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Making a new OC, say hi to Shoggoth. Full reference coming soon!
MY FIRST ATTACK! For @tiizhere !! I designed a dragon form for their oc Apollo!! Go attack them too on art fight NOW!!!!! https://artfight.net/character/3739148.apolloplace-holder
Drew this with a discount blue pen and my dad’s scratch paper
Dragalge 🪸⚠️
I wanted a snek dragon.
I made a snek dragon
THIS THING TOOK ME OVER 16 HOURS, but I’m proud of ma sea-fury boi.
Here’s the new dragon hood mask! The surface is finished with a range of shimmery blues, and the eyes are an acrylic plastic that reflects green and blue from certain angles.
I'll have this for sale at my table at Arisia this coming weekend, and afterwards I'll put it up on Etsy. (Either directly if this one doesn’t sell, or for custom orders if it does.)
I still need to come up with a more specific descriptor of this design. The blues really emphasize the aquatic feel, and the swooping seams between the pieces remind me a bit of a dolphin or orca. I’ve already got a mask design that I call a sea dragon though...
It’s made of 6 oz vegetable-tanned leather, which is a bit thicker than what I normally use. I really like the weight and stiffness it gave though. Makes the whole thing feel very solid. The pieces are cut with a laser cutter, then wet-formed, dyed, painted, and riveted together by hand. Progress shots of the build are here.
It buckles on with 5 straps. The ones shown in the photos are snagged from the cat mask that I’ve also finished up recently (and apparently haven’t posted yet), because the blue shiny ones that will match this mask were still drying when I went to take photos.
This aquatic dragon’s streamlined profile helps it cut through the waters smoothly, and its shimmery blue coloration lets it blend in and evade detection as it stalks its prey.
The mask is made of relatively thick 6 oz vegetable-tanned leather. That thickness is a bit much for a lot of the more delicate stuff I do, but it gave this a really nice solidity and heft.
The eye pieces are an iridescent acrylic plastic that reflects greens and yellows depending on angle, and is rose-tinted when looking through it.
I'm feeling really happy with the riveted style I've been working out with these masks. It still always makes me think of like metal panels assembled into a submarine, or something like that. Always gives a bit of a steampunk slant to the aesthetic.
As for overall concept/form/vibe, I feel like I’m doing a good job of hitting my target of the uncanny valley between fursuits and pup hoods. Which means I’m never really sure if there are enough people who want this sort of thing for it to be viable. But I like them, and I think it’s good to push a greater variety of ideas out into the world.
Previously seen here, and assembly photos here.
And it’s up for sale on my Etsy shop!
Is it me or Tiamat from monsterverse looks kinda like a sea horse or a sea dragon?
I drew that one meme w my fursona :3
Bruno is enjoying his summer and reconnecting with his sea serpent roots by floating in the ocean :3
Bruno is enjoying his summer and reconnecting with his sea serpent roots by floating in the ocean :3
Updated my fursona ref sheet:3
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An impressive sketch!