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"Peter gets to go! Can't I come too?"

"Kaelin... you've got to remember to tie your hair up..."

[young Kaelin handling a garjen as she begs to come along on a trip to Yorgov with her father. Some garjens like to peck at things like hair and loose clothing. It's usually a harmless behavior, if a little annoying.]

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prancing garjen

#just wanted to make a little thing #like something someone would paint on a plate #or a door #grace makes art #kellabor #garjen

Hi there was wondering if you have examples of sorts on what sounds the creatures from your series sound like? For example the Garjen do they perhaps sound dragon like or maybe something more specific like the sounds a Ostritch Horse makes from Avatar?

Oh I love this!

Yes, so garjen have a lot of vocalizations. Their normal social vocalizations are pretty low and grumbly, sort of like a crocodile or cassowary (the first part of this video is what I imagine). They don't tend to open their beaks when vocalizing at each other or at their human handlers unless they're being aggressive, instead expanding their throats like pigeons. When they do open their mouths to vocalize, they sound more like huge parrots and get more squawky. They tend to only make open-mouthed vocalizations when distressed or aggressive, and combined with a raised frill this makes quite a sight. They will also make guttural hissing noises as threats. After or during a stressful interaction or event, they will click their beaks, sometimes just once or twice or sometimes more rapid-fire. Garlings (baby garjen) make something kinda like this sound (baby gator) but a little more rapid and with more fluctuation in tone. A distressed garling will scream like nobody's business.

Roden are mustelids, so I imagine they make similar noises to badgers or wolverines, but I have the most hands-on experience with ferrets so I picture them making this noise but deeper when they're excited or playful. An angry rodi would make noises like these badgers (warning for very angry badger noises). Roden will also bark and howl. Barking sounds kinda like this but shorter and more forceful, and howling sounds like coyotes but tonally starts high and ends low. I always picture the tornado sirens in my hometown when imagining direrodi howls. I tried to get the feel of it in this animation I made but I'll never be totally happy with it.

As for wegs, they sound just like lil piggies!

#world building #garjen #roden #ask #thank you for this ask!#these drawings are all soooo old #I need to make new ones

Do u have any worldbuilding u would like to talk more about?

Hmm...

Well here's a fun fact! Garjen (the things everyone rides around on) are technically dragons! They're members of a specialized group of omnivorous terrestrial dragons called beaked drakes.

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