#beaks though

[eskiinox]

You're on a path in the woods, and at the end of that path is a cabin. And in the basement of that cabin is a Princess.

You're here to slay her. If you don't, it will be the end of the world.

#SLAY THE PRINCESS!!!!!!!!!!!!! #I LOVE THIS GAME SO MUCH #its so everything ever #i wanted to give him a beak but struggled #i also wanted to draw the voices as little silly birds but couldnt fit them in </3 #ITS OKAY THOUGH bc that means i get to draw him more #slay the princess #stp #eskiart

[molagboop]

Noise game.

#winging it #raven beak #samus aran #samus #metroid dread #metroid #chozo #metroid comic #Chozo have a habit of just making noise. it's fun! #Samus does it too (picked it up during childhood) though her smaller human throat doesn't allow her quite as much range. #make no mistake: her mimicry is very impressive. she just can't flawlessly imitate an oncoming 16-wheeler. #She can do other Things though. As Raven Beak displays his mastery over the ringtone. so too does she have this power. #she has the upper hand in some places: lips and teeth allow her more tools with which to execute the finer points of complex noises #but her elders have tricks of their own. #Raven Beak can imitate human kissy noises in his throat using the very back of his tongue #making noises at each other is honestly one of their best bonding activities so far. #though they're usually sitting across the room from each other when they come out with the ear blast-tier moves #they don't need to talk to each other. don't even need to look at each other. they can just sit in the living room and go back and forth #with noises. they get competitive sometimes. that's typically when the loud stuff comes into play. #sometimes they have these wordless competitions of who can make the most intricate noises or the loudest noises or the weirdest noises #or they try to see who can make the most outlandish sound that flesh can feasibly make. like heavy machinery. stuff that you wouldn't expec #someone to be able to make on their own without the help of equipment.

[ringosmistress]

#paul george and john all in that order #what a beak 💀😭 #ringo has got a big beak though #the beatles #ringo starr #john lennon #paul mccartney #george harrison #beatles #memes #beautiful #unique #and one of a kind #our ringo

[starflungwaddledee]

please draw captain vul realistic birdman next

piece of cake. captain on deck!

#flat colour version under the cut. he's more brown than purplegold that's just the lighting. #he's already way more realistically a bird than dedede so i'm not sure what you expected #he's obviously a white tailed (sea) eagle btw. if you're wondering. #*had* to be haliaeetinae obviously. yellow beak + feet check. right beak shape check. brown + white feathers check. crest tufts checkish!! #ergo... white tailed eagle. i think i'm correct. thanks for coming to my bird ted talk! #“vul” who does he think he's kidding he is clearly an eagle. then again 'captain eag' isn't.. uh... as catchy. so it's fair. #also he has no gloves so according to my biology hcs he doesn't get talons for hands. wings only. #steering the halberd with his primaries like in Valiant (2005). #also this is the funniest ask i've received thus far. realistic birdman. sure! absolutely. i don't necessarily do requests though. #my art #captain vul

[stuffed-x-arts]

working on the proper designs for all these guys i swear 💪 DRAWING BIRDS (AND ESPECIALLY THE BEAKS. goodness the beaks.) is tricky BUT IM TRYING !!! anyways yeah have fun hope ur all doing well take some simple doodles while i try to finish things aaargh !!

#slay the princess #looove how people are so fond of the tower #everybody just magically turns into the smitten its so fun smh #contrarian genuinely believing their actions have No consequences due to everything looping back to the start is so so fun though smh #and the narrator is so petty and spiteful and angry and HES SO FUN I LOVE HIM AAAARGH #kind of a fan of him being in the mirror. he sounds sooo genuine abt not seeing it but its all so. idk its fun to mess around though teehee #silly sketches !! #hope to finish some more stuff tomorrow aaargh #the narrator (stp) #voice of the contrarian #voice of the smitten #i'll get better at the beaks though i swear *shaking my fist* #stp fanart

[vatrocvet]

accipiter, accipitris (m.)

design of harrow hawkshaw by @/whisperingrockers

#detective grimoire #tangle tower #detective hawkshaw #harrow hawkshaw #alright so. i skipped school to finish this piece. and i stayed up till 5 am to finish it. Haha #it was supposed to have a custom frame done in gold but alas #these are 3 of my usual in one piece. FINALLY!!!! A TRYPTICH!!!! or however you spell it in English #also i read that accipiter is a name for a bandage that gets placed over THE NOSE in the shape of a hawk's claw.... #couldn't find any pictures though :/ #i hope the birds feel overwhelming. like they're weighing down on her despite her size. #they're meant to symbolize the weight or her persona. hiding her. sitting on her shoulder peering right through you #and they all have a notch on their beaks. or noses. for good measure #I'm just blabbering. Have this and pray for me #i have drawn something

