I've been thinking about the design for a pseudo-legendary pokemon for a very long time, I wanted to make it a defensive dragon type, but I really had a hard time to come up with a concept that I liked. I don't know why but I always felt like I was making a clone of Aron and its evolutions, so I had to start drawing it all over again at least 10 times before reaching this result. I had even thought at one point to not make it, but the dragon type is one of the few types that I haven't drawn yet and of course I love the steel types, so I felt like I had to finish it.
It may not be very impressive for now, but I preferred to start with something simple for its design, as for its name, it is a combination of Lead (Lea) + Lizard (Zard), not gonna lie, I'm not intirely convinced by it, so if you have any idea, I open to suggestion ! By the way the project has changed its name, it will now be called: Pokémon Mission Eclipse, with the announcement of 9G and Pokémon Violet, it was better for the game to adopt a new name to avoid any trouble !