UPDATE: UNDERTIDES AND ABERRATIONS ADDED
Also shoutout to @Fenny2 for updating this thread faster than me and also doing all the baby sizes:
So about three years ago, Banhana made this thread about the sizes of dragons. It's a good and helpful thread, but it's outdated now! I'm also using slightly different methodology. I'll tell you about my methodology in a minute, but first, let me display the results! These images are HUGE, by the way.
Ancient Breeds:
Plentiful Breeds:
Common Breeds:
Uncommon Breeds:
Limited and Rare Breeds:
Male Dragons:
Female Dragons:
Methods
In the old thread, LarkspurDragon had the fantastic idea of using Snake Measurer to figure out each sprites length relative to its height. That's perfect for drawing dragons together. However, it doesn't actually give you an accurate idea of how to scale dragons for comparison graphics.
Rather than measuring the ratio of the dragon's length to its height, you need the ratio of its length to its display size.
Dragons all have different heights, and their full height takes up a different percentage of the sprite in each one. Therefore, it is more useful to measure them against a static metric: the pixel dimensions of the sprites. Once you know how many pixels a dragon measures from nose to tail tip, you can scale it accurately.
The Numbers
I'm not going to clutter this thread with all of my snake measurer screencaps, but if you're interested, you can find them here. Using the widget, I calculated the number of pixels from each sprite's nose to tail tip. I used the curved measurement, not the angular one. I then divided 1000 by that number to get multipliers. This is a completely arbitrary choice, based on what resolution looks best to me personally.
To get the dragon's new sprite size, I simply multiplied the length by the multiplier and re-sized the image to that number. This should work for any dragon. You can make cute little size charts of your mated pairs, like so:
The multipliers, in alphabetical order, are as follows:
- aberration F: 130
- aberration M: 112
- banescale F: 164
- banescale M: 131
- bogsneak F: 128
- bogsneak M: 125
- coatl F: 136
- coatl M: 147
- fae F: 177
- fae M: 165
- gaoler F: 134
- gaoler M: 147
- guardian F: 115
- guardian M: 129
- imperial F: 84
- imperial M: 114
- mirror F: 152
- mirror M: 156
- nocturne F: 145
- nocturne M: 155
- obelisk F: 124
- obelisk M: 122
- pearlcatcher F: 146
- pearlcatcher M: 148
- ridgeback F: 174
- ridgeback M: 155
- skydancer F: 111
- skydancer M: 115
- snapper F: 199
- snapper M: 242
- spiral F: 61
- spiral M: 55
- tundra F: 157
- tundra M: 156
- undertide F: 87
- undertide M: 89
- veilspun F: 118
- veilspun M: 103
- wildclaw F: 142
- wildclaw M: 161
The images at the top of the thread are calculated using Tanagerie's Dragon Census from 2014 for all breeds that existed at the time. For all new breeds, I cobbled together info by picking 10 mature dragons at random from that species/sex and averaging them.
I think that's everything! While I have done my best to get the most accurate numbers and graphics possible, I am only human. Please feel free to let me know if you believe I need to correct something.
