Known amongst breeders for their swooping forms, distinctive crest, and exceptionally noble heads, Coastal Broadwings are one of the few who live exclusively along the oceans. They favor warm climates, and like longwings, are almost always grey in color with white hair. Foals are always born totally black and then shed out to white… but occasionally one keeps its black coat. Having “black sand” in your herd is considered good luck.
Another curious feature is their natural affinity for leaping in and out of shallow water. They seem to do this purely for the sport of it and many pilots find it pretty fun if they can master the Coastal’s finicky movement style.
The thing about doing research before you draw is finding the length to wingspan ratio of a Harris’s Hawk and applying that to a 5’11 human, which results in
20 ft wingspans! How the heck would I get them to FOLD these without them dragging on the ground?????
For starters, find where the bones of the wing roughly are and bend them into shape. Then see where the tip of the longest primary feather would be (from the wrist where it bends) and then adjust how they are folded.
Remember that they’re three-dimensional and often have a curve to them so let them curve forwards around the shoulders, be arched up if they have the strength, or have their whole posture adjust to compensate for balance and keeping wingtips off the floor.
Experiment with it and look to gifs of birds folding their wings for reference o:
