ARGUS cartoonist, Tim Harries, 44, returns two SuperDragons for the 2012 trail.

The professional cartoonist is a veteran of the 2010 SuperDragon trail where he created a ‘spot the rugby ball’ style game on his dragon, adorned with cartoon figures of Welsh rugby legends .

One of his dragons this time is also firmly rooted in its Welsh heritage.

A Dragon of Note, will be a t r a d i t i o n a l flame red dragon decorated with different coloured and sized musical notes.

Inside each note, Mr Harries, who is from the Belle Vue Park area of Newport, will etch the name of a Welsh musical great.

“I wanted to play up to the Welshness of it,” Mr Harries said.

“ It could have been any other animal but the dragon is such a Welsh icon it seemed fun and apt for it to be associated with a very stereotypically Welsh theme.”

Like his previous dragon, Mr Harries wants people to be able to interact with his dragons.

He said: “The last one was great because you could see on facebook people posting they had been looking for the rugby ball for half an hour and couldn’t find it.

H o p e f u l ly this one will be similar with people going round the dragon trying to see who I’ve put on there and who has missed out. Hopefully it will spark a bit of debate.”

Mr Harries’ other dragon, the Purple People Eater, is equally family orientated.

“There’s no real story behind this one, I just wanted it to be fun.

“It’s very cartoony and colourful but also I hope it looks a bit scary too. A little girl came to the Dragon’s Den (the workshop at U.R.B.A.N in John Frost Square where the public can see the artists at work) the other day and she wanted to look at it but not get too close. That’s the effect I want, it’s fun but remember dragons eat people!”

Mr Harries is delighted to be involved.

“It was great to be a part of last time. The public reaction was fantastic and kids absolutely loved them. I think it gives people the chance to go to parts of Newport they might not normally go to,”he said.