Pluracrura
@pluracrura.bsky.social
hobby creature artist
he/they
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he/they
banner and pfp by @aurumdrake.bsky.social
my socials: https://linktr.ee/pluracrura
#smaugust #smaugustcircle Day 11: Devonian
This creature belongs to a group of dolusdracoform dragons which only kept one pair of limbs and often took to the water. Its species is euryhaline, meaning it can live both in freshwater and in saltwater. Despite its intimidating (1/3)
This creature belongs to a group of dolusdracoform dragons which only kept one pair of limbs and often took to the water. Its species is euryhaline, meaning it can live both in freshwater and in saltwater. Despite its intimidating (1/3)
August 15, 2025 at 1:42 PM
#smaugust #smaugustcircle Day 11: Devonian
This creature belongs to a group of dolusdracoform dragons which only kept one pair of limbs and often took to the water. Its species is euryhaline, meaning it can live both in freshwater and in saltwater. Despite its intimidating (1/3)
This creature belongs to a group of dolusdracoform dragons which only kept one pair of limbs and often took to the water. Its species is euryhaline, meaning it can live both in freshwater and in saltwater. Despite its intimidating (1/3)
#smaugust #smaugustcircle Day 8 & 9: Mineral + Salt Water
Here we have another Dragon Mania Legends redesign, the Jade Devil. Due to its jade-inspiration and its aquatic features, I found it fitting to be a combination of the two prompts Mineral and Salt Water. I imagine (1/2)
Here we have another Dragon Mania Legends redesign, the Jade Devil. Due to its jade-inspiration and its aquatic features, I found it fitting to be a combination of the two prompts Mineral and Salt Water. I imagine (1/2)
August 14, 2025 at 11:21 PM
#smaugust #smaugustcircle Day 8 & 9: Mineral + Salt Water
Here we have another Dragon Mania Legends redesign, the Jade Devil. Due to its jade-inspiration and its aquatic features, I found it fitting to be a combination of the two prompts Mineral and Salt Water. I imagine (1/2)
Here we have another Dragon Mania Legends redesign, the Jade Devil. Due to its jade-inspiration and its aquatic features, I found it fitting to be a combination of the two prompts Mineral and Salt Water. I imagine (1/2)
#smaugust #smaugustcircle Day 7 & 10: Corpse + Rival
An older and a younger male of this herbivorous, novadracoform dragon species got into a fight for dominance during the mating season. Usually, these battles are more of a pushing contest, but this time, the younger, (1/3)
An older and a younger male of this herbivorous, novadracoform dragon species got into a fight for dominance during the mating season. Usually, these battles are more of a pushing contest, but this time, the younger, (1/3)
August 14, 2025 at 11:16 PM
#smaugust #smaugustcircle Day 7 & 10: Corpse + Rival
An older and a younger male of this herbivorous, novadracoform dragon species got into a fight for dominance during the mating season. Usually, these battles are more of a pushing contest, but this time, the younger, (1/3)
An older and a younger male of this herbivorous, novadracoform dragon species got into a fight for dominance during the mating season. Usually, these battles are more of a pushing contest, but this time, the younger, (1/3)
#smaugust #smaugustcircle Day 6: Coil
One might make the mistake to think that this is a single organism. However, it is actually a so called "coil" of many members of a diumvermian dragon species. These dragons eat, sleep, move and hunt together as a coil. The coil
(1/4)
One might make the mistake to think that this is a single organism. However, it is actually a so called "coil" of many members of a diumvermian dragon species. These dragons eat, sleep, move and hunt together as a coil. The coil
(1/4)
August 7, 2025 at 10:24 PM
#smaugust #smaugustcircle Day 6: Coil
One might make the mistake to think that this is a single organism. However, it is actually a so called "coil" of many members of a diumvermian dragon species. These dragons eat, sleep, move and hunt together as a coil. The coil
(1/4)
One might make the mistake to think that this is a single organism. However, it is actually a so called "coil" of many members of a diumvermian dragon species. These dragons eat, sleep, move and hunt together as a coil. The coil
(1/4)
#smaugust2025 #smaugustcircle Day 5: Dancer
Males of this novadracoform dragon species possess long display features on the jaw and tail and an even larger veil-like membrane than females. They show these off during elaborate breaching maneuvers during the mating season. (1/4)
Males of this novadracoform dragon species possess long display features on the jaw and tail and an even larger veil-like membrane than females. They show these off during elaborate breaching maneuvers during the mating season. (1/4)
August 6, 2025 at 10:14 PM
#smaugust2025 #smaugustcircle Day 5: Dancer
Males of this novadracoform dragon species possess long display features on the jaw and tail and an even larger veil-like membrane than females. They show these off during elaborate breaching maneuvers during the mating season. (1/4)
Males of this novadracoform dragon species possess long display features on the jaw and tail and an even larger veil-like membrane than females. They show these off during elaborate breaching maneuvers during the mating season. (1/4)
dense enough to walk on the bottom of water bodies. This dragon tends to swallow and store lots of water which it can boil and then shoot out as hot steam in order to defend itself. Luckily, members of the species are considered to be gentle giants most of the time. (2/2)
August 4, 2025 at 8:44 PM
dense enough to walk on the bottom of water bodies. This dragon tends to swallow and store lots of water which it can boil and then shoot out as hot steam in order to defend itself. Luckily, members of the species are considered to be gentle giants most of the time. (2/2)
#smaugustcircle #smaugust Day 4: Steam
For today, I took another crack at redesigning a dragon from Dragon Mania Legends, the Geyser Dragon.
