Ignitus is often calm and collected but has been known to break out into fits of fury, using his fire ability to great effect equally capable of warmth and rage. The top of his back is now dark red before blending down with his natural red body color. He no longer has dark red spots on his body (though they are present in his concept art) and his back is pushed down more than his original design's, potentially giving Ignitus an oriental look. Ignitus was given a major design overhaul in The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon by Étranges Libellules. In the concept art, Ignitus has a visible clawmark on his left flank, which is absent in the final version of A New Beginning. A pair of frills grow from under his chin resembling a goatee. His wings are also dark red with light orange membranes and he has a scaley underbelly. He has dark red spines that grow from his head and trails down his back to the tip of his frilled tail. Ignitus is a red dragon with dark red spots, light orange horns, and red-pink frills on his shoulders and behind his cheeks. The animators also loosely held true to this idea, so without it being 'official', it was the original intention.

Jared stated that he had always personally maintained that Ignitus was indeed Spyro's biological father and set out with that in mind right from the design phase. The concept was to re-occur across The Legend of Spyro trilogy, but it never panned out. Īccording to an interview with Jared, originally, the goal was to reveal Spyro's parentage in stages and throw up the notion that perhaps his father was either Ignitus or Malefor. He was originally planned to be about 250 years young at the time of A New Beginning. Ignitus was designed by Jared Pullen, lead concept artist of The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning and The Eternal Night.

5.5 The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon.

5.4 Between The Eternal Night and Dawn of the Dragon.

5.3 The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night.

5.2 The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning.

Spyro the dragon a new beginning