this is my first time trying to do any actual creatures. thankfully Krita has a very easy-to-use light brush that can also darken when set to a darker color. Though I'm not good with scale, and as you can probably see, I don't use lineart.

context for this... probably one of my in-progress books I'm going for Google Play books. I'm not good with wings at a side profile but I am creative with brushes to get the appearance of scales.

My motherly dragon protecting her transformed shifter hatchling while he sleeps in his dragon form, what's not to like? I will note that in the book, dragon shifter hatchlings have separation anxiety for about 2-3 months after hatching.