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EDIT: FUll view...
Bloody hell... they don't half ruin the pictures with shrinking and sorts...

I am probably going to regret submitting this

Anyway, for ages I wanted to draw a dragon as a sort of Guardian Force (similiar to FF8) with Shadow. So I designed and drew a Shadow type dragon... with Shadow himself. Although I think this picture turned out less serene than expected

Okay... I am going to attempt to come up with a logical explanation for the context of this pic...

Shadow has risen from the fires, thanks to his esteemed Chaos Emerald which has kept him alive. Given he is the Ultimate Lifeform and immortal... I thought I'd exercise that concept *eyebrows Sonic Team who killed the 'Immortal being', 'Shadow the Hedgehog' at the end of SA2B*.

He has become immune to fire. THis is why he has risen from molten rock, magma.

Knowing he has a guardian force (can't think of a name), the dragon arrives, heeding his call and the aura of the Chaos Emerald. Seeing legend speaks of dragons are attracted to treasures and such talismans, the dragon has set a pair of keen eyes on the Chaos Emerald so I've tried to establish in the picture.

Other concepts and details
Yes, it looks as if the dragon has flown in too close for comfort, but it looked more effective than high above. The dragon is smalledr than I wanted it to be but by being near Shadow it seems to accentuate its size slightly. It just also seems better to have him close by. Not sure why. Maybe cos it seems unpredictable as to whether the dragon will land, snatch the Chaos Emerald or chow Shadow

The dragon's wings are made of fire . It has no forearms. The design was slightly derived from the game 'Lords of Magic'... but I couldn't find any references so pretty much drew the dragon myself.

Shadow has a scarred eyebrow which is exposed and blemished. It's part of the price of having nearly been killed. The extra spines at the back is some mutation... or freaky evolution.

Shadow's pose, where he has a hand above the Chaos emerald I wanted to portray as if he was drawing power from the emerald... and thus controlling the dragon as well.

The Chaos Emerald was pink at first... but it did NOTHING for the scene. It just conflicted with the hot colours. Green... being complimentary.. helped out. It's jsut that I didn't want a cliched coloured Emerald. But I mean hey... who wants to use grey ? Yellow could've worked but maybe it would've been bland. Red it would've been lost in the background...
Nah... green was find. Ugh... a lot of colour switchting there

Here is the original link www.deviantart.com/deviation/1… for the scrap dragon I sent in. I was going to neglect this but some of you funnily enough found this... and couldn't see any flaws, and gave me unexpected nice comments... are you sure people? you're being too nice. Oh... stay out the scrap yard! The pics are sent there as scraps for a reason . Otherwise I will send Superdog after you.. . the DA page eater

I enjoyed this... but am not pleased with the result. I might try this concept with Wraith next. There is a dragon creature called Thunderdrake and guess what he is? An Ice Dragon!

Description

EDIT: FUll view...
Bloody hell... they don't half ruin the pictures with shrinking and sorts...

I am probably going to regret submitting this

Anyway, for ages I wanted to draw a dragon as a sort of Guardian Force (similiar to FF8) with Shadow. So I designed and drew a Shadow type dragon... with Shadow himself. Although I think this picture turned out less serene than expected

Okay... I am going to attempt to come up with a logical explanation for the context of this pic...

Shadow has risen from the fires, thanks to his esteemed Chaos Emerald which has kept him alive. Given he is the Ultimate Lifeform and immortal... I thought I'd exercise that concept *eyebrows Sonic Team who killed the 'Immortal being', 'Shadow the Hedgehog' at the end of SA2B*.

He has become immune to fire. THis is why he has risen from molten rock, magma.

Knowing he has a guardian force (can't think of a name), the dragon arrives, heeding his call and the aura of the Chaos Emerald. Seeing legend speaks of dragons are attracted to treasures and such talismans, the dragon has set a pair of keen eyes on the Chaos Emerald so I've tried to establish in the picture.

Other concepts and details
Yes, it looks as if the dragon has flown in too close for comfort, but it looked more effective than high above. The dragon is smalledr than I wanted it to be but by being near Shadow it seems to accentuate its size slightly. It just also seems better to have him close by. Not sure why. Maybe cos it seems unpredictable as to whether the dragon will land, snatch the Chaos Emerald or chow Shadow

The dragon's wings are made of fire . It has no forearms. The design was slightly derived from the game 'Lords of Magic'... but I couldn't find any references so pretty much drew the dragon myself.

Shadow has a scarred eyebrow which is exposed and blemished. It's part of the price of having nearly been killed. The extra spines at the back is some mutation... or freaky evolution.

Shadow's pose, where he has a hand above the Chaos emerald I wanted to portray as if he was drawing power from the emerald... and thus controlling the dragon as well.

The Chaos Emerald was pink at first... but it did NOTHING for the scene. It just conflicted with the hot colours. Green... being complimentary.. helped out. It's jsut that I didn't want a cliched coloured Emerald. But I mean hey... who wants to use grey ? Yellow could've worked but maybe it would've been bland. Red it would've been lost in the background...
Nah... green was find. Ugh... a lot of colour switchting there

Here is the original link www.deviantart.com/deviation/1… for the scrap dragon I sent in. I was going to neglect this but some of you funnily enough found this... and couldn't see any flaws, and gave me unexpected nice comments... are you sure people? you're being too nice. Oh... stay out the scrap yard! The pics are sent there as scraps for a reason . Otherwise I will send Superdog after you.. . the DA page eater

I enjoyed this... but am not pleased with the result. I might try this concept with Wraith next. There is a dragon creature called Thunderdrake and guess what he is? An Ice Dragon!