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Even anteaters have fun...

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Clouded Moon Masterpost

For all your "I want to get into this but don't know where to start!" needs: Meet the characters: Field Colony: Drawing a ___!

Oak Colony: Drawing a ___!

Marsh Colony: Drawing a ___! Coming Soon!

River Colony: Drawing a ___! Coming Soon!

Clouded Moon Trailer

Shifting Roots Episode One (outdated, still uses Warriors lore, but the story beats are the same and we worked really hard on it LMAO)

Book One: Shifting Roots Amazon-Barnes and Noble (Physical or E-Book NOTE: we unfortunately have no control over how or when these sellers ship things, depending on demand, shipping may take a while. ALSO: Formatting on the e-book should be updated so if you downloaded the book early on, try deleting and redownloading to fix formatting issues.) Avalon's Kofi-buy the e-book for as little as $1, and/or limited physical special editions with sticker sheet, bookmark, and signatures from Avalon, Tennelle, and Snap. (Limited availability)

Extras:

Clouded Moon videos playlist (animations, speedpaint stories, lore videos, ect)

Field Colony tag

Oak Colony tag

Marsh Colony tag

River Colony tag

Followers of the Wind tag

Unbound tag

Q&A's

Fandom Wiki (We are not involved in upkeeping this, but figured it's a fun resource to share)

I'll try to add/edit this post as we mosey along!

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OC ref from last year to showcase that I'm technically primarily a Wings of Fire artist

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I second

Also let me play Hylek

Why be man when can frog

@arenanet let me play a dredge you cowards!!!!!!!

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not to be a downer first thing in the morning but i think some people really do not take depression seriously if we aren’t actively suicidal. even if we are actively suicidal people won’t but thats a whole other post. We’re at the same if not a worse point than 10 years ago in terms of mental health acceptance in some ways and it kind of pisses me off

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hot artists don't gatekeep

I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.

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Another one of mine! 💜

this was the attack btw 😌 a cute dragon fellow called Crocus, for Long-Bird! ✨

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Aye, that's my gryphon 🧡

artfight revenge for long-bird! what a cool-ass gryphon!!!

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Yooo this is sick

WoF Tarot Cards (printed)

Do you remember my Queen Wasp artwork in Joy Ang style? Now, finally, all the cards are printed! It took a long time because there were always some problems at the printing house, but finally I got my deck!

I really like them, they are bright and pleasing to the eye, although sometimes there are problems with printing, for example, my card with Wasp turned out very dark, but it does not bother me.

I can only mention all the artists with a link to the album with their works on VKontakte - https://vk.com/album-87048021_306386311 (all artists are mentioned in photo comments), since not all of them are in Tumblr, and it may not be very good to tag everyone in the post. You've probably already seen many of their works on Tumblr)

More detailed photos:

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Something like this would be so colossally helpful. I'm sick and tired of trying to research specific clothing from any given culture and being met with either racist stereotypical costumes worn by yt people or ai generated garbage nonsense, and trying to be hyper specific with searches yields fuck all. Like I generally just cannot trust the legitimacy of most search results at this point. It's extremely frustrating. If there are good resources for this then they're buried deep under all the other bullshit, and idk where to start looking.

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Gargoyle NightWings is a really unique take and I'm here for it

Nightwing concepts. Going for a gargoyle look

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BATS BATS BATS

Bats getting glamour shots

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These guys! I'm glad to see them again

Random wings of fire surge but did you guys know I had fantribes along with their own continent and society and all that jazz.. highly doubt I'll bring back the entire thing but I still like their designs...

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Beyond this, consider how these professions might vary depending on who the customers are - nobles, or lower class. Are they good at their job or just scraping by? Do they work with lots of other people or on their own? City or village?

For younger characters:

Apprentice to any of the above

Messenger/runner

Page/squire

Pickpocket

Shop assistant

Student

Looks after younger siblings

(Images all from Wikimedia Commons)

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Bird Wing/Tail Database

If you ever need references for bird wings/tails I cannot recommend this collection enough! It has images of the dorsal/ventral sides of wings from a wide variety of species.