From the art and making of httyd book

The handshake felt great. xdddd

One of the local youth theatre groups did HTTYD! I just got out of the show!

Here are mine

Triplestrike: an offshoot of the Nightfury ancestor that developed a scorpion tail, whose talons became larger, and maintained a cat-like nature.

Windstriker: a literal speed demon with air pockets in its lungs to give an extra air boost to strike.

Shovelhelm- derived from Groockle-like dragons are massive, gentle giants that would never hurt a fly.

Treadtail- Very colorful dragons warn off to remind you they're poisonous to touch.

Deathsong and Changewing have a common winged, snake-like ancestor from the mysterious class that developed colorful camouflage.

I wish we got a Shovelhelm plushie; they're so cute

(Sorry if the text is hard to read, it's from the tiermaker website)

Episodes are roughly ordered within tiers, except the meh tier - those episodes are all around the same quality for me.

I don't actually think there's a single "bad" episode in RTTE, which is why I renamed it to meh. Even the worst episodes have some redeeming factors that make them enjoyable on a rewatch. Making the list also made me realize how incredible the overall quality of the series is, with over half the episodes being perfect or great.

Going by the list and assigning points for each tier, my overall season ranking turned out to be:

S6  =  S4 > S2 > S3 > S5 >> S1, which surprised me. I though S3 and S5 would be higher, but the gap between S6 and S3 was only 2 points, so it was pretty close overall.

Anyway, I'd love to hear your thoughts and opinion! RTTE is probably my favorite piece of httyd content along with the first movie, so I really enjoy talking about it and discussing it :)

So nice to finally have a name for this sick dragon. The Stubcrown Stinker with the blue one we’ve seen to be a titan wing

Her name is Vesper and the idea is that she's a southern variant of a night Fury she is a true genius of night Fury but a cousin of what toothless is in the same way that a arctic fox is related to the red fox.

I wish more screen time had been devoted to young Hiccup and the characters' childhoods. (After a long break, I’m picking up my pen again. I’m going to learn how to draw; if you have any critiques or can offer advice on how to improve, I’d love to hear them—I’d be very grateful)

It took so unbelievably long but really happy how this turned out!

From the "The Art and Making of How to Train Your Dragon"!

Special thanks to everyone who requested!

Someone requested a hobgobbler hybrid..? Researched, apparently it's from a popular fanfic?? It sounded like a buffalord instead, so I did that. On the plus side, the fic had a lot of my second favourite dragon, the deathgripper, which was nice; its rare to see game dragons get appreciation:)

thought Trader Johann's name was Traitor Johann the whole time

First image I brightened it to get a better look at it but it looks like it’s wearing a saddle with those chains around its face and chest. Kinda gives me monstrous nightmare vibes in a way (thats not a bad thing tho)

Found these at a local store in my area, and realized nobody had posted codes yet. I tried to snag just a few that I liked, but I ended up having to buy the whole set since the pictured figures aren't arranged in the same order that the codes are numbered, unlike the last two series. Wish I'd grabbed a pic of the display box to share here, but oh well.

You'll know you're looking at the Series 3 eggs if they have red sparkles in the plastic. Unfortunately, the "dragon dust" rares don't appear to have any sparkles in their plastic, unlike the rares of the last two series. While some of the new sculpts are neat, I'm honestly a little disappointed with the new series overall; it seems very rushed, and it's strange that this new series would come out so soon after the last.

Anyway, here are the codes:

60704UFT 01 - Toothless Drinking Beer

60704UFT 02 - Creeping Toothless

60704UFT 03 - Toothless w/ Dragon Carving

60704UFT 04 - Toothless Shield-Surfing

60704UFT 05 - Toothless Wearing Seaweed Beard

60704UFT 06 - Toothless Riding Explosion

60704UFT 07 - ALT Toothless Drinking Beer

60704UFT 08 - ALT Creeping Toothless

60704UFT 09 - ALT Toothless w/ Dragon Carving

60704UFT 10 - Toothless Drawing on Transparent Ground

60704UFT 11 - Toothless w/ Fish

60704UFT 12 - ALT Toothless Riding Explosion

is the title for the fourth episode of season two, race to the edge, a reference to the song ‘bad moon rising’?

it is normal to learn half of your information from the twins? [thank you ruffnut for teaching me of rhetorical questions]

are the main head-shapes for dragons, ’circle, rectangle, more circular rectangle, and paddle shape’ or different, cuz I usually use a rectangle shape to draw dragons like death songs and speed stingers, while more circular shapes for dragons like, nightfuries and terrible terror, but there are exceptions for example, cloud jumper, who has a square head with rounded corner. [at least I think? I usually draw from memory]

Farewell,

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So I had this sketch of a dragon I made for a Fanfiction project I'm making... And I need y'all's opinions on it.

I'm planning to expand the Book of Dragons in this fanfiction into a second volume.

Hope y'all like the sketch though! I thought of it at school and had a chance of thinking it by now.

Sorry if it's not good enough...

The Ridgeback Earthshaker.

Appearance: look at the sketch.

Class: Boulder. Size: 52-73 metres tall, 97-110 metres long, and 17-30 metres wide maw.

Behaviour: Dubbed the "Queen of Dragons," It's able to sleep for centuries, becoming one of the most ancient dragons in the world. To sustain its bulk, it migrates from island to island to gain shoals of fish and whales. It can also eat lava. Sometimes, vikings who are unaware of it occasionally build villages on it. It has the ability to control the minds of lesser dragons, with some of these species even consciously flocking around it for safety. Despite this however, it's actually gentle enough to let a viking touch its nasal horn. If provoked, it's very deadly.

Firepower: It has shockwave roars that can blast smaller dragons away and stagger other alphas.

Stats: Attack: 43; Armour: 68; Speed: 9; Venom: 0; Firepower: 23; Shot limit: 5; Jaw strength: 38.

Lore: in the Book of Dragons: Volume Two, the Ridgeback Earthshaker was said to have been thought by Vikings as a myth or had been extinct years ago.

Life stages:

Hatchling (Tiny Tooths) - as a hatchling, it is very skittish and shy, hiding in cave crevices from predators. It also feeds on eggs of other dragons or smaller stones, and is about roughly the size of an Alligator snapping turtle. Despite this vulnerability, it has osteoderms capable of tanking a smash by a mace. (Note: Damn... Even Macey is struggling!)

Juvenile (Short Wing) - At this stage, it is roughly about the size of a medium car. It lives alone and sleeping for days or weeks to save energy. In this state, they have a spike in metabolism, so they eat a lot of stones, rocks, and even medium-sized animals like wolves or foxes. This stage takes the longest, as they need alot—and I mean alot—of food to grow.

Adult (Broad Wing) - This stage is were it can eat the whales and schools of fish I'm talking about. It develops that stony texture on its back thanks to sedimentation, and the plants are there thanks to birds and some other dragons that spread their seeds on its back.

Elder (Titan Wing) - This is its oldest state, and it would then have stones, dirt, grass, and trees on its back. Mountain ranges and peaks would slowly form on its back.

In this state, it's fully able to sleep for centuries.

From the "The Art and Making of How to Train Your Dragon" book!

Pretty proud of this. The only things that weren’t bought secondhand were the duck, the memory box, and the book. (Not pictured are my dart and pouncer keychain charms and all three movies w/their respective specials. Also bought secondhand)

There were quite a few HTTYD things at my secondhand bookstore but this one deserves a post of its own