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Published: 2018-02-27 01:44:07 +0000 UTC; Views: 21055; Favourites: 327; Downloads: 29
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Description So anybody remember those pen drawings I did of various WOF characters? I decided I want to go back and clean them up and add colors! It was a lot of fun to ink and color these guys, I tried to get the colors as accurate to the book descriptions of them as I could. However some characters didn't have eye color described so I had to guess

I tweaked some of my designs from the first take, which is here-

Queen Coral is basically just a typical Seawing and looks the most like Joy Ang's illustration. I'm going to have all the Queens I draw follow that pattern, I think. It gives me a sort of 'base' to deviate from. I can look at Coral and say, ok typical Seawings look like this, and then make small alterations on the snouts or horns to make each character look unique.

Tsunami isn't described as having a torn ear but come on, she fights so much she has to have some kind of scars or something

King Gill's colors are described as 'sea green'. I hate how the graphic novel made him this gross dull green color but meh, maybe it's because he was dehydrated? Anyways, this is how I imagined he would look when healthy.

For Webs I had his horns lay very flat and not really have any curve to them. I was inspired by how my German Shepherd looks when he puts his ears down. I thought that sort of look would be good for a cowardly character.

Riptide looks kind of like his dad, but shorter horns as he is younger, and his snout isn't as rounded as Webs's is.

Nautilus's design is where I started varying how the glowing scales looked. It says in the book Seawings can have different glowing scales, so I changed the shapes of them for some characters. I dunno, little triangles looked cool for him. Also the spiral design looks sweet in color I think!

Whirlpool....oh boy this guy. So a lot of people draw him as being all handsome and charming, but in the books he was described as having 'blobby, frog-like eyes' and being a general gross weirdo. So I tried to have that come across in my design for him. I also made his chin and fins look a bit similar to Gill, as Queen Coral said the two looked kind of alike.

Shark's design is still my fav for sure~ It's cool seeing him in color. The book says he is a dull green that is almost grey, I like the color I picked for him. Also I made his fins curved and pointy like a shark's.

And finally Piranha, a character who only appears a few times, but she sounded so cool. She's supposed to be a dark greyish blue with lots of scars and a missing horn. I also gave her crooked teeth and diamond shaped glow scales, cause they added to the pointy, ragged look she has.


Also, small design headcanon: female Seawing's chin danglies curve backward, and males curve forward

Hope everyone likes these! I haven't decided which tribe to color next though :0
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Clearsightlove1 [2024-12-22 19:23:10 +0000 UTC]

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DragonKnightMirren [2023-09-18 02:40:11 +0000 UTC]

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Iron-Zing In reply to DragonKnightMirren [2023-09-20 12:36:29 +0000 UTC]

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DragonKnightMirren In reply to Iron-Zing [2023-09-22 02:27:40 +0000 UTC]

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AnglertheSeawing90 In reply to RoseCozmo [2024-09-05 22:55:35 +0000 UTC]

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Iron-Zing In reply to SunaBuna [2021-05-17 12:43:37 +0000 UTC]

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Iron-Zing In reply to Magocaur [2020-05-19 16:28:57 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much!

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mercurybird [2018-03-11 03:54:16 +0000 UTC]

I love how you use a combination of different skull shapes and little details to really distinguish them. like how Shark has a more shark-like head shape! and the scars and the jewelry and subtle differences in their patterns. they're such nice and thoughtful little touches

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LittleLorelei In reply to mercurybird [2018-04-04 13:15:33 +0000 UTC]

I really like how you did Whirlpool. It’s my new headcanons for how he looks lmao. I hated him so much, he wanted to marry a newborn dragonet ffs.

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Iron-Zing In reply to mercurybird [2018-03-11 18:04:54 +0000 UTC]

DDD eeeee thanks Kenzi <3

I love doing stuff like this, it's super fun to make them each look unique. Glad you like them!

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ValerianWings [2018-03-05 05:44:54 +0000 UTC]

Whirlpool looks like, "Yeah I like to marry to any SeaWing royal"

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LittleLorelei In reply to ValerianWings [2018-04-04 13:16:36 +0000 UTC]

He specifically mentioned wanting to marry Auklet, a newly hatched dragonet. Ugh.

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Iron-Zing In reply to ValerianWings [2018-03-05 21:54:30 +0000 UTC]

Pffft yeah he is so desperate for power

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SlyAsAFox2005 [2018-02-27 19:12:14 +0000 UTC]

Great art work and accurate character expressions and colouring!

