Flight Rising Discussion

A strange obsession of mine is the movement cycles of quadrupeds and birds. I will actively watch my dog walk across the room, and I will also rotate his legs when he's lying down, observing how the joints interact with each other and the others down the line. I wanted to compile pictures of dragon movement images [s]for my own enjoyment.[/s] Maybe we could learn some anatomy or something, I dunno. [size=1]Also yes, I have recently gotten into the addicting realms of Dungeons and Dragons.[/size] ------ Look at that wonderful trot [img]http://www.aidedd.org/dnd/images/dragonWhite.jpg[/img] ------- This is just mesmerizing [img]https://i.warosu.org/data/tg/img/0401/69/1432573586968.gif[/img] ------ I love the detail on how the wings move here [img]http://i.imgur.com/30xtuAn.gif[/img] ------- Flight cycle of a heron/crane-like bird [img]http://img35.laughinggif.com/pic/HTTP3d3dy5vcm5pdGhvcHRlci5kZS9ncmFmaWsvcHJpbnppcC93aGl0ZV9zdG9yay5naWYlog.gif[/img] ------- Hummingbird wing motion [img]http://i.imgur.com/m2e2Nfa.gif[/img] --------- Animation by SwankyShadow on Deviantart. [img]https://orig14.deviantart.net/0caf/f/2013/167/a/4/altomarfly_1_by_swankyshadow-d698qnj.gif[/img] ------ Camel walk cycle, per @PixelSpiral 's mention :P [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Muybridge_Camel_Racking.gif/220px-Muybridge_Camel_Racking.gif[/img] ------- Big cat run [img]https://cms-assets.tutsplus.com/uploads/users/108/posts/21424/image/run-animation-2-9-head-added-animation.gif[/img] ------- Cheetah run [img]https://media.giphy.com/media/xT1XH3ojLxf5GoHJM4/giphy.gif[/img]

Woah that second one.

cool but does any breed walk like a cat/camel/something else that walks like that
does anyone even have headcanons about how do breeds walk
i know that faes mostly crawl or hop(?) around from weekly q&a but what about others

@PixelSpiral
My headcannon is that pearlcatchers hop like kangaroos / birds and mostly just fly, in lieu of their tiny short front legs. x'3 (Also they refuse to put the pearl down)

Spirals Slither.

Discuss.

dang these arts are good!

@burntpepper Yeah, I agree. The wings are pretty weird, but luckily for them, they have magic to explain it ;)

I headcanon Bogsneaks as running around like Komodo dragons. :p

the first one looks like any reptile comin up to bite u in the butt real quick when u get too close to their nest or something. like a turtle (or maybe that's just what Guardians do when you get too close to their charge?)

also, as far as breed walking/moving headcanons: Spirals as gliding snakes.

http://youtu.be/VKSKxQcyYdE