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Cyclone Rashied by @/univarna~

Tried a different way of rendering. Practically drew this in one sitting, I could never pass up the chance to draw more wings ✨ Oh, and, please check out Univarna's SevenAU!!!

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I KNOW that the signature for wind element is butterflies BUT— when you think of wind, don't you think of birds?

(aka me trying to justify my obsession with drawing wings)

> Rant & ramblings below cut, basically an info dump of my thought process/reasonings behind thy art.

OKAY SO. I REALLY like wings, drawing a bunch of them is even better.

Wind = Birds ; Birds = WINGS !!!

While I did draw this with just the intent of being able to draw wings on my baby boi.. I couldn't help but add in some lore(?) behind it too y'know.

In BBB, wind is associated with butterflies (Maripos has butterflies, Kuputeri has butterflies, Taufan angst has so much butterflies–) I had thought that, maybe, just maybe that the association of wind with butterflies is for Windara only. Then for Earth, the association of wind is with birds.

Because, really. What are the creatures that practically live in the skies? That soar through the wind? Birds. And what symbolism do we see birds as? Freedom. The wind is meant to be the embodiment of freedom.

(That does, make the underlying angst of butterflies = wind even worse/better. Butterflies fly lower than birds, butterflies die within 1-2 weeks. What a fleeting existence, only meant to taste freedom for mere moment.)

I thought it'd fit more for BBB's wind element to be associated with birds instead of butterflies. (Windara can have all of the butterflies, thank you very much). It would be a significant distinction between Kuputeri and BBB too, wouldn't it? Hence, the birth of this drawing.

I wanted BBB to already have wings since tier 1 as Angin though. However, I still wanted to keep the progressive evolution of Angin riding in small tornadoes, Taufan riding on his hoverboard, and only then on Beliung can he actually fly.

As such, I drew it so that Angin's wings are undeveloped, can't fly yet. The wings are specifically positioned on the lower back so it'd would even be harder for Angin to try and fly. Angin has these baby blue wings that he can't really use yet.

Then when he evolves into Taufan— the wings, of course, develops as well. There's now a gradient of white feathers to blue feathers, a new layer of feathers. Much larger than before, but still not enough. He has to use his hoverboard. Additionally, tiny wings also have sprouted at the back of his ears. Why? Because why not. Also, that new pair of wings is to show that he's in Tier 2.

One pair of wings = Tier 1

Two pairs of wings = Tier 2

There comes the big change for Beliung though. Beliung can now fly. The wings have now matured enough to be able to take flight. Of course, the elephant in the room is obvious the fact; Beliung now has, not just 3, but technically, 6 pairs of wings. Truly taking on the appearance of a Seraph.

For this one, technically it should be; Three pairs of wings & three pairs of ear wings = Tier 3

(I have also kept the scarf for Beliung, I can never draw him without it. To give the poor boi less of a hassle, I drew it so that his scarf is mostly wrapped around his neck rather than the long ends freely trailing behind him. It would be too hard to fly with that scarf, the risk of it tangling with his wings is high.)

Now, you my dear reader, has probably noticed the last drawing on the bottom portion. It's Beliung again, but this time, there's even. more. wings. For me, this one is a special case.

The wings itself aren't really truly wings though. Those wings are merely a byproduct of wind manifestation. The more wings that appears = the higher the power that can be used. (This is really just me making things up, but it's fun, so why not?)

Beliung has the ability to manifest as many wings as he wants.

The catch is that— BBB, he's human. These wings are basically limbs, parts of him. He can't handle too many appendages as once. At maximum he can only have 6 pairs of wings in total. Having more would result in overstimulation and loss of control.

Beliung though, Beliung himself– the wind element itself, or when in elemental split; He can handle many wings at once, as much as he wants too, and I would assume the personification of wind itself would love to have many wings.

That's basically it. My obsession with wings have resulted in this art of mine. Angin/Taufan/Beliung has become the Biblically Accurate Angel that I've always wanted to draw <3

If you've actually read it fully to this point, props to you and thank you for reading this info dump of mines!

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I really, really like drawing wings, you see.

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Inktobertale Day 12: Cringy

Aka Fandom Culture 101 with Ink :P

Ink belongs to @myebi / @comyet

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wish upon a shooting star, and the breeze will gently lead you back home

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Aventuriney doodles ✌️

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I've been drawing a lot of Aventurine lately...

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"Ay, ay, ay. I'm your little butterfly."

I'm afraid... How will they put the bbb cap on Rimba..?

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Never seen without a smile

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It's my 6 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳

Or something, this is making me feel old. Yay?

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Finally using the 'multifandom' on my bio

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WIPs (again) that I couldn't finish because of school ("T~T)

Comic (Feb 12 ~ May 5, 2024)

Sunshine Boys: Bel & Mel (March 24 ~ April 2, 2024) (might actually finish this, idk yet)

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Some doodles for the fic I'm working on. I genuinely don't know when I'm going to finish it though ^^;

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WIP dump _(:`」 ∠)_

— WIPs that I do not have the courage to post in twitter o(-(

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- Hiraeth AU by aztronomania

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More of my messy sketches

(Taufan on the 1st pic bottom and 2nd page left are from aztronomania's Hiraeth AU)