What It Says On The Tin

Rewriting and Redesigning the Wings of Fire series

[wofbutgood]

Ello!

Name's Sly, he/him pronouns please and thank you.

This is my little side blog dedicated to my Wings of Fire worldbuilding and rewrite project!

This is currently still a side project while I work on my other writing, but my goal is to finish up some things then pivot over here a bit more.

Masterpost of all my current posts talking about my rewrite under the cut! If you have any questions or want more details, send me an ask! I'm always happy to talk about it :]

Worldbuilding

Map of Pyrrhia, and some details of the planet

Map of the different Territories

The Ocean is a Terrible Place (aka fun facts about Pyrrhia's ocean)

Misc

General info on the different dragon Kingdoms

The Skywings

Skywing social structures

Skywing physical traits

[maypl-syrup]

very quick cleril doodle from last month because I haven't posted much art at all recently on here

they're ment to both be a bit older here, so maybe in their 20s

[archivoasks]

questions I think would be fun to be asked

what are 3 things you’d say shaped you into who you are?

show us a picture of your handwriting?

3 films you could watch for the rest of your life and not get bored of?

what’s an inside joke you have with your family or friends?

what made you start your blog?

what’s the best and worst part of being online/a creator?

what scares you the most and why?

any reacquiring dreams?

tell a story about your childhood

would you say you’re an emotional person?

what do you consider to be romance?

what’s some good advice you want to share?

what are you doing right now?

what’s something you’ve always wanted to do but maybe been to scared to do?

what do you think of when you hear the word “home”?

if you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

name 3 things that make you happy

do you believe in ghosts and/or aliens?

favourite thing about the day?

favourite things about the night?

are you a spiritual person?

say 3 things about someone you love

say 3 things about someone you hate

what’s one thing you’re proud of yourself for?

fave season and why?

fave colour and why?

any nicknames?

do you collect anything?

what do you do when you’re sad?

what’s one thing that never fails to make you happy/happier?

are you messy or organised?

how many tabs do you have open right now?

any hobbies?

any pet peeves?

do you trust easily?

are you an open book or do you have walls up?

share a secret

fave song at the moment?

youtuber you’ve been obsessed with and why?

any bad habits?

(this post was stolen from @teenage-mutant-ninja-freak, since it couldn't be reblogged anymore)

[wofbutgood]

Seawings! I actually shocked myself a bit with how fast I finished this model, the skywing took almost a week just to model, then several more to rig, then almost a MONTH to finish texturing. I started this guys model like, 3 days ago. It certainly puts any doubts that I'm not improving to rest.

Image description and transcript of text below the cut:

[Figure 1 description: A side view of a Seawing diving down, its legs and tail are cut off by the top of the page. Its wings and arms are tucked close to its body, and its head is tilted inquisitively.

Figure 2 description: A Seawing stood next to a white silhouette of a man, labeled as 6ft. The Seawings shoulders sit roughly level with the mans hips. Both of the Seawings wings are stretched upwards, they are short and broad. Its body is a de-saturated grey-brown, with splotches of pale brown of its shoulder, thigh, belly, and tail. It has white ribbon-like patterns around its body, wings, and tail.

Figure 3 description: A large bust of a Seawing with its mouth open. Its teeth are robust and packed closely together, similar to dinosaur teeth. The lateral incisors are missing, and the central incisors form a large, beak-like shape. Its neck and most of its head are a de-saturated grey-brown colour. It has a white ring around the top of its neck, and its chin, nose, and around its eyes are a pale grey. Its eyes are dark brown.]

Test reads:

Seawings.

Anatomy and ecology.

Despite their smaller size, Seawings have one of the strongest bites among dragonkind; able to bite down with a force of up to 1500 psi.

With a meager wingspan of 15ft, Seawings cannot fly under their own power; instead, using their powerful tail and strong winds to glide over the ocean.

Seawings can dive to depths of nearly 7,000ft, and can hold their breath for up to 4 hours.

Seawings are typically piscivores, but some inland groups have adapted a more varied diet.

