Blue’s Feathers and Wings Compendium: Standard Wing Shapes
Part 1 [Standard ]| Part 2 [Atypical] | Feather Markings | Tail Feathers
I have expanded the traditional 4 types; Highspeed, Elliptical, Low Aspect and High Aspect ratio, because they were very narrow and vague categories for the most part, adding High Energy, Thermal Soaring, Night Glider, and Passerine wings. I feel that these extra types make it easier to understand and visualize the differences and similarities between wing shapes.
I’ve renamed Low Aspect to Powered Soaring, and High Aspect to Dynamic Soaring for the purposes of the fact that names made it hard to understand purpose and were easily confusable.
A lot of these wing types are also affected by tailfeather shape and size, and that will change their agility and energy expenditure as the tail also generates lift.
Disclaimer: This is in no way intended to be an academic dissertation or proposal, do not treat it as such. It is purely for art and writing references for others, to aid description and inspiration.
thought: Zixuan has so many kids to Dad, he sometimes unwittingly forgets to turn off Dad Mode and casually Dads people who are not his kids. pretty much every other dad in the previous generation is incredibly shitty so actually it works surprisingly well.
and also sometimes…
Zixuan: I can’t believe I used Dad Voice on sect leader Yao oh god that’s so embarrassing
JGY: I can’t believe it WORKED. we should have been doing this for YEARS.