Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

JaybirdDragon

@jaybirddragon.bsky.social

A painter and fanart lover. Mostly works in traditional, working into digital and 3D sculpting.
I love Anime, Games, and some TV/Movies.
Miniature Painter as my current go to art.
2 cats, and 1 dog. All the best cuddlers ever!

Posts Replies Media Videos

JaybirdDragon

@jaybirddragon.bsky.social

Some digitally colored guys I made for pride. I know it's early but that's fine.

I may mess with the shading a bit later but I'm happy with how they turned out so far.

#pride #lgtbq #cute #dragon

February 14, 2026 at 7:09 AM

JaybirdDragon

@jaybirddragon.bsky.social

So results ended mixed of good and bad and ultimately led to a bad batch cause colors were too dark on some and was trying out some methods of protection and brightening.

They will look so cute when I get a working one going

Note chaos of what happened in random order

February 13, 2026 at 9:18 AM

JaybirdDragon

@jaybirddragon.bsky.social

So I may have went mildly nuts for a moment. Idk what possessed me to do this, but I took that design I drew yesterday and redid it on krita on my computer. Printed it and hand copied 6 of them onto shrinky dink sheets. Cutting was not easy. Next post will be the turn out.

#wip #pride #lgbtq

Printed sheet of the pixie dragon I drew yesterday.

February 13, 2026 at 8:17 AM

JaybirdDragon

@jaybirddragon.bsky.social

I was doodling ideas to make into a little charm that can be colored with anything.

I welcome you to the Pixie Wyrm.

They are little dragons the size of a pixie. They are always very sleepy and often hungry. They often eat in their sleep, and only wake up when it's time to molt.

Story in alt text

A little worm shaped dragon with nub arms and legs. Fin like head crest and tail. Has attanae on the head to sense nearby food and predators.

These little guys like their fins to mimic flowers, fish, and other general wildlife and plant life. They are often distinguishable from the normal environment if you can notice their soft layered belly and dragon like attanae.

They molt once a year to shed their old skin to grow a little bigger similar to a crustacean, and even change their current disguise for a new one.

A legend suggests when they grow to a certain size instead of molting they will form a cocoon the size and shape of a large bird egg and metamorphosis into a more dragon-like appearance. The cocoon is made from a sticky silk like material that the pixie wyrm attaches hard material like rocks, bark, and other materials to make a hard shell to protect it while it takes a very long slumber.

One might notice how the shell of a pixie dragon often resembles the eye of a savas but there have been no accounts of whether this claim is true.

February 12, 2026 at 7:18 AM

JaybirdDragon

@jaybirddragon.bsky.social

Hello, thanks for having me Hiyori! Im JaybirdDragon and I paint/draw a variety of things mostly fanart related. I also 3D print statues/miniatures that I also paint.

I'm a fan of anime and video game stuff as well so it shows in my work.

Rabbit man pulling human head out of a hat

Alucard from Castlevania shirtless (this is a wip)

February 7, 2026 at 6:53 PM

JaybirdDragon

@jaybirddragon.bsky.social

My current collection of froggos atm. Some commission some I did.

4 white dumpy tree frogs
1 rainforest frog
1 African bullfrog
Magma frog
Lightning tiger frog creature

8 frogs from top to bottom

Magma, lightning
Rainforest, white dumpy tree frog
White dumpy tree frog, African bullfrog

Same frog circling a single white dumpy tree frog

February 7, 2026 at 6:42 PM

JaybirdDragon

@jaybirddragon.bsky.social

Hi I'd love to take a shot at drawing/painting them. I do traditional painting. I don't exactly have set commission prices, but I generally work around $25 - $55 on pieces of wood I have. I can also do canvas and it's about the same there too.

I'm showing sketches and paintings I've done.

A collection of Artfight sketches I've made for 2025 Artfight. These were drawn with pencil and brush pen markers.

MLP OC characters from Artfight that I drew for 2025 Artfight. My favorites were Sun Trap and Pasta Sauce. Most difficult was Pimrose. All these were drawn in pencil only.

Espeon and Umbreon ying yang style painting of day and night on an oval piece of wood. Concept and painting was all done by me. One of my favorite Pokemon is Umbreon and it didn't feel right to leave out Espeon and this wood cutout was the perfect inspiration that came to exist.

A 10 tailed Kitsune OC for a friend's birthday. She has cats and the white/grey 1 unfortunately passed away years ago and the little tuxedo is her current cat.

I'll admit I hid the hands and feet but mostly cause I didn't know what pose to put them in. Plus given the pose I chose and her many tails it made more sense this way.

November 7, 2025 at 5:13 AM

JaybirdDragon

@jaybirddragon.bsky.social

Some stuff I painted and drew this month. I haven't posted the eevee and Flareon yet so u get first looks on them :)

Rabbit filling a human head out of a hat

Knights of Guinevere sketch for an idea in the future

October 30, 2025 at 9:53 AM

JaybirdDragon

@jaybirddragon.bsky.social

Some spoopy guys for the season.

Sorry for the subpar pics ran out of time and energy for better ones.

Sculpts by @printedobsession.bsky.social

#rabbit #bullette #dnd #circus #halloween

White Rabbit pulling a human head out of a hat.

Sculpt made by printed obsession.

A bulette from DND on a circus ball performing.

