In yesterday’s post I revealed my favourite animal was a dragon. I illustrated this with a pirate dragon and thought you might like to meet the rest of his family.
I call them a “clan” of dragons because I know them to be related. But does anyone know what the collective noun for dragons is? Or better still, what name would you create as a collective noun?
There is one more member of the family to meet. A female dragon in fact. If you can guess what era she hails from I’ll dedicate her to you and link back to your blog.
Ziggy Shortcrust 
Wow – these are fab!
Thank you. You mentioned the Rotring pens and patience required to create your Gravatar? Well, these took a long time too…I haven’t mastered the art of digital technology so every dot is hand drawn.
yeah – they look like they took a while. I’ve got art apps on the iPad but I’m not that keen – I just love art materials. I wouldn’t mind having a go with a drawing tablet for a pc though.
I don’t know what the official term is, but how about a conflagration of dragons?
As for the era of your female – that’s tough. Looking at the males, #1 looks like a classically piratical seventeenth century swashbuckler, #2 I can’t place, #3 looks like a Viking, and #4 is definitely a nineteenth century robber baron. I’m not sure whether the female should be a futuristic spacefaring dragon, or an ancient Chinese dragon empress. Guess I’ll have to wait and be surprised!
I LOVE the idea of a Chinese Empress dragon.
fantastical !
Magical! Your dragons have great personality!
I love them! I just love your use of pattern in everything you do. They are fantastic!
Love the last one, its very steampunk! The texture made by the dots is kinda hypnotising… I could look at these all day 🙂
Very nice drawings. they really show off your draftsmanship.
Love the steampunk dragon 🙂
Wonderful!
thank you for your comment and I’m glad that you like my cockerels:D I love your dragons, they look so friendly and make me cheerful. thank you for that!
Absolutely wonderful. 🙂
Amazing! I love your artwork!!! And thanks for dropping by @ http://www.theloganblog.wordpress.com. 🙂
Thank you Chiman. Glad I found you. I think your work is fabulous.
Thank you so much 🙂 I’m glad I found you too!
I love your dragons. A dragon with a monocle is really something.
As a collective noun I’ve heard flight, though I rather like clan too. Check here for more.
Oh, thank you.
I’d call a clan of dragons a Cliv (join our Cliv!), Fratello (yup, an earthly word) or just the plain old Other (we are Others, we are connected to each other within this closed society). I use the term Other for married dragons in my stories and book instead of human terms like “marriage.” Plus, OTHER sounds so universal, especially for a family/clan of dragons. And I believe a female dragon is called a Dragoness (I’m just sayin’). I hope this helps. Feel free to link to my blog, Dragon Short Stories.
Of course, a Dragoness. No wonder she’s looking cross; I’ve failed to address her correctly 😉
Thanks for stopping by.
Your welcome. I’m always interested in anything relating to Dragons. Have you read the Temeraire series by Naomi Novik?
I’m afraid I haven’t. But I do like drawing dragons.