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Silverstripe24 — Sanguine Sharpspitter~HTTYD

Published: 2014-04-12 00:13:49 +0000 UTC; Views: 706; Favourites: 28; Downloads: 0
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Description Yay I finished it!! (WIP: fav.me/d7dty71 )
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This is the Sanguine Sharpspitter (Sanguine meaning red or blood colored), a new Tidal Class dragon I created!   I had so much fun coloring this big guy
ANYWHO I haven't QUITE figured out all of the details about the species, but what I do know is that it lives in swampy areas both inland and along the coast. It can swim to great depths in lakes and oceans, and covers itself in mud to camouflage itself in the murky swamps. Unlike other Tidal Class dragons, the Sanguine Sharpspitter is able to live completely out of water. The "Sharpspitter" part of its name refers to its love of sea urchins. It will go out of its way to pry the spiny creatures off of rocks in tidal pools to eat. But beware! If you startle a Sanguine Sharpspitter while it is dining on its favorite food, you may find yourself dodging or covered with the sea urchin's spines. These dragons have learned how to pry open the sea urchins and keep some of the spines under their tongues to shoot at enemies from afar, and to hunt fast-swimming fish in the water. They are immune to the toxins of the sea urchin, and if a spine is accidentally swallowed, the dragon's digestive system will be completely unharmed, as it is lined with thick, viscous mucous that would trap the spines and safely transport them out the other end. 
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Comments: 11

Fallenangel700 [2014-04-12 15:42:42 +0000 UTC]

I love the name, design, and that little bit about it shooting sea urchin spines. That was pretty original.

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Silverstripe24 In reply to Fallenangel700 [2014-04-12 17:26:13 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much!

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Fallenangel700 In reply to Silverstripe24 [2014-04-14 11:30:55 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!

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Rhosgobel-Rabbit [2014-04-12 14:40:12 +0000 UTC]

gahhh!! He's sooooo cool!!! I love him! I want to hug him but he'd probably be dry and lizardy xD great job on him! 

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Silverstripe24 In reply to Rhosgobel-Rabbit [2014-04-12 17:25:56 +0000 UTC]

Thank yous!! I bet he'd like a hug, actually, no matter how scaly he may be! Though he might pull a Toothless and lick you in thanks haha

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Rhosgobel-Rabbit In reply to Silverstripe24 [2014-04-12 23:10:40 +0000 UTC]

Zomg DRAGON KISSES!!! Those must be the best!! 

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Silverstripe24 In reply to Rhosgobel-Rabbit [2014-04-13 02:39:16 +0000 UTC]

YUS!!

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PsychotikRaptor [2014-04-12 05:37:33 +0000 UTC]

Wow... I love how the species turned out! The colour scheme you selected is certainly appropriate (far better than some other dragon designs I have seen here on DeviantArt XD), and you even used the Nordic runes. The name you chose not only sounds epic, but I like how you also tied the meaning into the design. Overall, fantastic job, Silver!

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Silverstripe24 In reply to PsychotikRaptor [2014-04-12 12:58:02 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much Azure, I'm glad you like it! I was actually afraid the red coloring would be too much when I started, but I'm happy to see that it is not!
And thank-you again! It took me hours of thinking to come up with a name for this species; I had to look up nouns and adjectives and finally I just looked up dragon names I had the "Sanguine" part picked out for a while, but was stuck until I found the name "Sharpspitter" to go with it After I had the name, it was comparably much easier to tie in it's meaning with the dragon itself I'm really happy with it, now I just need to flesh out the details of the species further!

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PsychotikRaptor In reply to Silverstripe24 [2014-04-12 13:55:27 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome. Nah; the red actually adds a nice contrasting highlight to it.
I think the name is very suitable, and it sounds as though it were taken straight from HTTYD canon, too. XD I look forward to seeing what else you come up with for this species.

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Silverstripe24 In reply to PsychotikRaptor [2014-04-12 19:55:40 +0000 UTC]

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