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Concept Art for The Dragonriders of Pern, βDragonriderβRelated content
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Excellent.Β I really like this concept of Jaxom above all others.Β Sort of a 20-something Joe Flanigan 
To pitch into the Horns argument, those aren't horns.Β They are "head knobs" which are described as the visible part of a dragonet's hearing apparatus (Dragonsdawn).Β Dragons are mentioned as having them many times throughout the books, including a moment where a dragonrider gives his dragon's "head knobs" a playful tug.Β They are physically demonstrated in Anne's "Dragon Lover's Guide to Pern" as looking very much like flesh covered Giraffe's horns.Β Thicker in circumference than shown here.Β The drawings in that book were under Anne's direct guidance.Β Cheers.
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I absolutely LOVE this piece! Β I think the 'horn' is just fine. Β I've read the series (excluding some of the newer stuff by McCaffrey's son, Todd), front to back I don't know how many times, and I always pictured them with some nubbin's of some sort on the top/sideish of their heads that aren't really horns, but are bigger than a bump, because in a few places it's mentioned that they like to have their head ridges scratched/itched/rubbed. Β I admit, though, that I often see them as they were portrayed by Wheelan (I can't help it... he has done some of the most beautiful book covers I've ever seen).
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Absolutely beautiful. Just as I pictured them in my mind while reading their story.
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wow super work, reminds me of andre norten book
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This is gorgeuos, love the markings on Ruth, and to everyone who is saying things about the horns, OH WELL. There was never a direct description in the books, and the cover art is based on the description and the artists imagination. I have seen so many different interpretions of McCaffrey's description, they all have the basic descriptors, and they are all amazing. The only thing we really know is that the heads are wedge shaped, the have neck ridges/spikes, their eyes are faceted, that they burped up rock ash after eating firestone, oh and that they had two sets of legs and one set of wings with a tail. I might have missed a few things, but those are some of the main features.
By the way, this is amazing, and wonderful. You can see the veins in Ruth's wings, which is amazingly done. I also like the Weyr(hold?) in the background. All in all, this is quite stunning and beaeutiful.
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This is beyond wonderful.Β This is a great deal like what I always imagined Jaxom to look (or even a young F'lar), and I like that Ruth isn't purely white.Β So fantasic.
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this is the best ever dragonrider pic ive ever seen someone said the rider looks like merlin id go more for a younger version of dylan mcdermott
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dragon looks a bit off, but nothing major.Β it just looks a little... harmless I guess.Β Don't get me wrong I know that that's basically the dragons in pern; gentle giants, but... well they didn't LOOK like gentle giants.
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that was an albino runt of the litter dragon... so, yah, bit on the harmless looking side.
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Still a giant (by earth standards) flying, fire breathing monstrosity. Plus pernese dragons don't have giraffe horns
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This is pretty late, but they do in fact have giraffe-looking horns. :/ sorry to burst your bubble. Though I guess if someone really wants to they can headcanon Pern dragons to have different horns.
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I don't remember seeing giraffe horns on ramoth on the cover to dragon flight.
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That's true. Remember that the dragons on the various covers differ GREATLY depending on the artist, though--as opposed to Michael Whelan's art (whose Dragonflight cover is the one I believe you're referring to), it's pretty common to draw them with fleshy protuberances which are technically part of the skull and thus some sort of horns. I think it's up to the fan-artist/writer, so...open to interpretation.
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That being said if it was a horn it'd be made up of bone, hair or keratin, so if they're fleshy then they technically aren't horns
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You're right there. I just meant that they're usually portrayed as being covered with dragonhide, rather than the outright horns classical dragons may have. I always imagined them as somewhere between horns and bulbs/giraffe "horns."
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yes they do they're for telepathic communicaton
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I have yet to see cover art of any kind where they have giraffe horns.
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didn't you hear don't judge a book by it's cover
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It's cover, not it's cover art. The dragons in eragon speak telepathically, do they have giraffe horns? No.
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but that was fantasy this is science fiction
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Point being that a pernese dragon has never had giraffe horns. And they have nothing to do with telepathy. They're horns, not antennae.
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i didn't write this okay
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I'm sorry, how does that relate to this?
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just saying that the author said that the dragons have head bulbsΒ
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She did not say giraffe horns
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But did she say they didn't have head knobs
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That's what I've been saying
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then why did you say they were giraffe horns, giraffes don't even have horns
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Yeah, they do. Those knobs on their heads. Horns don't have to be pointy
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Interesting detail about Eragonese dragons, but basically P.E.R.N.'s dragons communicate the same way, they don't speak, but a human 'hears' what they say.
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Wow...Β This is absolutely gorgeous.Β Perhaps the best Pern art I've seen.
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Beautiful work! it is exactly like i've always pictured Jaxom and Ruth looking
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This is the most amazing illustration of Jaxom and Ruth.
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Is it just me or does the rider look a bit like BBC's Merlin? XD
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At first I thought that guy was Joe Flannigan, lead star on Stargate Atlantis. Cool pic, though!
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Stunning work. It's almost exactly like how I always pictured from the books.
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Nicely done. Superior to many of the cover illustrations in production.
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AMAZING!!!!! Seriously flooded with envy right now....
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the movie is underway, hopefully it won't end up in the back burner again.
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