Some Additional Drake Things.

Hey you ever think about The Characters so much to the point where

A more wordy post because I don’t know how to draw buildings. Only one image for Drakes.

Architecture, in general, is varied due to the nature of the Feyfolks’ variety in size, body shape, and species. Most Architecture is spacious and wide, with wide areas for air landings and take-offs.

Architecture, in general, uses the land around it: growing trees into dens and homes, carving homes out of mountains, ravines, and sinkholes, and Finding sanctuary in underwater cliffs, ravines, and coralline structures. Their architecture prefers to take and give back to nature.

Drakes use a lot of fire as it’s a vital tool for them. It’s highly desired by most (if not all) of the feyfolk enjoy. They love knowing a firebreather because then they don’t have to hire a specialist, they could just exchange favors.

In the lower sections they dig out enough room for seperate rooms for (similarly aged) Children and the Parents.

Food storage is full of shelves, jars and crates to hold spices, herbs and dried meats. The extended pantry + a colder lower storage. They don’t have fridges but they do Ike to pack away snow and ice into this area and locking it away. Cooking wares and cooking is done elsewhere, such as the entrance or a Separate area completely.

Housing is a place to relax after working out and about, not really to host folks unless folks are family. It’s meant to be safe and relaxing, decorated how they want and potentially raise kids in.

Since we’re a few posts into this; The Feylands is a continent! I’d personally say it’s larger than Australia- or a little bit more I’m not good at sizes.

And it has a map! That I’ve redraw 3 times over the years!

Some features on the map are up for changes, like City markers being more prominent and caves/ being spruced up. There are tons of little spots around that are a bit too small to place- small ponds and streams and so.

@shreksstepfather *collapses*

Here it is. Here it is in Tumblr post form (+ the original video since the quality got a bit *crunched* in Youtube)

YOUTUBE LINK

Hopefully I can crunch out one or two final attacks before the end of the Art Fight period. If not, I think I'm happy with this being my final attack of the year

House/structure concepts. The human characters I’m developing come from a lineage of marsh and delta-dwelling peoples that have a thriving ceramics culture due to the naturally abundant clays carried by the river and deposited on its shores. Settlements appear on scattered hilltops along the borders of the delta and the plains, which rise above the highest seasonal flooding. Temporary structures on floating platforms are common further into the delta floodplain during summer food-gathering expeditions.

Permanent homes and buildings are made from a cob-like clay and fiber mixture, often with wooden supports; young saplings are preferred due to their flexibility and can conform to the desired circular shapes. In resource-rich areas, some structures can be “fired” by filling the chambers with wood and charcoal and burning for days, partially or wholly vitrifying the thin walls. Most towns have a large central kiln; ceramics are a major trade export.

Their architecture takes on rounded shapes due to an ancient association of thrown bowl forms with the hearth and womb, though that history is not necessarily relevant or common knowledge to everyday people. Circular and spiral motifs recur in design and architectural planning due to wider cultural and religious understanding of The Spiral as the guiding force of magic and the rhythms of existence. The arrangement of cosmic bodies is conceived of as an overlapping spiral pattern, the intersections of which have tangible effects on magic-users’ ability to channel The Spiral’s cosmic power. It is said that dragons’ ichor contains fine particles of starstuff which reverberates with cosmic energy and increases their power and connection to The Spiral beyond what any human could achieve.

Also additional Wyverns but actual folks!

Elysi Uki'Hest, Current leader of the Ourinis Guild. A very specific Wyvern!

Grimmere (No last name), Current leader of the Nekis. Standard Cliffside Wyvern.

More Under, just names and other bits.

Grimmere’s easier to start with: He’s an extremely old man and has seen his fair share of life- he’s in his late 190’s and he’s very old. He’s rejected the idea of retiring young and has worked and worked and worked. He’s a giant also. Only known family is his younger sister and most folks are speculating he’s training up a new apprentice to take over. He’s just a normal elderly guy helping to run a nation.

Elysi Uki’Hest is from an isolated Solely Wyvern city on the sheer cliffs on the Northmost point of Feylands. They developed feathers to combat the sheer wind and water-spray. Even their wings are fuzzy! They’ve lived there for generations— and now they have feathers and a stockier snout. Some of the draconic folks develop feathers but with this city it’s pretty much all feathers and fluff. Elysi’s pretty unique in other cities due to this. She— like Grimm— manages Ourinis and frequently visits other locations to set up deals or the like.

I *wish* I could show off rears to show off particular patterning or oddness for these Griffeuxes,, but anyways

More Under.

Pearls! A sugary sweet, bubbly lass who is working to become the main leader of Ygeis, the healthcare governmental position at the behest of the other leaders due to her experience and the fact Selui has gone missing.

Selui Tuft! A shoebill/‘monkey’ Griffeux who’s gone missing! They haven’t gone missing they simply refuse to leave their home. They’re extremely experienced in curing many an Affliction and is happy to teach Pearls everything they know so they may quarantine in peace. Just stay, ten feet back. . .

Valor Olinn! There’s some speculation on what he is, but in short- He’s a big dumbass. He was elected into leadership by the people of ‘The Holy Peaks Washed in Lumidyn’s Light’ (THPWILL, I’ll never type that again)

Goldleaf Mirn! A Xanthochromatic Falcon/Cougar Griffeux. He runs the treasury and criminology section of THPWILL and is scrambling to teach Valor important, interspecies manners. One could also say he’s the Religious head of their city as well.

Also also:

Group meeting to establish the flags: just for fun.

To take a break from Griffeuxes:

Feylands Government System!

They use to hold a multitude of Monarchies across the continent, but after several riots against the multiple monarchies and a lot of cleaning up: Six organizations came about to instill order and have been working cleanly after a few hiccups.

I have unifying colors for them and Flags!

In order:

Gis (Argriculture & Rural affairs)

Thalimis (Architecture, infrastructure & Water incorporation)

Ourinis (Communication, Transportation & Imports/exports)

Nekis (Law Enforcement & Millitary matters)

Mageis (Education)

Ygeis (Healthcare)

All the original leaders commissioned or hand-crafted their flag.

(Socialist Oligarchy With six major Organizations)

PUT SOME CLOTHES ON

I was going to do the one big image I had of the, but it was blurry so here’s a bunch of smaller ones

Here’s the big one btw:

[Random-Fox Blogs]

Hiya! I’m a Random Fox— or Fox for short— I’m a 19 year old black self-taught artist! Attending college (on Break rn.) and this is an Art and Lore blog about a Mythological centered continent called The Feylands! I’m hoping to examine and dive deeper into their world and histories.

I hope you stay around for a bit to watch me explode.

Ask questions too, I don’t mind it!

I’ll update this with a more detailed description and a cleaner blog list when I have more on this blog.