Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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Wing Tutorial Art

Here is a splendid tutorial on rendering wings on a humanoid body.

This is how I handle extrapolative biology.  I look for something similar to start with, if anything relevant can be found.  I try to imagine the details as precisely as possible.  I look for potential conflicts and consider how to resolve them.  I aim for something both plausible and appealing.  And I try to follow natural rules such as "use what you have" and "whatever will do the job is okay."  Usually I end up with functional monsters, aliens, etc.  The original tutorial was aiming for angel but I never think of them as exclusively corporeal, so mine can do things like adjust the size of their wings.
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judifilksign

judifilksign

February 15 2012, 03:30:21 UTC 9 years ago

I liked this link.

I've always imagined that the wing muscles are "under" the chest muscles, layered, rather than one above the other. The sternum is then thicker. It's just hard to tell when the muscles are sandwich-style.
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ysabetwordsmith

February 15 2012, 03:55:08 UTC 9 years ago

>>I liked this link.<<

Yay!

>>I've always imagined that the wing muscles are "under" the chest muscles, layered, rather than one above the other. The sternum is then thicker. It's just hard to tell when the muscles are sandwich-style.<<

I tend to think similarly, although some shoulder-to-waist stacking may occur too.

I have a species of flying humanoids in Hallelaine, my main fantasy world. They have a lightweight body structure like birds, narrower shoulders, and wings instead of arms. There's a substantial amount of muscle anchored to the shoulder blades in back, but most of it attaches across the chest in front. They have a keelbone similar to a bird's that sticks out several inches in front, with massive layers of muscle over the ribs building up a big beefcake chest.

With the addition of arms, the wing bases shift from shoulders to back, and the shoulderblades and back ribs have to house more of the muscle. But there is still significant thickening of the chest.

My angels don't have the same mechanical problems because their wings are only quasi-biological. So they can adapt the wing shape and size, and they fly not just by motion but also by grace.