fanart (still a WIP), a freshly hatched Iskierka

[ratcreature]

Fandom: Temeraire Series by Naomi Novik
Characters/Pairings: Iskierka
Media used: only pencil so far
Rating/warnings: G, none
Notes/comments: I seem to be on a dragon kick lately. But I like Iskierka. I hope she looks enough like a baby while still fitting the description that they look just like smaller versions of the big ones. But making the head long and lean like I normally do for dragons to make them look ferocious didn't work for me for a baby dragon. The hatching pose took a ridiculous amount of time to get right. Maybe I'll do a real process post once it is inked and colored, showing excerpts from all the steps that were like tooth pulling, like the dozen thumbnails and head design sketches, and failed attempts. OTOH that would be kind of embarrassing, now it looks like I sat down and just did a pencil drawing as a process step...
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Comments

[brownbetty]

Well, it's certainly the case for mammals that out snouts get bigger as we mature, so maybe that's how it is for reptiles too?

She looks all "Yay!" and kinda icky! Which seems right for Iskierka, to me.

[ratcreature]

I thought she must be still slimy if the egg just broke open, so I'm glad that comes across. And yeah, I think small dragons could be cute like like that. I mean small birds are cute and fluffy with big eyes, no? and dinosaurs are kind of like birds... also, when you google for images like "baby turtles", those look kind of cute, baby iguanas not so much, but well, artistic license, I say. *G*