[gyroinabirdcage]

caught

#damn shading is HELL #they are so worth it though #wonder what they got caught doing… #beaksloose #geaks #gyro gearloose #archimede pitagorico #mark beaks #ducktales #ducktales 2017 #dt17 #artists on tumblr #digital art #my art #fanart #rarepair #i think

[front-facing-pokemon]

#one from slightly further away under the cut so you can actually see the rest of their beak. but i thought the closer one was funnier #starly #this is another one of those “default early route birds” to me. though i think this is one of my faves just because of the feather patterns #the design is pretty. if i saw a bird in real life that looked like this i would think it's pretty. and i've always liked the sounds it does #i dunno maybe it's nostalgia talking bc gen 4 was the game i played a lot as a kid despite gen 6 being my favorite gen #but i don't even remember what the early-route bird *is* for gen 6. off the top of my head. at this moment. i don't even know #i can try to list them all in order #kanto‚ pidgey; johto……… uuuuhhhh……………… fffuck i'm already having a rough time. gen 3 is taillow. i know that. gen 4 starly‚ gen 5 the uhhh #bitch that evolves into unfezant i don't remember their name. gen 6 who fucking knows‚ gen 7 who fucking knows #okay wow i just googled a list i didn't even think of half of these as early route birds. pidgey‚ spearow‚ wingull?? i dunno #taillow feels more like an early route bird to me. starly‚ #PIDOVE that's their name‚ fletchling which i LOVE but i always just remember the fucking pidgey you always encounter first #pikipek whatever i didn't play gen 7 very much‚ rookidee i remembered evolves into corviknight and then i knew wattrel. bc i was like #wow it's an electric-type! i probably look like a total fake pokémon knower right now and well uh #i am. not. a fake pokémon knower. i'm a pokémaster i promise this just isn't a category of pokémon i think about very often

[coldgoldlazarus]

Metroid's timeline is kind ambigouous - not in the order of events and games; it's refreshingly consistent there, but how much time passes between them. And yet, the one generally agreed-upon exception is that Super seems to follow almost immediately after Metroid II.

But ironically, I think I'm coming around to the idea of hoping we get an interquel between them anyway, even if it ends up messing that up. Whether it be Prime 4 or a different game, I want to see something inserted between just like the Prime trilogy takes place between NES/ZM and Metroid II

One reason for this is that it would actually make the changed ending of Samus Returns slightly less of an issue. I still would be bothered by how the insertion of that big boisterous boss fight at the end wrecks the original game's simple, peaceful ending, mind you. But at the very least, putting some chronological distance between Proteus Ridley and the Ceres Station encounter would kinda fix the problems Ridley's inclusion created for the opening of Super.

Like, dropping off the baby Metroid at an unguarded civilian facility was always a bad idea no matter how you look at it, but before SR it was at least a reasonable decision to make that unexpectedly backfired; whereas now, after Proteus Ridley came screaming out of nowhere, (also how did he even know about Samus's mission on SR388 in the first place?) it feels incredibly shortsighted on Samus's part to just be like "yeah this is fine nothing to worry about, these Ceres guys got it all covered" immediately afterward.

If there was instead a whole other adventure between, that would give more time between Proteus Ridley and Ceres for the incident to fade a bit, especially if Samus spends some of that time looking into the Space Pirates again, and finding nothing to indicate that meeting as anything more than a fluke. On top of that, it could also lead into Ceres a bit better anyway; Samus bringing the hatchling along on her next mission, only for that to end up endangering it (or it inadvertantly endangering others) in some way that convinces her it's better off somewhere safer rather than by her side. (And lending extra tragedy to the mistake that turns out to be.)

But all that like, broader metanarrative continuity-management stuff aside, I also think we should get this just for its own sake. There was potential after Metroid II, for a different sort of game, for a companion. Super, for better or for worse, (IMO it's a bit of both) quashed that notion. But maybe we could have our cake and eat it, with the addition of a new game during that window between, properly giving us a shot at answering Metroid II's setup, without contradicting the subsequent installments; potentially even strengthening them somewhat instead.

Finally, it would just be dang cute.