I imagine it spending a considerable time in water and being rather resistant to all kinds of poor water quality. Like hippos, it is (1/2)
For today, I took another crack at redesigning a dragon from Dragon Mania Legends, the Geyser Dragon.
I imagine it spending a considerable time in water and being rather resistant to all kinds of poor water quality. Like hippos, it is (1/2)
August 4, 2025 at 8:44 PM
#smaugustcircle #smaugust Day 4: Steam
For today, I took another crack at redesigning a dragon from Dragon Mania Legends, the Geyser Dragon.
I imagine it spending a considerable time in water and being rather resistant to all kinds of poor water quality. Like hippos, it is (1/2)
For today, I took another crack at redesigning a dragon from Dragon Mania Legends, the Geyser Dragon.
I imagine it spending a considerable time in water and being rather resistant to all kinds of poor water quality. Like hippos, it is (1/2)
#smaugustcircle Day 3: Bell
This darty flier is a dragon which specializes in feeding on nectar and fruit. It spends most of its life on the wing and is able to fly in place for a short time in order to sip on flower nectar. Even difficult to reach places like the pictured (1/3)
This darty flier is a dragon which specializes in feeding on nectar and fruit. It spends most of its life on the wing and is able to fly in place for a short time in order to sip on flower nectar. Even difficult to reach places like the pictured (1/3)
August 3, 2025 at 10:12 PM
#smaugustcircle Day 3: Bell
This darty flier is a dragon which specializes in feeding on nectar and fruit. It spends most of its life on the wing and is able to fly in place for a short time in order to sip on flower nectar. Even difficult to reach places like the pictured (1/3)
This darty flier is a dragon which specializes in feeding on nectar and fruit. It spends most of its life on the wing and is able to fly in place for a short time in order to sip on flower nectar. Even difficult to reach places like the pictured (1/3)
Here we have Smaugust Day 2: Whistle. #SmaugustCircle
This small dragon is found at coasts and on beaches, sifting through tide pools and sand, looking for food. It's sensitive beak is great at finding and filtering out all kinds of small prey. These dragons live and forage in groups. (1/4)
This small dragon is found at coasts and on beaches, sifting through tide pools and sand, looking for food. It's sensitive beak is great at finding and filtering out all kinds of small prey. These dragons live and forage in groups. (1/4)
August 2, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Here we have Smaugust Day 2: Whistle. #SmaugustCircle
This small dragon is found at coasts and on beaches, sifting through tide pools and sand, looking for food. It's sensitive beak is great at finding and filtering out all kinds of small prey. These dragons live and forage in groups. (1/4)
This small dragon is found at coasts and on beaches, sifting through tide pools and sand, looking for food. It's sensitive beak is great at finding and filtering out all kinds of small prey. These dragons live and forage in groups. (1/4)
Dolusdracoforma is quite successful, diverse and the only clade featuring two-headed dragons. The biology of two heads will be explored further in the future. (5/5)
August 1, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Dolusdracoforma is quite successful, diverse and the only clade featuring two-headed dragons. The biology of two heads will be explored further in the future. (5/5)
Starting off Smaugust 2025 with Day 1: Shaggy. Due to time constraints, I'll most likely do pencil drawings for most of the prompts.
This two-headed dragon is an insectivore and mostly consumes large termites. Two tongues, double the termite intake. (1/5)
#Smaugust #SmaugustCircle
This two-headed dragon is an insectivore and mostly consumes large termites. Two tongues, double the termite intake. (1/5)
#Smaugust #SmaugustCircle
August 1, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Starting off Smaugust 2025 with Day 1: Shaggy. Due to time constraints, I'll most likely do pencil drawings for most of the prompts.
