#winged folk

[winged-folk]

haiiii u seem so cool :3:3:3:3.!!! do u have any tips on dealing with phantom limb[?] wings.? they're suddenly There and kinda making me uncomfortable w/ the outfit i'm wearing., it makes me frustrated

ah I've had this happen before, it's immensely frustrating I know!! here are a few tips to help (: (ALSO IM BACK!!!! sorry for leaving you guys in the dark, hopefully I should be more active now!!)

Rub the areas where your wings originate from. pass your hand over the area they connect to, this will convince your brain that there's nothing there and they should dissapate

Fold up your wings REALLY TIGHT and then try and "absorb" them back into you. your wings are an extention of your bodily spacial awareness (just like how if you close your eyes you can tell where your hand is) but since they aren't made of physical matter, you should be able to fold them in a way where they're not on the outside of your body anymore.

This technique I don't use often but it still comes in handy!! try to move your awareness gradually down your body, like you're scanning downwards. exclude your wings when you do this, that will make the rest of your body seem much more real and your brain should recognise the absence of your wings and hopefully the feeling will fade.

these are temporary solutions but I do hope they help!! thank you for the ask (((:

[chronivore]

"Dies irae"

[calico-strawberry]

This isn’t as in depth (or written in any character’s PoV) as the page on Roots users, but i wanted to put a little something about Winged Folk!

Something i didn’t mention on the page, is Winged Folk do have various physical differences to humans to allow flight, such as hollow bones, and lungs that are more suited for flying at higher altitudes and for long periods of time.

(also characters i drew are Dr. Bennett and princess Lilliane)

[the-tabularium]

New Guinea, 1944. A Consolidated PBY of the No. 111 Air Sea Rescue Flight RAAF while beached for maintenance. Her Captain FLT LT Wood meets with SGT R. Brassington of the Garuda (previously 13th Kings), to compare wingspans. Left to Right the other Garuda: L/CPL N. Faust (previously 13th Kings), SIG S. Hardy (previously R SIGS).

A personal piece I started in 2019 featuring the Garuda gents and one of my favourite planes. Finally reworked and finished it. The last image the sketch thumbnail from 2019 vs finished product!

[brunciii]

5 yr glow up ;D

[princessbeetle]

It's a fairy!! With flowers and bees!

[cath-biscuits]

“A calm after the storm” 

Starting to make my own campaign and wanted to sort of make a “title card” for it, featuring my old-ish dnd character~

[winged-folk]

regular everyday annoyances with wings

Thought this would be fun to make as i often see having wings through rose tinted glasses, but damn would they be annoying as heck to have in a word designed for flightless people

🐔 Shoving open a door, walking through absentmindedly and it slaMS SHUT ON YOUR WINGS

🐧 Lying on your back weirdly, getting up to fly and you just fuckin trip and fall cause your wings fell asleep

🐦 Getting embarrased/flustered and trying to hide it but your wings puff up on their own, betraying you

🐤 Going to bed and having a restless sleep, waking up to your feathers matted and sticking out in weird places

🐔 Having to sit in a chair with a backing that goes around the sides, leaving absolutely no way to put your wings comfortably (you end up holding them awkwardly above your head like an angry vulture)

🐧 In class/at work, letting your wings droop to the floor while you're tired and being pleasantly awoken by someone stepping. on your feathers. (in their defense you shouldn't have been sleeping but still)

🐦 cARS. need i say more. WHERE DO YOU PUT THEM

🐤 Wanting to wear a certain outfit but it clashes terribly with your wings ):

🐔 Having to tailor all your shirts/tops/hoodies etc. grr.

🐧 Going for a swim and having what feels like sopping wet sacks of bricks attached to your back for the next hour, unable to fly

🐦 People touching your wings without your permission. stop it ))):<

🐤 Flying for ages, noticing your wings are starting to ache, and seeing absolutely nowhere to safely land for miles

🐔 Having about 10-15kgs extra to lug around while traveling on foot

🐧 Since we aren't shaped like birds, we can't really tuck our wings close to our body like our sharp beaked brethren, meaning two things: uncomfy x1000, and if its windy you're gonna be laughed at by your dumbass friends when you fall over from being the equivalent of a human sail

🐦 Being in an elevator with someone else wouldn't be fun, as you'd take up about 60% of the space instead of 10%, yeesh- awkward

🐤 Speaking of awkward, the where the heck do I put my hands??? dilemma is increased tenfold thanks to the ginormous, feathered, attention grabbing appendages you now possess

all things considered, being flightless sucks ass but whos to say having wings wouldn't suck too? I know being earthbound isn't fun, but at least we don't have to deal with the above 😭😭😭