Other users when Banescales got released: *Very cool and well thought origin stories*
Me: Damn this child almost got eaten
Anyways this was an experiment on trying to fill up traditional art digitally using an (old) scanner that I borrowed featuring Celcius and Hari, is not perfect but I like it.
comin outta nowhere to give yall youtube bios! bc apparently my to-do list is actually a don’t-do list. bc i don’t do them. and instead do something else entirely. please take this now.
(code is here, and don’t forget to smASH THAT REGENERATE BUTTON—)
In celebration of Brightshine Jubilee, I thought it would be fun to give away a copy of every main Brightshine apparel from 2013 through 2022, including Sunchaser Jewelry, which is now so rare that it sells for over twenty thousand gems on the auction house!
Entering is simple—reblog this post once with your username and number in the tags. Likes and follows are appreciated, but not necessary. Duplicate entries will be deleted. The giveaway will close on Friday, July 8, 2022 at 8 PM EST, and a winner will be drawn shortly afterward.
The winner will receive ten items: Sunchaser Jewelry, Sunguard Chest, Solar Blades, Luminous Legguards, Hewn Philosopher’s Veil, Luminous Sundrapes, Brightshine Raiments, Daybreak Decorations, Lustrous Mantle, and Gilded Compass.
it’s interesting to think about that during the entire evolution/civilization of the beastclans on sornieth, before dragons were invented, there were 3 gods who were very much Around. The Arcanist was just chilling in the Observatory, you could go up there and see him if you wanted. It says the Gladekeeper and Plaguebringer were constantly fighting but that’s probably just mythos, or they were doing it somewhere very predictable because it seems like there wouldn’t really have been room for civilizations to flourish like “Beastclans on the Rise!” says they did if they were using all the land to fight on. But they were definitely AROUND and the three of them and the Pillar were the only draconic influences on the world for that whole time.
I think that there could have been a few cults/religions around these. Any beastclans that lived near the Observatory might be loyal to the Arcanist, maybe they even served him directly in the Observatory since he was just in there all the time making observations about the universe. Two gargantuan dragons constantly locked in battle, hugely affecting the flora around them, is probably something you could make a religion out of, lol. The Pillar was just so obviously monumental that there was surely some kind of spiritual connection to it.
So then the Arcanist disappeared one day, and the Shade came back, and the Pillar shattered, and all the landscapes of the world changed as the shards of the pillar were scattered across them and their inherent elements shaped the land around them to better reflect their patron. And the beastclans that weren’t just wiped out in the cataclysm fought each other for a while in confusion and panic, until a bunch of OTHER dragon gods came out, and they all HATED each other, and their foremost trait, over everything, was territorialism.
Anyway i was mostly just thinking that if any of the dragon gods have beastclan fans it is probably the most ancient civilizations based around where the Arcanist, Plaguebringer, and Gladekeeper hang out, and probably the ones around what’s left of the Pillar. Any beastclans around today really lived through environmental and imperialistic apocalypses and they’re doing a great job and i love them
flight rising lore is so weird, they made the dragon gods the bad guys like, unequivocally and the dragons themselves are only not bad if you decide that they broke free of their initial programming over time and aren’t just tools for land grabs and territory defense anymore. i guess maybe the Bounty of the Elements stories kind of imply they did but i’m not as familiar with those.
I had thought about this a lot actually. About how there were probably pillar worshippers and how the three third age gods may have had no shortage of followers at the time and how there’s no reason those religions wouldn’t have survived really. Staff gives us pretty much nothing on what beastclan religion is like for the most part. The possible overlap with the religious leanings of dragons is actually pretty large.
And that brought me to thinking about what a wound it must have been for the pillar to fall and all the great powers of the world to tumble out. All the highest of magical beings which may have been the focus of devotion for many at the time take physical form and take to the earth itself before the eyes of mortals and… the beastclans are ignored. Not even on the radar. Less than a blip.
Not only are they simply stepped over on the way to greater things, but are almost immediately replaced. Supplanted.
The resentment I would feel had I stood in their place.
Your ancestors worshipped the sister of rot for millennia and she dropped you for a stupid four eyed dog that chases you around for fun. Could you imagine…?
the youtube bio by proxima was perfect for my dragon elia i had fun writing the comments and making the video thumbnails lmao check out her full bio here
I was asked jokingly by a few people how I coloured my metallic dragon piece, so I spent today making a step-by-step of my process. I tried to include all the little tips and info I've learned over the years.
Transcript under the cut
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CAPozzy's Intro to: Painting Metallic Dragons
1. Rough Sketch (nocturne face my beloathed <3)
2. Mapping out the planes and edges
3. Base layer! Let's pick colours
Specular Highlight
Highlight
Light
Base
Shadow- more saturated*
For richer colours, pull your shadow and highlight tones in opposite directions on the colour wheel. (I prefer cool-toned shadows.)
4. Use the 'light' colour where light source hits directly.
Hard edges separate the planes more clearly.
5. Highlights! Go over the hard edges + brightest areas.
Use very liberally
6. Highlights... 2! Reflective Highlights! They're important to get the shiny effect just right
7. Specular Highlights! Little dots of joy :)
Place mainly where light hits directly. Add white on top if it still isn't shiny enough BUT only a little
8. Shadows. Give depth to dark areas, add cast shadows.
I keep mine pretty subtle. Shadows will often touch highlights- keep them separate with hard edges.
Try shading with a lighter colour in bright areas to keep them from getting muddled
9. Finishing Touches! I increased the saturation a tiny bit + coloured in the eyes, and we're done!
(The eyes and skin reflect on each other too! :D )
Now that you know my lil' method, go forth and make some shiny dragons of your own!
-CAPozzy
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Plus a little visual guide on reflective light! Sorry it's blurry.
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"Inside concave shapes, light touches the furthest face.
"Light shining on a round/cylinder object can wrap around, highlight becomes one band across surface (not so much on wider shapes)" ]
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