It's #AppreciateADragonDay so here's @[email protected] 's Long Dragon I drew a few Artfights ago! 🔥🐲 #Art #fantasy #fantasyart #dragon #darkart #darkfantasy #DragonAppreciationDay

So. #AppreciateaDragonDay huh? Well I have two and... only draconic by blood. Kala and Bar'du - a dragonborn and a kobold... that I really, REALLY need to figure out where to play one day because they're both hella fun conceptually!

#AppreciateADragonDay + #FishFriday:
Boa Dragonfish (Stomias boa)
From _The fauna of the deep sea_ by Sydney J. Hickson (1894), p.9
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_fauna_of_the_deep_sea_(1894)_(14576840559).jpg

For #AppreciateADragonDay :
Ferdinand Bauer (Austrian, 1760-1826)
Weedy Sea Dragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus), watercolor, 1801-5
This illustration depicts a male & female. Can you tell which is which? See ALT & next post for the answer!
NHM London:
https://nhm.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/44NHM_INST/1afpmgq/alma993679902081

#AppreciateADragonDay :
Dragon-Fish 鯱
Japan, 18th c.
Wood netsuke, 3 11/16 x 1 9/16 x 1 1/4 in. (9.4 x 4.0 x 3.2 cm)
LACMA M.91.250.26 https://collections.lacma.org/node/192357
#JapaneseArt

For #AppreciateADragonDay via JSTOR:
A Natural History of Dragons
https://daily.jstor.org/a-natural-history-of-dragons/

#BookRecommendation for #AppreciateADragonDay:
Introducing the Medieval Dragon (Medieval Animals) https://amzn.to/3HpkayF