I mentioned here I created separate directory in my gallery for #dragon drawings, right? :ablobcatuwu:
So I wanted first dragon there to be Vis'Sai, my "guardian devil", imaginary character from my sad, lonely childhood. When I was 11-12 I started to create my own private mythology as coping mechanism, using mainly Western European alchemy lore and symbols. I had whole pantheon of demons/spirits made of fire and acid, few of them I imagined as having great divine-like power. Vis'Sai was the greatest deity and central character in my internal "lore" and he had many forms, but often appeared as dragon or man with dragon head and wings. I didn't hear about Lovecraft then but I imagined Vis'Sai as somewhat similar to Cthulhu - he was imprisoned and willing to annihilate the world if he would be finally free. And I tried to find a way to release him... wait, was I unaware Old Ones cultist as a kid? :blobcatjoy:
I had small clay dragon figurine, with the same pattern of horns on its head like in this picture. As a child I started imagining this particular dragon version as his canonical form. I was often sketching dragon portraits like this, but this time, many years later, I wanted to create this in "professional-like" style.
