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Oh god FR tumblr found the “how many treasure” post again

I wondered why I had an activity spike for posting literally nothing new

#sad thing is I'm not even the reason why the post is funny

Some day when I have time I need to not only write about the importance of Seals* in Tempest Sands Lore, but design different seals for dragons (and if I feel ambitious, their stamps too)

*mark type of seal, not the marine animal

flightdescending

i've been trying to do this for awhile and your runes look really awesome do you have any tips on how to make runes/clan symbols seem more fr style?

oohh I’m not sure how to give good tips about this! i guess a little step by step? of how i did it, anyway

1. Acquire Blank Runestone

2. Stare at the real ones

3. Draw your symbol on it, don’t worry about the depth yet. Keep in mind that it is at a slight angle, tilted backwards, and put in a few flaws that would come from stone carving or however these objects are made.

4. Since it’s tilted back, all the depth is going to be on the far side. Make it go a bit deeper than you think it should. Don’t be afraid to overlap. Remember the rough hewn carving thing.

4a. Add some cracks from your symbol to the existing cracks/the edge/each other! Makes the symbol look more set in.

5. Fill all of the inside of the lines with the stone edge color, dot it with different shades of the stone color just for variety.

6. In a layer clipped to the edge color layer, fill in the color part. Make it gooey. I am not sure how to explain this part you just have to mix in different values of a color.

7. On the stone edge layer or another clipping layer above it, hard-highlight some of the edge ridges with the goo color. With a fuzzy brush, make the whole lower edge of the stone-edge glowy. Put some of the hard highlights on the cracks outside the symbol, too.

8. Add some fuzzy glow outside the symbol itself. I tried both ways but found that it looked better underneath the lineart and color layers mostly.

9. (Optional) Merge all the layers with color and bump up the saturation because it is not saturated enough believe me

tada a runestone

#reference

bash-fr

Giveaway!

Crikey!

One winner will receive all three: Butter Caiman, Rosetail, Tropical Caiman.

Reblog w/ your fr username and lair ID to enter.

You don’t have to be following me - but I am 100% FR and an artist.

Ends at 9:00 FR Time on 2/17.

redletterflight

Redletter / 40433 ; Thank you!

gainstrive

Gainstrive 33774, thanks so much!

moonsprig

Havendre #34175 *u*

forthecatcher

Heme, #2379! thanks much!

vodkarising-archive

I’m in a foodie headcanon mood right now and I was thinking about cuisine in Sornieth (I know there’s already posts like this but I want to gather my thoughts in this one)

It’s been established that there is some kind of cuisine in-lore aside from the ‘dragon predator spit-roasts prey’

under a cut because this might get long

There’s evidence of sweet-making and confectionery which is pretty advanced (you need specific temperatures, along with a refining process, refined sugars, etc)

There’s also mention of corn syrup, which is pretty refined stuff from what I understand, requiring bio-processes and enzymes and all sorts of boffin things:

Keep reading

#all the food headcanons #these sound super tasty oh gosh #reference

hungrytundras

Neutral Zones

Neutral zones are areas of land or sea which the local deities do not have enough spare magic to control constantly. Sornieth is a vast world and the gods can only draw so much up at a given time, so these areas exist between all of the flight territories. The land in these places experiences no elemental influence and therefore looks exactly as it would have before the shattering of the pillar. These are chosen as the sites for trading outposts and other mercantile endeavors as well as peace meetings between clans and flights. During Dom battles, the best way to tell who is ahead is to measure the neutral zones. Flights that are high on the board will have more magic to expend. Therefore their territories will be larger and the zones around them will be smaller. When two flights with adjacent territories battle, the neutral zone between them shrinks until the two share a finite border which will move back and forth as the battle progresses. Beastclan tribes often settle in neutral zones because dragons cannot nest there. Because of this they are marked on some maps as beastclan territory. When the zones are large and there is no clear expansion anywhere else, it is said that the beastclans are dominating. The only adjacent flights that have never shared a neutral zone are light and shadow.

#cool #I like this explanation of Dom

mask-fr

So, I’ve been playing around with an idea for a little while but haven’t actually implemented it within clan lore yet…

“A dragon need only peer into their heart of hearts, their soul, to find themselves.” – some dragon mystic, probably

In other words, I’ve got a headcanon that while the flight deities may not directly interfere with nests within their territories, their magic subconsciously does. And it’s this bit of influence that sees the potential of a dragon by “weighing” their soul.

This is all done within the egg, when a dragon is most closely linked with the magic of their flight’s deity. This weighing determines a dragon’s magical/physical might, based on how well the deities magic meshes with their own.

And because I like to randomize stuff a lot, I built up this chart to use with a d20 dice to make it easier to decide what dragons get what:

1: Scorned by Deity (barest amount of elemental link)*

2-4: Low Potential

5-16: Average Potential

17-19: High Potential

20: Blessed by Deity (highest amount of elemental link)**

I just haven’t decided on if I want to have this be a thing that I assign OOC, or if it’ll be done by some kind of Seer within the clan, as a kind of “welcome to the clan thing, let’s see how useful you’ll be”.

*Since my headcanon for breeding is pretty much just a mixing of magic from the parents (intimate situations unnecessary), this also affects how easily they can create eggs with their partner. This applies more toward those scorned (”sterile”, not enough magic available to mix with partner).

