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Next one coming up! Bc procrastinating is better then actually doing college assignments

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My old post about wing types of Wings of Fire dragons has been getting a lot of notes again, which would be fine but those wings where SO POORLY DRAWN and I’ve been LOOSING MY MIND ABOUT IT. Anyway. More detailed wing notes under the cut-

Icewings - Short but broad. Very good active flight, terrible passive soaring and terrible endurance. Primarily built to simply get them off the ground at all, which they excel at. While not terribly useful in their native habitat, surprisingly excellent agility. Claws are serrated to provide better grip, helping them avoid being blown away in high winds.

Nightwings - Broad, shorter side of the average wing size. Great active flight, good passive flight and agility, average energy expenditure. Can in some ways be considered the perfect “average” wing. While not quite as agile on average as Rainwings, they come the closest. Notably rapid takeoff, but otherwise fairly slow for their size. Specialized scales on the wing help absorb sound in flight.

Rainwings - Average length but broad. Active flight is somewhat worse then Icewings, but fair just as poorly in agility and endurance. Incredible agility and takeoff speed, well suited to their environment. Extra wing thumb provides better ability to navigate environment when not flying, which is relied upon before dragonets are fully flighted.

Skywings - Smaller in size then one would expect, but the longest of the “average” wing sizes and completely make up for this in terms of broadness. Good active flight, but their passive flight is even better, allowing them to spend much of their time soaring. Only a few tribes can say to usually beat Skywings in endurance, but all of the smaller winged dragons can easily outperform Skywings in terms of agility. Wing fingers are “slotted” webbing between wing fingers to help generate lift.

Mudwings - Long and technically considered broad due to their wing flag- a seemingly extraneous length of webbing at the base of the wing which assists in balance during flight. Slotted wing finger webbing. If not for their far poorer endurance, could compete against Skywings in terms of active and passive flight. Surprisingly dull wing claws, more suited to puncturing prey then holding onto it like other dragons might.

Sandwings - Long, rectangular wings and slotted wing fingers. Terrible active flight and agility, but exceptional passive flight and endurance. With good thermals, they can simply glide over much of their desert territory, a frequent source of pride for the tribe. Many young sandwings will simply ride in circles across the desert for the fun of it.

Seawings - Long and exceptionally narrow wings, composed of two long ago fused wing bones. While their active flight is poor, with a good breeze they’re easily the best in terms of passive flight and endurance- even able to lock their wings to sleep while flying. In water, they’re actually more capable of active swimming than passive swimming. Surprisingly agile for their size both in the sky and in water, though inelegant on land, especially during takeoffs.

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I wanted to post the sculpted attacks I did for this year's Art Fight separately <3 Satin (top) belongs to @totally-not-an-awkward-okapi and Alfred belongs to Rem476 on AF and I love them both deeply

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Can You Spot 4 Differences In 19 Seconds?

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"this character is so specifically coded as [x] idk how the author can tell us that it was unintentional" tbh most of the time it's probably something a lot simpler than the author being cowardly or duplicitous and not wanting to admit they wrote a certain kind of character, they likely just based that trait on someone they know (or themselves lol) and didn't consciously realize that trait was in any way non-average or implied anything else. it's still free real estate dgmw, if the text suggests that a character is (for example) super mega transgender then the text suggests that character is super mega transgender, but it doesn't necessarily mean the author knew that the text was suggesting that the character is super mega transgender.

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Revenge on @skatankata !!! Sorry Olle your boyfriend’s wings hid most of you…

Reference pics! One from my pose reference board on Pinterest and one from across the street (shout out Flapjack!)

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SPECTRUM! ✧ 2025 Mass Attack!

A 16-character collection of ocs drawn on sample paint chips!

See the attack post to see each character ; designer's/owner's socials are linked and @'d below the cut!

@nicolethehybrid ; @rainbowgetscreative ; somewhatmacabre.com

@jayrockin ; @totally-not-an-awkward-okapi ; p0la-ris

pinglezlord ; Pezzyference ; @asgoresboyf

ShowbizPizzaMaster ; ovcred's ; @haydenhappyrave

Arni ; rabbitsonchalk ; Nakkipng

MicroCherryz ; @melonbobber-pop ; @mossimoon

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"Science fiction comic about aliens and humans living alongside each other, despite very different cultures and biology. Main character Talita is an alien raised by humans, struggling to find her place in a society not really built for her."

Propaganda:

"Incredible worldbuilding grounded in real science. Small but diverse cast, all of whom feel like very real people - despite being an alien, Talita is extremely relatable!"

Read it here!

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Hello uh. Weird request.

But if you’re seeing this post please look for the “#blackwashing” tag on tumblr.

The search results for it are currently busted, which happens all the time, but I also can’t seem to find it used in posts using associated tags (#blacktober, #black edit) or posts I remember using it on given blogs.

Don’t panic, Tumblr is a hellsite and the code is spaghetti. But I am worried there might be something bad going on here, accidentally or otherwise, and if it’s not resolved by October Tumblr’s art community will have serious issues.

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Finally getting my revenge on @literalliterature for their incredible attack on me, here’s a very literal take on Peryton’s candle horns!

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A fruity revenge on @andysmovingcastle

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Star Siblings

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Dungeon Meshi Fragances by primaniacs

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Enough about favorite books. What’s a book you read and absolutely hated? The book you’ve got a bone to pick with.

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There should be more movies that do the Treasure Planet "Story From Classic Literature In Spaaace" thing but I totally acknowledge that it worked for Treasure Planet because Treasure Island is already about travel and adventure and exploration, which are themes that lend themselves well to being reskinned with science fiction.

There are so few stories I can think of that would lend themselves to an In Spaaace retelling. Like you can't do Pride And Prejudice In Spaaace. That's not anything