MBOCABCR2 - Dragon

For the OC Alliance's Beauty Contest at MangaBullet. This is for round two, Zodiac.

I think Para looks a-may-zing~ I'm very happy with this c: Now, some explanation.

With the theme being Zodiac, I had a large range to choose from in both the astrological and Chinese zodiac. Since I have two characters, I'll use Para for Chinese Zodiac and Albee for astrological.

I chose dragon for Para. I was deciphering between dragon and snake for her---but dragon fit better. She's mysterious, a bit frightening, and overall very nice to look at c: (omg I sound like a pedo ;u; )

Now with dragon, I could choose between east and west-style dragon--but I chose east-style because I tend to draw Para in lots of European-styled clothes already @A@; But don't get me wrong--I added western flare with the high heels(lol you can't even tell they're high heels) and the corset. I tried to capture the overall elegance of a dragon in this outfit~ The bow(yes, it's a bow in the back lulz) is supposed to represent the wings of the dragon!

The scale brush is by Dave Nagel.
(If anyone wants the link, it's http://audiovideoproducer.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=33734 )

I tried to individually draw the scales, but then I was like...eh...screw it...They looked REALLY bad xD;