KD’s Art Blog

I'm kind of honored to be a dragon lady. The dragon is a very powerful, mythical animal. ― Yoko Ono

[krystaldragonart]

࣪ ˖✧ Krystra the Maned Dragoness ✧ ࣪ ˖

Nicknames: Krystal, the Dazzling

Gender: Female

Species: Northwestern Maned Dragon

Abilities: Can create blue fire bursts (reaches up to 3000 F) and ice cold breath that dispense into shards upon contact, which helps trap enemies to escape. Her scales can glow a iridescent teal color.

Age: Young Adult (mid 20's in comparison to human years)

Family: Crystal Dragon Mother, Maned Tundra Father. Middle child.

Height/Weight: 6'03" ft (183.8 cm) head-to-toe, 15'07" ft in length (459 cm); 1820 lbs. (825 kg)

Habitat: Pacific Northwest continents

Diet: Fresh water fish/salmon, shrimp, fruits and berries (including strawberries, bananas, red grapes and dark cherries), chocolate, milk/dairy, eggs, and just about any baked goods and bread.

Personality: Bubbly and friendly, semi-approachable as she can be super cautious with strangers. Super oblivious sometimes. Can switch from acting child-like to mature when something serious comes to play. Displays temperamental attitude when offended.

Backstory: TBA

Theme Song: N/A

Fun facts: Upon shedding off her crystals after winter (she has a winter coat form that has her grow extra large crystals), she would consume them to gain their rare nutrition and minerals. Her saliva also helps break down those crystals.

[krystaldragonart]

Spyro: A Realm Beyond 🐉 🌫️

[krystaldragonart]

𝐼𝓈𝓃'𝓉 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁𝓎? 🐰🎀 ✨

[krystaldragonart]

joe boxers girlfriend

[krystaldragonart]

Commission for denshadragon/ED-E (X/Bsky)

They wanted something Persona 3 related and so I was given the creative freedom and added their night fury OC along with their favorite character :3c I'm super proud how this turned out (As I did a fake screenshot version too)

Progress video:

[krystaldragonart]

Changed her name from Dawn to Nova :)

[krystaldragonart]

Another semi-realistic take on Krystra

(this time with a HTTYD inspired twist)

I wasn't too happy with my last drawing (with the exception of the crystals) so I wanted to try at it again- this time rendering up the crystals big time xD yes that is Hiccup as the silhouette

I lost track of time this took, but I enjoyed playing around with some iridescence on her scales and feathers as well on some of her crystals.

The "Glimmering Frostspitter" was a random name I came up with that vikings would call her lol

[krystaldragonart]

Krystra mammalfied :D part big cat, part deer- even some fox in there too!~

This came to me in a vision and took the opportunity to bring it to life. Even did her winter form as a sort of bonus, which as a dragon looks more like this

Also I'm considering making her winter form have blue eyes (in the idea that deer eyes turn blue during the winter too)

[krystaldragonart]

Commission for Sam and Endie on BlueSky

[krystaldragonart]

hi I totally didn't forget to post here nope nope

have a light fury with a scarf :)

[krystaldragonart]

OOMMMGGG I forgot to post here- oops

Here's some Krystra for the time being :)

[krystaldragonart]

expression practices with Krystra ✨

really need to draw her more than just a happy-go-lucky lady when she has way more feelings than I can express (from angry to puzzlement from cringe to playful/flirty).

I was actually looking through my older arts lately and found this unfinished piece back in 2020 where I was practicing poses for her. I believe I came a long way.

[krystaldragonart]

Krystra: from Egg to Adult! ✨

Egg:

Crystal Dragon eggs (from Krystra's side of the family) typically prefer dark caves or places with glowing crystals nearby. Some crystals glow immensely when a crystal dragon egg is nearby, which helps the baby dragon's development in the egg.

Newborn/Baby:

Crystal dragons are usually born with little or crystals on their body, which will develop overtime the older they get. They start out white or transparent as they will gain color later depending on their environment or genetics. A few week's time is all it needs to start growing crystals.

In Krystra's case being a hybrid, the time for the crystal development was much slower.

Toddler:

The crystals are more prominent as well as in their most colorful stage. Once they develop a diet of their preference, their colors can adjust according to the type of food they eat. They even start to develop those fruity flavors as well, which is ideal when crystal dragons shed off some of their crystals for consumption. In a case of this maned tundra hybrid, their fur will grow and develop at this stage.

Krystra in this stage starts showing her tomboy nature, wanting to get into dangerous activities for the thrill. Her crystal heart is fully covered at this point, which is the strongest crystal on her body but can be very sensitive.

Child:

A crystal dragon's crystals and shards will become sharp and sturdy for full use, and as a maned tundra dragon will have grown all its fur out by then to keep itself warm in the icy winters. A young dragon's elemental abilities can be rather destructive, and they need to harness their skills to better control them.

Krystra's wings have outgrown her body at this point, giving herself an awkward balancing stance that will be only temporarily until her body size catches up.

Teenager:

Their body will still be growing while in their most athletic state. This is where (especially as a Maned Tundra dragon) they try to meet and socialize with others. Independence is usually what they crave, but if anything is just them being away from their parents as often as possible. Their elemental attacks are usually more controlled at this stage, but there's still some practicing to do.

Adult:

They have reached their maximum size at this stage and, if practically appropriately, master their elemental skills. They're typically most mature and be ready to head out on their own with little need of guidance.

Krystra's crystal colors have become paler and her fur in its most fluffiest state. Due to low amount of metabolism, she is prone to weight gain which can hinder her flying ability.

[krystaldragonart]

Krystra but realistic uwu

as much as I enjoyed doing the little details (the feathers, the fur), scales has been one of the most daunting things to do since it takes the longest. but this was meant to be a super quick version of semi realism i think it paid off

[krystaldragonart]

Just realized I never showed off updated Krystra's rage form on here- this is their height comparison (yes she grows large when angry)

Also did a fun stats chart for them too (forgot health is another stat too but they both would have 4/5 on health :V)

also dunno why rage krystra is so light on this one,,, I think CSP bugged out on the layers

[krystaldragonart]

Another commission for PhantomCommando (Ao3)

This time with Fluttercord sharing a kiss under the stars :) based on the final scene in his MLP fic: Live Forever

[krystaldragonart]

Gold Digger the Night Fury

She exists way before the movies, where night furies are more common in the wild

Name: Gold Digger (or Gold for short)

Nicknames: Glimmertail (by non-vikings), The Gilding Pirate Gender: Female Species: Night Fury Age: Adult (Early 30's in human years) Family: Parents unknown. Only child. No mate; no friends. Height/Weight: 8'00" (244 cm) from head to toe, roughly around 1875 lbs (~850.5 kg) Habitat: Near the northeast Atlantic sea. She lives in a den where she hoards her gold. Diet: Salt water fish (loves King Salmon), wild berries (she definitely likes blueberries) Personality: Brash, can be rather harsh and sassy. She can be easily haughty with pleasure after a successful heist, but becomes incredibly angry when things don't go her way. With her high pain tolerance getting into a bunch of fights, she will rush into trouble without thinking first. Very territorial and protective of her den and other findings. Since she grew up without much love from her kind, gold has been something that keeps her happy. Backstory: Her love at first sight was gold. Living her childhood alone and having to fend for herself, she starts to gather anything that were shiny and has value to fulfill her soul. Silver and jewels were the beginning of her adventure, but she starts seeking something greater- from the coral reefs to small villages where vikings reside. She figures if some of these scummy vikings and chiefs just take the gold from others for themselves, why can't she do the same? Only half the time would her heists ever really work, only leaving the damages she made behind. She prefers to work alone, finding friends to be too "distracting and untrustworthy". Theme Song: "Calypso" by Sail North