SEASMOKE SADDLE - HOUSE OF THE DRAGON

Seasmoke's saddle was the third of the brown buck saddles we developed. For Leanors saddle, we wanted to reference elements of his mothers saddle with the armoured scales. All the fabrics were muted grey blues and greens to match Coryls's pallet. The aim was to make Seasmokes saddle look battle ready, but have a balance of sophistication. So although its armoured, it is more of a dress armour , as armouring a dragon saddle is kind of like putting chainmail on a flame thrower.
Saying that the armoured pommel and nose does benefit Leanor when he dives for an attack, as he is able to hug behind it using it as a kind of shield.
This saddle was heavily inspired by the Remora fish, which attaches itself to the bottom of sharks, of all the saddles Leanors needed to reference some kind of parasitic fish, being the son of the Seasnake. The straps around sea-smokes neck and curves and drops of the saddles silhouette reference a cuttlefish.