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Flight rising blog! I'm Sara, Wind flight (but Arcane at heart) and member since 2014. Dabbling in dragon art and accent designing. I tend to come and go.

[godchains-fr]

They say friendship is magic, or so I've heard.

[callie-dragons]

pony time :)

[antlerobelisk]

you just know i immediately had to go and scry some horses

[strangelittlecreatures]

Designing the Everlux for Flight Rising

In November of 2024 Flight Rising released the Everlux dragon breed.

Designing a new dragon for Flight Rising is always an interesting challenge. The dragons need too be unique, fit into a square, and have enough surface area across both their bodies and wings for separate patterns (genes) to go into both. This breed originated from the Light Flight, and we wanted to explore a more alien dragon design. I came up with several concepts for the breed, but a heavy-set caterpillar inspired dragon is the direction we ended up going in.

Before proceeding with a final, I decided to do some studies from reference to learn a bit more about caterpillar anatomy and how their segmented, soft bodies worked. I did several studies from photographs of monarch butterfly caterpillars. I took the opportunity to draw in my sketchbook. Up until this past year, I have not been doing a lot of practice studies, and since picking up the habit, I’ve found that I observe more carefully and learn more by drawing on paper. With digital art, it is very easy to cut, move, and warp drawings after the fact. With paper, I was required pay attention to get the proportions as accurate as possible from the get-go, and I think it helped me to draw more mindfully.

With some practice under my belt, I proceeded to tighter drawings that fit the Flight Rising dragon style and template requirements.

And here are the final templates used for the game! Between the drawing and final stage, the FR art team provided helpful feedback on the hatchling. It was determined that the pulled up leg was busy and read poorly, so it was streamlined for the final. Getting an additional pair of eyes on something is always a good idea!

[noodledoodlesfr]

Opening up 2 more tiny spiral adopt slots! I realized I needed more money for the holidays hahaaaa. Post below!

[sararini-fr]

yeah, I'm obsessed. omg. latte/blush/cream.

[sararini-fr]

oh heck this is a pretty baby, I don't think I'm gonna be able to let go of this one. latte/blush/cream is a stunning color combo wow, new fave

[sararini-fr]

getting rid of a bunch! all free. thread here: https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/raf/3412213

[sararini-fr]

I drew an accent a year ago and then totally forgot about it lol, I'm finally opening up slots for it if anyone wants to grab one! here's the thread: https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/skin/3342570/1

[sararini-fr]

my 11:59 new years hatch is a one-off xxy! pretty cool, except I don't like the colors at all lol so probably not a keeper. brick/coral/red.

[sararini-fr]

before & after

[sararini-fr]

beautiful. stunning. perfection. che'f kiss. also for sale.

[sararini-fr]

says I'm gonna wait a while before I regene her

does it a few hours later anyway

[sararini-fr]

trying a slightly different breeding card style

[sararini-fr]

I hatched her of course. I kinda like her, she's very pink!! fuschia/pearl/mauve. she was really close to being an xyx and THAT is why I hatch - the gamble is fun.

[sararini-fr]

aw man, I just got a wind egg...after complaining about spending too much money lately...I SHOULD sell it to fund my next project but I always love opening them..ahhhhhh the eternal struggle

[sararini-fr]

New breeding pair! First two are the parents, the rest are potential baby outcomes. I'm obsessed, black + green is one of my top fave color combos. Still need to gene the female, I've been spending a LOT of dragon money lately so I'm gonna slow down a little bit, the male is still a baby anyway and won't be ready to breed for another two weeks.