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Published: 2017-03-11 21:30:41 +0000 UTC; Views: 95171; Favourites: 3921; Downloads: 931
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Last year I was fortunate enough to get the opportunity to work on a dragon book for Scholastic by way of Becker&Mayer Books. I got to take a crack at designing 16 different mythical dragons from all over the world for a book called Sink Your Teeth Into Dragons.I had no idea that Zmey Gorynych was so popular, definitely the most requested dragon. One thing I was exploring on this project was bringing the serpent back to dragon designs. So many historical accounts of dragons describe them with snake-like features but I feel like that's been mostly lost in modern dragon designs. I wanted this one to be less extravagant than most of the others to give it a more classic vibe. That being said, I was't going to pass up an opportunity to paint sweet glowing through holes. I bet this thing is a real nuisance for those castle-goers.
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Hi RJ! I just wanted to let you know that I've featured this dragon on my dragon artwork blog (with proper attribution and links back, of course). I love this piece and all the dragons in that book look amazing! You can find me at Writing Dragons , and your feature in my April AtoZ Challenge here . Keep up the great work!
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He probably referenced a hydra
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Well, it looks rather close, but I’ve been told by the guy that Ghidorah wasn’t an inspiration (plus he isn’t actually gold but rather green).
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This question is kind of ironic considering that Toho's representation of Zmey Gorynych was one of the main inspirations for creating the design of Ghidorah.
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You must not have studied Russian dragon folklore.
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Admittedly I should have probably done that (it was just the fact that this guy is a three-headed golden dragon and my brain connected the dots!)
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Gorynych is more of an olive, though. This is an illustration of the moment when he was slain. Also, he was the son of a sorcerer, I believe. It's complicated.
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Looking back on it, he is a bit green. Darn it, I must have somehow misseen the colours.
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It's an easy mistake to make in that lighting.
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wait, was this the same creature seen in the film The Sword and the Dragon featured on MST3K?
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You must not have studied Russian dragon folklore.
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Ah I see 
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In childhood I liked legends about mighti slavic hiroes vs dragons. In slavik myphs the dragon is multi-headed (3, 6 or 12 heads!) snaked creatures with wings and fire breath. The creatures was defited from Ivan - king`s son (tsar`s son) or bogatyrs. Bogatyr is like paladin - mighty warrior, defender of fatherland.
Your Zmey Gorinich (in english his nsme equal Snake-from-the-Mount) is really good! I like all of Yuor works, and this picture for me is sweet surprise.
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You must not have studied Russian dragon folklore.
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Hank: "I don't get it."
Steve: "Well, they all share a stomach, right?"
hank: "I guess...."
Steve: "So you feed the mentos to one on the left, and diet coke to the one on the right...."
Hank: "granted."
Steve: "Ergo, it shoots out the middle one in a great, firey, acidic burst of froth! Boom! Dragon fire explained!"
Hank: "......What if the dragon only has one head?"
Steve: "That's crazy talk!"
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It only works inside the coke bottle though. When you pour the coke it loses too much of its fizziness to make for an adequate reaction.
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dude dont ruin it xD
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Dragonic logistics!
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Man, Legendary needs to hire you ASAP. I bet your Ghidorah would be absolutely badass.
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I imagine they already have a design by now. I bet it's gonna be quadrupedal based on smaug's design popularity
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Oh, I'm sure they do - I just think it would've been cool to see your take on it. But yeah, you're probably right about the quadrupedal stance. Hopefully it'll make for some interesting fight scenes.
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They have Ghidorah, but they're hiding him.
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I bet a Piasa would be interesting in this style
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This is such a cool design! You're right, I don't see serpent dragons all that often, which is really a shame.
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I think snake teeth look very fragile on a dragon yet the dragon is impressive as always
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