THE BIG WINGS UPDATE 💪🐉
(...w/ some new mid-2026 QOL improvements!)
📝 Brand-new winged reference sheet!
📝 Incorporates speculative biology!
📝 Dynamic, playful poses nodding to the grey areas of his semi-anthro anatomy!
📝 Various QOL improvements for the wingless reference sheet's art!
📝 Refinements to the typed annotations on both sheets!
Higher-resolution reference sheets and more are available on my Carrd:
🔗 firedrakeryunn.carrd.co
Artwork used in these sheets:
Wingless Front View: Firedrake Ryunn 26.4
Wingless Back View: Firedrake Ryunn 8.5
Winged Front View: Firedrake Ryunn 32
Winged Back View: Firedrake Ryunn 33
💖 Help me make this reference sheet better!
🔗 Feedback Form: https://forms.gle/TgGJ3DS8fnqv7csq9
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(a revised version of Version 3.0.0's "under the fold" commentary)
After a significant amount of designing time, Version 3.0.0 officially released Firedrake's winged reference sheet! ✨
And today, this new version up, Version 3.1.0, complements Firedrake's brand-new winged reference sheet with an improved wingless reference sheet.
A Recap — Version 3.0.0 contains brand-new winged artwork of Firedrake posed in a way that subtly hints at the grey areas of his semi-anthropomorphic anatomy. This will also technically be the very first time that Firedrake has ever officially had a proper winged reference sheet the way I originally envisioned it, so this is a huge milestone for him. 👀💙
That took a lot of time, effort, and love in order to thoughtfully figure out Firedrake's wings, as there aren't that many great references for muscular wings if you know what I'm saying 😛
However...
Version 3.0.0 didn't have any new changes for Firedrake's wingless reference sheet, making it look a bit off compared to his new winged reference sheet. But this month (May 2026), I've finally gotten around to doing the "little(?)" quality of life updates that I was initially planning to roll out alongside Version 3.0.0. In Version 3.1.0, Firedrake's face, mane, stripes, and a few other (much more minor) things have been redrawn to feature nicer shapes and improve his silhouette. You might not be able to tell the differences between Version 3.1.0 and the previous version, Version 3.0.0, immediately; however, if you take a closer look at Firedrake's face in particular, you might notice a much more visually pleasing approach to how his snout and overall head shape is presented. Also, on the back view, his one big dragon foot — the only one that's visible on that drawing — has been updated to look more like the stompers seen on his winged reference sheet.
Let me know what you think! 😼
As always, I'd love to hear what you guys think of Firedrake! His feedback form is on both this post and his Carrd. And once again, higher-resolution reference sheets are also available on his Carrd since Tumblr's compression is quite intense.
(These reference sheets have been 9600x5400 since Version 1.0.2, but I've noticed that Tumblr compresses the images in my past reference sheet posts to resolutions as low as 2048x1152. 😦 Not ideal since that makes the smaller text extremely hard to read, if not completely illegible.)
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6/12/2026 Edit: Reference sheets updated to Version 3.2.0 on June 11, 2026!
Anyway, this is just an update of this drawing! I made some QOL improvements this month to the art being used on his wingless reference sheets — and this drawing, Firedrake Ryunn 8.5, is one of them!
I'll likely have another revision of this drawing again in the future, as I have some feedback from a friend that I'm still working on behind the scenes... 🐉
This is just an update of this drawing! I made some QOL improvements this month to the art being used on his wingless reference sheets — and this drawing, Firedrake Ryunn 26.4, is one of them!
📝 Dynamic, playful poses nodding to the grey areas of his semi-anthro anatomy!
Higher-resolution reference sheets and more are available on my Carrd:
🔗 firedrakeryunn.carrd.co
Artwork used in these sheets:
Wingless Front View: Firedrake Ryunn 26.3.3
Wingless Back View: Firedrake Ryunn 8.4.1
Winged Front View: Firedrake Ryunn 32
Winged Back View: Firedrake Ryunn 33
💖 Help me make this reference sheet better!
🔗 Feedback Form: https://forms.gle/TgGJ3DS8fnqv7csq9
After a significant amount of designing time, Version 3.0.0 is officially releasing Firedrake's winged reference sheet! ✨
This version contains brand-new winged artwork of Firedrake posed in a way that subtly hints at the grey areas of his semi-anthropomorphic anatomy. This will also technically be the very first time that Firedrake has ever officially had a proper winged reference sheet the way I originally envisioned it, so this is a huge milestone for him. 👀💙
This took a lot of time, effort, and love in order to thoughtfully figure out Firedrake's wings, as there aren't that many great references for muscular wings if you know what I'm saying 😛
Let me know what you think! 😼
As always, I'd love to hear what you guys think of Firedrake! His feedback form is on both this post and his Carrd. And once again, higher-resolution reference sheets are also available on his Carrd since Tumblr's compression is quite intense.
(These reference sheets have been 9600x5400 since Version 1.0.2, but I've noticed that Tumblr compresses the images in my past reference sheet posts to resolutions as low as 2048x1152. 😦 Not ideal since that makes the smaller text extremely hard to read, if not completely illegible.)
