Most people believe that dragons hatch fully-formed, breathing fire, ready to torch villages and plunder treasure. This is not true. Dragons, in fact, begin life like their ancient amphibian ancestors, the frogs: they hatch from eggs laid in standing water, and they must endure a larval form that we commonly refer to as a tadpole.
Here's a picture of one such tadpole. Doesn't he look idiotic?? Dragon tadpoles actually start out pretty happy and carefree, but after a few weeks of swimming in fetid, rank swamp water, with all sorts of scary fish and hungry alligators constantly trying to eat them, they develop a real nasty disposition. Hmmm... I wonder if lawyers start out the same way...
Staedtler and Prismacolor markers on bristol board...
