Confession: Even though I read and enjoyed Dragonslayer, I just can’t see myself ever fully getting back into Wings of Fire. I haven’t touched the third series since the first book, and don’t see that changing. No matter what, I can’t get past how Winter’s character was treated in the second arc. And I haven’t heard anything about him getting any sort of apology in the third arc, so yeah.
Like, he dared to get angry at Moon for wanting to keep being friends with the dragon who was committing actual genocide against his entire species, and had already killed his aunt. And HE was treated like a jerk for yelling at her! That scene when Kinkajou tells him that he can’t be trusted with the knowledge of what happened to Darkstalker and tells him to apologize to Moon for being awful and Winter says that it’s “his own fault” that Moon chose Qibli over him just ARGHHHHHH!!!!!! My blood still boils thinking about it.
Look. If I was in Winter’s place, and someone I had trusted as a friend learned that someone they were close to was committing murder against my family, and they were still all “Well, I want to keep being this person’s friend,” I would punch that person in the throat!
So, yeah. I needed to get that rant out. It’s a shame, because I really enjoyed WOF, and there is and was a lot of potential, but I don’t think I can trust Tui’s handling of characters after something so blatantly awful.
Anatomy practice with a redraw of the newly released Moon Rising Graphic Novel cover! Pretty proud but also disappointed in the shading I did. Couldn’t figure out how to do the shading on the wing, but the bounce light on the cover was pretty cool to copy!
I also tried to find a way to make Nightwing designs graphic novel friendly and man was that hard…
P.S. darkstalker isn’t actually physically in moon’s room. it’s more like uhh, he’s creating an audiovisual projection of himself through their mind-reading connection? ie. he imagines an image of himself in his head, and—because moon can read his mind—she can also see that same image. Capisce?
P.P.S. the electrical looking stuff in the last panel represents the moment moon suddenly feels darkstalker’s intense loneliness after he lets down his guard :,)
1) You are so sweet ! I honestly get a little choked up at the thought that people want to see more of my silly little doodles, and I’m so very sorry to all the people I haven’t answered yet (especially to the anon who asked like, 3 times). Each of your messages are so funny and clever, even if they are a little bizarre at times. They always brighten up my day!
2) I can’t make any guarantees about a set time, but I’m hoping to free up my schedule and work on the blog a lot more after this winter passes. Thank you so much for staying tuned!
As a token of my gratitude for your abundant patience, here are some sketches to tide you over until I can start answering questions again
