a naked mole rat and the most beautiful girl in the room anyway, more to come with the dnd au. I'm a firm believer in wings out all the time aasimar. Also, aasimar that look physically shiny and valuable, like gems or precious resources. (also yknow how for some birds, damage to the feather beyond natural shed makes the filament scar white? yeah.) Aka, Eddie saucer eyed and immediately in love vs. Steve's "his strange behavior and loser personality have captivated me"

I can't wait to use these guys as paper dolls and dress them up and also smash them together to make them kiss

Oh absolutely! And ur too sweet for this world, seriously, ur giving me an ego #- -# ur amazing <3

Drawing wings is natural for me, and it’s hard to explain to someone who doesn’t exactly see it that way, so bear with me - -*

If we’re starting with anatomy, I would start with bird and bat wing studies, wing shapes and different wing purposes, most if the time

I HEAVILY recommend studying these three studies from YouTube

This is how I learned the basic anatomy and purpose of wings, and what exactly a wing needs to be realistic, because in order to stylize, you need to understand the full picture, just like any other body part.

I recommend thinking of all wings as something to bend, keep all your lines loose and flowy, less jagged. Keep movement in every part of the wing, including the armpit, the elbow, the fingers and the feathers, nothing should have a purely straight line

Make sure the flow line in your wings is as clear as possible, even in flight wings are not ramrod straight, they move with their environment and position, the wind pressures them into new shapes, keep that in mind for when you draw them, they should never be fully stagnant, especially in flight. Feathers and skin bend to the wind, the shape around their bodies, they aren’t flat, they are 3d, keep that in mind

Bird wings are almost always curved, or posed in a curved shape, both on the top and bottom of the wings. Make sure to curve them with the body, make them make sense with the rest of the pose, wings are limbs, they weigh a lot, make sure the pose is balanced with their weight, and with the rest of the body.

Wing shapes are a lot to take in account, make sure to keep each wing shape and purpose in mind in designing the size, length, and width of your wings for your characters, if they are a slow or fast flier, or if they use their wings much at all. This is overwhelming, but I promise it’s worth it to keep in mind.

Of course there are always exceptions to some of these rules, and especially wing shapes, with birds like owls and hummingbirds having especially customized wings to fit their flying style, but most of the time drawing wings will fall into all of these categories.

Once you are able to do a lot of this well, you can post them in lovely shapes!

20 ft wingspans! How the heck would I get them to FOLD these without them dragging on the ground?????

For starters, find where the bones of the wing roughly are and bend them into shape. Then see where the tip of the longest primary feather would be (from the wrist where it bends) and then adjust how they are folded.

Remember that they're three-dimensional and often have a curve to them so let them curve forwards around the shoulders, be arched up if they have the strength, or have their whole posture adjust to compensate for balance and keeping wingtips off the floor.

Experiment with it and look to gifs of birds folding their wings for reference o: