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[seagullthecanonkiller]

name change! & info

I'm seagullthecanonkiller now

I've decided this blog is going to be at least partially a log for the AU I've been working on for the last few years. I'll probably make more text posts because I'm horrible at finishing art, and I'll also reblog wof stuff I like, particularly AUs and headcanons. More under the cut

But, Cin, what's the AU?

That's a good question. You're really smart.

"The AU" doesn't have a name yet, but it's basically a remake of the WoF lore. I'm trying to redesign the tribes to be a little more varied and suited to their environments, and I'm trying to build on the small fragments of lore presented in the books. All while trying to patch the many worldbuilding holes present in canon.

I have two posts about it on my DeviantArt. You can find the better one here:

Wof Tribe Redesign Headshots by Aposterous on DeviantArt

But to be clear, that post is like, two and a half years old, so the designs are rather outdated at this point. I keep trying to redraw it and just... not finishing.

Ok that's all, bye now

[calyptorcacia]

Finally gave my sona an updated reference! It was long overdue....

I'm pleased with how it came out! I think it's safe to say he had a glow-up over the years lol. looking back at his old references makes me cringe

[whiteeyes-is-a-mad-scientist]

Mudwing village

Mudwing village!!

Love mudwings and wish there were more info on them. Sadly there isn't but that does mean I get to make my own 😎

Specifically I like to imagine that mudwings in more swampy areas connect homes and shops with bridges and logs. Building mud homes around trees. Similar to barn swallows nests and how they use mud to make em. More wealthy/powerful mudwings will build large structures that span across two trees or more.

Homes are decorated with gardens, lanterns, art, etc. Many mudwing families will mark their home with a symbol or decor piece that defines it as theirs. Such as a sign with a bird talon or a fish carved into the door way. Makes it easy when giving directions to "Go past the salmon and turn at the pinecone. If you see a gator you've gone too far"

Bodies of water and mud are like mudwing highways connecting everything. Its probably the easiest kingdom to travel in without flying. Just hop in and chill down the river All in all I hope to one day see more offical mudwing kingdom art. I wanna see the pretty swamps and marshes

[aphractal2]

nvm i did end up coloring it

[seagullthecanonkiller]

ANNOUNCEMENT!

Hi Tumblr!! I was originally going to make a drawing to go along with this announcement, but I've been way busier than I wanted to be, so I'll just type it:

I'm on Art Fight this year! I'm on Team Fossils but I do friendly fire! I mostly want to attack mutuals this year however I'll also attempt to do some revenges. I don't really do revenge chains bc I prefer to attack a variety of people once rather than a few people many times.

Anyway, here's the link: https://artfight.net/~Aposterous

You can find Painter, Aspen, Dawnwalker and Jackal on my profile, plus Seagull ofc!! I'll go crazy if anyone draws Jackal for me tbh <3 he hasn't gotten any attacks yet... 👀 👀 👀

I mostly draw animals but I also want to practice drawing people, so feel free to follow me even if you don't have many or any animal OCs!

See you there!

P.S. I already mentioned I'm busy (got assignments + a mini holiday coming up this week) so I don't know how much I'll be drawing but I'm really desperately trying to get attacks done I swear!! :,D

[seagullthecanonkiller]

Haven’t had much time to work on art as of late due to school. However I’m hoping I’ll be more free over the next few days! I reallly need to update Seagulls design again and make a new ref sigh

Anyway how has everyone been doing. I’d like a 500 word response by Thursday thank you (/j)

[notabelsprout]

Day 7 of wof gayness

@ch3micallyinsane

Im not set in stone on this one but like

Clay might be aromantic honestly

Particually because of my aro mudwings headcannon, and because i dont really ship cleril

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Also, because it got marked as mature, heres garter from day 6

Im not putting her lore lest it get tagged as mature again but here she is!

(Her wings are fine i just didnt want them to cover her pattern)

[seagullthecanonkiller]

Hell0 there! I was wondering if you may wanna do a Leaf/Silk hybrid?

