November Birthstone Dragons – Topaz – by Various Artists

Happy Birthday to all my November-born readers!  This month you get two stones, Topaz and Citrine, which can get confused because both are (usually) orange/ yellow stones… so let’s start with this Topaz dragon by the awesome deviantartist Ariel Blyth, posting as Arukanoda (and purchased by fellow deviantartist Livard).  I love her description of this Pet-sized dragon: An aquatic dwelling…

Elemental Dragons by Lorene Barioz

Couldn’t decide what to do for a short post this week when I discovered today’s featured artist and fell absolutely in love — so with no further ado, this is Earth Dragon Style by French professional artist Lorene Barioz, posting as Dragibuz. The last dragon in her short elemental series from 2016, Lorene writes, “It…

Young Metallic Dragons by Ben Wootten

Funny story — I finished my ‘problematic’ Writing Thoughts article earlier this week while sitting at one of my usual haunts in downtown Minneapolis, and just a few blocks away the megastar rock band Metallica was taking the stage at the Target Center. And as I browsed for ideas for this week’s short post, I happened…

AtoZ 2018 – U is for Unchained Magic by Jim Nelson

But the tropical heat couldn’t last, so we’re floating on to the next in the April AtoZ Challenge 2018.  This is called Unchained Magic by American professional artist Jim Nelson, an image from the game Hearthstone. He captions this: Here’s one more painting from my work on Hearthstone: Knights of the Frozen Throne. This one was tricky and…

AtoZ 2018 – H is for Hi Mom by Tapwing

Hi hi hi!  We’re on to the second quarter of the April AtoZ Challenge 2018!  This awesome How to Train Your Dragon 2 fanart is called Hi Mom by Canadian professional artist Tapwing, featuring Hiccup riding Toothless, and his mother Valka riding Cloudjumper. This year I’ve challenged myself to not use any of my favorite artists (those I’ve featured…