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just having some fun with interesting fantasy imagery! Give it a reblog, if you play, please? And tell me WHY you picked what you picked if you want?

this looks really good! i really like how you did the scales on the nightwing, and the mane/sail on the samdwing

found this buried in my hard drive from well over a year ago, before a bunch of stuff happened, so i dunno if i’ll ever bother to finish it but it’s here now

my half of an art trade with @minttea31 !!

he’s got orange accents, but I’ve done a version with blue instead!

hope you like him!

(blu)

For all of the northerners that stood up for Texas during our freeze and said, "Don't make fun of them, they've never dealt with this before. Their infrastructure isn't made for snow and freezing."

This one is for you.

Where I live 108°F with 80% humidity with no wind is normal.

Pacific North West is dealing historic best waves 35-40°C or 95-105°F.

First of all. Don't make fun of them for bitching about the heat. Just like Texas isn't built for a freeze and our pipes burst, Pacific North West isn't built for heat and a lot of their homes don't have AC.

If you live somewhere with a high humidity like 80+ HUMIDITY IS NOT YOUR FRIEND. The "humidity makes it feel cooler" is a lie once it gets beyond a point.

If you live somewhere with a lower humidity, misters are nice to cool off outside.

Once you get over 90°F (32°C) a fan will not help you. It's just pushing around hot air. (I mean if you can't afford a small AC unit because they're expensive as hell, by all means a fan is better than nothing).

If you have pets, those portable AC units aren't safe. If your pets destroy the outtake thing, it'll leak CO2. Window units are safer.

Window AC units will let mosquitoes or other small bugs in. Sucks, but that's life.

Now is not the time to me modest. If you have to cover for religious reasons, by all means. If you don't, I've seen people wear short shorts and a swim top. It's not trashy if it keeps you from getting heat stroke.

If you do have to cover up for religious reasons, look for elephant pants or something similar. They're made with a breathable material.

Shade is better than no shade, but that shit it just diet sun after some point. Don't think shade will save you from heat stroke.

I know the "drink your water" is a fun meme now, but if you're sweating excessively you need electrolytes. Drink Gatorade, Powerade, or Pedialite PLEASE. I don't care if you're fucking sitting in one spot all day. That shit WILL save you from heat stroke.

Most importantly. RESEARCH THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HEAT STROKE AND HEAT EXHAUSTION PLEASE!

If you're diabetic and can't drink Gatorade, mix water, fruit juice, and either lite salt or pink salt

If you can afford it, cover windows with thick curtains to insulate the house

If you have tile floors, lay on them with skin to tile contact. If you don't, laying your head on cool counters works too.

If the temperature where you're at is hotter than your body temperature, don't wear heat wicking clothing. Moisture wicking is safe though.

Check your medication labels. Many make you more susceptible to sun and heat

-Room temperature water will get into your body faster. This is something I learned doing marching band in high summer in Georgia, and it saved all of our asses. Sip it, don't gulp it, especially if you're getting into the red; same goes for whatever fluid you're drinking. And just in general drink during the day.

-If you are moving from an air conditioned space to an un-air conditioned space, if at all possible try to make the shift gradual. When my dad and I were working outside and in un-ac houses a few years ago, he'd turn the air down to low in the truck about ten-fifteen minutes before we got where we were going. This way your body doesn't go from low low temps to high temps. S'bad for you.

-If you can, keep your lights off during the day. Light bulbs may not generate a lot of heat, but the difference is noticeable when it gets hot enough. I literally only turn my bedroom light on in the evening when it gets too dark.

Don't be afraid to just like... pour water on yourself if you need to. The evaporation will cool you off.

Put your hand to the cement for 15 seconds. If you can't handle the heat, it'll burn your dog's paws. Don't let them walk on it.

Dogs with flat faces are more prone to heat stroke. Don't leave them out unsupervised.

Frozen fruit is delicious in water.

Wet/Cold hat/handkerchief on your head/neck will help you stay cool.

Pickle juice is great for electrolytes! You can even make pickle juice Popsicles!

Heat exhaustion is more, "drink water and get you cooled off." Heat stroke is more "Oh my god call 911."

Image Description provided by @loveize

[Image description: an infographic showing the difference between heat exhaustion and heat stroke. The graphic is labeled "Heat Dangers: First Warning." Signs of heat exhaustion: faint or dizzy, excessive sweating, cool, pale, clammy skin, rapid, weak pulse, muscle cramps. If you think you or someone else may be experiencing heat exhaustion, get to a cool, air-conditioned place, drink water if conscious, and take a cool shower or use cold compress. Signs of heat stroke: throbbing headache, no sweating, red, hot, dry skin, rapid, strong pulse, may lose consciousness. If you think you or someone else may be experiencing heat stroke, call 911. End description]

Be safe.

-fae

Carnivorous Ruse (a VERY popular base maker) has no self restraint in not starting new base projects, I understand having like 2 at once but they have their hybrid bases, new feathered bases, realistic headshots, baby bases, dinosaur bases, and probably more I'm forgetting!

They also are quite lazy when making their bases in my opinion, having a brush to make scales and using a circle tool when making the strange big Rainwing scales... it makes their bases look sloppy and like they put minimal care into them

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oh cool, thank you!

hi! i hope you're having a nice day!

i managed to take a picture of this guy the other day, and i think i spotted him again today! apologies for the poor photo quality, but i think he's a belted kingfisher? it was super cool to see him regardless. this was near Tsawwassen, BC

Yes, a belted kingfisher. One of my favorite birds!

wait guys. we can max out individual boop meters, yeah? yk how there’s a global count at the bottom? can we max out that?

SeaWing variants! details about each variant are under the cut!

Ocean - Large and fast, prefer living in the open ocean - Probably fastest type of all variants - not a great turn rate, weak fighter when at close quarters - strongest flyer out of all variants - fairly common variant in Sea Kingdom - pale eyes - Probably made up bulk of SeaWing army - low altitude flyers - Dorsal fin and fins on tail

Bay - Most common in Sea Kingdom - Beautiful iridescent scales - Multicolored eyes - Not as fast but much more agile in water - alright flyer, nothing special - Queen Coral is a Bay/Reef hybrid Reef - Smallest on average - Most colorful out of all variants - Has ridges on forehead - Multicolored eyes - extra rows of fins on neck, back, and tail - complex markings breaks up their shape in coral reefs - often used for ambush attacks in sw army along the coastline - second weakest flyer out of all sw variants

Fjord - prefers cold waters (shocking) - speckles are fairly common markings - mid size - fairly fast in water - average flyer - good all arounder - typically have single color eyes River - second most colorful - eyes are typically brown/grey/black - prefers freshwater but can breath seawater after an adjustment period - used for infiltration and recon in sw army - tallest fins (at front of head) on average

Deep - most rare variant - starts out super super tiny then BAM GIANT DRAGON - most amount of bio-luminescent scales - Deep Aquatic is hardest to follow on account of all the extra vocab - very smooth guys - extra fins on neck, back, tail - very pale eyes, with pale pupils - either very dark in color (see above) or very very pale - no inbetween - can live in shallower waters, but they have to move up to them SUPER gradually (hello dragon decompression sickness) - technically has the ability to breath air but they cant be on the surface for hardly any amount of time

like it is with the other variant posts, all of these guys are free to adopt!

Ocean: Bay: Reef: taken! Fjord: River: taken! Deep: