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Dream Dragon Reference

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I've been meaning to make one of these for a while, I had the size references sitting around for over a year probably. The layout's not very good and I probably forgot to include some things but eh.

In case it's not clear, this is actually a reference sheet for two individual dragons (a red one and a green one.) Anatomically they're pretty much the same, you can think of them as pallet swaps of one another if you want. I just used the red one for most of the images to make it less confusing.

One thing I'm not sure I defined well was that while the horn colors are the same for both of them (off-white at the base fading to dark brown at the tip,) their claws are different (red dragon has off-white claws, green dragon has dark brown claws.)

Anyway, about the dragons themselves.. they don't really have individual names or even a species name that I know of, I just call them dream dragons for lack of a better term. The red one is basically "me," a form I can use during lucid dreaming to change the outcome of a bad dream or just make things more interesting. The origin of their design is entirely subconscious, they just sort of showed up in my head one night years ago and have been a recurring element ever since.

They're extremely personal characters and I rarely share art of them, although I do draw them a lot. This is mainly being uploaded as a resource for myself, to show what I want for commissions / art trades / etc in the future. I do NOT want to see my dragons used in any form without my permission, EVER.
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This is very detailed. I'm doing something like this for a story I'm writing, but not quite like you did. It's more of an anatomy, from the skeleton on up. I do find it interesting how the feet are very human-like. I don't know if I've seen anything like that before.

I also noticed you mentioned something about a dream. I had a strange experience once where I was just falling asleep, when I was suddenly awake, and in my vision (eyes closed) was a black dragon with gold symbols on it's chest. Don't know how to explain it, but it is something I won't forget. (From the Sporum if you don't recognize my name.)