Day 10 for @wof-october-prompts!! Today's prompt was "Cave" and I had the idea this morning to draw the Dragonets of Destiny returning to their old cave home after the story's over. Get some closure, hopefully bury Dune, get some scrolls they'll need for JMA.
If I'm honest I'm... not entirely happy with this one. But even if I aimed high I fell short; five characters is A LOT, and I am happy with the character's expressions and the rendering detail, so I'm trying not to let it bother me too much.
A glowing woman, princess of the big soup and officially a bite risk. I adore Tsunami and I'm really enjoying working on these so far, so fingers crossed I'll get through all the dragonets!
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Heya Guys, I made a Uquiz, let's see what you'll get
I was the fat tert one, AND i was the salve
I'm just wondering which, if any, of those submissions was Mythos and Salve.
Edit: inspiredwriterstory too.
Clearsight and Listener, historians say they were the bestest of friends!
Burn wings of fire x Messmer Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree
She encouraged him to make the storehouse so she could look at all of the hornsent corpses, but then he started preserving their culture in it, and then he had to kick her out of it becsuse she wouldn't stop biting and messing shit up.
they make each other much worse.
yes this is a crackship
I was tired so I drew a rainwing napping. More referencing cats for poses
I am very fond of the second arc protagonists. They are my favorite collective of plot focus characters, which may be evident by the fact that I've been drawing them more than any other in this challenge. They are a very charming group, even if a few possible character connections are vastly underdeveloped (Moon and Turtle, Winter and Turtle, and Winter and Kinkajou could probably form very strong bonds if they were explored).
The flipside of fondness is usually the formation of strong opinions. I think about these guys a lot. One thing I initially thought was fine, but then struck me as strange on a revisit was the ending of Moonwatcher's book. You have the group (sans Winter), who previously struggled to accept Moon for her unintentionally invasive powers, ostensibly overcome their mistrust of her and solidify their respective bonds with her. Kinkajou in particular tells her that, because she makes no secret of her thoughts anyway, it doesn't matter to her that Moon can read her mind. Up to there it is all very wholesome and heartwarming. Moonwatcher then decides to give them an out, sharing the secret of Skyfire as a way to block her powers. This is a good and very noble gesture, really showing her trustworthiness and respect for their privacy here.
But then they actually take her up on that offer, right after stating they are over their misgivings. I get why they do it--Moonwatcher's uncontrollable power is really inconvenient and annoying to be around--but backtracking 5 seconds later makes their previous declaration of acceptance ring a bit hollow. If I could make a choice here, I would really have liked this to turn into a long-running character arc for the group, where they gradually learn to trust Moon and eventually decide that they don't need the Skyfire anymore, taking it off for good. And Moon in turn could work on refining control over her power so she can be around her friends without accidentally reading every thought. Maybe all of that could have been a scene in the arc 2 finale. But at the very least I would have liked for Kinkajou to stick with her original declaration and reject the Skyfire outright, signaling to Moon that--contrary to her mother's words--the powers are not a curse and that she doesn't need to be ashamed of them.
I guess here is an idea for potential fanfiction: Make them chuck the Skyfire in the bin. Let Moon see that her friends choose to hang out with her even if they can't block her powers.
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Long comic today. Sorry it took a while to come out. I think this is the longest one I've drawn for this challenge too.
Just one more day and then Smaugust will be done. I hope you have been enjoying this so far. Thanks for sticking with me.
I remember once talking to my partner about the Dragonslayer book (which I have not read myself). I told him I hope there is a scene in there where Sunny does something normal and non-threatening and somehow ends up misinterpreted as a horrifying nightmare creature by a bunch of clueless scavengers with overactive imaginations.
I've sat here for about an hour now, trying to decide whether I should tag this as "violent" or not. On the one hand, it really isn't; it's just strawberry juice after all. On the other hand maybe the evocative imagery in the first panel is transcending the actual reality of the situation. I've decided to leave it as is for the time being. If this imagery upsets you though, please let me know so I can figure out a way to deal with that in the future. Maybe I can make up a new tag or something.