She So Small

Yes, absolutely. I'm working on a dark red Nightwing, a sunset pink Skywings would be interesting

should there be more pink Skywings?

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Still don't know how to use this tool. I just edit the camera in an editing software

This is out of genuine curiosity as a beginner animator but I often see this from animators that I looked up to (having to draw the whole thing in a shot but have a square surrounding a specific part, which I’m assuming that’s where the camera focuses on). Is this like a feature in the program that you use or is the square individually drawn to know where the camera should be focusing on?

The rectangle is always there! It's the camera so anything outside of it won't be seen in the final output. Every animation program should have some variation of it

Another icewings hybrid. This one part sky. They are related to Woodfrog through their mother. I think this guy is male.

His design is based on those bearded vultures that eat bone. He does swim but doesn't like it. Sassy like his sister but glares a lot more.

No name yet if anyone wants to submit ideas.

I really just love dragon culture. Very little is confirmed so just about anything can be written, drawn, or said and it's always so creative!

I love how the wings interlock with each other and how their little feet plod around in the dirt. Despite being a still image you can easily imagine the movement and patterns of their dance.

Someday I want to make an animatic of dragons dancing and I'll definitely try to incorporate wing holding into the steps.

The first time she's ever gotten to dance

Sunset in the bkg was actually a picture I took (edited obv)

Love your art! What's your shading process / any tips? I really like how vibrant it is

Thank you!! also sorry this is a long post

I usually start painting the character after I already have a background, super sketchy or with a placeholder (a photo usually), just so i know what colors to use

I fill the character with a color from the BG or a similar color and use the multiply blending mode

then i paint the lights on another layer with the "add glow" blending mode (i also pick the color depending on the bg).

I add another multiply layer for anything that needs to be darker, like stuff under the characters clothes

I paint a line with a saturated color between the lights and shadows, for example i added a bright red for the cape and light purple for their skin (? this is subsurface scattering, it doesnt happen on every surface but i like how it looks so i use it on everything lol.

Then i paint the lineart a similar color to each part of the character or you can paint it all red and use multiply

that's basically it

some tips (these are just things that work for me)

I think is better to paint the lights, not the shadows. it helps to see the shapes of the thing/character you're drawing better (its what i did with lambert ⬆️)

Draw backgrounds, i think it makes every drawing look more interesting and its easier to decide the lighting for the character, if you dont want to draw anything detailed you can paint something simple and blur it

i really recommend to start with a thumbnail, experiment with colors, perspective, composition, etc. before actually starting the drawing thumbnails of this post

this tip is something that everyone has heard before but use references, real life references like photographs for perspective and lighting, 3d models for anatomy and perspective, paintings to see how other artists stylize objects, bgs or characters. use references for everything

this tip is super important for me: check the values of your drawing, (lower the saturation, with the lineart hidden) if it isnt readable/ doesnt look good in black and white it most likely wont look good with colors (this depends on artstyle and personal preference tho)

sigh. i cant believe im doing this.

if this gets 8k notes by the first week of october ill promise to stay alive one more year.

Shapes!!

moose

new Sauria episode is creepy [cw: blood, violence, fantasy horror]

someone needs to get this man a full production team and a multimillion dollar budget

Man I need a project to work on that requires dragon armor.

*ignores my older abandoned animation memes*

revamp of some old Nightwing armor designs for my enchanted wof AU

AFTER MONTHS, I HAVE DONE IT!

I have made a blocky stylized dragon. Haven't put his wings on yet.

I've been obsessed with @toadslug 's art for quite a while,

specifically this one

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And I think I've managed to make my own style of the blocky dragon.

Seriously their design has been living rent free in my head for months.

I'm going to give mine clothes.