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Commission for [iconname]SierraWesternDrake010[/iconname]

Yep, here are the other two alts I made for Sierra that I never uploaded to FA, a cutaway and open WS version.

The trouble with drawing this character was that there really wasn't an 'official' design for me to work with, but I was told I could take some creative liberties so long as I kept with her canonical appearance from the books. The problem was, for a lot of the design references I was given, she looked rather funky (especially the book cover), kinda in like that style from Dragonology, and it's not really my preference, as I tend to prefer my dragons to be more... I guess... bright and expressive? (kinda like how I draw Alicia).

I've also seen some really nice looking pieces of Saphira done by other furry artists, although they tend to either reference her movie design (which I was heavily advised against using) or something so completely different that strays far away from the canon, which I really like, such as this picture: https://e621.net/posts/4450010?q=saphira

So I mostly stuck within what I was given, making the best out of what I had, and ended up with this look! Which heavily takes elements from Ciruelo Cabral's design, such as her colors mostly being blue, and the row of spikes along her spine. With some creative liberties from me, mainly making her more feminine and more in the style of how I would draw dragons. If I had read the book I would've probably been able to make a custom lore accurate look for her that I would approve of more, like how I did the dragons from my WoF pics.

Hopefully this tickles the fancy of more lore accurate Eragon fans! although I don't know... considering that this is probably the first ABDL pic of Saphira ever made...