(Here's a bag of chips for you, Gull, btw!= 🍟)

Maybe once my owed art queue is done! :,) I am veeery busy at the moment (as I write this I am actively procrastinating on 3 school assignments (two of which are externals i.e. very important) + 5 pieces of owed art that all need to be done within the next couple of weeks)

Anyway sorry for the derailing but a Leaf/Silk would be very cool :0

Also sorry if u didn't want me to answer this publicly lmao I wasn't sure what to do

[seagullthecanonkiller]

u? :D

omg how did you get a photo of me... wth... whattt

[runner-does-art]

I present! The all mighty Allwing! This time, with colour!

uuuuuh- I have no idea what I was doing, I think I need to turn up the saturation… other than that- I wanted some exterior opinions :D I think the colours work with each other? But I’m honestly not sure lol

[seagullthecanonkiller]

seagull it's pride month you know what that means

Huh

What

Do you want me to draw like

Gay dragons

What

[seagullthecanonkiller]

What is your favorite book cover and why

Wait that's kind of a hard one-- I like all of the covers but I've never really thought about favourites.

Off the top of my head, it's a four-way tie between Dark Secret, Dragonet Prophecy (Limited Edition specifically), Dangerous Gift and Brightest Night. Now I'm noticing I really have a pattern in the covers I like the most (the ones I listed are all night scenes lol).

For ranking those four, I'd go Dangerous Gift, Dragonet Prophecy Limited Edition, Dark Secret, Brightest Night.

All of these ones are my favourites just because I think they look the best-- like the palette on TDG is so beautiful. Joy Ang ate fr. Dragonet Prophecy does some really nice stuff with the lighting, especially on Clay's head, which I appreciate a lot. He looks great on that cover (esp compared to the original -- I think you can see how much more practice Joy has had with drawing the dragons since WoF started which is very cool).

I like Dark Secret because the contrast between the red foreground and blue background just really works. Idk. And Starflight looks cool too, although he's very OOC (I don't think he's the kind of guy to dramatically rear up over lava and roar at the sky) but you can say that about all of the arc 1 covers. Except book 2, I think Tsunami's very in-character there.

Aaaand Brightest Night is my fourth place because the black and yellow feels weirdly nostalgic. Makes me think of lying on a path at night reading a DK Kids book about dolphins. Lol. It's cool for that.

I can pretty easily say my least favourite cover is Darkness of Dragons, and then Flames of Hope is second. For those two I just don't like the colour schemes; they're not harmonious enough and it looks weird to me. If we're counting graphic novels my least fave is Moon Rising's GN version. Why does she look like that?? She's like a sauropod.

Anyway sorry for the whole essay I did NOT mean to talk this much ToT

[seagullthecanonkiller]

i like answering asks please send me some asks

like a bad unofficial AMA

(be appropriate obviously)

(can be wof or otherwise)

( :3 )

[seagullthecanonkiller]

JACKAL! ☀️

The second OC in my little AU world! Jackal is a young SandWing from the northeastern Sand Kingdom. He lives in a rocky region, sort of like the Wild West. He helps on his parents’ cattle ranch and herds cows! Which makes him technically a cowboy! >:D

He goes to JMSC, as does everyone in this story. At some point I’ll make a proper post about JMSC but not right now 😔

Anyway he has a red colouration because I think it’s neat and it looks kind of distinctive!! It’s sort of supposed to be for camouflage agains red sand/rocks but you could also say it’s from ancestral SkyWing hybridisation since he lives near the border. However his parents, grandparents, and so on are all pure SandWings. So he’s not really a hybrid.

I hope you people like him as much as I do! He is very cool imo :3

[seagullthecanonkiller]

ughghghghghg

jackal is almost doneee

waaaaaa

he will come into this world very soon I swear :(

[seagullthecanonkiller]

He is done!! 20 hours until he is posted (scheduled it bc I won’t remember to post it otherwise LOL)

[seagullthecanonkiller]

ughghghghghg

jackal is almost doneee

waaaaaa

he will come into this world very soon I swear :(

[irishpigeon]

-Oc Com. on Reddit !-

Auughh i hate artblock 🥀

Everything i make kinda sucks rn, so sorry bout that.

BUT AT LEAST I MADE SOMETHING 🔥🔥