AtoZ 2017: C is for Conan the Barbarian

C is for Conan the Barbarian Next in the April 2017 AtoZ Challenge, let’s look at dragons in the lore of Conan the Barbarian. Creating this post, after a friend suggested it for my “C” topic this year, was my first real exposure to any of the Conan the Barbarian media.  But the research was fascinating, and I’m excited to…

AtoZ 2017: B is for The Black Cauldron

B is for The Black Cauldron Next up in the April 2017 AtoZ Challenge, let’s look at the dragons (called Gwythaints) in the 1985 Disney animated movie The Black Cauldron. From the Disney Wiki: “Gwythaints are minor villains in The Black Cauldron. They serve as the Horned Kings minions and dragons … [and are] based on wyverns, with…

AtoZ 2017: A is for Avatar: The Last Airbender

A is for Avatar: The Last Airbender To start off the April 2017 AtoZ Challenge, let’s look at the dragons in the animated tv series Avatar: The Last Airbender. A description from the amazingly detailed Avatar Wiki about the show reads: Avatar: The Last Airbender, also known as Avatar: The Legend of Aang in PAL regions, is…

Spring Dragons by Mythka — and only two days left until April!

Oh my goodness, I’m feeling the pressure since the April AtoZ Challenge starts on Saturday!  But I’ve still got to get my weekly post out, so I found an artist who undertook a similar challenge.  Please enjoy these really beautiful Spring Colors Dragons by deviantartist Mythka, from her amazing Dragon-A-Day series from last year.  The first above is…

Theme Reveal for the April 2017 AtoZ Challenge, with Flight of Dragons by ssstawa

I’ve decided to tackle the April AtoZ Challenge again, and as my theme this year, I’m going more in-depth than simply “dragons.”  Specifically, I’ll be focusing on: Dragons in Our Fandoms Examples of dragons in literature, film, television, anime, and video games.  From “Avatar: The Last Airbender” to the “Zelda” video game franchise, I’ll take a…

St. Patrick’s Day Dragons by Multiple Artists

After browsing for St. Patrick’s Day dragons to share, I couldn’t choose just one, so you get five different dragons by five different artists!  This first is called Paddys 2015 by Danish deviantartist Aphilien.  I love the clover details!  She has a gallery filled more great art, including an adorable set of baby Teenage Mutant…

Dragon on Ljubljana Bridge by Victoria Reay

Oh, hey!  I’ve been having so much fun working on my future April AtoZ posts that I nearly forgot to make a regular post for this week!  But I’ve had this idea for a while, so now is the perfect time to share.  This photo is called Dragon on Ljubljana Bridge by U.K. photographer Victoria Reay. I…

Plotting by Tikall, and progress!

Here is an awesome piece called Plotting by American deviantartist Tikall, a commissioned design for a Flight Rising dragon that is perfectly appropriate for my writing mood this week! I’ve been making tons of progress on the plotting, planning, and pre-writing of my daily April 2017 AtoZ Challenge posts, and the more they come together, the better my overall…

Sky Picnic by Moni158… and an announcement!

This week’s awesome artwork comes from the very talented Kiwi (New Zealander) artist Moni158.  This first one is called Sky Picnic, and Moni captions it with the note, “I love unusual/forbidden friendships.  Plus having a cool dragon friend means you can do cool stuff like have a picnic on a floating chunk [of] rock thousands…