Long after the temple's followers have died off and the building itself fell into disrepair, the guardian yet remains to watch over his home as it slowly crumbles around him. He is unchanging and steadfast, if a trifle lonely. His solace? A tiny mouse that's taken up residence where once great priests paid homage. He has no care for his grandiose surroundings, nor for the great beast that would make barely a mouthful of him. Fleeting and Eternal, they've made fast friends in this lonely place.

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I made this guy shortly after doing that last eastern picture and originally thought to do it up digital, since I haven't buckled down and done a full, shaded picture in a while. Well, ended up changing my mind when I was in my Literature class and just started working in a background for the hell of it and eventually working shading on the whole thing.

Its all in pencil, though I should have used something other than a mechanical. >.>; but its all I have, I don't bother with others since I never shade like this. xD; Smudging is on purpose, so the only real mistake I made was on that forearm where I fudged the inking... ah well.

I'm happy that I got a fairly nice range of tones in here, from very dark belly scales to white skin, without getting too heavy on the shading... except on maybe the floor, which I officially hated half way through doing it. xD PitA like woah. The hair is kinda hit-or-miss for me too... I can't decide if I like it or not, but whatevah.

On a side note... I'm thinking of changing my artist's name to something more... professional? Tried it out on my watermark thing there. Anyone have any ideas? Bluefire seems too short and common, Bluefire Dragonz is hard to verbally convey with that stupid Z, Bluefire Dragons just doesn't strike me... and Bluefire Dragonheart, while the best so far, seems longish.