
The mother to the rambunctious five sisters. She is still a work in progress but here is what is established so far.
Manaka is a sea dragon of mysterious origin (that i have not decided yet). The great beast tends to have a very regal sense about her, often over stating her importance...what ever that may be. Still she often displays her dominance unapologetic, often preforming feats of heroism or greatness just so she can receive praise for it to further bloat her ego, hence the guardian title that she gave herself. Many don't dispute it...other wise they see a more immature side to the "elegant sea guardian".
Manaka also loves her children dearly, even if she cant always be around them. However she also knows how dangerous they are and will often engage in physical sparring if she feels one is out of line, often ending the fight as fast as possible by any means to show her superiority and to force them back in line. Unfortunately, Shinra has the most gripe with her mom unbenounced to Manaka, taking up the task as the leading figure when Manaka is gone.
The great beast diet is one of constant perpetual motion, needing to be full almost constantly or she becomes very grumpy. Often she hunts in the ocean, eating mainly fish and fruit but she isn't a picky eater. She has eaten people in the past but mostly from mistake, self defense, or to show off her..."guardianess". Her more favorite meals are that of which could eat her in return, often whales and sharks and other deep sea monsters.
Despite her ego being the size of her stomach, Manaka is some one you can talk to with out fear of being eaten. Just be ready to praise her, listen to her praise her self, and have a fish on hand for her to eat.
On a side note I think I need to clarify something about this character.
You may have notice another gold and black dragon that been floating around in my gallery named Torarie. This character is not mine. It belonged to a friend. However, while i was interested in a lot of concepts, the character became less...tolerable to be enjoyable. Still I had long history and many idea's with that character as well as a lot of art put towards it. So, with the help of my very great friend
dr_deadman he helped me design a replacement that wasn't like the original so i can take a lot of those ideas and put it towards this new character. I am also a huge sucker for black and gold and the sisters needed a mom/origin story beyond "their mom abandoned them"
I hope you guys like her, i plan on going through a few pics I've done and re do them with Manaka in their place.
Art and design by
dr_deadman If you haven't commissioned him, you really should
Color and Manaka by me
Manaka is a sea dragon of mysterious origin (that i have not decided yet). The great beast tends to have a very regal sense about her, often over stating her importance...what ever that may be. Still she often displays her dominance unapologetic, often preforming feats of heroism or greatness just so she can receive praise for it to further bloat her ego, hence the guardian title that she gave herself. Many don't dispute it...other wise they see a more immature side to the "elegant sea guardian".
Manaka also loves her children dearly, even if she cant always be around them. However she also knows how dangerous they are and will often engage in physical sparring if she feels one is out of line, often ending the fight as fast as possible by any means to show her superiority and to force them back in line. Unfortunately, Shinra has the most gripe with her mom unbenounced to Manaka, taking up the task as the leading figure when Manaka is gone.
The great beast diet is one of constant perpetual motion, needing to be full almost constantly or she becomes very grumpy. Often she hunts in the ocean, eating mainly fish and fruit but she isn't a picky eater. She has eaten people in the past but mostly from mistake, self defense, or to show off her..."guardianess". Her more favorite meals are that of which could eat her in return, often whales and sharks and other deep sea monsters.
Despite her ego being the size of her stomach, Manaka is some one you can talk to with out fear of being eaten. Just be ready to praise her, listen to her praise her self, and have a fish on hand for her to eat.
On a side note I think I need to clarify something about this character.
You may have notice another gold and black dragon that been floating around in my gallery named Torarie. This character is not mine. It belonged to a friend. However, while i was interested in a lot of concepts, the character became less...tolerable to be enjoyable. Still I had long history and many idea's with that character as well as a lot of art put towards it. So, with the help of my very great friend

I hope you guys like her, i plan on going through a few pics I've done and re do them with Manaka in their place.
Art and design by

Color and Manaka by me
Category All / All
Species Serpent Dragon
Size 1280 x 849px
File Size 140.1 kB
Listed in Folders
It’s a very nice design, the colours specifically get the ‘akin to royalty’ her personality and role suggest. Her horns and head shape are also very nice, it’s a very memorable design and it really stands out in a crowd. The ‘flowering tip’ on the tail is also a nice touch, adding to her stature as this pristine and beautiful dragon above all else around her. The only thing I would change revolves around her belly, I feel it’s either a smidge too far back, or too big. I understand that’s all fat from her bio, but fat isn’t distributed to a single area on an organism’s body. If I had designed her, I’d either tone down the belly size and give the other parts of her body more fat, such as her tail, neck (although I really like her neck as is) and thighs. Either that, or just move it up a bit on her body. If it is fat surrounding her tummy than it would accumulate on the entire stomach area, her rib cage and ‘chestplate’ I guess are visible and really if she’s that pudgy it probably shouldn’t be. Anyways, take this with a grain of salt, I’m not a designated biologist so I’m just offering up my basic two cents. It’s still a lovely design and there’s a ton of aspects I absolutely adore in it. She’s very beautiful to look at and really quite enviable from the perspective of a character designer. I wish my origional dragons could look like she does. congratulations on commissioning the drawing.
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Thank you. this is very awesome to read and i'm really really glad you like her design. i might change her flower tail to curl a bit more back to be more fish oriented but aside from that i'm very happy with her design. As for the large stomach thats more of...personal choice i suppose. I do love dragons with pudgy bellies (and beyond dragons cough cough) but not a fan of fat on the body itself. If this was a real dragon that was gonna be put in work beyond this account then yes, the belly would be much smaller if non existent, just a personal taste of mine...cause I'm weird like that. However you are right, if this was to go beyond my personal tastes, that belly would be way smaller. XP
Most of the credit goes to
dr_deadman. He is an excellent designer who did most of the work in helping me design her. Give him some praise on his account when you get a chance!
Most of the credit goes to

I’ll be sure to do so. Also yes, please don’t think I have anything against liking dragons or character’s with big pudgy bellies. I totally understand and to be honest I’ve really got to agree with you now and then about it. When done right, and on the right character, everything looks just right. Anyways, love her design, I’ll definitely check the original artist out, thanks for talking with me here.
I'm glad you like her man and approve. There is a good bit of her already so give her a look. I can't take credit for this drawing though, that would be
dr_deadman

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