Draco
Draco is the version of the dragon found in Greaco-Roman myths and traditions. Descriptions of the creature found in early classical writings suggest a kind of winged serpent rather than a more traditional shape of dragon. However, by the 12th century, when the dragon had developed into a familiar heraldic device, it had become modified. Bestiaries of the period described the Draco as a great serpent with a crest on it's head and a very small mouth. It also had the ability to dazzle its victims with a bright light which shone everywhere from the length of its body. A favorite trick of the Draco was to lie in wait for unsuspecting travelers, suspended from the branches or wound around the trunk of a great tree.
Deadline for all Draco action to be sent to magicalcreaturesproject@gmail.com:
Monday January 31st, 2011
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
The Element Encyclopedia of Magical Creatures Project: What it is.
I, Lizz Leiser, and my friend, Ursula Stuby, both own a book entitled,
The Element Encyclopedia of Magical Creatures
the ultimate a - z of fantastic beings
from myth and magic
by John & Caitlin Matthews
The book is exactly what the title describes, 682 pages of alphabetically ordered magical creatures each with a short description and set of defining facts.
Using this book as a base, we'd like to start a project that will create a place for us, and our awesome friends who make drawings to be creative. In the awesomest way we could think of.
The rules are very simple, here they are:
1. Ursula or Lizz will close their eyes, open the The Element Encyclopedia of Magical Creatures to a random page, and point.
2. We'll post the creature we land on and it's definition here on this blog and with a deadline to send in the stuff.
3. We (and you) will then have two weeks to create a drawing, painting, scuplture, or any kind of visual inturpretation of that creature.
(As long as it's based on the creature and it is something make-able in two weeks anything goes- we aren't looking to conjure up life's work masterpieces here, just to challenge ourselves to be creative on a consistent basis.)
4. You send us your stuff before the deadline to magicalcreaturesproject@gmail.com and when two weeks are up, I'll post it here so we can all enjoy the awesomeness.
5. A new creature will be posted, repeat steps 1 - 4.
The Element Encyclopedia of Magical Creatures the ultimate a - z of fantastic beings
from myth and magic
by John & Caitlin Matthews
The book is exactly what the title describes, 682 pages of alphabetically ordered magical creatures each with a short description and set of defining facts.
Using this book as a base, we'd like to start a project that will create a place for us, and our awesome friends who make drawings to be creative. In the awesomest way we could think of.
The rules are very simple, here they are:
1. Ursula or Lizz will close their eyes, open the The Element Encyclopedia of Magical Creatures to a random page, and point.
2. We'll post the creature we land on and it's definition here on this blog and with a deadline to send in the stuff.
3. We (and you) will then have two weeks to create a drawing, painting, scuplture, or any kind of visual inturpretation of that creature.
(As long as it's based on the creature and it is something make-able in two weeks anything goes- we aren't looking to conjure up life's work masterpieces here, just to challenge ourselves to be creative on a consistent basis.)
4. You send us your stuff before the deadline to magicalcreaturesproject@gmail.com and when two weeks are up, I'll post it here so we can all enjoy the awesomeness.
5. A new creature will be posted, repeat steps 1 - 4.
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