**Basically “Hero” status, one small step down from demi-god.

majestyrising

I am in love with that idea

shaniae-rising

This is so great and I am loving this idea SO MUCH

#this is great for character building #reference

saucydruid-fr

Giving away a pair of the new Baldwin familiars!

Reblog with your FR username.

Likes don’t count.

You don’t have to be following me.

Ends Saturday (2/13) evening.

kaguraspetsims

Kagura333 #35225 :o

forthecatcher

Heme #2379!

unkorea

Happy Birthday Everyone Giveaway

So tomorrow is the 7th day of the first lunar month, which is known as ‘Renri’. There’s a cool legend about this badass goddess who made humans out of rainbow Play-dough on that day, so in essence, it’s believed to be everyone’s birthday as a result in Chinese culture.

Since we’re here, I’ll be giving away some of these:

Or rather, 888g to be exact!

To enter, simply reblog with your username and ID o/ You can only reblog once, and likes don’t count.

The giveaway ends tomorrow, 14th February at 12pm, GMT +8.

Good luck!

forthecatcher

Heme #2379!

#thank you!#also that is a really rad legend #creation myths ftw

helarniasdragons

Weekend Giveaway - New Brew edition!

Hello hello! How neat are the new Baldwin recipes? I’m in love with them - and they all have basic ingredients, so they’re not hard to brew once you’re leveled up. Of course, not everyone has had a chance to level their cauldrons, but that’s what this weekend’s giveaway is for!♥

That’s one each of the eight new Baldwin goodies.:)

Rules are pretty much the same as always. Reblog once with your FR username and ID # to enter - likes makes me feel loved but don’t count as an entry. You can enter multiple names/IDs in one reblog, so long as they’re only entered ONCE - if they show up in another post I’ll ignore both entries. (So enter your friends if you like, but make sure no one else is entering them as well!) You don’t have to be following me to enter.:) Giveaway ends sometime Sunday, February 14, before rollover; I’ll update this post when it’s done so be sure to check back here.

Good luck, and have a great weekend!♥

forthecatcher

Heme #2379!

#thank you!

walkstheday

tablet issue/question

Hey so, I’m having a really horrible time recently x___x

Basically I found out last night that my Intuos 5 Graphics Tablet ALSO had died. This just after I purchased a brand new laptop. I already owe my parents something to the tune of a thousand dollars, and I wasn’t expecting this to happen so quickly after the laptop died.

Basically, I need some advice. I’m not very happy with Wacom right now. The tablet is only 3-4 years old, and I paid a lot for it at the time. It looks like they have redone their intuos line, but i’m not sure if i want to go with them again. I have been having Wacom Driver issues since I bought it, and the same thing that killed my last intuos killed this one…. basically I am peeved that in 5 years it looks like they have not at all tried to correct their model.

If something is way cheaper, I don’t mind if it dies in a few years. I’m just very upset that I spent so much money and yet it has basically died because they use cheap hardware and construction. And don’t seem to care that this is an ongoing issue.

However, I’m not sure if there’s any other graphic tablets that are cheaper or equivalent in sensitivity. I am primarily a digital illustrator– i work on comics and character designs, but I also do graphic design stuff. Does anyone know if there is another good tablet brand that can do the same things?

forthecatcher

I’ve heard good things about MonoPrice tablets in the past, so that might be worth a look? Digipro’s also coming up a few times in quick search results. I’m not a pro, so my standards are quite a bit lower, so i’m not super sure

Additionally, look on Ebay for people selling their tablets - my dad’s picked up a couple for his workplace cheaper than from wacom themselves, since there’s a lot of people who buy digital tablets thinking it (instead of practice and work) will make them an artist and are just trying to make money back on a mostly unused device.

You can also look for refurbished devices, since they sell cheaper and often from the retailer, but that’s a bit more of a gamble, since you have to trust that whatever was broken the first time was 1) fixed and 2) doesn’t happen relatively soon. Refurbished devices can also have weird as heck warranties, so tread carefully.

(And only marginally related, but was your problem the cord/ the connection into the cord from the tablet? I’ve had those fail a few times on me and had tablets sent in to be looked at. One solution that seems to work is to use the wireless bluetooth kit as much as possible and only have it wired when it needs to charge, to minimize the wear and keep the parts from failing.)

#someone's probably already answered this while I was typing but I hope this helps!#sorry to hear about the tablet though #the realization that it's starting to go is just about the worst

pearlsnatcher

why do we call arguing about flight rising ‘fr drama’ or ‘drama rising’

when we could call it…

fight rising

#puns

malewildclaw

In case no one’s posted the new recipes yet!!

I-I want those deer babes so badly

#reference

The deed is done

I’ll ask them to update my accents in the morning

#ignore the energy bars I've just been a bad clan manager

doomrising

Light Sprite Valentines Giveaway

I’m giving away my light sprite! I know there have been scams regarding light sprites before, so as proof here it is on my nocturne. This giveaway will end on February 14th. Remember to follow instructions to get a chance to win.

Reblog this post with your FR ID.

You must be a follower to qualify.

Smooch your favorite FR user (with consent ;P)

Good luck followers!