#medieval dragon art

[my-random--thoughts]

OMG I FOUND THE LAMP HERE

[airitree]

Birth of a Dragon!

🥚Where the creatures come out to rejoice for the first hatch in many years. There the little dragon is met with a circle of strange faces and colors, when it has only seen darkness and red…🥚

[Prints available on my shop!]

[proteidaes]

Happy to reveal my full piece for the Artsy Friends GROWTH art book! 🐉🌳 My piece was inspired by Peridexion Trees and the dragons associated with them.

🌷GROWTH is live now!!🌷 This is a collaboration artbook featuring whimsy illustrations from 19 artists, all themed around the word "growth"! If you're interested in snagging a copy you can find all the details here! 👀📚

[luposlipaphobya]

Falling in love with an outer god

(Just wanted to imagine what it’d look like if Mel took a draconic form in front of Lazuli. I guess it’d be more voidy and nightmarish in game cause of the Fallen Aasimar of the Awful Deep thing, but let’s just say that Mel could also be related to a golden dragon who was also Pelor’s favorite so… 👀 I wanted to try a fairytale/medieval vibe here, kinda happy with how it turned out! Melisande belongs to @the-nothing-maker ❤️)

[nyoxt]

Don't lose your heeeeeeeaaaaaad

[lo-batteryy]

Absolutely infatuated with medieval tapestry so I wanted to just doodle up a design reminiscent of that

[cuties-in-codices]

souls of the slothful being devoured by dragons and eagles in hell

in the "livre de la vigne nostre seigneur", france, c. 1450–1470

source: Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 134, fol. 84v

[dokelsss]

rune dragon

[praparuru-ume]

Book one Daenerys design

I suppose sort of like a reference sheet, so I know how to imagine her. She still has no piercings here and overall looks a little younger.

Vest is heavily inspired by @/shebsart's design

[vcreatures]

I’ve been feeling the dragon spirt with Smaugust right around the corner apparently.

This is a little different than what I normally do but I was inspired by the depictions found in illuminated manuscripts and bestiaries of the Medieval period. There is something appealing to me about sinuous dragons or dragon-like creatures entwined in foliage lol 

[ashleylun-art]

Dragon age commission ^^ I forgot about this game! I'm glad the fandom is still somewhat active.

I need to save for my next doctor's visit so my commissions are open again! send me a dm if you are interested n.n

[tobuzzu]

Redshanks! They’re essentially icewing mercenaries employed under Burn and Scarlet during the War for Sandwing succession, used to perform raids on the ice kingdom as they can by pass the Great Ice Cliff without being shot at.

In universe they would probably be named after the common redshank, a species of bird, but the name redshank is also a nickname for Scottish mercenaries hired by the Irish during the 1600s or so, which are what inspired the design!

[road-kill-eater]

[airitree]

KING LINDWORM (FULL comic)

The shepherd’s daughter is newly wedded to a deadly Lindworm...

[dead-end-draws]

Skywing Gladiator Helmet concepts: Part 1

Part 2 ⬅️ more designs

To me, the Skywing arena was the most memorable parts of the first book, and I liked the idea of Scarlet having consistent champions outside of prisoners, like Peril, that were used as actual fighters. Similar to the Roman colosseum’s style of fighting.

With how extravagant Scarlet’s punishments, hatching day, etc. are described, (she loves her bloody entertainment & fan fair). There’s no way she’d allow for her champions to go undecorated in the arena. Additionally, Skywings are implied to be the most battle experienced tribe, so they should have armor that reflects this sentiment.

Aside from the lore drop, I absolutely love rendering metal & armor, this was just an excuse for me to do that lol. It’s very interesting trying to fit helmets to dragon anatomy opposed to human anatomy. Gotta accommodate for horns, ears, and the snout. Really cool learning how to work around it!

Skywing average measurements/head base for helmets:

[illustratus]

St George Slaying the Dragon, Lisbon

by Jorge Colaço