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We watched the Devil die that day. We watched him die 9 times

I've been assembling a backlog for my DA, and this is the third thing from it. Thought it'd be worth posting here, too. It's cover art for my main Spotify playlist. More under the cut.

The playlist is called jammin (lowercase j) and I made it at the end of 2022. For a while, it had no icon, until I made this in like, mid-2023. I don't know why I didn't post it to my DA earlier, other than for fear of people making fun of my music taste. I'm very self-conscious about this stuff. It's a miracle I'm even posting this

If you want to investigate the playlist, here's a link (that Tumblr turned into a preview. Oh well):

It's full of Lemon Demon, Bo Burnham and Will Wood because I have problems. It's also heavy on the swearing and a few of the songs have some potentially upsetting content in them. But it's generally safe to listen to.

Apparently, this blog is 3 years old now?? I could've sworn I made it much later in the year but ok

So I have this terrarium in a jar on my desk, and for months I thought everything in it had died, but I just looked in it and found a pair of healthy adult spiders just. Hanging out in there.

You may be able to imagine my surprise upon seeing this, as I had not opened the lid in months and had seen the two plants I put inside die in real time. That all happened in, like, August? Maybe earlier?

The weirdest part is that spiders are predators, so if I have spiders, I must also have other bugs they're preying on that I never noticed.

Bark bark bark

I feel like shit!! So here's some art!!

This is Lightning Bird, an OC I don't use much. She's mean.

I'm currently not really sure what I want my art to look like so I'm trying to experiment a bit. This drawing features speed-sensitive lineart. I mostly just want to experiment with colour more though. Eh

Time to descend back into the art crisis void

really tired but i dont wanna sleep :( its 1 am ish

anyway cat art moment so that this post isn't nothing

just some stuff i've drawn over the last week or so. mostly kitty cat busts because I'm kinda lazy tbh (/j)

image one is a character i got from Upsilon on TH. i have inserted them into one of my warriors fics but i might move them somewhere else. currently their name is duneleap, like sand dune, like beach.

second and third are the same character. as img 3 says, their name is unicorn. they don't really have any lore yet but that may change! they have a bf who i haven't designed yet named mon, after v723 monoceros, the star that accompanies the black hole unicorn is based on. i really like space

and the fourth image is of an old oc who i sometimes think about. his name is claude. normally he is very chill and positive, but that's boring, so i drew like, edgy symbolic art about his trauma. yay!

Been designing a posable bird wing made completely out of interlocking paper, no glue or tape! My goal is to make a bird lantern similar to my koi lantern :D

The only problem now is that my laser cutter broke due to some software update by Full Spectrum Laser and they are refusing to fix it 😭When I contacted their support, they just told me to buy a new one. As if I would ever buy another laser from such a shitty company.

Anyone has a recommendation for a better laser cutter from a reputable company?

This is making me want to pick up my WoF headcanon/alternative biology ideas again...

Finally finishing all these guys we’ve got charts and headcanons! (Long post)

(Height)

(Wingspan)

(Body length & basic shapes I used) (it might be odd but ignore any detail on the back, the shapes are for general body shape)

Headcanons:

Seawings: - Colors range from red and purple to yellow - Aquatic is based off areas of bioluminescence rather than singular scales (because no one wants to draw all of those) - Although they average small compared to the other tribes, gigantism is more common - Wing bioluminescence gene is always present but for some doesn't show, thus aquatic doesn't utilize the wings

Rainwings: - Can change the texture of their scales alongside color - Weakest bite due to their fangs, probably why they're vegetarian - Mimic interesting behaviors - Have forked tongues

Mudwings: - Colors range from olive green to purple-ish red - Very resilient - Able to breathe fire regardless of body temperature, the heat of the flame depends on body temp - Their horns constantly grow and sometimes have to be cut due to dangerous growing patterns - Love gnawing on things, tough foods like jerky is popular - The horn covers of fallen siblings are harvested and turned into instruments to remember them by

Leafwings: - Colors range from gold to teal (and pink to olive green during cold seasons) - Can appear to have false eyes - Bug-like just like the other Pantalan residents (because they're just some weird outlier like what is going on here) - Leafspeak doesn't actually allow them to hear voices from plants but rather increase the sensitivity of their antennae which pick up on the changes in plants - In colder seasons, regions that have deciduous trees influence leafwings in that their scales change into warm tones similar to fallen leaves for camouflage but this also negatively impacts one's leafspeak ability; this doesn't apply to evergreen leafwings however

Hivewings: - Colors range from hot pink to olive green - Can appear to have false eyes - Have elbowed antennae just like their "cousins", Hymenoptera (wasps, bees, ants) - Tend to disregard personal space/get close out of habit, being close means better temp regulation and better communication - All hivewings have stingers, wrist stingers, and a venomous bite but it largely depends on preference of which they choose and like muscles, they can be exercised to become deadly weapons - They're not capable of "emitting a horrible stench"

Icewings: - Colors range from white to pale indigo - Melanism is still very rare but more likely in icewings - Can be iridescent in any color, especially visible in lighter scaled individuals - The scales on their face is very fine and is flushed with blood which darkens the area and allows them to see in the snow by absorbing light, otherwise the glare from the sun reflecting off would be a hinderance - Their wings are thin and thus have visible veins most of the time - Idk how to describe their scales other than its kinda like basalt formations - From the side they appear large but are actually thin and flexible - They can freeze to death if they've gone without cold for a long time and then reintroduced too quickly - In hybridization, they have dominant genes, partially because the animus gene - The extra mane of horns can appear randomly on the body in singular spikes, they also make a clink sound when they collide as if they're made of ice, making a pretty scary rattle when disturbed

Nightwings: - Colors range from orange to purple - Albinism is still very rare but more likely in nightwings - Dwarfism is more common - Teardrop scales are always present, highlighted when the dragon has powers regardless of type - Pitbull ready to bite kids - They CAN hang upside down as the books suggest but not for long - By taking dust baths, they dull their scales to reflect less light and blend in better in the dark - Have white fire but cant breathe for long due to how hot it is (this is mainly to add onto the mysterious factor of em and I always liked the idea) - Due to eye sensitivity, they hate sudden bright lights and will close their eyes as they breathe fire

Silkwings: - Can have black or dark accents but never as a whole body color unless they've hybridized - Wing shapes vary widely - Can appear to have false eyes - Flamesilk is rarer than one might think - Very flexible and have strong tails used as a sort of 5th limb in climbing - Albino or melanistic dragons still keep their iridescence - Silk is emitted through a spinneret on the chin rather than the wrists - Prefer to travel in pairs (instinct)

Sandwings: - Colors range from red to olive green - Dark patters often mimic a snake's - Horse-like in complexion - Alongside their snake-like appearance, they have pit organs - Tend to move like birds - Poor eyesight but good hearing - Their horns angle upwards sort of like a bull

Skywings: - Colors range from red to yellow (and green because skywings are meant to be your typical fire breathing dragon which is most often depicted to be red but can also be green) - Tend to move like birds - Weaker than they appear - Green skywings are incapable of being or having flamescales - Their horns constantly grow and have to be filed down - A flamescale cant melt rock or metal by touch alone, only via fire is it possible - It's not that they don't want flamescales that they kill them, it's more of a mercy killing because of how lonely their life can be

why cant it be socially acceptable to just start fucking screaming

lil baby hippo and penguin