I love fantasy and historical fiction. I grew up on Arthurian legend and Greek myths. Stories of brave warriors and mystical creatures captured my imagination. My make believe days were spent fighting dragons, or being a dragon myself and destroying Lego towns. As I grew older and my belief in the fantastic faltered, my interests turned more towards historical fiction, as it was a bit more believable. I never forgot my interest in the fantastic. For this final exam I saw an opportunity.

I saw this project as an opportunity to bring something that exists in my head out to play. I am creating something of a generic scene from a fantasy book. I am animating a dragon's destruction of a castle. What before was locked in my head I can now see in the physical world, as well as share with others. I defy reality by realizing the unreal.

This exercise has been quite the experience for me. It has forced me to fully realize my vision of a dragon. For example, I have a clear image of the dragon's face, but what about the elbows? How many times do you pay attention to details such as that? It is a two-fold exercise for me. Not only do I get to realize something I have only imagined before, but I get to work on figuring out a complete and thorough view of it as well.

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