Let There Be Dragons -- Due October 24, 2026

[Vicki Z]

Think about dragons from movies, on TV shows, in books.
Any and all dragons are allowed:

Smaug, from the Hobbit.
Description pulled from the book, or copied from the movie, which are DIFFERENT, by the way!!!


Tolkien depicted Smaug (in the book) with 4 legs.
It was the movie that randomly changed the dragon design to have 2 legs and bat-like wings (like a wyvern).


Toothless, the Dragon

 

[Vicki Z]

Sign me up please! I've loved dragons ever since I was a kid! I do my own hand drawn variety, mostly cute and baby ones.

WelcomeNixoDean.
I signed you up.

I am looking forward to your cute and baby dragons.
This will create some nice variety to the incoming ATCs.

 

[Vicki Z]

My baby sister would kill me if I didn't join a dragon swap (she has been collecting dragons for over 50 years and has a few )
Please sign me up.

I seem to rember, several decades ago, you trading me for one of my flying dragons, and telling me it was going to your baby sister.
I had forgotten about that until just now.

I signed you up!
Welcome!!

 

[Vicki Z]

QUESTION FOR ANYONE.......

The Web lists Quetzalcoatl as a feathered serpent
You Tube claims Quetzalcoatl is a dragon.
Wikipedia says Quetzalcoatl is not a traditional European Dragon, but rather the famous Feathered Serpent Dragon God
from ancient Mesoamerican (Aztec and Mayan) mythology. His name means "quetzal-feathered serpent" in the
Nahuatl language. Because of his serpentine body and ability to fly with bird feathers, modern fantasy media often
compares him to, or depicts him as, a divine feathered dragon


I am allowing Quetzalcoatl to be any of the above, so if you want to draw him for the dragon swap, it is allowed!
If you do NOT want him in your returns, tell me.
I am flexible

Question:
Do you think Quetzalcoatl is a divine dragon, or just a feathered serpent?
No wrong (or right) answers.........

 

[LuckyCharM]

Think about dragons from movies, on TV shows, in books.
Any and all dragons are allowed:

Smaug, from the Hobbit. Description pulled from the book, or copied from the movie, which are DIFFERENT, by the way!!!

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Tolkien depicted Smaug (in the book) with 4 legs, it was the movie that randomly changed
the dragon design to have 2 legs and bat-like wings like a wyvern

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Toothless, the Dragon

I LOVE Toothless, and the entire How to Train a Dragon franchise, so cute. As for Quetzalcoatl, I think of him more as the Aztec feathered serpent god.

 

[Vicki Z]

I LOVE Toothless, and the entire How to Train a Dragon franchise, so cute.

As for Quetzalcoatl, I think of him more as the Aztec feathered serpent god.

Interesting!
So do I!

 

[Vicki Z]

Are you familiar with the ancient Aztec pyramid that, during the spring and autumnal equinoxes, displays a famous light-and-shadow effect
that makes a giant serpent dragon appear to slither down the corner stairs of the structure?

It is soooo awesomely creepy.
The dragon actually moves with the sun, and crawl from the tip of the pyramid to the ground!

 

[Vicki Z]

Other dragon terms:
wyvern
The main difference between a dragon and a wyvern is their body shape. A classic western dragon has four legs and two wings. A wyvern dragon has only two legs and two wings, using its wings like front arms or hands to walk.
Sea dragons are more snake-like and may have no legs.

Broadly speaking in world mythology and folklore, dragons are often divided into four main geographical and cultural categories: Western (European) dragons, Eastern (Asian) dragons, Mesoamerican dragons, and Sea (or aquatic) dragons.

 

[QuittinEarly]

Welcome QuittinEarly,
I see that you are a new member, but as a new member, you need to learn to read everything.

No one has to drop out for you to join.
I do not need a replacement, if you want to join, you may.
Please note that this swap is listed as an OPEN SWAP, which means it is open for you to join.

I have signed you up.

O ok, i am new and excited to collect this art, the first swap i was in had a limit so i assumed this was the same, ill remember this next time, but due to the response ill pass on this one

 

[Vicki Z]

O ok, i am new and excited to collect this art, the first swap i was in had a limit so i assumed this was the same, ill remember this next time, but due to the response ill pass on this one

Thank you for the update.
I have withdrawn you.

 

[Vicki Z]

Did you know there is a Pyramid that, during the spring and autumnal equinoxes, displays a famous light-and-shadow effect
that makes a giant serpent (dragon) appear to slither down the corner stairs of the structure?

The famous Mexican pyramid with the serpent effect is El Castillo (the Pyramid of Kukulcan) at Chichen Itza in Yucatan, Mexico. During the spring and autumn equinoxes, sunlight and shadow combine to form the illusion of a giant feathered serpent (dragon) slithering down the pyramid's staircase.

Also, depending on the weather, as an added bonus, the clouds atop the pyramid look like hot Dragon breath!

Sooo very cool!

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[MissP]

Sign me up please

 

[Vicki Z]

Welcome, MissP.
I signed you up.

 

[Vicki Z]

I just learned something!
And I had no idea. And I LOVE dragons!
Apparently there are 12 types of dragons as follows:

 

[Vicki Z]

AWESOME ATCs received from Amai.
LOVE your dragons.
I assume this is another one of your hand-carved stamps?
Well done!!!!!!!!

Interesting how they look so different with just a color variation.
I love them all, but I am particularly drawn to that green one!

Thanks so much for including a hostie, and thanks for the dragon cut outs!
SPECTACULAR!

 

[Vicki Z]

FAB ATCs received fromTrekechus and AmethystStar.
ABSOLUTELY AWESOME ART

 

[Vicki Z]

AWESOME ATCs received from jdwc and LuckyCharM.
Thanks so much to each of you for including a hostie.