Aeoptera

Hello everyone, it's been a while and DeviantArt refuses to tell me when people send me notes, I'm sorry. After even more deliberation, I think I may in fact want to keep working on these little guys! I have such a big world and concept built up around them, and I've also gotten much faster and more confident at painting since I started this. Stay tuned but hopefully I'll have more of them soon, with more unique bases, and more variants and ascensions and even familiars. Speaking of which, I've been developing a "Tundra" cold-adapted variant! I would love if you could let me know which of these two you like better. I feel like the tall-eared version is more unique, but the droopy-eared version is awfully cute as well.

Thank you to everyone for your input and encouraging words. I'm honored that you like these little guys so much. But after some deliberation and soul-searching, I've decided to end this adoptable project. I won't be creating or selling any more of them and I probably won't be on this account much anymore. I love my little Aeoptera to bits and there's so much lore and worldbuilding I want to share with you all - but I just can't justify spending time doing what amounts to a bunch of recolors when there are so many other artistic and career-oriented avenues I want to pursue. I only have so much time and these guys take way more time and effort

It's been a long time since these adoptables were updated... I wanted to let everyone know what is up. I created Teacup Dragons during a time of dire financial straits. I wanted to share something I loved with others and provide them something to love too, with the possibility of earning some livelihood from the whole process. Thank you to each and every person who contributed to Aeoptera, whether the support was financial, through a kind comment, through sharing them with other people - you all are wonderful and you helped pull me through some tough times. I'm now in a much, much better place and a lot of it is thanks to you. In order to g