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hey there! i'm a big fan of justice driven characters, wondered if there's any particular reason for snapping turtle's sense of justice?

(also i love his design and your dragon style in general, they're so cool :)

tysm!!

Snapping turtle was hatched during a time of great tension. which caused the seawing queen to go into a worried panic. She began to provide rewards to any couple who hatched strong dragonets and put them on the path to become soldiers. This led many to scramble to hatch the strongest dragonets which also led to many "weaker" seawing hatchlings to be left behind. (Orphanages boomed and some seawings began to adopt a more mudwing style of living with sibling troops instead of the average family)

Snapping turtle was dubbed a "weak" hatchling due to his odd appearance. His parents sent him to Baleen, a royal scientist who was trying to start a counter effort to make sure the tribe had plenty of scholars, he didnt offer as much of a reward but a reward none the less.

Snapping turtle never saw his parents after that and gladly Baleen was a kind guardian. He never really gained the full respect within the palace and among nobles which further strengthened this sense of justice. "I didnt do anything to deserve this? I like how I look... its not fair that I am looked down on..." were common words spoken to Baleen.

No wonder he joined the talons of peace and no wonder he helped sunhunter

Last Forever

"I'll break my ribs and bones to find you in other lifes" - Last Forever Novulent

Day 4 of my playlistober (my own inktober thing) I had to draw these two because when I posted the kelp bride there I put this song to it and now ive just been associating them with it.

wish tui would have let us know more aquatic always thought that it was cool

the other two (day one was rest) playlistober pieces for those curious. Prism of feeling by soft blue shimmer and Not in love by Crystal Castles

OH I meant to ask!!

Are Thalassa and Pyr gym leaders in any particular region or have you gotten that far with them?

Havent gotten that far yet but I know itll probably be a non canon one, i love to add in fan made pokemon occasionally and have free reign with city layouts

it will most likely be close to the alolan region because it is my fav but also due to the amount of wailords around requires the big open ocean lol. Im thinking maybe its almost just another island but somehow different enough to warrent their own set of gyms? I also liked the galarian region so may become an island near that instead? Leaning more towards alola though

(this makes me want to grab my 3ds and finish pokemon sun now. got it used from gamestop because I wanted to replay the game but not delete my moon file. )

megamind reference lmao

Yo! Mind doodling my boy, Mindsoother?

Credits to @teethwitheyes101-blog to helping me get his main idea out!

Night/sea hybrid btw!

night/sea is certainly in the top best hybrid pairs out there. Theyve got deepsea vibes 🪼

mom said it was my turn with the Carnelian lives au

(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

The new seawing in the reef

Sunhunter waited silently in the sand. She hated being so… out in the open. Especially now. She jumped hearing a dragon rise from the water.

"Relax. Just me." Snapping turtle shook off a stray piece of seaweed. His spots gave a faint yellow flash in the moonlight. "If your here just to tell me that I'm in danger I know…" sunhunter frowned at the familiar look the seawing held.

"I'm here to offer you a way out actually." He trudged through the sand as it began to clump on his wet talons. He shook the sand off and opened his talon. Within it was an earring, a shiny pearl carved in the shape of a star. "Oh its beautiful… but how is jewelry supposed to help me?" Sunhunter took it into her talon to further examine.

"Argile made it so he could come with me into the deep palace. He doesn't really come into the ocean these days." He glanced toward the deep blue "it's enchanted. It'll turn you into a seawing as long as you wear it."

Sunhunter felt her scales shiver "Snapping turtle… I can't… all my visions... they come in water I don't want to imagine how awful it would be in the water…" she shook her head. "How do you know? You've never been in the ocean." He leaned forward "Sunhunter you don't really have a lot of options here. The skywings are after you… they can't go into the ocean."

Snapping turtle was right. The mercenaries and assassin's were getting more crafty. Even those against the skywings would give longing glances at her. No doubt gaging whether or not the bounty was worth it. "I..I dont know how to be a seawing.." she frowned "I don't know aquatic or how to swim or or-" "I'll teach you." Snapping turtle flashed a rare smile. "What about the talons? I still want to help the peace effort…" she looked at the earring. "Oh for moons sake forget the talons! This is your life in danger!" He exasperated "Sunhunter… please… I dont want to see you become some trophy for the skywings.." His eyes were weirdly desperate.