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Iron-Zing In reply to SlyAsAFox2005 [2018-02-28 00:37:30 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much man!

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owlbarrel [2018-02-27 19:11:41 +0000 UTC]

I'm in love with Shark and Piranha design, these snout shapes just bring so much diversity to Seawing speciesΒ Β 

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Iron-Zing In reply to owlbarrel [2018-02-28 00:38:01 +0000 UTC]

Hey thank you dude! Yeah Shark turned out really cool imo, I like his design the most I think!

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owlbarrel In reply to Iron-Zing [2018-02-28 21:02:46 +0000 UTC]

You're very welcome! I hope you will continue to rebrand/coloring those older designs in future (my fav for sure is with Sandwings, they just brilliant Β )

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Iron-Zing In reply to owlbarrel [2018-02-28 23:49:49 +0000 UTC]

Ahh thank you! Yea I think I might do the Sandwings next, I really liked how those ones came out as well!

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DovaQu33n [2018-02-27 03:52:33 +0000 UTC]

Love it! Whirlpool and Shark look perfect!

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Iron-Zing In reply to DovaQu33n [2018-02-28 00:38:23 +0000 UTC]

Awesome, glad you think so!

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Biohazardia [2018-02-27 02:40:43 +0000 UTC]

YYAAAAASSS you're so GOOD at this! Haha for King Gill, I listen to the audiobook so I somehow heard "sea-green" as "pea-green" X'DΒ 

I absolutely love the subtleties you gave all of them while keeping them in with the canon SeaWing design and not doing other stuff that wasn't described in the books. For example with Shark, I really like that you gave the front part of his nose/snout this gentle slope forward so he looks like a tiger shark or bottom feeder shark. The fins work perfectly as well. Also YES on Whirlpool, I'm like "where are his blobby eyes?" in all these pictures XD I do think you did a great job of making him look unctuous here. Man everyone looks great! I agree, I think you improved heavily on the first batch of designs

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Iron-Zing In reply to Biohazardia [2018-02-28 00:46:11 +0000 UTC]

Oh dude I misread his color as 'pea green' the first time I read it as well XD; WHOOPS
Then I re-read it to check his color and I was like 'ohhhh. Sea-Green sounds way prettier'

Thank you so much, that's exactly what I was aiming for~ A unique look for each character but still recognizable as Seawings

For Shark, the fin idea was like a last minute thing! I was finishing these up and then I looked at Shark and I was like 'Oh dude I need to make his fins cooler'

Aahahah yeah I think I've maybe seen one or two pieces with Whirlpool where he really gives off that creepy, bulgy-eyed look he's supposed to have. Like no offense to anyone who draws him looking charming but, I like seeing interpretations of him that follow the book descriptions!

You're the best man, thank you for the kind comment!

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Pikachufan260 [2018-02-27 02:40:32 +0000 UTC]

Woahhh nice!

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Iron-Zing In reply to Pikachufan260 [2018-02-28 00:38:30 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Pikachufan260 In reply to Iron-Zing [2018-02-28 01:19:42 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!

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vitery [2018-02-27 02:34:44 +0000 UTC]

way better than the first

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Iron-Zing In reply to vitery [2018-02-28 00:38:36 +0000 UTC]

I agree, thank you~

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vitery In reply to Iron-Zing [2018-02-28 23:55:22 +0000 UTC]

np

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Coffee-Tarts [2018-02-27 02:27:51 +0000 UTC]

YOU ARE SO TALENTED!
And you've improved so much
Nice job!

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Iron-Zing In reply to Coffee-Tarts [2018-02-28 00:38:44 +0000 UTC]

Aw thank man! c:

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Coffee-Tarts In reply to Iron-Zing [2018-02-28 00:40:22 +0000 UTC]

No problem!

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CobraCatDragon2898 [2018-02-27 02:16:18 +0000 UTC]

Y'all have designs that are way too pretty for me to bear. I love your interpretations of each character and the little unique traits you gave them!

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Iron-Zing In reply to CobraCatDragon2898 [2018-02-28 00:39:05 +0000 UTC]

Aww thank you, I'm pleased with how they came out as well! c:

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thebossdragoness [2018-02-27 01:45:59 +0000 UTC]

I love Piranha's design, I haven't seen any other designs of her and I really like this one!

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Iron-Zing In reply to thebossdragoness [2018-02-27 01:47:05 +0000 UTC]

Thank you dude! Yeah she seems like such a neat character, I'd love to see others draw her as well~

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