May Birthstone Dragons – Emerald – by Various Artists

  Happy Birthday to all my May-born readers!  It’s my birthday month too, so if I’ve gone a little over eight dragons this month, well, that’s my prerogative! 😉  First up, check out this beautifully sculpted Emerald Dragon by Ukrainian professional artist Evgeniya Glazkova, posting as MyOwnDragon.  A feathered dragon in beautiful green jewel-tones?  I’m in love! …

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…

AtoZ 2018 – D is for Deep Space Dragon by Aret Maw

We keep exploring the art in this April AtoZ Challenge 2018, and since I had Galaxy Serpents on the brain yesterday, today I couldn’t resist this amazing Deep Space Dragon by Australian deviantartist Aret Maw. This one is really interesting for the abstract body style and posing, and I really like the galaxy colors and starlight…

AtoZ 2017: U is for Ultima

U is for Ultima Apologies for the delay, but up next in my 2017 AtoZ Challenge, let’s take a look at the dragons in another video game franchise I sadly never had the opportunity to play — the classic series called Ultima, and it’s MMORPG successor, Ultima Online. Above is the original box art from Ultima I created by Denis Loubat and found at the…

AtoZ 2017: O is for Ōkami

O is for Ōkami Another video game arrives in the April 2017 AtoZ Challenge!  This time, we’ll look at Ōkami, a beautiful game that won IGN’s 2006 Game of the Year. This is Ōkami – Yamata no Orochi, a lovely interpretation of the prologue of the game by Dutch deviantartist Caroline Lahaise, posting as Vyrilien.  Go check out more of…

AtoZ 2017: K is for King’s Quest

K is for King’s Quest Continuing on in the April 2017 AtoZ Challenge, let’s revisit a computer (and later console) video game franchise that I haven’t thought of in years — the King’s Quest series. The Green Dragon guarding a magic mirror above is from the 1990 EGA-graphics remake of King’s Quest I: Quest for the Crown, which…