The Painted Sky by Evan Ludes

Catching up means another dragonless weekend day, so here is The Painted Sky by American photographer Evan Ludes, posting as FramedByNature.  The sky looks almost like it’s on fire, don’t you think?  It’s beautiful and a bit unsettling.  You can find more amazing nature photography in Evan’s gallery, go check it out. For now, I’m…

Dragon in a Coffee Cup by ‘Trie Blasingame of Tentacle-Made Studios

Here is a cute dragon in a coffee cup in the distinctive style of American professional artist ‘Trie Blasingame of Tentacle-Made Studios, whom I discovered at her booth at NerdCon: Stories 2016 over the weekend. Here is another really interesting dragon-type creature from her gallery: I love the colors in this next dragon with feathery wings: And finally,…

Dragon!Ford by Mistrel-Fox

I really loved finding this dragon reading a book today called dragon!Ford by Russian deviantartist Tiana, posting as Mistrel-Fox.  This is the dragon persona Tiana created for Ford, a normally human character from the second season of the animated show Gravity Falls, which as yet I’ve never seen but I’ve heard it’s very good.  Tiana writes that…

Writing Thoughts: Things are not what they seem…

There is only one plot.  Things are not what they seem. — Jim Thompson When I set out to create these writing thoughts posts each week, I usually peruse a list of quotes by well-known authors and latch on to the first one to really grab my attention that day. Today that is exactly what…

Smaug the Magnificent by Andy Fairhurst

Today I’m on time again, finally!  And I get to share the work of an incredible English professional artist named Andy Fairhurst, starting with this beautiful image of Smaug the Magnificent, inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit.  While Benedict Cumberbatch as Smaug was about the only thing I liked about the recent movies, I think…

Perching Dragon by tallydragon

I found the cutest miniature dragon creations to share today starting out with this one called Perching Dragon by American deviantartist tallydragon.  As soon as I saw it I thought of the tiny dragons in my novel — this is about the right size!  Here is another photo of the Perching Dragon from above this…

Secret Sunset by AnnMarieBone

I’m still catching up from the busy weekend, so here’s a dragonless Secret Sunset for Sunday by U.K. professional artist AnnMarieBone.  I love the colors in this piece, and the poem that Ann included in her caption: A heavenly end to a perfect day Make trivial troubles float away With vibrant colours that paint the…

Cat and Dragon by Ursula Vernon

Saturday didn’t go quite as planned, but my husband and I spent the morning building a new cat climber for our kitten’s 6th month birthday, which was frustratingly fun.  So with cats on the brain, here is Cat and Dragon by American deviantartist Ursula Vernon, which she describes in her caption: My love of comicky…

Moonveil Dragon by Todd Lockwood

This is the elegant Moonveil Dragon by artist and author Todd Lockwood, a Red Creature – Dragon in the Wizards of the Coast CCG Magic the Gathering.  I love the translucent wings.  The flavor text on the card reads: “Their hearts beat, their lungs draw breath, and they have one true form. I count them as…