I'm not sure if people will like her story but at any rate. In this setting magical creatures sometimes fetch a good price since non-magical creatures (such as humans) cannot see the magical patterns of a spell; only its effect. This is where a magical creature comes handy as they can guide the wizard through the process of spell making. Thus creating a spell take less time to research, the components are more common and so on. It's like seeking the answers by yourself vs having someone guiding you in the process; the former may take more time but the later tend doesn't develop the same autonomy and creativity. Depending of the type of creature, they can also act as steward, bodyguard and can perform many tasks of various complexities once properly tamed (it isn't as bad as it sounds as their standard of living is well above most people and you can't piss them off too much without compromising their cooperation).
On her story: Drakia was raised by her two loving parents. She is lithe, athletic and rely on her speed and agility when challenged. She is also slightly chaotic due to her young age. Her species is usually very curious and inquisitive and tend to have a trust-your-first-choice mentality. She would have evolved normally within her society but one day when she was 28 (human equivalent of 14 years old), she was playing by herself and was lured with treats and false promises by human travelers/"treasure hunters". They brought her to a large city (mostly inhabited by humans) and was sold to a wizard with a paladin-like mentality who thought that his world views were so great that it would even transcend species. That last part didn't go too well but she learned many different aspects of magic and came into contact with various wizards and books. However, after a time curiosity was no longer there and she was becoming tired of the noisy and relatively high density of the city so since the wizard had loosen up her "leash" relatively quickly, she managed to escape. At that time, she was 32 (equivalent of 16 year old) and mature enough to prefer discovering the world around her instead of just rushing back to her parents.
Onto the drawing itself. done with 0.3mm - 0.7mm mechanical pencils, again for a contest. The requirements: must be an anthropomorphic female, must have a name and a background story.
Little doubts about her gender (I have put aside my dragons-show-little-dimorphism views for the moment) and her anthropomorphic nature. I had fun with the pose but I faced some limitations in term of clothing (i.e. it had to cover everything... not that there is a lot to cover but anyway and possibilities for "battle damages" was rather limited so I didn't add any... which is a bit unfortunate because I can draw tears and wears relatively easily). There is also plenty of Photoshop opportunity: casting spells from her extended hand, to some lighting effects from the staff and such.
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Yes, that's a deadric symbol (it’s the letter "V" from their alphabet but upside down). Originally it was supposed to be a heraldic symbol of a dragon holding a precious stone, but when reduced and distorted the picture was just a blob of pixels that didn't look good at all. So I opted to something more generic that still looked wizard-like.
Hey Tempest can you give me a color sceme for Drakkel? If Silveera isn't going to make an entry for my first contest I'm going to "judge" so to speak, the pictures and announce the winners ASAP. (I don't think that I need to tell you who this is.)
A color scheme... I would say Scales: R40:G70:B110, Underbelly: R140:G160:B175, Eyes: Green, Mane: Black with hint of blue.
On a color test, I have managed to make it looks not too bad with those colors.
I'm not terribly good at coloring pictures, in fact when I don't even try to do something good, it ends up looking better than when I spend time trying to color it.
Note: It's really a rough idea of what I had in mind.
Ah... I see what you meant with the colors. hmm... I will saves this picture and unleash my uber-awesomeness...(don't ask) Thank you though, you do a better job with coloring than I do...
On a color test, I have managed to make it looks not too bad with those colors.
Note: It's really a rough idea of what I had in mind.