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Have some doodles…. Hope you get overwhelmed by UTY content or something
i spent too much time on this 😭😭😭
spoilers for like. Everything.
for an art request, maybe a bit of an alternate ending scenario where clover did want starlo and martlet around when they passed away for comfort
now they know what it’s like to hold a dying (dead) thing
just some random UTY doodles i made
general uty doodle reqs, technically the 6st
sitting by the campfire <3
(mockup animation for my uty mod)
ooty and deltroon moments
Finally I got a min to take a picture from my sketchbook!
this thread was really funny and reminded me of them
Various c0mms from twt (theyre not open rn)
I can't always draw martlets in a well-balanced manner.
I can only draw beautifully sometimes🐦
More of these :)
Pushes hhre possibility of ditzy auntie martlet to clover in the lucky clover au towards you :3
Basically canon already
Agreed, swallows and their relatives (particularly house martins) were a familiar sight where I grew up (in the UK), and house martin nests were always something quite special to see!
The only other birds that I've personally seen nesting on buildings are white storks (that was in Germany), but that was mostly on chimneys, and they definitely don't fit the rest of the description!
I've always heard the 'no feet' thing about swifts, though I don't know how much bestiary writers would have differentiated between superficially similar birds, though I do know that idea was translated into the heraldic 'martlet' (whose name I assume was derived from 'martin'.
This was another fun challenge and, again, there's quite a variety of interpretations given the description. The cloud of dust as frowny faces was not intentional, but I can definitely see it now :D
Bestiaryposting Results: Yaggzrok
Welcome to the results of this week's bestiaryposting! Another smaller group of pictures -- I'm hoping this is due to liminalmas and the current run of Birds, and stuff will pick up once we get through them.
Interestingly, multiple artists indicated that they guessed what bird this is, which I found surprising -- I didn't think there were any particular tells, but I'm not an ornithologist, so maybe there's something in here that makes it really obvious but I don't know enough about [redacted] to recognize it as a characteristic behavior.
If you don't know what this is about, you can get an explanation at https://maniculum.tumblr.com/bestiaryposting. The entry the artists are working from is here:
So, results in roughly chronological order:
@silverhart-makes-art (link to post here) has done a watercolor this time, and as with their previous work, it looks very much like something that Could Be a real animal while not actually being identifiable as an existing species. Like, I wouldn't even blink seeing this in one of those old nature guides where they use paintings instead of photographs (like Audobon or something, though Audobon's style is different). I'd just go "huh, I haven't seen that bird in particular", but fully believe that it's a real species without thinking twice. Anyway, I like them. I think the watercolor came out really well; it has a cozy feel to it. The post linked above has an explanation of design decisions and what real-world birds they took inspiration from.
@cheapsweets (link to post here) has depicted a series of different Yaggzrok behaviors. (And described them in their own alt text, thank you.) We see it flying in loops over the water, building its nests on stable houses, collecting mud & twigs, and catching insects on the wing. I continue to be impressed by their proficiency with a fountain pen -- check out that feather detailing. They've also done that thing I really enjoy where background elements are given traditional medieval forms just 'cause; I get a kick out of seeing weird plants or whatever and going, "hey I know that tree, that's Quercus blorbo from my illuminations". In this case, it's not just the trees, but also that bug in the bottom-right panel. I also like the depiction in the upper right of the Yaggzrok being able to recognize what buildings are about to fall and not nesting on them -- poor little villager, though. (And I don't know if this is intentional, but the detailing on the cloud of dust looks to me kind of like a cluster of frowny faces.) As usual, their linked post contains a nicely detailed account of their design decisions and how they relate to the text of the entry, which of course you should check out.
@karthara (link to post here) has drawn us a very fancy-looking Yaggzrok -- I like the light blue spots. They note that they drew inspiration from various species of bird that commonly nest in human habitation, which makes sense. The expression on the birds' faces here is cute as hell, also.
@sweetlyfez (link to post here) returns with a watercolor Yaggzrok -- I like the color palette here. This is an interesting interpretation of its nest, which I think really works: the entry is really focused on how regular and well-constructed the nest is, so making it a sphere instead of the more familiar bowl shape makes sense. (I know there are a wide variety of shapes of bird nest, including spheres, but I usually picture the bowl kind and I think that's not just me.)
Speaking of fancy nests, @coolest-capybara (link to post here) has decided to take that to its most absurd possible conclusion, which I absolutely love. Seriously, this is amazing. Like, no, it's not just that their nests are better constructed than those of other birds, they build nests that look like actual human buildings. Nice ones. Look at that thing. It has crenellations and arches and those Gothic windows. Also, I didn't notice this until I read the post explaining the design but the bird in the top left is using its muddy wingtips to paint decorations on the walls and the one in the bottom left is inspecting a crack. Naturally they need to be able to hover in order to do these tasks, which is why these take inspiration from hummingbirds. Brilliant. This is also the only one to depict the healing ability, I think -- that's what's going on in the bottom right. And, of course, this is a gorgeous drawing in general.
Anyway, that's our art for this week, so let's hop over to the Aberdeen Bestiary for their take.
That's a pretty identifiable illustration, despite its relative simplicity. Yes, this week's animal is the swallow. I wonder if the extra circular border is meant to be representative of its nest.
Since I think the majority of our artists indicated that they thought they'd guessed its identity, I'd be curious to know how many were correct and what part of the entry clued them in. (I'm guessing most were correct, as the number of forked tails in the designs seems like a sneaky hint to me.) I legitimately didn't think this one was obvious, so now I want to know what I missed.
After all, coconuts aren't mentioned anywhere.
Martlet and Clover! =D
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Littletale Yellow