your art is so beautiful, and I’m loving your fanseries so far!!! do you have any tutorials on how you draw your dragon wings? (specifically in more dynamic poses or when they’re folded in) keep up the amazing work! :D
Tysm!! im glad your enjoying!!
I need to preface this by saying I often stumble through drawing wings so I had a bit of a harder time describing how I draw them. As well as the fact that there isnt really any wrong way to draw wings given how much variation you can given them in fantasy. Still though I hope I can offer some tips
Biggest tip is to get the arm down. pretty much any flying animal has this arm of sorts. I find laying down the shape of it really helps shape the rest of the wing. I added the most basic 3 lines I use in the step by step. (Sometimes I use my own hand to imagine where the "fingers" of the wing go, cause you cant always find that just right reference with birds or bats. Imagine if you taped long straws to your fingers then draped a blanket across your shoulders.)
2nd tip is with folded wings. Often if your characters wings are folded in they arent the focus of the piece, so dont put too much detail in those folded wings. Draw em and leave em. Its super easy to wanna put detail everywhere but sometimes less is better. But of course you can always add detail and my biggest tip if you wanna add detail is remember the folds. a closed wing will often have a scrunched up look.
And of course my final tip is reference and practice. Reference wise id suggest birds, bats, and pterosaurs (as much as you can from an extinct creature lol) There is also plenty of dragon wing tutorials out there that get more specific.
Your also free to trace over my work for practice as long as its not posted publicly, tho I highly recommend not just doing that. Its important to experiment and find your own style n' method. its also a bit better to understand what your drawing more than just knowing muscle memory movements (ex. understanding how the arm of a wing works can help you to need less references as youd know how to postion the webbing, folds, fingers, etc) Tracing wise your most helpful resource is bats.
Apologies if i was all over the place but hope this helps some!
The girls are fighting
Omg two of my favorite animal crossing characters, what???
Another playlistober song has brought me down the cat path. Nthn by i9bonsai is the song behind this piece
The song has the feeling of being told your nothing but knowing thats not true. Reminds me of my boy Firestar. When I first read arc 1 as a kid I thought he was just the coolest guy around (still think that lol)
Another man for the vanya and mavshoon world. This is Zudrig the odd. Zudrig is apart of the colossal dragon covey. Due to coloassal dragons being so large they adapted the ability to shift into smaller forms. Forms range from smaller dragons to humanoid forms.
Zudrig loves his human form and socializing with all the creatures of the land. He is known for is large floppy ears and overall joyful nature. Zudrig loves love and is a hopeless romantic. Zudrig has had many crushes but no true relationships.
zudrig has a magical compass, each picture he adds to the compass locket thing a new arrow shows up. the arrow points to where said person in the picture is.
Zudrig helps vanya and mavshoon on their journey.
a commission, new oc, and full-body for an adopt
More info on the 2nd leaf/night dude, Conifer is a self proclaimed leader of the pinewings (a group on par with the poisonwings and sapwings) Pinewings are a hidden group of leafwings that reside in Northern forests, made up of conifers as you may have guessed, and they just chill pretty much. Conifer keeps them out of other tribes drama and makes sure their well taken care of. Conifer himself is a quiet and stern looking dude. He's strict and doesn't enjoy to joke around. At the same time though he has a very protective feel to him and you tend to like to be around him. He won't push you away either even if he's not in the best of moods Despite being the big ol tough guy leader he's usually stuck with babysitting duty as he'll allow others to go out to hunt n forage.
Random rambles
I need to fr lock in and make a comic. Absolute dream would be to make a comic that sells in comic shops so that way I can say "Yeah a comic shop didn't hire me but now I'm making them 😏"
Lmao but fr I've always want to actually make a complete comic but I've never been able to write a story start to finish so I've only made small comics. I kinda want to collab with friends cause I do have a friend who writes but doesn't draw but idk they're kinda busy and do mostly historical stuff not fantasy 💀
(1st image is an older carnelian, 2nd is younger/concept art)
I know everyone and their mother makes these but honestly Carnelian and umber should have had 10x more screentime (biased lmao)
Anyway in my au Carnelian does die but skywing gods deem her worthy of rebirth due to her fighting spirit. She has served the skywing tribe all her life and doesnt deserve to have it end via failed assasination attempt
After being left in the mourning cave she awakens with odd new features including feathered ears and golden scales. every wound from the dragoncactus is now covered in a golden shell. Scars remain to remind her of her strength and the gold is representative of fire. Her wing webbing having been burned is now also glittering gold, some refer to it as looking like golden silk tightly weaved together. The feathered ears are more of mystery but does spark many religious theories (I really just wanted to give her an owl like head 💀)
Of course her return startles many and causes rise of more animus speculation but Queen Ruby is happy to have her back. I believe Carnelian would remain a the academy for a few years but only to cram in all her classes then return to the skywing kindom. She wouldnt really stick around to make friends but she wouldnt look down on her winglet and would act a bit friendlier towards them.
In the future she becomes a general, though with the lack of war she found herself participating in more community activities and service. This helps her become a highly reguarded general, loved by many. She'll never settle down and have dragonets but the community will reguard her as a motherly figure. Old and wise she becomes.
overall this au is, again, giving a character I like a break lmao. but this also experiments with the kinda "god" like figures and beliefs briefly mentioned in the books (even tho skywings are kinda more reincarnation baised) idk any way is interesting to me
school work got me feeling a bit crappy so oc x canon 💕
Idk if i ever shared tango here but shes a mudwing journalist! Her scrolls are beloved in the mudwing villages. She met clay awhile after jade mountain academy was established. She went to get some info for a story and found that many of the other dragons were a bit too busy to answer her questions. Clay was the only one who would slow down enough to answer a few. A friendship blossomed soon after that and later a bit more
Tango enjoys when he visits as she knows itll be an excuse to soak in the mud to "ask him questions about his work" certainly not to take a nice float along the mud nap. When she has time she'll visit the academy occasionally speaking about scroll writing and reporting, if she can be convinced.
version without text bubbles vv
Plus greyscale for sillies (kinda made this cause the election has me stressed man 💀)
Also started re-reading the 2nd arc as I finally got my hands on the books and it has me thinking of my own Jade mountain winglet.
Icewing: Poinsetta, she/her, A glittering icewing who is pretty and knows it. Loves to collect and gets rather flirtatious. Can be boastful but is overall kind and always up for a spa day. Comes from an icewing village that wanted to send their very best so she has a bit of pressure on her shoulders.
Mudwing: Lillypad, she/her, A short standing mudwing covered in moss. She lost her sibling troop in the war she was recommended to the school by Argile. Very shy but has opened up to the others over time.
Nightwing: Echospeaker, she/her, Taller than average and with oddly light pink scales. Has some mindreading skill but only after she knows the dragons name. A strong silent type she has grown to loosen up by being away from her parents. They were the ones that sent her off to school.
Rainwing: Melon, she/her, a long bodied rainwing of vibrant colors. A very chatty gal but only with her winglet, not because shes shy but she does not like others. She gets introuble for her disgusted faces and shifting to annoyed colors at the other students. It takes a bit to get past this hard exterior. She heard of the school through sun time gossip.
Sandwing: Desert Rose, she/her, A large sandwing Animus. She has not really used her powers as she does not understand them. Shes rather playful when shes not worrying about school work. She lived in a village near the scorpion den, the den being where her parents heard of the school.
Seawing: Flamingo, she/her, Short but strong. She has a warm personaility and loves academics. She studies hard and hopes to be able to write her own scrolls one day. She heard about the school through seawing chatter.
Skywing: Dawn, she/her, a lean skywing with shimmering wings that radiate heat. She decorates herself with gold and is an avid lover of gemstones. As well as a good cooked meal. Daughter of a blacksmith she heard about the school after her dad gave some weaponry to it.
In my current word tensions are still very high due to the ongoing war. Though the current teachers of Jade mountain have kept the school open finding education to be important even in times of war.
fuck you if I wanna join the nightmare before Christmas vampire group I can
lmao anyways Im guessing you can tell what movie I watched recently, but yeah they look like a pretty fun group. The clothing was a mix of the vampires clothing and morticia adams outfits. this art piece was mainly a stress reliver and more practice with drawing on my laptop. enjoy^^
Completed nightwing custom commission. They wanted a nightwing that had a battlewinner look to em
Also Yall I applied to a local comic shop today and I'm so nervous. I want the job really bad and I actually re wrote a whole resume for it despite it being optional lmao. I also had to do a skills test and got proficient so.... you know this fella isn't going to yell at customers 🫶😎
Im pleading to all the stars above for an interview fr or at least some sign that they've seen my application 🙏🙏
They/them 19 ⫸ wof, pokemon, spiderman, etc (I dabble in many fandoms)⫸
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