#not a reblog #metroid #samus aran #baby metroid #super metroid #this might create further complications with stuff like the X and Raven Beak #if that window gets stretched too wide #but it could still work if they play it well #though I'll admit that is a big 'if' #idk I just want something a little smaller and lighter #before everything starts going catastrophically wrong

[sonknuxadow]

i think people who draw the babylon rogues a lot are braver than any us marine idk how you guys do that

#its the beak that gives me the most trouble i think. im not used to drawing birds #and also the fact that they dont have visible ears becuase drawing the little pointy ears is like #an essential part of drawing sonic characters to me and them not being there throws me off #that doesnt just apply to them though it applies to knuckles too. who i like to think ive been getting better at drawing lately but idk

[myriad--starlings]

I've been saying for ages I wished I'd taken screenshots of the conversation in DMs, the July after we broke up (2019), where my ex took full responsibility for hurting me and lashing out at me about my shifting beliefs because of HIS insecurities and today I FOUND THEM I DO HAVE THEM OH MY GOD OH MY GOD

#local birb opens beak #this is satisfying just for ME tbh #though a part of me wishes id known in 2021 so i could have made him eat his fucking words #oh my god #i literally SCREAMED ''I DO HAVE THEM'' at the top of my lungs when i saw them #holy shit holy shit #sa

[spotsupstuff]

I noticed your ancients dont have molars!Are they still able to chew or do they just bite and swallow their food in large chunks instead?

yeah, they can still chew! the idea is that while they don't have any visible teeth in the back there, the gums are tough enough to offer some crushing

since sea anemones are carnivorous i wanted to put some emphasis on that fact in the Ancients' design as well

#spot says stuff #rw #the front teeth are all one tooth as well- to kind of look like a squid beak #i think if anemones were to evolve some more theyd end up goin in a strangely similar way to squids n such but not Entirely -eyes the tube- #anyway yeah thats that some peeps prefer swallowing bigger pieces though there isnt anythin really stoppin em from that either #the throat can expand n do quite a few more tricks than ours just cuz its the main talk instrument + shout out to irl sea anemones kinda

[theoldaeroplane]

new guy just dropped

#i was trying to make a beaked kobold #this is not a beaked kobold #i love them though #corgidraws! #xu it's new

[autisticbabayaga]

Watched this mourning dove walk on top of his partner to feed her like 15 times. My dude that is so unnecessary. Just land on the opposite side of the branch.

#he just stomped all over her back like my dude my guy #there is an easier way to put a bug in her beak #he was a very good partner though and brought her lots of food and nesting material though #mourning dove #birds #farm fresh

[stuffed-x-arts]

I think they like to play card games sometimes. Often they drag in others to supsrvise for cheating. (it won't stop them from cheating but it means they've gotta work harder to be sneaky about it and that just adds to the fun!) Cheated has a score-count for everybody. for every different game they play. him vs opportunist. him vs cold. the whole group playing. contrarian is often banned for bringing other card games to the table. he also never gets to supervise despite often asking to. Hero volunteers to supervise a lot but often doesn't catch the cheating so he's denied the role. Cheated, skeptic, opportunist and cold are the best. Broken is also surprisingly good sometimes. Even when he has the best hand he worries he'll screw it up somehow, and his downer attitude tends to convince the others he's gonna lose too. erm thats all i think

i just know these two have the potential to end up breaking into a fight over their silly card games. After cold left and the two eventually got tired of their games and went their separate ways opportunist stuck his leg out so cheated could trip over. they push each other down the stairs, maybe.

#i dont know anything about poker #beaks are forever the bane of my existence #opportunist is Always ready to cheat but cold sees no point calling him out on it unless he actually does it #i know they play other games too #cheated has been caught off-guard by broken pulling out a good hand too many times he's started to catch on #i started this months ago #i only just finished it now #i love these birds though #i miss the narrator #i hope to draw these guys more but its so hard im shaking the bars of my cage chewing at them #what do you do when youre an immortal entity? #play card games i guess #cheated and opportunist both have specially decorated decks #ive got more drawings i should make for this fandom but it is a Struggle. #regardless i hope u guys have fun with the silly birds and princesses !!! #slay the princess #stp fan art #voice of the cheated #voice of the opportunist #voice of the cold #these are just headcanons ok believe what u will. have fun. take care <3

[blackbackedjackal]

If you have a moment, do you have any tips or advice for cleaning very small, delicate species ie. baby birds and (non-native!) song birds [canaries and munia finches]? TIA!

Dermestids are the best way! They'll clean the skull without damaging any delicate parts. Other then that, probably oxidation? @pacificremains @shadyufo

#beetles are the best #if they're anything like fish/reptiles #idk if oxidation like #messes with the beak color though #ask