Updated Nyx A Bit

The quality on tumblr is fucking sick, heres another drawing i did for a dtiys on insta, its also a scene from the WOF novel (wings of fire)

Doodle made with Untitled Tile Painter, edited in Clip Studio Paint

Hello! Anyone have any cool tribrid ideas or designs for wof?

I've actually found myself needing some inspiration as I've never made tribrids before and honestly don't know what to do.

I like this

DUUUDDEEE your art is insane!! I ADORE the scales you draw and render, and how you make so much of your illustrations look like real work staff from WoF would make! Do you have any tips for scales? Rendering? Drawing them :0?

thank you so much!! for scales, i'd recommend avoiding circle shapes and instead go for a more angular hexagonal shape! it reduces weird gaps in between the scales and makes the texture look a lot more tight-knit and interconnected

as for rendering, i think my best tip would be to start with shadows first. make a shadow layer, fill it in entirely with the base color for the shadows, and carve out the light source by erasing parts of the shadow layer. I've been trying out a new method of rendering which takes a lot less time but gives the same if not better results (using a color layer on multiply above a greyscale render layer with a color overlay to add color to the shadows! i'll go more in depth with this once i have a finished example piece to break down)

and i usually render scales by filling in each individual scale above the lineart to create an alpha mask and i use a clipping group using the mask

scale mask (normal layer mode, 100% opacity)

set to "color dodge" at 40% opacity, additional "shadow" layer (black color layer set to "erase" above the layers in the clipping group) used to create depth!

Almost didn't post this as it's just a WIP, but I'm not sure if I'll actually finish this and I like the body segments.

IceWings have a different body shape compared to NightWings. Hard

It's hard to find a good place to put your roos. 50/50 chance for a male, what do you do when you don't need half your flock

So! I went to visit the nice lady with the rooster sanctuary, it seems like a passion project for her and her family. She couldn’t remember exactly which boys were mine, so we looked all over her flock and I couldn’t see any of them! Most likely, unless some were hiding, they all got adopted! So, I still want some more boys in my flock, I took two New Sons home with me instead! They’ll be quarantined in the little coop behind my house for two weeks, but here they are!

I was convinced this was one of mine until I looked more closely at his feet - I thought this was the Favaucana with 5 toes on one foot and four on the other. But, he’s got normal toesies. Still, while the lady was holding him while I looked at the rest of the flock, he started falling asleep in her arms, which was so sweet I decided to take him anyway! I love that beard, and I was hoping for a black rooster!

And this guy! Such a pretty boy, with big sweet eyes, and a gentle demeanor. In this photo, you can see the black roo has a split comb, I actually think it looks awesome and unique even though it’s technically a flaw.

So yeah! Fun stuff! I hope they both grow up to be gentlemen, and that they’ll get along with everyone!

hey .

[image description: Black Silhouette of a dragon with spikes on her neck. The only thing giving her depth is white light covering half of her face and parts of her underbelly and ear. Eye on the white light side is black, while eye on the black side is white. The background is dark gray, covered in white and black stars. At the bottom of the image, there are black plants with thin branches and few small leaves covering them. / end image description]

my biggest creative passion in life is ‘the project I’m not supposed to be working on right now’

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