Seawings are deep-diving oceanic dragons. They live their life almost entirely underwater, and as such are very streamlined. Their legs are short, joined to the body just above the elbow/knee to reduce drag. Seawings tails large and muscular, allowing for a natural high-speed cruise. Their wings are small, acting similarly to the pectoral fins of fish; acting as brakes, and aiding in abrupt side-to-side movements.

Seawings are some of the most colourful among dragonkind, their feathers coming in shades of brown, black, blue, yellow, red, and purple. Seawings typically have dark irises, though they may sometimes be yellow or orange. Their entire bodies are covered in a layer of blubber and dense feathers, save their palms and soles, which are covered in thick scales; usually dark grey or brown.

[wings-of-fire-confessions]

SeaWing Megapost

[ravewing]

MORAY MENTIONED!!

[wofbutgood]

Seawings! I actually shocked myself a bit with how fast I finished this model, the skywing took almost a week just to model, then several more to rig, then almost a MONTH to finish texturing. I started this guys model like, 3 days ago. It certainly puts any doubts that I'm not improving to rest.

Image description and transcript of text below the cut:

[Figure 1 description: A side view of a Seawing diving down, its legs and tail are cut off by the top of the page. Its wings and arms are tucked close to its body, and its head is tilted inquisitively.

Figure 2 description: A Seawing stood next to a white silhouette of a man, labeled as 6ft. The Seawings shoulders sit roughly level with the mans hips. Both of the Seawings wings are stretched upwards, they are short and broad. Its body is a de-saturated grey-brown, with splotches of pale brown of its shoulder, thigh, belly, and tail. It has white ribbon-like patterns around its body, wings, and tail.

Figure 3 description: A large bust of a Seawing with its mouth open. Its teeth are robust and packed closely together, similar to dinosaur teeth. The lateral incisors are missing, and the central incisors form a large, beak-like shape. Its neck and most of its head are a de-saturated grey-brown colour. It has a white ring around the top of its neck, and its chin, nose, and around its eyes are a pale grey. Its eyes are dark brown.]

Test reads:

Seawings.

Anatomy and ecology.

Despite their smaller size, Seawings have one of the strongest bites among dragonkind; able to bite down with a force of up to 1500 psi.

With a meager wingspan of 15ft, Seawings cannot fly under their own power; instead, using their powerful tail and strong winds to glide over the ocean.

Seawings can dive to depths of nearly 7,000ft, and can hold their breath for up to 4 hours.

Seawings are typically piscivores, but some inland groups have adapted a more varied diet.

Seawings are deep-diving oceanic dragons. They live their life almost entirely underwater, and as such are very streamlined. Their legs are short, joined to the body just above the elbow/knee to reduce drag. Seawings tails large and muscular, allowing for a natural high-speed cruise. Their wings are small, acting similarly to the pectoral fins of fish; acting as brakes, and aiding in abrupt side-to-side movements.

Seawings are some of the most colourful among dragonkind, their feathers coming in shades of brown, black, blue, yellow, red, and purple. Seawings typically have dark irises, though they may sometimes be yellow or orange. Their entire bodies are covered in a layer of blubber and dense feathers, save their palms and soles, which are covered in thick scales; usually dark grey or brown.

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[willoillo]

I am in the process of rereading The Dragonet Prophecy and I just got to Gill

And I had the most horrifying thought

I like the headcanon that before he was gone Gill recognized Tsunami, to some extent. Not as his daughter necessarily, but as Coral-- it's a neat headcanon, it makes it more tragic, and Tsunami is the spitting image of her mother.

Gill is too dehydrated to speak. Part of what makes what happened to him terrifying is the fact that he makes no sound as he tries to attack Tsunami.

... Seawings don't need to speak to communicate. They have Aquatic.

Tsunami doesn't know Aquatic.

[the-ancient-dragons]

How to Spot a Dragon Before it Spots You!

(Written by a human for humans in the Wings of fire universe).

Transcriptions of my chicken scratch and closeups of each tribe can be found here (two separate posts)!

Otherwise, next week I begin Overcomplicating the Pantala tribes. See you then!

I was inspired by a bird of prey identification poster at my sister's school. It had a very similar layout. I really loved the coloured poses and the multiple silhouettes and thought it would work so well for the Wings of Fire dragons. I'd seen another artist experiment with their wings shapes and wanted to give it a try myself. This is the result! I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

All the designs you see here are not final - I drew these without properly planning their full bodies, but the final versions I will try to keep as similar as possible. The only change I might make is the position of their wings. I also won't go back and change this because it doesn't need it. They look good enough like this and, who knows, the changes I make might not be enough that the final designs would be any different. I will be doing a lot of muscle and skeletal anatomy, possibly written in the perspective of a NightWing since they seem like the type to explore the insides of a dragon for science.

This, however, is written in the perspective of a very lucky human who saw these dragons and lived to tell the tale. Or maybe it was a collaborative effort between multiple people adding their own wisdoms, like the Dragon Manual in HTTYD 1. I haven't read Dragonslayer but I think they refer to the dragons as '[element] dragon' (not [Element]Wing at least). I also think that they're not sure RainWings exist (at least according to the 'Here Be Dragons?' over the rainforest, but I didn't want to exclude them from this piece).

The main purpose this guide would serve in-universe would be to help humans identify dragons, preferably before ever being seen. That's why I used a lot of auditory and movement descriptions unique to each tribe, ways that a person could identify a dragon without needing to be close.

I'll be splitting the closeups into 3 and 4 tribes each following this post so you're not scrolling for 10 years (you still will be but I'll try to keep it brief. Will I succeed? No!

Stay tuned next week for the beginning of Overcomplicating the Pantalan Tribes: SilkWings!!!

[wofbutgood]

Finally figured something out for these bastards wings. Good news is now that I know what I'm doing, none of the other dragons will give me nearly as hard of a time. Will probably help too that none of the other dragons wings as nearly as cartoonishly large.

Image description and transcript of text below the cut:

[Figure 1 description: A birds eye view of a skywing with its wings slightly folded, showing off its partially feathered wing. The feathers are a dark grey-purple, and the membrane a dark brown with lighter cream stripes. It's head is curled to look back behind itself.

Figure 2 description: A skywing stood next to a white silhouette of a man, labeled as 6ft. The top of the mans head is just level with the Skywings chin. The Skywing has its wing stretched upwards to show its massive wingspan and the pale cream underside of its wings.

Figure 3 description: A large bust of a Skywing with its mouth open. Its teeth are robust and packed closely together, similar to dinosaur teeth. The lateral incisors are missing, and the central incisors form a large, beak-like shape. Its nose, chin, and neck are a pale cream colour, while its forehead and cheeks are a dark brown with reddish iridescence. Its eyes are green.]

Text Reads:

Skywings.

Anatomy and ecology.

Skywings are the true masters of flight on Pyrrhia. Many are capable of persistent flight for weeks without ever touching the ground, taking advantage of wind streams and thermals that develop over the vast warm ocean for effortless propulsion. Wing types are almost invariably long and narrow, comparable to albatross and frigatebirds.

Skywings colours tend to be a range of brown, black, and agouti feathers, with distinctive countershading and a noticeable red iridescents at certain angles. All Skywiwing have dark sclera, their irises typically shades of yellow, brown, and occasionally green. The bare scales can be any colour; in Skywings, it’s often a dark blue-grey.

With a wingspan of 30ft, Skywings boast not only the largest wing-to-body ratio, but also the largest wingspan of all dragonkind.

This expression of feather coverage is a form of sun protection.

Like all dragons, Skywings lost their lateral incisors, their central incisors becoming large and beak-like.

Skywings are obligate carnivores and primarily piscivorous. They have a varied diet of fish, crustaceans, and small mammals.

Skywings have minimal sexual dimorphism; slightly smaller, brighter males, and larger, dull coloured females. Mating occurs seasonally, and most individuals lack any significant sex drive out of season.

In pre-modern times, females would typically mate with multiple males and breeding pairs would not form permanent bonds. In the modern day, how many husbands a single female has is dictated by wealth and status, and many will go their whole life without mating at all.

