When ArtOrder LLC called for entries for its Tiny Dragon book, I remembered crocodile mums carrying their hatchlings to the water in their mouths, for safekeeping, and thought dragons might do the same. Taking first flight in the middle of the air instead of the turbulent thermics around the nest must be easier, as these little ones demonstrate. I also thought of the short film Gift of the Nightfury from Dreamworks' Dragons series, and how the hatchlings jump off the cliff after Hiccup on Hookfang, flutter wildly and yet are blown back, but they were so darn cute trying that I aimed to get some of that cuteness into this piece while keeping them regal, as a dragon should be.