Draig Battlehorn

I spent almost the entire day yesterday working on this drawing, and I think it turned out pretty well! It was done in charcoal (which is SO fun to use, btw!), and it was done for a Design A Dragon contest. I had to draw or describe a dragon I designed, and give him a personality (with favorite food, sleeping place, and an intense fear). Hopefully I will win, because I get a sweet dragon prize pack if I do, and you all know how much I love dragons...lol Anyway, this was my entry! :)

Hello apprentices! My name is Christina Strang, dragon expert, and this (*indicates photo*) is Draig Battlehorn, the most irritable and arrogant dragon in all the land. He is often seen circling the mouth of the fiery volcano he lives in, lounging on nearby rocks as his slaves shine his scales, or napping on the very highest point of his volcanic home. His eyes glow the color of molten lava, and his flaming red scales are so smooth and shiny, it appears as if he doesn't have any scales at all. The only way to distinguish one scale from another is if you are in very close quarters, and if you are that close to this angry dragon, you are probably not going to live to tell the tale. When Draig leaves his lair, a path of destruction and death is left in his wake. There is a rumor going around that the only way to escape this evil dragon is to claim that you see a scale that has lost its shine. He will be so distracted trying to find the dull scale, you will have a chance to escape. You see, an old witch looked into the future and told him that she saw he would die if any of his scales ever became dull, so he is deathly afraid of the vision coming true. If one should ever need to seek his aid, heaven forbid, bringing him his favorite treat (salamanders burnt to a crisp) might buy you some time to pose your question. I hope you never cross paths with this vile creature, but at least now you know how best to attempt to escape with your life if you ever do run into him.

$500 Shopping Spree = AWESOME :D

My husband and I got a phone call the other day, from which we learned that we were the winners of this drawing that we had entered in forever ago. We won a $500 gift certificate to a pawn shop! Unfortunately, we had to travel to Roy, Utah to get to the nearest of that particular store, but it worked out great! I had imagined the store to be a little bigger and have more things in it, but it was actually pretty small and didn't have exactly what I thought it would have. However, it was still a pretty nice store, and they did have a lot of awesome stuff in there for pretty reasonable prices. This is what we ended up getting:

An X-Box 360 Elite (with a second controller that they gave us for free)
A Nintendo Wii (with two controllers plus a nunchuk too)
A Nook
All Six Episodes of Star Wars (and for only 15 bucks too!)
Transformers 1 & 2 (also for only 15 bucks!)
And A Whole Bunch Of Games
               -Bully Scholarship Edition (Wii)
               -Borderlands (PS3)
               -UFC Undisputed 2010 (PS3)
               -The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion (X-Box 360)
               -Call of Duty 3 (X-Box 360)
               -Two Worlds (X-Box 360)
               -NHL 2K6 (X-Box 360)
               -Fable II (X-Box 360)

We ended up getting a lot of stuff, and we didn't even have to pay for it! On top of all that, we also found a disc still in the X-Box 360's tray (NCAA Footbal 12, which is like a $60 game!), and ANOTHER disc in the Wii (Madden NFL 10)! Getting that certificate was like Christmas all over again, only we didn't end up broke afterwards! All-in-all, a pretty awesome day, I would say! Amid all this chaos and stress that is our life, we were blessed with this amazing gift, and I'm so thankful for it! You never know when something like this will happen to you. ;)