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Published: 2015-06-05 13:05:25 +0000 UTC; Views: 4156; Favourites: 229; Downloads: 32
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Description Name: Misha
Breed: Akhal Teke
Gender: Stallion
Age: 40
Color: Perlino
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Well! After all the fun sketching I did over the last few days, I have finally finished my horse inspired dragon! I'm so excited to finally have a dragon character. When I was a kid I designed a whole family of silver and red dragons with terrible markings and names. I wish I could find those pictures. They were terribly awesome!

Working on a bit of worldbuilding for Misha, who is an akhal-teke dragon. In Misha's world, dragons were domesticated in place of horses. All horse culture and development now belongs to dragon-kind. Horses still exist, but not in the same way as our world.
Dragon raising is a time honored tradition and are definitely symbols of status. For one, because they are so expensive to keep. They live 10 times as long as horses, and they take nearly ten years to grow to a size where they can begin light training. They can start breeding around 20, but don't stop growing until 40-50. Average lifespan is about 250-300 years, though some of the smaller and hardier breeds have individuals that are currently over 400 years and going strong.

Here are some of the rough sketches of horse-like dragons:
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Comments: 38

LenaMAD [2015-06-05 17:00:52 +0000 UTC]

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First off, I love the over all concept of this. The colors are very soft but easily distinguished, and the red decor is very striking and draws your attention to the face to identify the creature.
Though I might say he could be a bit more sleek if being based upon a Akhal-Teke, as they are very slim over all. But being a dragon this can be easily over looked and justified by the difference in anatomy.
Being a huge horse fan, I love this idea and image to no end.
Also the background is very fitting/complementary.
Stay awesome.


~Lena

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Purple-Potatoez [2015-12-20 17:21:56 +0000 UTC]

That tail man O_O Β I wanna roll in it! Gorgeous work!

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Muircat [2015-07-07 15:45:59 +0000 UTC]

Wow, this is so cool! I love the idea, and this design looks amazing.

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nikquine [2015-06-11 18:41:59 +0000 UTC]

You've always been one of my favorite artists that I watch (:
Not only do you use a wonderful color palette in all of your work, but the array of subject that you use is so interesting and also rendered quite well. I admire your use of few details in some pieces that don't distract from the main subject and then you use great detail in some pieces that make me feel like I'm not looking at art, but a photo.Β 
Keep up the great work!

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Plaguedog In reply to nikquine [2015-06-12 16:36:56 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much for your kind words, this really made my day and gave me some encouragement to keep going today!

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nikquine In reply to Plaguedog [2015-06-23 21:31:45 +0000 UTC]

You're very welcome! I'm so glad I made your day

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JetHero13 [2015-06-05 18:45:36 +0000 UTC]

AHHH!! I love this Idea!!! Let me help you Spread it!!! you could make this a new species!!!

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Plaguedog In reply to JetHero13 [2015-06-06 17:29:30 +0000 UTC]

<3 Thank you so much!
Hey that would be pretty sweet! I think it would be really cool to have a species but I have a lot of work ahead of me if i try

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JetHero13 In reply to Plaguedog [2015-06-07 16:14:08 +0000 UTC]

I could help ^^ I've really been wanting to draw more dragons lately and everyone tells me I draw dragons like horses.

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SkyfulSeren [2015-06-05 17:59:41 +0000 UTC]

Soooo handsome! Β 

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Plaguedog In reply to SkyfulSeren [2015-06-06 17:24:54 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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Dappleclaw [2015-06-05 17:47:29 +0000 UTC]

So handsome! I love the ears on him, and the short mane is great XD

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Plaguedog In reply to Dappleclaw [2015-06-06 17:22:48 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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ArgothiaAndKhaos [2015-06-05 17:36:16 +0000 UTC]

I really love this design and idea, it's absolutely fascinating!

Can't wait to see more

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Plaguedog In reply to ArgothiaAndKhaos [2015-06-06 17:17:22 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much!

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ArgothiaAndKhaos In reply to Plaguedog [2015-06-07 02:26:52 +0000 UTC]

No problem

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LenaMAD [2015-06-05 16:51:43 +0000 UTC]

Oh my, this is such a lovely character. Ah, I can't wait to see what other breeds and colors you do for these magnificent beasts. I would love to be able to pay you to make me a buckskin or bay Arabian stallion. This is just so awesome.

I was going to be a lazy bum and not give you a critique, but I will try my hand at it, though I find little to no flaws in this fantasticness. XD

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Plaguedog In reply to LenaMAD [2015-06-06 17:17:04 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! You know I definitely want to draw an arabian but I want to sort out the anatomy first. Haha if it makes sense, I like arabians so much I am afraid of screwing them up!

