The Father

Still don't know how to use this tool. I just edit the camera in an editing software

This is out of genuine curiosity as a beginner animator but I often see this from animators that I looked up to (having to draw the whole thing in a shot but have a square surrounding a specific part, which I’m assuming that’s where the camera focuses on). Is this like a feature in the program that you use or is the square individually drawn to know where the camera should be focusing on?

The rectangle is always there! It's the camera so anything outside of it won't be seen in the final output. Every animation program should have some variation of it

my biggest creative passion in life is ‘the project I’m not supposed to be working on right now’

Updated Nyx a bit

I would like to alert everyone that I have found a name for wings of fire that fits every single tribe. That name? Lily.

Rain: Voctoria Lily

Night: Lilypicker

Mud: Lily Pad

Sand: Desert Lily

Sea: Water Lily

Ice: Toad Lily

Sky: Lily Trotter

Hive: Scarlet Lily

Silk: Indian Lily

Leaf: Lily

This is an utterly insane and revolutionary discovery for the people of the dragons children book, a true day in history. (It also works for a scavenger)

Commission for @lazyotaku22

I've been a little obsessed with a half baked oc from a half-baked story of mine. She is a Skywings, the stripes are painted on

Someone has probably already asked you this but do you have any tips on studying/understanding perspective? I keep trying to find resources to learn but none of them really stick or are actually useful

so I'm hoping that your issue isn't just figuring out the difference between 1-point, 2-point, and 3-point perspective and how it works, because there are tons and tons of resources available for that, and I'm guessing what people tend to get tripped up on is what you're supposed to be doing with your grid.

I'm definitely far from being an expert on understanding perspective, but I'll share some of the things that helped ME finally Get It.

Things like eye level and different camera angles can be a GREAT tool to use when doing a comic or storyboard between multiple characters of different heights!! I actually drew an example of this exact thing for a friend about a month ago (I used adventure time characters bc they're easy to draw and have a good height variety):

You can use camera angles like this to add variety to your shots, and even use it to help convey something emotional (using a down-shot on a character to show that they FEEL small, use an up-shot on a character to make them look more intimidating, etc etc)

hope this helps!

This is an old OC of mine who actually has a name. I'm pretty sure mangrove was a rain wing name but there is considerable overlap between the two tribes loose territory that I think works as a mudding name too.

She's a lil darker than I expected, I think I need to counter the coloring with some lighter horns, but I like her a lot

Since she's an old OC, of course she has a tragic backstory.

She got lost as a dragonet playing with her siblings and ended up floating down stream. Unable to find her way back home, she started following other older sib groups. Not always welcome but eager to learn, she developed a generally friendly repour with the population around her. As she grew she started to wonder about her lost family from years ago and started traveling up stream to find them.

I want to use her development to explore the mudding cast system. If not by blood, then how do they decide who is more important or who should be allowed in the palace? What are their jobs, how do they grow crops, canals????

World Building Checklist

Have you ever started writing a story and realized your world has a bunch of unexplained shit and you have to fill in the gaps as you go? Me too, buddy. Me too. Here’s a checklist so that you can fully flesh out your world to the max. (I’m dying)

How does Time work? (Minutes, hours, days, the daylight cycle, years, ect.)

Species (if Fantasy. Will probably make another post on this.)

Countries, Nations, Tribes, ect. (nationalities/ races. Will probably make another post on this.)

The geography of the world (draw a map. Doesnt have to be good. Just for a general idea.)

Rivalries between races (includes prejudice, racism, ect.)

Religions

Technology

The Magic system. (Will probably make a whole other post on this.)

animals, plants, ect.

The sky: Sun, Moon(s), Stars, Constellation, Are there rings? (If the planet has rings)

Educations system

Government system

Politics

Methods of transport (Vehicles)

Medicine

Can’t really think of anything else. If you have more to add then reblog and add to the list! :) bye bee