Well, it's a good thing I read the title before typing this comment, 'cause I was gonna do that same reference.

I don't blame you, I think that's the natural initial reaction to this dragon of mine! Blame my upbringing with Don Bluth...

*piano from the background* Dragons! They have big black lips! And if you go deep into the internet, you might find some people are into it! I'm Randy Newman~

Ooh~ I like his design~
He looks kinda cute.
and He looks alike to my OC Ferro (http://www.furaffinity.net/view/17508041/). except with the horns, lips.
heheh.

That's a neat design! I actually have another dragon who looks even more like Ferro haha http://www.furaffinity.net/view/16042021/

Oh my... He looks so badass and awesome!

3

The bigger, the better~!

Them smoochers!~~

and whats wrong with having big kissable lips~?

I'm such a sucker for big lips on a character. weather they look Fabulous or look brutish
i certainly wouldn't mind giving those a kiss ;3

He certainly wouldn't mind a kiss (or 100) either, in fact I think he would encourage it!
Thanks, glad to have another fan of similar things around :D

Well then i'd be happy to give him all the kisses he'd like~

No one can say his lips are oversized, they're perfect for him!

The question is will they ever be big enough for the amount of smooching he wants to do? ;)

Oh i think so! And if they're not already, then that L.I.P gun/device thing i have will do the job! x3

I'd kiss em <3 hell it was you who turned me to the love of big lip kissies xD

Oh I know you would, and he'd be a VERY happy dragon for you to do so!
I did? Well that's not such a bad thing is it? I shall spread the kiss virus to everyone, mwahahah!

Gladly help with that; recently purchased a new sapphire lipstick with faint metallic accents xD

Those lips are so Fabulous and so is Ryuu. You almost made me do the reference. Don Bluth you cursed me! Love the work on this it looks fantastic and those big lips work well with Ryuu so much.

Thank you, great to hear you like him! I bet he'd like to kiss you for that <3
I try to draw lips at a 'normal' size for all my other characters but with Ryuu the big size suits him so well!

I would love a great big kiss for Ryuu and also those big lucious lips are like Ryuu's calling card and the size is just perfect for him and adding lipstick makes him look even more fabulous.

"Big Liped Alligator Moment" haha nice Nostalgic critic moments

He's so sexy. Would he give me a kiss or two (or several)?

More than likely. Excessively so if he happens to like you a lot, he might even keep you as part of his hoard... ;)

I could live with that. Especially if he wants to try out many lipstick colors on me.

He looks good no matter what and like him even more with his pink lipstick on.

I think you could use this as an icon for a small while. It's a really brilliant headshot! Considering you've only got one part of the body to work with, you really do manage to draw in expression, mood and show off your ability so well! :D

Also just realised I never commented on the original. D: But one thing I do notice with regard to your previous Tweet about bringing your traditional technique into your digital work is that you are managing it really well. How you apply colour (I'm looking particularly at the blue and purple scales on his neck) is very similar to your traditional art; above, I can how you've applied the colour in strokes, almost like a paintbrush or, more appropriately, a marker. Perhaps the one-up on your digital compared to your traditional is that your pieces look much bolder, the colours working with the shading make for almost a deeper piece. Maybe saying it's a better thing isn't quite right. It's different anyway. Even so, I believe you're doing a great job of making your style across traditional and digital consistent, so good job! :D

I must also insert the obligatory remark concerning how fabulous Ryuu looks. Ryuu looks fabulous. :p

I see what you mean about the brush strokes on this, it does emulate my traditional style really well - but rather embarrassingly I've forgotten what brush and settings I used for it! This calls for some experimenting I think. The issue with most my digital art seems to be I'm too focus on making it look smooth and neat instead of branching out and leaving in some scruffiness.

I'm glad you approve of this, it's pretty simple but I still like it. Ryuu is just a camera whore and knows how to use his appearance and expressions well (hey, he is super photogenic after all). He's so over the top yet beautiful which is why I have so much fun drawing him!

I'd love to use it as an icon but I can't abandon my spotty slobbery derp! I already have people thinking Ryuu is my main fursona haha

Ahh, true enough. I suppose Enigma's glued himself to the screen with drool anyway! ;)

I do love seeing you draw Ryuu. I can tell you have loads of fun drawing him and actually, although all my past attempts at drawing him look pretty dreadful, I have fun with him too! He's got a wonderful design and the personality for some really great pieces! ^^

Yeah, never fear about making a piece look purposefully 'scruffy,' as you put it. Traditional pieces, because of the brush/pen strokes and surface of the paper, appear to have real texture and with digital art, you do iron it out so the piece looks flat. You know how to avoid that, keeping a digital piece as interesting to look at as a traditional piece (not talking about the character involved per se, but the technique used to draw it). I think you just need to keep on practicing with digital whilst bringing in your knowledge of traditional media. I say you're doing really well and keep at it. c:

Would the noodle like to slurp prey like a noodle?

Glad to have u back and drawing :3

I'm so happy to see you , and happy to see you drawing. Cheers.

I get that reference :D

he is lovely >w<

Those lips look so inviting...
I just wanna grab him, pull him out of my screen and give a big, long, nice smooch! X3 X3

I will continue to lavish attention on Ryuu, as he most certainly deserves!

Good, good! He loves being in the limelight, in case it wasn't already obvious - but I doubt there'll be any complaints...

Nostalgic critic refrence

Dose sexy lips.

Draggie lips!

So that's how he lures in his prey... I already find myself wanting to saunter towards him and say hi.

Those damm sexy lips, plus those bedroom eyes,

i gotta admit he has some nice lips

such luscious lips u3u

That alternate version is absolutely lovely, you do a great job of giving both the upper and lower lips ample softness and shine without making one look awkward compared to the other! Keep up the great supremely smoochable work!

Ohoho thank you kindly! I am still quite fond of that alt version and I wonder if it's worth uploading here - 3 versions of the same piece seems like spam. Maybe if I put it in scraps? Either way I'm so happy you approve! While I love Ryuu with his usual default plump lower-lip-only look there is something very alluring about him having upper and lower, can't put my finger on it.

I think it taps into the "the more lippy, the better" sensibility... having both lips be so beautifully bloated must make his kisses even more soft and sloppy right?
Or maybe that's just why I like it so much... And either way he's a great character with lots of fun antics and soft kisses left in store I'm sure!
As for the spam thing, I don't think it's too bad... after all that's what scraps are for, sketches and alternates!

LOVE. His massive and shinny lips! I just found your gallery today and I have to say the pics of Ryun are great! Some of my favorites! Love this lips hehe

shiny black lips are the best especially when they are as big as his.

It's always go big or go home with Ryuu 💋
Thanks so much aaaaaa!

10 / 10 would kiss that dragon! 😏