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DRAGONS?

You may ask yourself, "What's FantasyStock going on about now? Dragons??" But I love dragons! My avatar has been a dragon for a long time. And... Well, yeah, I have questions about dragons, though my reasons are my own... LOL!

Ok, so dragons... Do you believe in dragons? Have you ever met a dragon? What are dragons like? I want to read all that you know about dragons, and I'd love to see your favorite dragon art links from dA... Please?

TREASURE!

With medical bills still on my mind (stress!), my eBay auctions will be updated again this week. Currently up for auction... A real DRAGON in mint condition:

Neopets Cloud Scorchio Plushie

The above plushie is no longer available in stores. Here are some more great deals on rare Neopets merchandise:

Also, here are a few other new (or nearly new) treasures that I hope will be of use to someone who sees this:

FEATURED ARTIST

Each time I update my journal I like to feature an artist that has used my stock in their art. This week's featured artist is...

=shutupandwhisper

=shutupandwhisper: When it comes to featuring fantasy art involving dragons, the natural thing for me to do is visit this Australian artist's gallery where you'll find fierce dragons, epic battle scenes, fantastic mythical beasties, and even a few outstanding special effects resources for your art. It's definitely worth your time to view his enchanting world of magic.

^{Other Art by =shutupandwhisper}

^{2007 Featured Artists ☆ 2006 Featured Artists}

FEATURED FREEBIES

^{This Week's Theme: DRAGONS!}

Here are some FREE goodies, which are offered by some very generous deviants for your use! Please be sure to follow each artist's TERMS OF USE before you take anything that isn't yours.

^{Stock Art}

^{Textures & Brushes}

^{Journal CSS}

^{Free Avatars}

Each of these icons is 50x50, under 15 kb, and free to use as your dA avatar within the artist's rules...

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~mad-libbs Jun 4, 2008, 12:32:04 AM

Well, Dragon lore is varied and contradictory in my opinion, but they are still awesome. There are the Pern dragons, and D+D dragons. But there are dragons in every culture and they all seem to fly, which is what I guess I like about them, that something that big can be so agile, in the air. I really did like the mini-series they did on dragons a while back, that "what if" series, explaining scientifically how it's possible for them to breathe fire and fly and such, it almost made it believeable. (that and it was voiced by Patrick Stewart XD ) Dragons are, and will always be, a fixture in fantasy. That's, I guess, what makes them so fascinating.

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=shutupandwhisper Jun 4, 2008, 1:06:00 AM

hey, thanks so much for the feature!!!

=Renilicious Jun 4, 2008, 1:44:16 AM

I had a friend who wrote an entire essay about the physiology of dragons. It was fantastic. I'll see if I can find it again.

=eldris Jun 4, 2008, 3:02:16 AM

If I lived in the USA I think I'd bid on one of the neopets plushies, because I used to live on neopets and just started playing again.

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*Valedhelven Jun 4, 2008, 3:33:36 AM

Here's my collection of Dragon images from around DA, if you're interested... maybe you'll find one you haven't seen already: [link]

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*Retoucher07030 Jun 4, 2008, 4:53:37 AM

I started on a dragon manip. in the winter but never finished it. Think I'll revisit it now

~CabbyHat Jun 4, 2008, 6:25:13 AM

Oh wow. Neopets... that brings back some memories.

Well, OBVIOUSLY dragons are real. They've just gotten really good at hiding by now.

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=Tammara Jun 4, 2008, 8:26:13 AM

I think dragons existed at one time. There are detailed descriptions and drawings of them through history. Unless of course everyone was on drugs.

I wish I could see one.

Here is one of my favorite dragons.
:thumb82098697:

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=Tammara Jun 4, 2008, 8:28:17 AM

Oooops thumbs don't show, here is the link.
[link]

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*Aedelthryd Jun 4, 2008, 9:28:01 AM

Of course I believe in dragons, who doesn't.

Have I ever met one? IRL? I hardly ever meet anyone IRL, I hardly ever have the chance to just go off by myself. I've met a few online, though I can only really say that a couple of those were actually genuine, not furries/scalies/wannabes but actual dragons or dragonkin. They were a bit brash and pushy and loose on the language, but considering what they've gone through over the centuries and with gryphons having suffering some degree of fundamentalist demonizing from stupid humans as well, I can sympathize, I think.

Like I said, never met one IRL, so, never really saw one or touched one, save for astral journeys where I still have a problem telling dragons of the realm from dragons that are just visiting like me.

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