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Jessica ´Vestaka´ Douglas

"Reef Dragon Reborn" by Jessica ´Vestaka´ Douglas

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Tag As FavoriteComment		December 1st.

It has been a long time since you and I spoke, journal mine. Under the advice of the leader of our expedition I took a long break to think about where we should go from here. Finding the pixie dragon... it was a moment of triumph, and at the same time a moment of sorrow.

Where to go from here? What new creatures to explore? There was always something fantastical about seeking a creature of myth, and finding it to be real... but somewhere along the way I lost the 'magic' just the stories of the mythical beasts posess.

So there I was, feeling quite old and out of tales. The magic of the world lost on me and made mundane. In a fit of boredom and an effort to make the most of our vacation we began to do all the sites, all the 'tourist' things to do out here. So.. while we were scuba diving of off the coast of hawaii a massive beast moved right past me! It was huge... towered over me, and yet those dark eyes were gentle and mild. It reminded me of the reef dragon from the caribbean... except they aren't supposed to exist in these waters at all! It's body was different, and instead of the massive 'winglike' front flippers, this beast folded it's legs to it's sides and swam like an eel would.

... it ... reminded me of old sailor's tails, countless ones that my father would tell me.

I believe I will go explore some more... and simply see what it is I find.

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Done in colored pencils as usual.


DateNameComment 
2 Jan 200645 Dragonhearth
+ points are : The colour, the drawing itself,
the detail (e.G. The sea critters).
- points are : None, from my point of view.
Fantastic drawing!
3 Jan 200645 Anonymous
Nice pic, but may I ask what the arrows are for?

:-) Jessica 'Vestaka' Douglas replies: "Low resolution image means that you miss out on about... 50% of the detail in the original piece. They are fish, just the scan quality cuts out the smaller, finer details that actually makes them into fish and turns them into blobs. And no I will not put up a higher res image x.x just in case anyone's thinking of asking. "
18 Feb 2006:-) Tabitha General_Wyvern Ruf
Reef dragon bears a stricking resemblence to the sail fish.
19 Feb 200645 Dragon's gem
It's so...finny...
1 Oct 200645 Thanna "Woodswatcher" Setliff
I actually like this better than the first reef dragon, but both are wonderful.
13 Jan 200745 Teeny
its funny cuz i can actually picute how this would swim through the water 10
8 Jun 200745 Solveig aka Sunroad
""Nice pic, but may I ask what the arrows are for?""
At first glance they really don't look like arrows. Anonymous: get a grip and look instead of think!

I like the black fish...

My apologies for the "fishes" grammar mistake...
8 Jun 200745 Solveig aka Sunroad
Really nice! I especially like the blurry fishes.
16 Jul 200745 Elihion Longtoes (of the Bree Longtoes).
The 'arrows' could easily be cleaner fish... Many have distinctive shapes and/or colours, signalling that they are
not food, but there to provide a service. From the description
our friendly reef dragon is much larger than these cleaners, and the outcrop of reef may well be a local cleaning station
that receives many visitor who need an itch scratching... 2

btw: Love the journal... bookmarked and emailed to many friends.

Eli Longtoes.
13 Sep 2009:-) Robert Joseph Ball
Your reef dragon is so cute with it’s big eyes!
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'Reef Dragon Reborn':
 • Created by: :-) Jessica ´Vestaka´ Douglas
 • Copyright: ©Jessica ´Vestaka´ Douglas. All rights reserved!

 • Keywords: Coral, Dragon, Fish, Ocean, Reef, Sea
 • Categories: Dragons, Drakes, Wyverns, etc, Normal Animals (Cats, horses, fish, etc)
 • Techniques: Coloured Pencils
 • Submitted: 2005-12-10 12:58:59
 • Views: 2722
 • Resolution: 700x525

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