Hey Everyone. Haven’t Posted In A While. But I Just Thought I’d Just Dump Some Recent Sketches Of

CDaF #1- Dakota Dawson

Dakota Dawson is the titular character and one of the protagonists of DaF. She’s the one I’ve had around for the longest, having been created in late 2019. Generally, she’s the kind and reasonable one, but she does have a temper and will fuck you up given the right circumstances.

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Dakota and Friends, or DaF for short, is a failed project that I worked on from 2019 to 2024, but I might bring it back somehow.

It featured a cast of anthropomorphic animals living in your typical modern city, going through all the troubles regular people experience and more.

It also had a few AUs centered around the characters living in certain time periods and places other than the typical modern city. The one I think about the most is one that I titled House of Memories, which takes place in 1920s Russia and featured quite the cast of characters.

Generally, I’m pretty much doing CDaF (which is short for Catified Dakota and Friends) because I want to practice my drawing skills and the kid in me would scream if she saw her characters drawn as cats.

So yeah, I have other things planned for this project as well. And I will try to upload these drawings daily.

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got 10 followers already? awesome.

thank you for following me, i appreciate it very much

DUDE i’m like falling in love with witch core the art is just so pleasing to look at i can’t- and the cats too-

hey guys

gonna rewatch frozen today, my mom is making popcorn in the kitchen, im so excited because i used to watch it all the time when i was a kid

why do i keep thinking of this moment from escaping peril

so uhh i drew myself a cat fursona

Her name is Maple, by the way. And yes, she does wear clothes, this is just a barbie doll reference.

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I wanted her to give off “spunky, imperfect” vibes. I tried to make that apparent in her fur pattern. I also wanted her to look like me if I was a cat. But to be honest I made her a calico cuz I think the orange patches fit her name. Maple. Maple leaves can be orange. And they can be green, too, so I made her eyes green! I also made her patches resemble leaves, in a way.

And yeah I think it turned out all right. I really do see myself in her.

I might change some things later on, but right now I’m content with the choices I made. Though it’ll be a while before I change my profile picture and banner… but it’ll be after my 16th birthday

So I got bored and decided to catify one of my OCs, Kari. I didn’t really use him much since I created him back in early 2020, but that’s just how life goes, I guess.

Anyway lemme explain Kari’s lore:

Kari is an alien husky (that’s why he’s blue) who ended up on Earth for some reason and eventually met another one of my OCs, Dakota. And then the two ended up in an on-and-off relationship-? I dunno they’re best friends/lovers cuz 11 year old me was just desperate to pair Dakota with a dumbass for some reason. Yeah Kari’s the dumbass and Dakota’s the smart one and they fight sometimes and romance each other some other times… yeah that’s pretty much how I’d describe their dynamic.

This is my original reference sheet of Kari btw.

man i love life

You know what?

I’m done.

I’m not gonna post here anymore. But you all are free to enjoy my work. Goodbye

Y’know, since animus magic can do pretty much anything, I think it would be cool to see a magical “industrial” revolution in the Wings of Fire series. Just imagine anything we have in the real world that dragons could have because magic could make it possible. I know it might sound like a stupid idea but tbh it’s a pretty interesting concept.

Furthermore, Pantalan dragons are more technologically advanced than their cousins over on Pyrrhia, so that could speed up the progression of technological advancement even more. I mean, I’m pretty sure it happened in our world. So why can’t it happen in Wings of Fire?