[ravewing]

my soul slides away

but "don't look back in anger," i heard you say

[wofbutgood]

man these spot the difference challenges are getting hard

[mindblowingscience]

A comparison of bat and bird wings reveals their evolutionary paths are vastly different

Bats are incredibly diverse animals: They can climb onto other animals to drink their blood, pluck insects from leaves or hover to drink nec

Bats are incredibly diverse animals: They can climb onto other animals to drink their blood, pluck insects from leaves or hover to drink nectar from tropical flowers, all of which require distinctive wing designs. But why aren't there any flightless bats that behave like ostriches—long-legged creatures that wade along riverbanks for fish like herons—or bats that spend their lives at sea, like the wandering albatross? Researchers may have just found the answer: Unlike birds, the evolution of bats' wings and legs is tightly coupled, which may have prevented them from filling as many ecological niches as birds. "We initially expected to confirm that bat evolution is similar to that of birds, and that their wings and legs evolve independently of one another. The fact we found the opposite was greatly surprising," said Andrew Orkney, postdoctoral researcher in the laboratory of Brandon Hedrick, assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences, in the College of Veterinary Medicine.

Continue Reading.

[herpsandbirds]

Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus), family Charadriidae, order Charadriiformes, Kuwait

photograph by Shajahan Valiyakath

[everestblue]

Doodled some dragon clothing! Recently read through a spyro webcomic with really good looking clothing articles for dragons, so i wanted to do something similar for wof dragons. Comics called destiny intertwined, and i had a lot of fun reading it.

[wofbutgood]

Finally figured something out for these bastards wings. Good news is now that I know what I'm doing, none of the other dragons will give me nearly as hard of a time. Will probably help too that none of the other dragons wings as nearly as cartoonishly large.

Image description and transcript of text below the cut:

[Figure 1 description: A birds eye view of a skywing with its wings slightly folded, showing off its partially feathered wing. The feathers are a dark grey-purple, and the membrane a dark brown with lighter cream stripes. It's head is curled to look back behind itself.

Figure 2 description: A skywing stood next to a white silhouette of a man, labeled as 6ft. The top of the mans head is just level with the Skywings chin. The Skywing has its wing stretched upwards to show its massive wingspan and the pale cream underside of its wings.

Figure 3 description: A large bust of a Skywing with its mouth open. Its teeth are robust and packed closely together, similar to dinosaur teeth. The lateral incisors are missing, and the central incisors form a large, beak-like shape. Its nose, chin, and neck are a pale cream colour, while its forehead and cheeks are a dark brown with reddish iridescence. Its eyes are green.]

Text Reads:

Skywings.

Anatomy and ecology.

Skywings are the true masters of flight on Pyrrhia. Many are capable of persistent flight for weeks without ever touching the ground, taking advantage of wind streams and thermals that develop over the vast warm ocean for effortless propulsion. Wing types are almost invariably long and narrow, comparable to albatross and frigatebirds.

Skywings colours tend to be a range of brown, black, and agouti feathers, with distinctive countershading and a noticeable red iridescents at certain angles. All Skywiwing have dark sclera, their irises typically shades of yellow, brown, and occasionally green. The bare scales can be any colour; in Skywings, it’s often a dark blue-grey.

With a wingspan of 30ft, Skywings boast not only the largest wing-to-body ratio, but also the largest wingspan of all dragonkind.

This expression of feather coverage is a form of sun protection.

Like all dragons, Skywings lost their lateral incisors, their central incisors becoming large and beak-like.

Skywings are obligate carnivores and primarily piscivorous. They have a varied diet of fish, crustaceans, and small mammals.

Skywings have minimal sexual dimorphism; slightly smaller, brighter males, and larger, dull coloured females. Mating occurs seasonally, and most individuals lack any significant sex drive out of season.

In pre-modern times, females would typically mate with multiple males and breeding pairs would not form permanent bonds. In the modern day, how many husbands a single female has is dictated by wealth and status, and many will go their whole life without mating at all.

[so-many-ocs]

sex is fine but have you ever thought about all the ways you’d rewrite a flawed piece of media that shaped your life and holds a special place in your heart despite its unfulfilled potential