Breath, I gotta kill this guy!"

Not at all inspired by King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962).

And I'm sure this issue did not - in any way, shape, or form - inspire the last issue of Konga that was released later the same year:

[simply-windy]

I never talked about the Sword deities I have that interact with my ocs... I have like- Four of them - Sun Slayer, goddess of divine judgement and purity, the oldest of the siblings too - Flame Dragon, god of honor and order, someone who's STRICT when it comes to traditional values and such, not many like him - Heartsong, a loveless god of love, very closed off and reserved, a healer as well and really only cares his two sons and assistant - Overseer, god of mischief and misfortune, a trickster god if you will! Although they've very goofy and adore mortals, the youngest of them

[beta-la-come-pasteles]

Terra Dragon and Flame Dragon from Dragon City in Gacha Club / Dragón Tierra y Dragón Fuego de Dragon City en Gacha Club

[rachaelmayo]

This is Shadowgorge 3 from 2016.

I wanted to use bolder colors and a fairly simple composition compared to the first two in this series. In particular, I wanted to increase the "golden" look of the wings and the "flame" look of the dorsal ridge, shoulder ridge, and tail fluff. I think I succeeded there, and I really ended up liking the red-blue-gold contrast of this color palette.

The moons don't please me as much as in previous versions. I was too focused on the physical texture and not focused enough on the moon-like surface effect I wanted to achieve. Later images in the series have rectified this problem!

I made this with Prismacolor pencil and gold paint pen over watercolor.

[artistryevie]

Smaugust Day 27 Pheonix

[mwezina]

The Chariot & FE3H

The Chariot is an archetype connected to drive, determination, and victory. The figure in the chariot is literally driving the chariot, and their armour belies a martial affinity. The star over their head shows their determination and strength of vision. They know what they want, and are enlightened of their own desires. We can tell that this warrior has been victorious thus far, as behind them are green fields and trees, as well as a strong and stable kingdom. 

The Chariot reminds us that great success comes from using the mind, heart, and spirit. The mind we see reflected in the star, representing enlightenment and knowledge. The heart we see in the use of blue and water motifs, symbolising the subconscious and the emotions. The spirit we see in the two sphinxes which represent opposing ideas. The spirit must be in balance in order to achieve great things. 

The crest associated with this archetype is the Crest of Daphnel. This name is perhaps inspired from Daphne, a Greek dryad. She is the daughter of a river god. Daphne turned herself into a laurel tree in order to escape from Apollo, who was hellbent on raping her. At least, this is as Ovid tells it. (The Greek gods are a mood, honestly.) 

The dragon associated with this crest is the Flame Dragon. It represents both calamity and protection. A very forceful symbol in Japan. It is energetic, powerful, and moves things in the world. The way fire can affect things by burning them or making changes in them. The use of flame is close enough to “fire” that I would consider this dragon related to the Godai philosophy elements of the surviving Nabateans, which is strange, because the presence of Luin definitely makes it clear that this Nabatean is well and truly murdered. 

My personal vision of this dragon is a sleek and slender dragon with flames bursting out around it. Unfortunately, this couldn’t be preserved in the relic, so part of this dragon’s essence is lost forever. 

The character I connect to all these things is Ingrid Brandl Galatea. She is driven and a capable leader. She even has a personal skill to this effect, Lady Knight, which allows more powerful gambits. Just like Daphne, she is very against marriage and uninterested in romance. She even has a close brush with a forced marriage, but luckily didn’t need to turn herself into a tree. It’s also cool that the Laurel tree is often associated with victory, just like the themes of the Chariot. Just like fire, Ingrid is a force of protection for her kingdom. She is also energetic and forceful in her interactions with others. She pushes Felix and Sylvain around like nobody’s business, and even breaks down Bernadetta’s door in her quest to help the poor introvert. 

Overall, Ingrid is integrated very well with her crest, dragon, and arcane archetype. Kind of strange considering she’s not a Nabatean. Perhaps she was the first character they planned out, so they bothered to make it all work? What do you guys think? How come Ingrid’s symbolism works so well, while Constance’s is just a hot mess?

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[heintzmagic]

[ronanxing]

do you remember me?

[silverhalla]

obsessed with how the other backgrounds are like “you had a little oopsie moment with your faction so you’re temporarily benched” and then mourn watch is like “what if this LITTLE ORPHANED BABY!!!! was left IN A TOMB!!!!! to be DISCOVERED BY UNDEAD???? and then RAISED (collectively??) BY NECROMANCERS!!!!!!, only to be taken down by THE NECROPOLIS’ SCARIEST DANGER: BUREAUCRACY”

normalest protagonist in all of thedas tbh

[timethehobo]

“We were friends, once.”

[monstermonger]

The binding coil of Bahamut

[moussofshroom]

panel(s) redraw

[walmart-miku]

Sometimes family is you, your coworker, 3 kids you grabbed from the side of the road, a bartender, an ex soldier, a plagiarist, a guy that wants you dead, his sister, ex girlfriend, and two stupid teens that follow him around, your landlord, your ex boss and his daughter, a fujoshi angel, a monkey, a dragon, a coorporate slave, and your daughter.

[drogonthered]

Meleys The Red Queen enter the Dragonmont.

[plumilia]

gekkan shoujo uriel-chan doing what she does best!!!

(based on the tomoda!!! scene from gekkan shoujo nozaki-kun)