Creature Design Challenge - Blog Posts

niranutcake

2 months ago

@fenicearts420 @alelathedragon I thought you might like this :)

The dragon is done!

One colored illustration and two sketches of a dragon design inspired by an arapaima, raccoon and a thorny devil. The colored illustration shows the dragon sitting down, facing the left side of the screen. Its raccoon like hands are held out in front of it. Its snout is long line an arapaima's and around its neck it has orange spikes like those of a thorny devil. It has a coloration around its eyes like a raccoon. Its wings are tucked in behind it. Its tail is laying on the ground behind it, it's big and shaped like an arapaima's tail, the skin is red and scaly. The sketch above is of the dragon creature in a threat display, its mouth open and one wing extended while it faces the viewer. The final sketch is of the dragon's raccoon like hand. Palm facing the viewer.

I tried my best to let all the animals take up an equal amount of space (Arapaima, Thorny Devil and Raccoon), it was hard but I'm happy with the result.

It doesn't have a species name yet (I'm awful at naming things), please feel free to write name suggestions in the comments.

Look under the cut for some info about the creature :>

It's about a meter long from nose to tail tip.

It's an aggressive and opportunistic omnivore who preferes meat. If hungry enough it won't hesitate to take down a housecat.

Its front paws are very dexterous and it can easily hold objects with them.

Its wings are not big enough for it to fly long distances, but it'll use them to get to get to higher ground or to quickly escape larger predators.

The spikes around its neck are perfect defense against any predator who would try to bite there. And the rest of the creature is covered in thick overlapping scales and patches of fur.

Its big tail acts as a rudder while in flight. The tail can also go from side to side as a threat display and to fan out a smelly odour that it marks its territory with.