Long hug

Posted Jun 25, 2008, 9:14:26 PM UTC

for my friend Sylphie ^^

"Long" is the mandarin word for dragon, allso sometimes misused as the name for the Chinese Imperial Dragon species... that's just the "type" or "family" of dragon, there are many species of Longs (Jiaolong, Shenglong, Yinglong.... etc.) and Longs are VERY different from Japanese Ryus, these tend to be smaller and only have 3 fingers on each claw, while Longs can be as big as mountais and have 4-5 fingers on each claw.

... they're not about to do anything O____o that tangled position is a Dragon display of affection, like a hug.

Character design (c) Sylphie

Comments

Jeica
Jul 7, 2008, 4:04:05 AM UTC
It's beautiful. Gotta love the soft yet rich colors!
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- Olimari
  Jul 16, 2008, 1:13:29 PM UTC
  thank you very much ^^
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  Jeica
  Jul 16, 2008, 11:42:57 PM UTC
  You're very welcome!
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cruffins
Jun 25, 2008, 4:01:20 PM UTC
awww.... they're soo cute!
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Yuriona
Jun 25, 2008, 3:22:39 PM UTC
Very cool. I did not know that about 'long' though I seem to recall that only Imperial longs have five fingers. ^^
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- Olimari
  Jul 4, 2008, 11:23:41 AM UTC
  well all kinds of longs can be considered "imperial" emperors don't only used one subspecie as their emblem
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  Yuriona
  Jul 7, 2008, 3:11:54 PM UTC
  Eh? What do you mean? Granted I am not as familiar with Asian dragon mythology but I was under the impression that dragons representing the Imperial family were drawn/painted with five toes rather than the usual four. *shrugs* Its really neither here nor there though.
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  Olimari
  Jul 16, 2008, 1:13:10 PM UTC
  well yes, but then again, Iperial ones are ome sort of "breed" they're not ALL chinese dragons there are more or less 9 species
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Cokekitty
Jun 25, 2008, 2:33:00 PM UTC
Perdy. ^^
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