I might update this if I ever decide to draw a background...

anyway, just got back from my cruise, twas fun, tell ya more later *tired*, and I managed to get back some long lost inspiration, somehow inspired by a flying fish (long story), to draw this little critter.

I don't have much information on salamanders yet. I'm to lazy to do research, and what little research I did brought up little to nothing about them having six legs, as I'm pretty sure they have. If you have any more info, I'd appreciate knowing

Usually when I see people relate to salamanders, I see scales and bulky armor...and I don't get why really when salamanders, as I've always known, are amphibians, with wet, slimy skin adapted for water. This is what I wanted to portray here. I tried not to make it too dragon-like. The neck is long, but the head is round and sleek. there are no scales, so the skin is very wet and shiny looking, with wrinkles to show it is loose, rather than firm and tight as often portrayed with dragons. The body is more lizard-like, with 5-toed feet and a long tail. The salamander lives in hot, volcanic regions, with a black, marble-like body to hide it in the char rocks and a bright orange and yellow belly. Inside the salamander there seems to come some sort of light which you can see from it's mouth, and its tongue is flame shaped...a design I'm starting to wonder about as far as probably looking more like a flaw...oh, and he has no nose...

His hide is colored with india ink, using white charcoal and colored pencil to detail. Black colored pencil helps to blend his dappled back into a nice crimson red, orange, and then yellow. I'm very pleased with how the colors blended