Western vs. Eastern style Dragons

[Doho]

I WANT ALL OF THIS RIGHT HUR UP INS ARR

Edit: This is Monster Hunter for all you plebeians.

[Andrien]

I like both

[Reika]

"Dragons take on many forms"

[Millerna]

Come to think of it.. I am a dragon.. Born in 1976, the year of the dragon =)

[Alaltus]

Being a bit of a dragon fan boy... i love all kinds of dragons from all sorts of mythos, all sorts of shapes and sizes. limbed, limbless. I love dragons and to draw dragons. I'd like to see both but they also shouldn't be afraid to push the boundaries of what everyone perceives as the classic dragon either.

[Ramen]

Western dragon are monsters in the stories. kinda evil-fearful creature.
Eastern dragon leads to king or lucky...

Just by the myth, you are comparing different images.

so in Eastern myth, the legendary creature are mixed with all kinda creature.
Dragon has rabbit eyes, deer horns, bull's mouth, Camel's head, tiger's paw, eagle's claw, snake body and fish scale...and one more animal I don't know what's that 9-in-1 animal. but it's a holy creature.

PS by the way, there are strong definition for Eastern Dragon... it must have all 9 things... there are also some other similar type such as single horn is one type, no horn is different, no leg is another... so all of these images you guys quoted up there are not exactly Eastern Dragon... they are "the others".

there are several evil creature, like flying tiger:


Taowu: man face, boar teeth, tiger body with super long tail (in the myth didn't say tails...but the following image fit the most...).


these 2 have more vivid describe of the shape... the other 2 are weird... such as only have head but no body. The other is a dog type creature can't be seen or heard, only attack good people...

[IronSoup]

Jokes aside...
Western dragons are massive flying creatures.
Eastern dragons are slim and long serpent-like creatures.

[Shougun]

Western dragon are monsters in the stories. kinda evil-fearful creature.
Eastern dragon leads to king or lucky...

Just by the myth, you are comparing different images.

This is a good point, for all purposes apples to oranges. I have a Jade Eastern Dragon pointed in some direction in my room, I had no idea that was good luck until my wife was like "wow you know Eastern Culture / Feng Shui?" and I was like "O_o fun what ? can we do this in bed?" lol

With Western Dragons in mind I just thought he was getting ready to fight :P

[Klefth]

I love both. <Can we have them?>

[IndigoDarkwolf]

I don't know which I like more, I just think that S|E did an amazing job of making Bahamut look like a global catastrophe, compared to the weak-sauce that Blizzard tossed out there.