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...Numero dos!.......I need to stop redesigning my guys at some point, jeez, commitment issues much? ;W;
New Nyrei stuff. :3 This is just a temporary ref I quickly made, there will be a more finalized one coming later. .........Probably.
To AirSaber , you can use this ref for le thing. :3
Name- Nyrei
Gender- Female
Age- Not certain yet, but probably somewhere in her mid 20's.
Element- Fire
Hatch Day- Equinox 32 (October 2)
Personality- Vengeful but protective (the dual nature of her personality is primarily for a planned future project. All the characters will have this)
Element Information-
Overall, Nyrei's fire is a normal flame. However, what makes it so unique is her ability to control it. Very few dragons possess the ability to bend a flame or create it from practically nothing. Even fewer have it to the skill she has it. When she is in control of a flame, it changes from whatever original color it was to a bright green. In addition, her scales are made of unique properties. No one's quite sure why it works or what part of the scale's chemistry allow them to do this meaning the creator doesn't quite know how it works yet, shhhhhh...., but essentially the outside of the scale is flammable, while the rest is fire proof. This allows Nyrei's scales to catch and hold a flame easily without hurting her. And because of her ability to create fire, she is able to "flame up" on command. Unfortunately, the majority of her scales do slowly get charred on the outside over time. The only ones that don't are the ones around her eyes, the bright bright green markings, and her wing and tail membranes (they have similar properties as well to the scales, even if they are made of skin). She's never told anyone, but other's hold suspicion that she was a pale grey or light green when she was younger.
Anatomy Stuff-
- Base Anatomy (mostly for wings and flight pattern)- Swallow-tailed kite
- Acrobatic and fast flier
- Long narrow wings and a long forked tail fin
- Flaps very little and primarily uses tail for turns. Her tail fin is controlled at the base of the membrane
- Very, very light body frame
- Large claws and "grabby" back feet; three toes and thumb on both front and back paws
- "Ear flaps" are not really movable. It's meant to protect the ears from wind and reduce "whistling" (I'm probably very wrong on this, this was only a guess, please someone correct me if I'm wrong! XD )
- Markings are symmetrical on both sides. Same for wings and tail fin (yes, tail fin is same on both sides, top and bottom. I got really lazy with my coloring XD )
- Diamond shaped pupils
Nyrei and art (c) me
YOU MAY NOT USE THIS WITHOUT MY PERMISSION! YOU MAY NOT TAKE THIS CHARACTER AS YOUR OWN!
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Comments: 46
DuskyScales [2015-09-19 06:56:29 +0000 UTC]
Her design looks beautiful~ Her new anatomical design looks really unique and interesting, though I agree with Sparkaii below about the top heavy thing, as is. Those markings look amazing too, I like how you've mixed contrasting colours with the more subdued grey around her face. ^^
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16Shards In reply to DuskyScales [2015-09-20 01:33:46 +0000 UTC]
Thank you so much!
Yeah....I'll be fixing that in the final ref. She's a bit too much of an airhead right now, isn't she? :'3
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DuskyScales In reply to 16Shards [2015-09-21 21:07:16 +0000 UTC]
Welcomes~ ^^
It doesn't help that skulls are heavy anyway X3
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16Shards In reply to DuskyScales [2015-10-01 00:11:43 +0000 UTC]
Absolutely not. With that in mind, there's no way most chibis should be able to support their fat head on their tiny little bodies. ;w;
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DuskyScales In reply to 16Shards [2015-10-06 04:43:55 +0000 UTC]
Noooo poor chibis ;A; They'll have to caterpillar their way around everywhere. :c
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16Shards In reply to DuskyScales [2015-10-11 02:56:18 +0000 UTC]
Omg. XD Someone must draw that, that's too precious not to!
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paulmccartneys [2015-09-17 15:41:04 +0000 UTC]
i like how the tips of her wings have those notches - reminds me of the primary flight feathers on a bird :') lovely design
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bigbubbleHL In reply to 16Shards [2015-09-21 16:35:54 +0000 UTC]
you're very welcome, dear! <3
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WhiteGecko93 [2015-09-14 03:32:29 +0000 UTC]
I LOVE those short little legs, reminds me of a sausage dog. Aw cute! Oh, and those wings... the green stripe along the body is a nice touch.
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16Shards In reply to WhiteGecko93 [2015-09-20 01:31:19 +0000 UTC]
OMG, I just imagined her in a hot dog costume people put their dachshunds in for Halloween, AHAHA! X'D Ohhhhh, it'd be so ironic but so perfect!
And thank you so much!
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n-a-t-t-e [2015-09-14 00:03:15 +0000 UTC]
Wow ahh I love your characters so much! ;'D what lovely colors ;w;
great job! ^-^
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ke-tah [2015-09-13 23:21:51 +0000 UTC]
Gosh she's such a wonderful looking character, then again, all your characters are so pretty ;w;
my only issue with this though is the proportions; her head seems maybe a little too big for her body, which would make her rather top heavy and the neck seems a little too long to support it (I'm looking at it from the base of the shoulders up the neck, her frame there doesn't appear strong enough)
I see it's only quickly made, so I could be pointing out things you've already picked up on, so sorry in advance if I'm wasting time
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16Shards In reply to ke-tah [2015-09-20 01:28:33 +0000 UTC]
Ahhh, thank you! ;A; I'm so glad my hard work is paying off! XD Jeez, so many of my characters have been hard to design! <:'D
I completely agree with that. I'll look to fix that in the final ref. It could be because of how short her legs are in comparison to her body as well, maybe? And then the fact that they're so skinny. But again I'll fix that in the final. :3 Thanks to a friend, I already have some ideas on how to fix that. ^^
But thank you for pointing it out!
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victordragon747 [2015-09-13 22:07:18 +0000 UTC]
I love the changes that you made with her colors and the new marking, they look absolutely beautiful and awesome. I also liked reading the new info that you wrote for her.
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16Shards In reply to victordragon747 [2015-09-20 01:24:29 +0000 UTC]
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Azreonn [2015-09-13 20:59:30 +0000 UTC]
lol Le Thing!
This is perfect! Thanks for letting me know XD
She looks amazing though and I love the redesign.
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16Shards In reply to Azreonn [2015-09-20 01:24:11 +0000 UTC]
...It feels so weird responding to this now, omg. <:'D
No problem! And thank you so much!
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ObludaNat [2015-09-13 18:17:47 +0000 UTC]
I really love what you've done with the wings *w* On the other hand, her head and neck are way to big compared to her body, and her legs look like they couldn't lift her body weight But that's my opinion (plz don't hate me, me no troll). But the elongated body is great, suddenly i love "noodle" dragons
I've always liked her color sheme and personality (she reminds me of Yellowfang who is my favourite warrior cat XD) so overall, she's a really nice OC >w>
I just kinda wonder about her size I tend to make my dragons pretty huge
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16Shards In reply to ObludaNat [2015-09-13 18:28:35 +0000 UTC]
Ahhh, thank you so much!
Yeah, I can kind of see that too. In my attempt to make her anatomy different from other dragons, I might have just made her look a little too...awkward. :'3 I'll do some more sketches of her later and see how it looks in different angles, but I completely agree, she does look unbalanced. I'll probably either shorten her neck and make her head smaller, or make her hold her head lower (same length neck kind of, but it's curved more and held a bit closed to her body).
Ahh, I haven't read the books in so long, but I love Yellowfang! XD Nyrei does have a little bit of her grump. ^W^
Most of my dragons will generally fit in an average room. Except for Eos, he might bang his head against the ceiling! I don't know, I've always like dragons of that size, might be some residual preferences loving Spyro so much when I was younger. ^^ And I will make larger dragons, more of my adult characters (which I haven't released yet. ;') ) are much bigger. But for this age group, they're generally smaller. :3
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ObludaNat In reply to 16Shards [2015-09-13 18:48:20 +0000 UTC]
I'm sure you'll manage to make her look brilliant ^w^
I got the 5th and 6th book recently, so i'm re-reading the entire series
Most of my dragons are as big as Saphira is in the Eragon movie
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16Shards In reply to ObludaNat [2015-09-19 16:42:21 +0000 UTC]
I hope so! ;W; Thanks for the words of encouragement!
Oh, haha! That's a lot of books (unless you're just reading the first series), I think they're on...series 6-7 or something by now? XD
I read the books in middle school (which would be...like ages 11-14, or something like that). I only got up to the fourth series, and I don't think I even quite finished that.
My dragons would look like ants in comparison to your dragons then, haha! XD
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ObludaNat In reply to 16Shards [2015-09-19 17:19:27 +0000 UTC]
Aww no problem!
So far I've read only the first 4 books (the first searies) But I definitely want to read more, and I'm looking forward to my trip to the UK, I really want to buy Yellowfang's secret
Yeah, it's hard drawing such creatures interact with each other Unless the small one is riding on the big one's head
That's all i can think of
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16Shards In reply to ObludaNat [2015-09-20 01:42:06 +0000 UTC]
I forget if I have Yellowfang's secret.....if that's one of the big books, that might have been one of the few I didn't get. I know at the very least I have read (maybe own) Firestar's, Bluestar's, and I think another-one-that-I-won't-say-because-it-might-spoil-something-you-don't-know (plus you probably wouldn't know either way, because your not there yet. :3 ).
...Unless Yellowfang's secret is part of the first series, then completely ignore what I've said, I can't remember any of the book names of the first series! XD
I think that's all you need, that would be way too adorable! XD And epic!
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ObludaNat In reply to 16Shards [2015-09-20 11:58:13 +0000 UTC]
Yellowfang's secret is one of the special edition books There's Blustar's prophercy, Crookedstar's promise, Tallstar's revange and i forgot the other one
OMFG I JUST ACCIDENTALLY TYPED "warrior cars" INTO GOOGLE AND THIS IS WHAT IT FOUND orig09.deviantart.net/33d9/f/2…
I CAN'T EVEN :'DDDDDDDDDDD XDDDDDD
www.warriorcats.com/books I gotta write this down, so I'll be able to buy the right books
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16Shards In reply to ObludaNat [2015-10-01 00:17:11 +0000 UTC]
Ahh, gotcha! X3 I thought so, but I couldn't remember off the top of my head! I think the other one you're thinking of is Firestar's Quest.
And there's another, too, but I shall not say because that title will be a spoiler for you, depending on where you are in the series!!! >: (
WHhyYYYY?!?! XDD OMG, BEST TYPO EVER!!
Goodness, those new covers are soOOO PRETTY! ;0; OMG, I'M CRYING AT HOW PRETTY THEY ARE!
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ObludaNat In reply to 16Shards [2015-10-01 16:48:15 +0000 UTC]
It pisses me off I have 4 books with the old cover, and 2 with the new one, I kinda wanted to have the old covers But they are very pretty indeed
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16Shards In reply to ObludaNat [2015-10-11 02:59:27 +0000 UTC]
Aww, yeah, that would annoy me too. ;A; Even if they were prettier, I would prefer having a complete set of one type of cover as well! X3
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savrin330 [2015-09-13 18:14:15 +0000 UTC]
I love the design and like how she is flammable but can't burn herself. :3
She has really big wings! I like big winged dragons!
The feet and large claws are cool too!
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