Je Suis Une Aile De Ciel 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

I was tired so I drew a rainwing napping. More referencing cats for poses

Yummy little desert dragons, these overcomplicated SandWings are!

Like usual, Joy Ang and Tui are awesome, I've just added my own spice.

Details and explanation below.

Otherwise, next week are the RainWings - I think you'll really like them!

More overcomplicated dragons.

Where do I begin? I suppose with the elephant in the room: as a desert species, they need to be highly adapted to withstand the heat and control their body temperature, so I had tons of fun looking for references to use. Their sails would be used like elephant ears to cool off, by sending their blood into them to wave in the wind. Perhaps this would leave it tinted slightly red, perhaps not depending on the thickness of the structure. I chose backlighting for this piece to highlight the sail (the actual dragon isn't purple, it's just the contrasting colour of the shadows).

Speaking of the scales, perhaps you noticed the scales on the sail? I referenced basilisk lizards for this since their sails look pretty much exactly like SandWing sails, down to the folds and lines usually included in official artwork and fanart. In this piece the lines you see are actually the backlit tendons supporting the structure - based on frilled lizards, which you'll see again soon.

I also referenced pangolins (scale texture), thorny devils (the slight grooves on the sides of their temples that would direct rainwater into their mouths, and bearded dragons (for the little accessory spikes on the chin, mouth, eye ridge, and nose horn). The extra spikes on the mouth serve a double purpose to help rainwater pool and keep it from sliding past the mouth. Lastly, if you're curious about the extra dark points on its eyelid, those are slits in the scales to help it see in sandstorms. Camels have eyelashes but potoo birds have these slits which let them see even with closed eyes, which is important when the main weather you face daily is sand blowing in your face.

Again, imagine how creepy it would be to stumble upon what you think is a sleeping SandWing only for it to be wide awake and waiting for you to get closer... chomp!

Also can I use this as a pfp on discord

Evil trans ally Scarlet

I have no idea what the evil pride flag is so I made something up, please that is so funny

I LOVE THIS THEORY

i am in full belief that Moon is somewhat related to Clearsight. Maybe Clearsight's mom or dad have a sibling and that sibling had a kid and so forth. Maybe Moon and Clearsight are cousins. (they aren't but I like to believe)

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Me like 24/7

havin a shift rn OURGH i wanna have a tail

Glory: You've been improving your camaflouge a lot lately. Great job, Kinkajou.

Kinkajou: Thanks, Mom-

Kinkajou: *freezes*

Glory:

Kinkajou:

Glory:

Kinkajou: I didn't say anything-

Glory: *chases after her with adoption papers*

Kinkajou: *running away screaming bloody murder*

I still think it's kind of funny how Winter came across the most pathetic, traumatized, sopping wet NightWing in Pyrrhia and STILL immediately assumed that she was evil.

He looked at THIS

And was like, "I can't trust her. She's probably already plotting 17 different ways to kill me!"

guiys stop bullying fat espeaker shes done nothing wrong 😢

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Darkstalker and Moonwatchera dynamic in her book always made me giggle

Women.