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EDIT: When I said I used references for this piece, I was referring to references that I used for the DRAGON, to make the dragon look more real/believable. I did NOT use any references WHATSOEVER for the boy! I did not look at Maurice Sendak's work. I did not copy anybody! Copying is wrong, and I know it is. If things look similar, it's a coincidence!
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Dragon's thoughts: (Is it a dragon that swallowed a small child and hasn't quite managed it? Is it a child wearing a dragon skin? It smells like a child, the kind that needs a change of dung-cloth. But it doesn't look like a child, except for that space that should be the dragon's mouth. And it makes odd noises, like niether child speaking nor dragon roaring. Is it both? Niether? Does the family need protection from it? Or does it need protection from the family? Where has it come from, and when is it going back?)
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Yeah, I used to ADORE dragons. Dragons were the coolest thing around after I fell out of love with unicorns (which was about age 11-12). Then I fell out of love with dragons. Everyone does dragons. Telepathic dragons, noble dragons, cranky dragons, chinese dragons, etc, etc. The change happened slowly: I made up quite a few variants on dragons before I gave them up. So I guess I've taken them up again. Maybe. I think this is really just an abberition. The main thought behind it was the juxtaposition of the semi-chinese dragon with the kid in the silly dragon costume.

I looked at way too many references to come up with the dragon. If anyone wants to know where I came up with the coloring/scale pattern, I can probably find that picture again. But since everything is such a mix, I don't feel obligated to cite source.

I'm sure there's a few things wrong.

But mostly I'm please with what's right.

Description
EDIT: When I said I used references for this piece, I was referring to references that I used for the DRAGON, to make the dragon look more real/believable. I did NOT use any references WHATSOEVER for the boy! I did not look at Maurice Sendak's work. I did not copy anybody! Copying is wrong, and I know it is. If things look similar, it's a coincidence!
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Dragon's thoughts: (Is it a dragon that swallowed a small child and hasn't quite managed it? Is it a child wearing a dragon skin? It smells like a child, the kind that needs a change of dung-cloth. But it doesn't look like a child, except for that space that should be the dragon's mouth. And it makes odd noises, like niether child speaking nor dragon roaring. Is it both? Niether? Does the family need protection from it? Or does it need protection from the family? Where has it come from, and when is it going back?)
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Yeah, I used to ADORE dragons. Dragons were the coolest thing around after I fell out of love with unicorns (which was about age 11-12). Then I fell out of love with dragons. Everyone does dragons. Telepathic dragons, noble dragons, cranky dragons, chinese dragons, etc, etc. The change happened slowly: I made up quite a few variants on dragons before I gave them up. So I guess I've taken them up again. Maybe. I think this is really just an abberition. The main thought behind it was the juxtaposition of the semi-chinese dragon with the kid in the silly dragon costume.

I looked at way too many references to come up with the dragon. If anyone wants to know where I came up with the coloring/scale pattern, I can probably find that picture again. But since everything is such a mix, I don't feel obligated to cite source.

I'm sure there's a few things wrong.

But mostly I'm please with what's right.