Robert McGinnis ... book covers, film posters, his artwork was everywhere during my youth, and I never even noticed his name ... of course, as adolescents, we enjoyed growing up in a moral vacuum ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_McGinnis

dragons in chinese art ... a scrapbook, to be consolidated as and when ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_dragon#targetText=The%20dragon%20is%20also%20a,his%20imperial%20strength%20and%20power.

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/40454

chen rong's nine dragons

https://beyond-calligraphy.com/2012/03/06/nine-sons-of-the-dragon-king/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen_Rong_(painter)

short introduction to the role of dragons in chinese culture, probably written for american tourists

https://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/article-chinese-dragons.htm

and an introduction to "bixi" ...

https://anotherglobaleater.wordpress.com/2015/05/31/the-zoology-of-dragons/

the nine dragon wall ... 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine-Dragon_Wall

https://cdn.sanity.io/files/f23a1pgq/pma_production/62aeafe629c81130dac6b358ec766a0f6f3d6b18.pdf

A GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE 'DRAGON' BRUSH REST Song/Yuan Dynasty Modelled in the form of two coiled archaistic dragons, both depicted with sharp eyes and decorated with gold and silver-inlays along the bodies, the elongated and wavy body moulded to hold brushes, the legs constructed to be the support, box. 15.6cm (6 1/8in) long 

... to be continued ...