Thank you for the critique, too! I really agree with you about this one needing to be a little more sleek. I had been thinking the same thing, but I was going back and forth between a couple different horse breeds. I think in future draws (and I may touch this up too) I will make him more slim all over.

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LenaMAD In reply to Plaguedog [2015-06-06 19:47:07 +0000 UTC]

Your very welcome ^^
Yeah Arabians are just so special, I have a hard time drawing their slimmer faces compared to other horses. Another favorite is the Frisians or Andalusians, well big horses with lots of feathering
Haha, I can understand that: love something too much to mess it up XD

Your welcome
Well, if you make future breeds to look stockier or "heavier/bigger" then he would, in comparison, look smaller. Or maybe slim his legs slightly (that's all that really sticks out), cause the rest looks mighty fine.

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Vampire-Sacrifice [2015-06-05 16:41:21 +0000 UTC]

GYAHHH HE'S SO PERFECT!!!!

What a majestic and magical creature! Can't wait to see more!!!

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Plaguedog In reply to Vampire-Sacrifice [2015-06-06 17:12:50 +0000 UTC]

<3 Thank you! I am hardly resisting the urge to draw a whole stable of them

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Vampire-Sacrifice In reply to Plaguedog [2015-06-06 20:25:29 +0000 UTC]

Please oh please make adopts out of these!!!

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Plaguedog In reply to Vampire-Sacrifice [2015-06-06 23:51:53 +0000 UTC]

I think I can make that happen!

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Vampire-Sacrifice In reply to Plaguedog [2015-06-07 00:46:02 +0000 UTC]

Β That would be the best thing ever! Β I will so get one!

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Demon-Child-13 [2015-06-05 15:41:35 +0000 UTC]

Will there be different "breeds" like there are horses? Like, could there be a Gypsy Vanner dragon or a Shetland Pony dragon? Can you even imagine a little chubby dragon waddling around like a pony? XD
Any way, I really like what you've done with him! It will be interesting to learn more about this type of dragon in the future. (I'm sure lots of people are going to want to make one. XD )

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Plaguedog In reply to Demon-Child-13 [2015-06-05 16:17:24 +0000 UTC]

Yes! I would love to do that! Haha Ok I will have to add a fat little shetland dragon to my next picture!
I'm especially wanting to draw them pulling carriages.

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Demon-Child-13 In reply to Plaguedog [2015-06-05 19:41:59 +0000 UTC]

Lol, I can't wait to see that!
Ooh, they're going to look so pretty when all dressed up. Back on your sketch page I especially liked the image with the feather head piece, so seeing some fancy dragons is going to be great. XD

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detectivebenson [2015-06-05 14:48:44 +0000 UTC]

Oh man I hope you post more of him! Looks amazing!

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Plaguedog In reply to detectivebenson [2015-06-05 16:10:22 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I should definitely do some more pictures of him!

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detectivebenson In reply to Plaguedog [2015-06-05 20:07:44 +0000 UTC]

please doo!!! I would love to see them! Are you going to do other types as well? (draft, quarter horse, mustang, etc?)

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Plaguedog In reply to detectivebenson [2015-06-06 17:09:09 +0000 UTC]

I really do want to! There are a lot of breeds I think would look interesting like this

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detectivebenson In reply to Plaguedog [2015-06-07 04:21:36 +0000 UTC]

Yay!!! I cannot wait to see what you come up with!Β 

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SelahAnn [2015-06-05 13:55:54 +0000 UTC]

This is such a cool character-I really love the design and the colors-can't wait to see more of him!

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Plaguedog In reply to SelahAnn [2015-06-05 14:48:31 +0000 UTC]

I'm definitely not going to be able to resist making more. I want to see a dapple grey and an appaloosa and all my favorite colors dragon-ized

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SelahAnn In reply to Plaguedog [2015-06-05 15:50:32 +0000 UTC]

Oh, I'd totally love to see a dapple grey...that's got to be one of my favorite horse colors...along with buckskin....oooo...buckskin appaloosas are even better...lol...sorry-I'll stop as there are far too many horse breeds/color patterns that I just love-can't wait to see everyone of them you decide to make xD

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Plaguedog In reply to SelahAnn [2015-06-05 16:12:10 +0000 UTC]

buckskin appaloosa! Oooo I could tweak this lineart some to make it a nez perce horse (appaloosa and akhal teke cross) and then I could recolor it to be a buckskin appaloosa.

I just am totally having that problem, there are so many colors and markings that I like.

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Nexcello [2015-06-05 13:10:27 +0000 UTC]

This is gorgeous! Really love the colors too; the way the red pops against the skin. Really inspiring!

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Plaguedog In reply to Nexcello [2015-06-05 13:34:57 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much!

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