"Though we're apart a little while
My heart will wait until we both can smile"
~ West Of The Wall by Toni Fisher
Am I obsessed with these ocs? Maybe a little bit (<- lying liar voice). I've had them since 2021 and they've grown a lot since then. I love love love drawing them in this kind of cartoony style, I should do it more often (and give them proper turnaround references). Anyway. Destiny & Charm dancing in an old diner <3
Oh would you look at that more wing designs but this time it's genshin and I'm super invested help
And I have Ideas™️ which will be under the cut bc it's a lot of writing lol individual images and other versions will also be under the cut bc they've got my thoughts written down with em
I ended up designing wings for my main team and will probably do more for my favorites +Amber but idk about anyone else yet. If you're interested in others, lmk! ^^ it fuels my desire to make more otherwise I'll probably stop at like 7 characters for the foreseeable future
From top to bottom: Kaeya, Diluc, Fischl (dyed version), Zhongli
And here's the underside (with both versions of fischl's wings) :
Might change zhongli's but I don't want to work on them anymore rn :')
So!!! Ideas
I haven't really seen any genshin wing au stuff aside from like one drawing and one fic that I didn't want to read bc it was kaeluc anskhjs it sounded kinda interesting tho so I might so here we go ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ This is just my take on a genshin wing au
Vision user's wings change slightly when they get their vision to get markings that kind of reflect their element. They're usually on the top/dorsal side of the wings but can be on the underside as well
In the case that someone gives up/discards their vision (like jiangxue) then the markings will fade and won't be as pronounced as when they had a vision but they'll still be ever so slightly visible.
No two vision wing markings are the same
Vision wing markings slightly glow when using an immense amount of power (aka the ult lol)
Dying one's wings to give oneself vision-like markings is frowned upon if they don't have a vision. Tho it is fine to dye their feathers/wings, just usually not with any specific markings that can be seen as vision markings.
Vision markings can be dyed over but it's usually a lot of work and no one other than people trying to hide that they have a vision do it. Bc if it's too much work and people know you have a vision anyways why do it? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ The glow when using an ult is still visible
Delusions don't give vision markings
Gliders are still used but mainly by children (kind of as somewhat of a safety precaution for those too young to fly properly but jump off things trying to fly anyways), elderly, those who can't use their wings well/are injured or those don't have wings. Basically not the able-bodied angxnshm
Every human has wings with the exception of those who lost them in, say, an accident or combat or something. Tail feathers are also a thing but not everyone has them
Wings can often look different in childhood than when they're older (usually around their teen years)
Those without wings are seen as abandoned by the gods since those in khaenri'ah lost them when they turned into monsters.
Khaenri'ans that are still human for the most part like kaeya and dainsleif still have their wings but often have unexpected.. side effects, let's say. I'm going off of the idea that everyone in khaenri'ah was cursed but it affected a few people differently so they weren't turned into monsters but they're not 100% "human" either
Adepti can get wings but don't need them and thus don't usually have them (aside from the birds lol or those that may have been human before). The more human-like adepti often have/get wings to blend in (like Xiao wearing a vision even though he doesn't need it)
Aether and Lumine's wings are physically gone for now and the only thing left is scars. I also thought about having them keep their wings but having them be paralyzed but I'm partial to the first idea tho bc it makes them seem more suspicious to be without wings. I just like to make them suffer :)
also a thought I just had: smol ganyu saying she wants wings like cloud retainer's 🥺
Anywho, that's that for the general rambles now onto individual characters lol
Diluc's! The one on top has vision markings and the one on bottom is before/without. No thoughts head empty other than I wanted to give him wings that were kinda like a hawk's bc he has one ig :v I know diluc got his vision really young but I was lazy and didn't feel like changing his wings much lol but!! Small child diluc with greyish black wings that get more red/color as he ages bc I can't resist alluding to a phoenix
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Kaeya, kaeya, kaeya. My man my main
I had a hard time figuring out what wing shape to do for him but ended up going with high speed-type wings because he basically teleports on his 5th attack and he's got that 20% decrease in sprinting stamina consumption. Basically I equated that with "he's fast" lol. Also gave him some eyespots as a nod to his constellation plus I think it suits his character and I can see him joking about having more eyes than one in reference to the eye spots or smth. Not that he only has one just that only one's visible msgxjsh
'n it's not a design that's going to be used for his wings but I colored it based on his cape and I thought it looked nice so:
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I feel like Fischl would totally dye her wings. Also gave her a crow-like wing shape bc of her constellation bird constellations coming in clutch. I just realized 3/4 of my main team has bird constellations lol it was meant to be 1st pair is dyed, 2/3 aren't. No tail feathers but her dress gives the illusion of them
Oh my gods I had so much trouble with the colors/patterns for her wings I'm still not sold on it but I don't want to work on hers anymore
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Zhongli yes hi hello. You know how his hair tip glows when he uses his E? Yeah I feel like the same thing would happen with his wing tips. Also he has wing claws!! :D those are always fun to do. He doesn't have a visionless version but I did a fancier one for idk his archon form or smth
I commend you for getting this far, here have a cookie 🍪 sorry it's so long andgnshcnd I just wanted to explain my thought processes
