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Looks like I have some inspo.

some sketches :3

Reference pile.

Birthday gift great blue heron, watercolor and ink.

critter

Chefs kiss.

Old art re-upload

quirrel 5/10/23

Tusken Jedi concept

Basically she’s Baheera’s second Padawan

Edit: found a name for her! “Q’Tark Yiqt”

Skywing Gladiator Helmets Part 2:

Part 1 + Lore behind these helmets, and why Skywings incorporated them in the arena!

Had way too much fun with the first batch of Skywing helmets, so now we have a baker’s dozen of them! Love drawing armor, even tricky ones like these guys are.

Average Skywing head base/measurement for Helmets:

Skywing Gladiator Helmet concepts: Part 1

Part 2 ⬅️ more designs

To me, the Skywing arena was the most memorable parts of the first book, and I liked the idea of Scarlet having consistent champions outside of prisoners, like Peril, that were used as actual fighters. Similar to the Roman colosseum’s style of fighting.

With how extravagant Scarlet’s punishments, hatching day, etc. are described, (she loves her bloody entertainment & fan fair). There’s no way she’d allow for her champions to go undecorated in the arena. Additionally, Skywings are implied to be the most battle experienced tribe, so they should have armor that reflects this sentiment.

Aside from the lore drop, I absolutely love rendering metal & armor, this was just an excuse for me to do that lol. It’s very interesting trying to fit helmets to dragon anatomy opposed to human anatomy. Gotta accommodate for horns, ears, and the snout. Really cool learning how to work around it!

Skywing average measurements/head base for helmets:

The Nosferatu is one member of the Dracula family. While most vampires species are solitary, the Nosferatu lives in large communal flocks comprised of a single brooding female and her sterile male offspring. Once a queen is mated, during her nuptial flight, and has established her hive she will live out her days deep within the cave hive system.

Using their blood crops, foraging Nosferatu will collect the sanguine elixir and bring it back to feed the queen and their other hive mates. The inner workings of a hive are as complex as the cave system itself, with specific classes of Nosferatu catering to varies needs within the hive.

While humans do fall prey to the Nosferatu they are not selective and will also feed on livestock or other large fauna such as dragons. Their shoulder clasps aid in their feeding. Giving them a secure grip on their prey.

Despite folkloric anecdotes, religious paraphernalia does very little if anything in warding off the Nosferatu. It is in fact the ritualistic dressings and oils that the Nosferatu is adverse too, being an irritant or an over stimulant to it’s highly sensitive receptors.

|Gladius Auri|

The Large Maw Mermaid, or the more commonly known “Treasure Hoarder”, is a medium sized mermaid found across tropical seas. This mermaid is well documented for gobbling up sunken treasures due its propensity for eating anything it can fit in it’s mouth. Caught specimens are commonly found with bellies full of gems, gold, and other sunken paraphernalia. Its why they are also known by another name, “Neptune’s Purse”.

Hydras are a highly elusive drake found primarily deep within cave systems. 

Known across the globe for their multi venomous heads the true nature of the Hydra is a bit more complex. 

Much of it’s life the hydra will live solitarily, and living within labyrinthian cave systems makes that quite easy. Males and Females of the species are quite dimorphic, rarely coming across one another. However it is upon maturity the the Hydra will undergo it’s task of metamorphism. The multi headed dragon of legend is in fact a bonded and mated pair.  Females develop a bioluminescent lure, that both attracts prey but also a potential mate. Upon finding a suitable sire, the male will adhere to his mate’s back. This process is not immediate and full adhesion will take years to complete. An enzyme is released from his underbelly allowing for the fusing process. However females have a counter enzyme allowing for females to reject potential males should better stock be found. Upon full adhesion the males body nearly fully absorbs into his mate, even their brain chemistry will intertwine. His wings, however, will remain fully functional and as such will allow for the pair to venture beyond the cave for greater feeding opportunity. Why most hydra are double headed, there are cases where multiple males will adhere to a single female. The most dominate male remaining most intact. This typically only happens to larger more dominant females.

Other dragon species have following a similar convergent evolution such as the False Hydra. Male False Hydra possess a suction cup appendage on their underbelly comprised of highly modified ventral scales and females have the responding on their back. However this bond is not permanent and separation is capable. 

Beautiful. This could be pretty accurate if you’ve make both limbs from the bones of one limb too

Pegasus! Pegasaur, rather. I wanted to design something more...structurally and anatomically sound than a horse with wings stuck on, and this is what I came up with. I try to not worry about that sort of thing in my worldbuilding for sagaverse, really I do, but the ghost of speculative biology haunts me still.

I have once again ruined a classic mythological creature, possibly forever, you're welcome!

(Yes, he can walk on his wings. He's like a suped up pelican from hell, if a pelican was maybe also a lizard. And a horse.)

*inhales

SHAaaaAaAaaW ‼️ AdidO ❗️

[HK stuff] idk old knight or whatever

Ughhhhhhh

Agdhfgdh I am going to study this until my eyes bleed/pos

City of Tears

Studying your backgrounds tomorrow. Right now I’m too eeby, but I am really looking forward to it.

Hornet

Inspo pile

artfight attack for @odetoscavengers ^_^

hi tumblr i bring you cool new ultrakill oc

inspired by @muzzleroars, both their designs and coloring are amazing you should you know. look at their blog.

ULTRAKILL OCS!!!