This two-headed dragon is an insectivore and mostly consumes large termites. Two tongues, double the termite intake. (1/5)
#Smaugust #SmaugustCircle
This two-headed dragon is an insectivore and mostly consumes large termites. Two tongues, double the termite intake. (1/5)
#Smaugust #SmaugustCircle
This is the original, released for the 2024 SmaugustCircle prompt Feathered.
July 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
This is the original, released for the 2024 SmaugustCircle prompt Feathered.
With the next Smaugust around the corner, I wanted to do another fanart for my friend @aurumdrake.bsky.social as 2024's Smaugust was the reason we started chatting. We'll both participate again this year and I'm very excited!
July 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
With the next Smaugust around the corner, I wanted to do another fanart for my friend @aurumdrake.bsky.social as 2024's Smaugust was the reason we started chatting. We'll both participate again this year and I'm very excited!
body covering and lifelong growth. (2/2)
July 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
body covering and lifelong growth. (2/2)
Here we have three members of the dragon clade Neotedraca, an ancient group characterized by several neotenous and more primitive features. Their six-limbed, two-winged bodyplan links them to now extinct prehistoric dragons. Further typical of Neotedraca are small body sizes, a fur-like (1/2)
July 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Here we have three members of the dragon clade Neotedraca, an ancient group characterized by several neotenous and more primitive features. Their six-limbed, two-winged bodyplan links them to now extinct prehistoric dragons. Further typical of Neotedraca are small body sizes, a fur-like (1/2)
Quick redesign of the mercury dragon from Dragon Mania Legends, done for my gf.
June 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Quick redesign of the mercury dragon from Dragon Mania Legends, done for my gf.
They also live in groups led by an older matriarch characterized by her bigger size and golden colours. These dragons prefer to forage for food in the water, searching for plants and small prey with their sensitive snouts. I'm still deciding on whether I want them to be canon to Zemystojan or not(2)
May 15, 2025 at 6:15 PM
They also live in groups led by an older matriarch characterized by her bigger size and golden colours. These dragons prefer to forage for food in the water, searching for plants and small prey with their sensitive snouts. I'm still deciding on whether I want them to be canon to Zemystojan or not(2)
Some concept art I did for a more realistic take on a dragon from my childhood, Mrs Grindtooth. The source material she stems from certainly didn't age well but I have some nostalgia for her.
I envisioned her species being all female and reproducing via parthenogenesis. (1/2)
I envisioned her species being all female and reproducing via parthenogenesis. (1/2)
May 15, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Some concept art I did for a more realistic take on a dragon from my childhood, Mrs Grindtooth. The source material she stems from certainly didn't age well but I have some nostalgia for her.
I envisioned her species being all female and reproducing via parthenogenesis. (1/2)
I envisioned her species being all female and reproducing via parthenogenesis. (1/2)
poisonous red liquid that visually resembles blood. Due to this, the dragon is said to easily die from stress in some old human stories. The lesson of these stories often was to take breaks and time to recover. (2/3)
May 12, 2025 at 10:09 AM
poisonous red liquid that visually resembles blood. Due to this, the dragon is said to easily die from stress in some old human stories. The lesson of these stories often was to take breaks and time to recover. (2/3)
The Odwotechi is a smaller dragon species endemic to Nagrani, a temperate rainforest on the continent Chetystran. Odwotechi exclusively feed on a single species of fern from which it derives the toxins for its main defense: Playing dead and secreting a foul-smelling, (1/3)
May 12, 2025 at 10:08 AM
The Odwotechi is a smaller dragon species endemic to Nagrani, a temperate rainforest on the continent Chetystran. Odwotechi exclusively feed on a single species of fern from which it derives the toxins for its main defense: Playing dead and secreting a foul-smelling, (1/3)
Quick older drawing of the two human species living on Zemystojan. Despite their different appearances, they are very closely related and can have fertile offspring together. Though they may look more primitive to you, their intelligence rivals ours. More on them soon.
May 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Quick older drawing of the two human species living on Zemystojan. Despite their different appearances, they are very closely related and can have fertile offspring together. Though they may look more primitive to you, their intelligence rivals ours. More on them soon.
Consequently, Puthorez act as the keystone species of the grassy plains and the tribes living there worship the dragon.
May 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Consequently, Puthorez act as the keystone species of the grassy plains and the tribes living there worship the dragon.
Every inhabitant of the Lezvysokh-grasslands bows down to its god, the gigantic Puthorez. This herbivorous dragon makes paths through the sharp and tall grassblades by the simple act of moving. Its secretions fertilize the soil and its young loosen it up. (1/2)
May 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Every inhabitant of the Lezvysokh-grasslands bows down to its god, the gigantic Puthorez. This herbivorous dragon makes paths through the sharp and tall grassblades by the simple act of moving. Its secretions fertilize the soil and its young loosen it up. (1/2)