I love the way you draw her. She kinda reminds me of how a lot of people draw Anubis. Especially in the head, her skin, and also in this picture her pose. I think it looks really good though and it's different from how I see others drawing dragons. I like it and I like your take on dragons as a whole - a lot of people draw them slightly differently (different wings, head shapes, fur/scales/anything in between, etc....).

Oh, thank you so much! The search for Mafirat's look was very, very long and lasted for several years, she didn't turn out the way I wanted for a long time, but I'm very glad she is the way she is now and I'm very pleased that you like her too! Thank you ^^

If you don't mind me asking, what was the process behind finding her look? What was the inspiration behind it?

I'll try to describe it and I apologize if there are mistakes in the text, most likely I won't be able to translate everything correctly :3
I'm a rather closed person in real life and I don't have any friends, because past offenses prevent me from making new acquaintances. So first of all I was based on this feeling of being isolated and this character repeats the flexibility and desire to hide from others, as well as the black color. For me black is quite empty and much better to reflect other colors = plasticity emotionally. Also I don't like the usual image of the dragon: this scales and very bulky look, the usual dragon has an impressive size and as in the case of the diplodocus, the dragon learns about the fact that his tail was cut off only after a few minutes because of his too long nerve endings :D I wanted to make something more jumping and flexible, such a creature that can quickly hide and avoid conflict. By the way, it's not really a dragon, it's just easier for me to visualize Mafirat :)

A long time ago I wrote little stories about my world and one of the worlds belonged to the Demiurges, but those were rather idle and power-hungry. They created their own pets to entertain them and used thousands of souls of creatures that they combined into one. Each pet would eventually take the form they wanted. So I got the idea, why not make a couple divine cats, give them wings, dragon traits and different abilities. That's how I got two characters who escaped from the Demiurg world: Mafirat and Sahadi (they look alike, but Sahadi is ginger) :)
This must be really weird to read, I haven't written about it anywhere :D

I guess inspiration in the form you speak of didn't happen, it was more of a long search for a form that would reflect my inner feelings

Well that's really interesting. A combination of self reflection, personal feelings, and also the world you imagined a long time ago. That definitely sounds personal and uniquely you.

You should write about it though, even just in the captions of artwork. It's always interesting to see and understand everything that goes into an artist's work. Additionally, seeing the lore and story behind everything. Almost every artist has a world and story for their characters and learning about it just makes the art even more enjoyable.

Thank you for telling me more <3

Thank you so much!!! Sometimes it's nice to tell someone a little bit more than usual ^^ <3
I'd like to write more information, but I don't think a lot of people would be interested in it, it's something I do primarily for myself :3.
Maybe one day I'll start recording stories and describing the world again, but for those who would be interested, but for now it's really interfering with work and the biggest problem is lack of time :с

Thank you! I'm very sorry about your character, I think that other people have no right to talk about changes in human character, it always sounds very selfish. You have to listen to yourself and your desires first.

Oh sorry, I sometimes have a hard time translating text :с
Very beautiful character!