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"Still, it would look nice on an engagement ring. Don't you think Cynder?" Something silly and cute while I was messing around practicing humans.

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Tribe Banner concept art:

Folks seemed to enjoy my WOF WIPS, so here’s more concept art for y’all! My favorite thing about WOF is the potential for world building. I thought it’d be cool to see a tribe emblem represented on a banner/flag of sorts:

Read below for some of the thought process / headcannons behind the design choices: 👇

Skywing Banner:

Skywings pride themselves on 3 things; treasure, fire, & their enormous, soaring wingspan which steals the sky.

As such, portrayed on the banner, the fabric (often made with dyed cow or goat leathers) resembles draped dragon wings. Two Skywings embrace a goblet, which is spewing golden fire.

The banner is often held aloft with iron or gold poles, signifying to other tribes their wealth and pride.

Mudwing banner:

These banners are fashioned with leather hides from cow or crocodile skin, held aloft with bamboo, and painted with a Talon-print & Reed crest.

The talonprint symbolizes community and the strength of Mudwing sibling bonds. The reed border unifies all Mudwings regardless of their relationship to home; the swamp. Bigwings are often seen carrying these into battle, signifing their status and making it easier for a sib to locate them in the flurry of a fight.

Sandwing Banner:

Sandwing flags are made with camel skins and dyed cactus leather.

A crest shows a Sandwing coiled around a beaming sun, a reminder that despite the revered 3 moons, Sandwings are born to thrive in sunlight.

The fabric is cut in a way to mimic the swooping dunes of Sandwing territory. And the poles of the flags are equally intricate, with scorpion tails and golden ropes which frame the banner.

These flags make prominent appearances in parades, festivals, and markets, and even miniature version are often displayed in homes or as tapestries/carpets.

Seawing banner:

These banners are often seen displayed in royal quarters or councils, or above land to mark territory.

A nautilus shell crest on front echoes the swirl-pattern associated with royal Seawings: The banner’s borders resemble waves and a dragon swimming beneath their surface.

These are crafted with rich materials, strung with seashells, pearls, silver dollars, and deep oceanic color fabric. There is severe penalty for Seawings found plucking treasure from the banners, as they are a direct symbol of royalty.

Nightwing Banner:

These banners emphasize the Nightwings’ relationship to the moon, their source of power and praise. The material, a contrast of white stitching against purple velvet showcases moonlight and night, black scales against stars, magic and mystery.

They are seen decorated with 3 moons at the top and a centered dragon reaching up into the night sky.

These banners were often used during the war as secret code by spies to deliver to other tribes. Prophecy scrolls often came attached, delivering cryptic messages or secrets in the night. These banners all helped add to the secrecy of the Dragonet Prophecy, and kept tribes on their toes around Nightwings.

Rainwing banner:

Rainwing banners are not used for battle purposes like other tribes, most are mere decoration, location indicators, and have no unified design.

However, It is said back when Rainwings left the rainforest to trade pre-war, this particular banner design was often raised above Rainwing merchant tables, and showcases the coiled tail of a Rainwing with leaves, vines, and other sights from the rainforest adorning a bamboo pole. Bright color combinations accentuated the flag to entice curious customers.

Now, only one tattered version of the original Rainwing banner remains, displayed proudly in Queen Glory’s quarters, a reminder that building the Rainwings’ community is their most important goal.

Icewing Banner:

These banners reflect the same standards Icewings hold themselves to.

Like a visual of the rankings themselves, each banner is cut perfectly from an Icewing’s trained, serrated claws to resemble icicles, and crafted with fine blue stitching.

Flags are often held aloft with perfectly polished narwhal horn or bone, and can be inlaid with sapphires or diamond.

Icewing soldiers are often gifted these during ceremonies, and perform training exercises with the flags to test their stance/attentiveness. The crest showcases the swift sharpness of ice through a flying dragon, and a snowflake toward the bottom reminding Icewings that even minuscule snowflakes, small things, should be perfect in form.

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Tis the year of the dragon

Made with reference -> clocktower model by twitte_king on sketchfab (License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial)

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A wild girl with pink hair-- Just a quick practice sketch, trying not to let my human painting skills fall behind

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“You can, Spyro, you can! You are a purple dragon- a very special creature. You’ve given me hope again! Now it’s time to give hope to all of them”

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Ignitus, Guardian of Fire. Volteer, Guardian of Electricity.

Cyril, Guardian of Ice. Terrador, Guardian of Earth.

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Some older Volteer art since he is literally the best and I’m still salty he and Cyril didn’t get more screen time in DoTD

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Cynder really is my muse, it's always a delight to draw her <3 This is also available on my Redbubble (link in bio) :D

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This was a nice challenge, characters were selected from people in my discord server!

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Spent an entire day trying to build a new rig that is more animation friendly. Turns out is was not more animation friendly. And like an idiot I had already drawn the cynder assets too. I nuked it all. I will ree

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Year of The Dragon playable characters in their TLOS version:

These 4 formed an emegency squad in the story, helping the dragons and other species during the war againts the dark armies. (These designs are heavily inspired by scrapped Reignited concept art)

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Have you heard of the Spyro 25th anniversary zine? Well preorders are now open! https://spyrozine.bigcartel.com

So many artists have poured so much work into this and it SHOWS, there's so many good purple bois in here y'all!!

(Sneak peek of my art above)

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Fish gazing - its like stargazing but for fish

I'm proud of this one, I feel like I am really starting to settle in on an artstyle I like and most importantly enjoy the entire process of

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i just need to see her in a new game already 🥹

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Quick landscape test. I used Blender for a rapid prototype and then painted over in Krita.

I'm trying out a new toolchain to reduce frustration when arting, and overall speed my process up.

Its rough but it gets the idea across

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Still life? study of a sack doll wearing a santy hat

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Its painful to see who she was in her reflection, but she remains in the light.

A pic I made for Cynder Community Day 2022