of Constructions and Abstractions

2024 is the Year of the Dragon. We will be exploring some literature around dragons through this article with the blessings of the dragons 🐲

While I was watching this excellent video essay on dragons and Dragonology, I saw the image below flash for a moment. I had to rewind and pause the video to take a good look at the frame.

The first thing which came into my mind when I saw this dragon was, “how the funk is this dragon so beautiful and rad at the same time ?”. I had to take a screenshot, Image Search it in Google and figure out which game was this dragon from.

For someone who loves Japanese art, I was mind blown to see this dragon popping out of a giant cherry blossom tree, complete with a missing arm and a cool sword in its claw. The design of this dragon was extremely intriguing to me.

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