October 27, 2025 at 4:39 AM

JaybirdDragon

@jaybirddragon.bsky.social

Hello, welcome to my orktober guy who I had to give him a name, so his name is

JEFF THE PREHISTORIC

I hope you enjoy the boi

#orktober #warhammer40k #ork

An Ork from Warhammer 40k. I have no idea what set it's from or what this particular Ork is called.

Skin a black purple color
Armor yellow
Pants red
Shoes and cape green
Weapons yellow with checkers or spikes
Wire blue
Leather brown
Bones as bone color
Metal a rusty metallic color

October 25, 2025 at 6:25 AM

JaybirdDragon

@jaybirddragon.bsky.social

Some shrinky dink tests I've been doing cause I got this as a birthday present!

Royal Walnut Moth on shrinky dink plastic

October 12, 2025 at 9:53 PM

JaybirdDragon

@jaybirddragon.bsky.social

I have no name for this character. It's stylized as a hollow knight/silksong character and the bug is Royal Walnut Moth.

Royal Walnut Moth stylized as a hollow knight/silksong character

October 11, 2025 at 8:13 AM

JaybirdDragon

@jaybirddragon.bsky.social

Celestial and Lemon froggos today.

🐸 🐸 🐸

Very tired today, so these little guys were created.

Celestial frog painted in a deep purple with gold accents.

October 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM

JaybirdDragon

@jaybirddragon.bsky.social

OCs inspired by Hollow Knight and Silksong. I have not played the game, but I love the stories and the games as a whole.

I have no names for these characters sadly. If you guys think of any let me know.

I plan on doing these colored eventually.

#silksong #hollowknight #oc

Moth character oc inspired by the art style in hollow knight and silksong. Version 1 wings closed version 2 wings open. The big mound by its head is mostly fluff and looking at Royal Walnut Moths reminded me of the Chinese dancing dragon heads. Limbs are bulkier to represent the fluffy limbs hopefully.

An original moth oc design inspired by silksong and hollow knight is also incorporated into another oc design. Weapon is a needle weapon design similar to the knights and hornet

Version 1 wings closed
Version 2 wings open
Version 3 missing 1 set of wings and is taken over by the radiance.

A big similar to Shakra with cricket like legs from Silksong wearing a moths wings on her back as a sign of honor towards her fight with the moth before they ultimately got taken over by the radiance. They were often sparring buddies whenever they met each other through their travels. When she found her moth friend dying she swore to keep her memories and fights going through her use of the wings during combat. This was before the radiance reanimated her body with a missing pair of wings.

She uses the wings as a double jump in the air similar to how hornet does, and helps her glide in the air momentarily making travel much easier as well through harsh lands.

October 5, 2025 at 3:37 PM

JaybirdDragon

@jaybirddragon.bsky.social

A vid demonstrating the magnets and pinning. The chair is neither pinned or magnetized to the base. I may change that later, but right now it just sits there no problem unless super shaken.

I was very tired so my voice sounded rough.

October 2, 2025 at 12:23 PM

JaybirdDragon

@jaybirddragon.bsky.social

So this is what I ended up being able to send into the @bulkamancer.bsky.social contest. Life got in the way too much to be able to get it to the full effect I wanted, but I still wanted to share what I was able to do anyway.

I plan on finishing it fully at some point just gonna take a break first.

Alucard open shirt full chest and abs showing.

Model sculpted by Bulkamancer

Alucard with full outfit from the Castlevania game series with a few nods to the anime

September 21, 2025 at 11:49 PM

JaybirdDragon

@jaybirddragon.bsky.social

I got the rare item from Baro today YAY!

#warframe #baro #gambling

Baro rewards for the 50k gamble box. A 24 hr credit boost and the ki'teer nobolis signa

September 21, 2025 at 4:49 AM

JaybirdDragon

@jaybirddragon.bsky.social

Been making more progress on Alucard for the @bulkamancer.bsky.social competition. I know I'm running things close considering I have until the 21st and there's still so much to do.

#castlevania #alucard

Progress picture of Alucard with paint on the cloak and the gold on the jacket. There's some cel shading on the dark parts of the jacket and pants but lighting makes it hard

September 15, 2025 at 9:21 AM

JaybirdDragon

@jaybirddragon.bsky.social

Was looking through my posts and noticed I haven't posted too many of my older works

Sculpted by @printedobsession.bsky.social
Dragon Head
Moss Monster
Blitzø

The skeleton in a cloche I made at Full Circle a local store from me. She had a craft for Halloween using the skeleton and cloche

A broken skeleton overgrown by nature inside a cloche that broke through overtime

Used fake moss, dried plants, and lots of hot glue

Moss Monster from the Elementals 2 pack from Printed Obsession

A dragon Head wall mount. Painted main body red with blue parts, horns dark brown, neck is beige. Blue eyes.

September 9, 2025 at 8:24 AM

JaybirdDragon

@jaybirddragon.bsky.social

Decided to make an actual logo that looks decent so here ya go

September 4, 2025 at 12:01 AM

JaybirdDragon

@jaybirddragon.bsky.social

Today feels like an eye day.

I tend to do these for comfort when I'm just feeling too many things at once in my current state.

The most reoccurring eye is from a species I made years ago called a Savas. If you're interested in the whole body and some lore let me know.

Sketches of different eyes in a cartoon/anime style

September 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM

JaybirdDragon

@jaybirddragon.bsky.social

Finally finished the base. A nice snowy cold base.

If anyone has any input let me know, I'd be happy to read them ☺️

#alucard #bulkamancer #castlevania