Fizban's Treasury of Dragons: Behind the scenes meeting with #DND's @aquelajames
JW: "Blah blah blah, dragon, blah blah blah dragon, blah blah gems. Oh, and Shawn we want to know what it looks like if an elder brain infested a dragon."
SGW: 🤩
concept design for the cute one pic.twitter.com/8ulxNz3WXY

— Shawn G. Wood (@thesgw) September 22, 2021

You oratory is golden rain upon the silvery leaves of we that are your captive audience. It is but my poor jab at humor that has lead to this slight. You are in full rights to toss the gauntlet, sir. Full rights.

— Shawn G. Wood (@thesgw) September 22, 2021

Earlier the illustration for a Red Great Wyrm by Svetlin Velinov was released (and it was great!) When we explored how to depict Great Wyrms- it came down to 'feeling' more than any single design. Lots of messy sketching ensued. This was the one we chose as our touchstone pic.twitter.com/suMIgctDa0

— Shawn G. Wood (@thesgw) October 21, 2021

Svetlin's wonderful final here in a more classical Dungeons and Dragon's style: pic.twitter.com/Lk8b64hyj2

— Shawn G. Wood (@thesgw) October 21, 2021

Original Concept Designs for the Topaz Dragon for DND’s Fizban’s Treasury of Dragons. pic.twitter.com/9zycC0pGh6

— Shawn G. Wood (@thesgw) October 25, 2021

Deep Dragon original concept sketches and designs for DND’s Fizban’s Treasury of Dragons. This one leans a little more into ‘creature’ than ‘monster character’ like the gem dragons. Still, one of my favs. pic.twitter.com/yvFfajEoag

— Shawn G. Wood (@thesgw) October 26, 2021

Original design concepts for the Amethyst Dragon in DND's Fizban's Treasury of Dragons. As a rule, any dragon can be lithe or have some bulk, and the same applies here. But, I wanted to go into it with some chonk in mind. – 🎶Start wearing purple wearing purple…dah na na nah!🎶 pic.twitter.com/vLjK4xbgHB

— Shawn G. Wood (@thesgw) October 22, 2021

Original design concepts for the Amethyst Dragon in DND's Fizban's Treasury of Dragons. As a rule, any dragon can be lithe or have some bulk, and the same applies here. But, I wanted to go into it with some chonk in mind. – 🎶Start wearing purple wearing purple…dah na na nah!🎶 pic.twitter.com/vLjK4xbgHB

— Shawn G. Wood (@thesgw) October 22, 2021