the bits

-hair is naturally v curly, but he does his best to straighten it. head-on shot shows just woke up curly and just straightened straight. fullbody hair is middle of the day. hair not shown on right to show stupid magic holes -when using a lot of magic/upset and using magic/being stupid, fire tends to come out vents and burn his hair off. he hides in his hidey hole until it grows back bc vain and insecure dragon -small, runty, ugly, malformed. the other family disappointment -burn scar on chest, slightly more to the left than the right -lower middle of adulthood in this ref -spines on tail are slightly mobile, can flex them up and down a bit. tail is prehensile, but if its used its mainly to wrap around himself for comfort. v nervous, always needs comfort -thumb and index wing finger have worn nails, uses wings for walking a lot, knuckles are a bit calloused from walking on them instead of fingers. -backs of thumb nails on hands are worn flat from ground contact when walking -frequently chews all his nails bc nervous and neurotic -literally everything on him is either in triplets or sevens bc i am also neurotic

WIP of the boy