Sunhunter sighed and slipped the earring on. A deeply cold chill ran through her scales. She shut her eyes tightly as the world spun, she stumbled forward and met Snapping turtles chest. Past the pounding in her head she could hear him "Its alright… Argile struggled a bit as well…"

Her scales stopped tingling and the pounding headache faded. She felt snapping turtles wing on her back, brushing softly. She also felt her new gills, webbed toes, and flashy spots. She opened her eyes to find her new night vision. Also finding herself needing to look up toward snapping turtle "Oh making me shorter than you is unfair." Snapping turtle snorted "Welcome to being the short and stocky tribe."

Sunhunter stumbled steadying herself. She used to be shoulder heavy but now her weight was all over. She felt stronger despite being shorter. Snapping turtle stared and sunhunter rolled her eyes "I know I look stupid don't I.." "No.. I think you look good as a seawing. I like that the earring chose a mix of more saturated green-ish blue scales. Unique in pattern but not out of place for a seawing." He smirked "but I do miss your original look."

Sunhunters face scales felt faintly like her sandwing warm ones but it went away quickly. She smiled "I have a great hunger for fish now." "Beats those awful roasted tarantulas you used to eat." He stuck his tongue out. "You never tried them so don't start." Sunhunter raised her head, her shiny sea ready scales catching the moonlight. Watching the moons for a moment she turned back to snapping turtle "Well what should my new name be? Sunhunter isn't... seawing... like."

He glanced away "hm.. clam?" "Clam?" Sunhunter retracted "Are you saying I have a big mouth?" She glared. "No! I just- ugh ill get something else…" He rubbed his chin "I'm not good at names…"

Sunhunter sighed before flopping into the sand. A faint dizzy feeling hitting her like a wave "So when does the dizzness stop?"

Snapping turtled perked up as she curled into a C "Cove! Your new name should be cove." He smiled as sunhunter titled her head "Hm... I do like it... but it doesnt mean something dumb does it?"

"No no... A cove is just a small bay often secluded. The waters often have a greenish blue look." He nudged her with a wing "I can show you."

"Ok... but dont let me drown..." She steadied herself and headed toward the water

Snapping turtle chuckled "Of course."

Wyn's counseling pt1

After some issues effecting her work Wyn has been ordered to have a few sessions with Dr Laura. This is in an effort to help the changlings adjustment from wild nature of trading ships to a much more orderly station job.

some sketchy comics into Wyn's backstory cause ive been thinking about her. Overall girl is conflicted and feels stuck. I apologize if my writing is typo filled and hard to read. I had work so my brain is mushy💀

sparkrenders defeat

Completed my first ever dnd campaign! Where i stumbled through dming lmao. Who could deny a good dragon fight tho. Fireballs were being thrown, death saves flying about, tabaxis pushing statues into the water. All the good stuff

Also i was born today. Yippeee‼️

Sandwing cowboys

late night au cause im re-reading darkness of dragons

Vulture is a very cool villain I wish we could have seen more of him. Truly he is a villain I feel even with his short screen time was perfectly shown to be absolutely terrifying and ruthless. Which then also made me think about how cool it would be if he was like an outlaw/ cowboy villain.

As well as if he was more bird/ vulture like.

while I didnt doodle it I imagine him to be a bit more wyvern like. Gives him swifter and more agile movements in the skys. An absolute terror in flight. Then with his crew they are a travelling merchant's worst nightmare

Qibli in this cowboy au would be more of an actual cowboy. Trading his past to help out thorn with actual cattle for the scorpion den. So think of those western movies where theres always the good cowboy and the evil cowboy. Pretty much qibli vs vulture.

Overall this way made late at night and i havent thought too terribly far into it 💀 but who doesnt enjoy a good western every now and then

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!