{"id":1,"date":"2022-10-24T18:31:49","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T18:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moonbasecomics.com\/rvcc_portfolios\/visualdesign\/session08\/hannah_a\/?p=1"},"modified":"2022-10-31T20:22:38","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T20:22:38","slug":"hello-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moonbasecomics.com\/rvcc_portfolios\/visualdesign\/session08\/hannah_a\/2022\/10\/24\/hello-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Dragon Wings"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As I peruse Ye Olde Interwebs in search of inspiration, artwork, cat videos, etc. I often come across images of that most celebrated of mythical beasts, the dragon.  They come in all colors and sizes, they breathe fire, they fly.  It\u2019s that last topic that captures my attention.  Specifically the wings.<\/p>\n

Dragons are generally depicted with wings far too small to support their massive bulk in flight.  Why?  The wings are perhaps the most dramatic, flashy part of the dragon, and an easy way to make them look larger and more intimidating without getting in trouble with the square cube rule (for all us lay people, if you make something too big it will become unable to support its own weight and will collapse).  And yet they are undersized.<\/p>\n

Now, to be fair wing-sizing can be confusing if you\u2019re basing proportions off of birds.  Birds, having hollow bones (and being much, much, much smaller than most dragons), are able to be supported by proportionally smaller wings than say, a human might need.  The average adult male would require a 6.7 meter wingspan to fly (that\u2019s about 7 YARDS for all us Americans), so imagine scaling that up to a full-sized DRAGON.  I\u2019d do that math for you, but dragon size and density are too variable.  And I\u2019m not good at numbers.<\/p>\n

But putting those aside, I do also find it curious that dragon wings (and indeed entire dragons) are usually so\u2026plain.  Humans are not notorious for hoarding treasure, yet almost every culture bedecks themselves with *something*.  Why not dragons?  Presumably each has a hoard; perhaps bedecking would be a method of showing off.  Wings offer an enormous expanse of flesh (\u2026I don\u2019t like that phrase, I apologize) to be decorated.<\/p>\n

I can see the desire to keep wings from getting too heavy with gold, jewels, etc., but that still leaves the entire rest of the dragon!  Necklaces, armbands, rings; depending on how advanced the dragon culture is there could be dragon jewelers.  Though if I had only claws and no opposable thumbs, I might find jewelry tiresome too.<\/p>\n

So in conclusion, go forth into the wide world of dragons, art, and the internet, and draw big wings.  And maybe make them shiny.<\/p>\n

Be free,<\/p>\n

Nah<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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