PUFF

"PUFF the fat dragon." A doodle from today. I'm fond of using goat elongated pupils lately for some reason. I guess they add a distinct personality. Looking at little details in animal anatomy I think there's a lot to take from real animals to give to fantastic ones with the purpose of giving subtle connections or implications. For example: If I were to give this dragon snake eyes with a sliver-like pupil he'd seem fat, yes, but also dangerous. By giving him these goat pupils it gives him a little bit of a silly and distant air to him. A lot of these things I really only can identify in retrospect if I don't really have a goal or target when drawing, but from time to time I'll challenge myself to purposefully give specific emotional or instinctual reactions I'd like the viewer to have when seeing an illustration.