#smaugust2022

[xelrah]

Hi tumblr, I'm new here so I think I will start with reposting some of my (a bit) older art, few at a time. Those are some of my favs from last Smaugust.

[mrmoviemakr]

Smaugust: Day 30 - Krugeraptor

When you’re out in the Krugerian woods, make sure you’re not by yourself or you’ll be dinner for this killer.

The Krugeraptor is the top predator of the temperate and coniferous forests. When winter comes, it does not migrate nor hibernate, it has adapted to thrive in the cold thanks to its thick coat of feathers. It’ll just brush the snow off like it’s nothing. The feathers turn white during the season as well and a dark gray or brown in the summer. Males are known to dance to impress females like cranes and will fight with rivals for that right as well, but they’re more afraid of the females due to their bigger size and sharper intelligence.

Learn more about this in my DeviantArt account.

https://www.deviantart.com/swordartist27

[al-ma-48]

Week 34 - #petitfour

Yes, there is definitively a pattern here! Awakening in my hospital bed, I did not even bother to check the calendar. Guided by the hunger that had become my constant companion, and my usual curiosity, I headed straight for the exit of this enigmatic institution. My expectations were high, considering the delightful draconic delicacies that had awaited me outside for the past three times. And indeed, once more, a sweet bliss welcomed me outside. Yet nothing could have prepared me for this most wondrous sight. This week there was not only one, but an entire group of dragons. I supposed they were fey dragons, judging by their appearance and being smaller than my previous saviours. Each featured a unique design, yet everyone appeared as amazing and delicious as the next dragon. Using their magnificent wings, they were dancing just outside my reach. I concluded I needed to write this report to you. Once finished, they hopefully would feed me as their brethren did. Therefore, I will stop now and get my treats, as I can see them finally closing in on me.

For more images and stories see @al-ma-48

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[camelidae]

They say some mother cats will adopt /anything/...

[pencilcat]

#smaugust #smaugust2022 Day 3 - Aquatic 

 another idea I want to come back to and explore more someday

[dai-rannosaurus]

Temeraire and Minnow for Smaugust

[krocodilian]

Ruby Dragon 🟥💎🐉

[ciameth]

Smaugust 4 - Draco saturnia

Last month I asked people to send me some of their favorite animals/plants/minerals. I'm now dragonizing the items on that list for Smaugust art prompts, attempting to draw one a day through the entire month.

This dragon is inspired by Saturnia pavonia, a moth of the British Isles. I went with a body plan inspired by dragons in European medieval art as homage to the moth's native range.

[artvianblog]

Smaugust 17+21: Gilded/Electric

[dragonfelling]

Smaugustfell2022 - Day 9 - SWAMP

A bright morning, the god of the rivers raises his wing to block the sun for the farmer hes watching work.

Not exactly a swamp, but the deltas of Anemoi flood into fields and are cultivated for rice. The culture of the Deltas is not significantly different then the mountain ranges, but they do have an interesting relationship with their god. Susurro is actually a fairly young god, only having been born after his father, Exitiums revival. Susurro is very involved in the lives of his worshippers, and is co-worshipped by them with the God of Anemoi, Pinna as well as both of their mothers, Rryme, Goddess of the ocean.

The Deltas have been fought over by Ishida and Anemoi both through war in the past, and through land deals. If you were to ask a Delta though, they would consider themselves their own people; especially now with their own god at their side.

Susurro, being a young god is still learning much about being a god; and spends a lot of his time watching his people or sometimes generally being in the way by lazing about the rivers, the flood fields and the tide pools closer to the coast.

[mysticdragon3art]

I finally finished my set of spherical/orb dragons in the "cute art"/"kawaii art" style. ;u;

[dwollsadventures]

“Under”

Even more so than sauropods, dragons are ecosystems unto themselves. Their carnivorous habits leave them crawling with particles of blood, flesh, and the microorganisms that will feed on them. Which, in turn, provides food for countless insects. Others choose to do what few legendary heroes can boast and slowly eat and kill the dragons.

Pictured here parasitizing a blue dragon: a giant tick, a mosquazo (relative of the mosquito adapted to finding tiny chinks in dragon scales, along with minor elemental resistance), dragon barnacles (parasitic snails), and a small lightning elemental prolonging its energy body by stealing the elemental power from the unsuspecting tyrant.

Kobolds are more than just household guards.

[mrmoviemakr]

Smaugust: Day 13 - Rodent

I can’t help but see Rufus from Kim Possible in the creature design for the skink mole. 

This is a prairie dog-sized burrower, lives in Krugerian deserts in a caste system similar to termites and of course, naked mole rats and eats tubers. There is a large female that is the queen of the colony and the only one to produce young until it dies, and another takes its place. The other females will not dare mess with the queen if one tries to overthrow her. Diictodonts, mammal-like reptiles were another influence in the design as well.

Learn more about this on my DeviantArt account.

https://www.deviantart.com/swordartist27

[boswotcher]

Smaugust ‘22, Day 29: Neon

Tron was a vibe and a half.

[camelidae]

Though colloquially called the Bark-winged Birdsnatcher, the most common prey items of this little dragon are the fingers of unsuspecting entomologists.

[pencilcat]

Smaugust Day 1