Designing Hybrids! | WHATSISFACE

Here y'all go, the long-requested hybrid how-to. Hope you guys enjoy it :))))
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[@tonymaska5386]

I have more random tips for hybrids. For a good design mix you can have the body shape heavily inspired by the dominant tribe and the scale pattern leaning toward the other tribe/tribes. For example, a rain/night hybrid with a rainwing dominant gene could be all thin and elegant while having nightwing plated scales and star patterns and such. Rounding out sharp scale patterns for a less rigid affect with dragons such as sand and ice wings, especially if it is mixed with dragons with rounder features (Silk, Rain, Sea, etc.) (This one's for sea hybrids) Making glow scaled reflect scale patterns of other tribe/tribes. (Example, circular on neck for sea/rain, Striped bands on tail for sea/hive.) And apparently hybrids inherit their dominant gene from their mother, so that exists. Sincerely, -The Guy No One Asked.

[@tonymaska5386]

@@cyprusdraegon Always happy to help my fellow artists and character designers! Keep up the good work Cyprus! Your Whatsisface series has helped me (And many other artists I'm sure) Improve so much!!! Thank you!

[@jennahafen7300]

@@tonymaska5386 yes the definitely have Cyprus’s what’s is faces are amazing and so helpful

[@evelynkoelsch3974]

Thanks for those tips that actually helped

[@tilapia8863]

Yay time to give my second attempt at not failing to design a hybrid OC! This time with the help of someone who actually knows what they're doing! Yaaaaaaayy!!! (All helpful tips though. Indeed I shall be using them)

[@LunarFoxes1]

Ah! I decided to make a hybrid family, the mother is a HiveWing (that’s father was a nightwing-) and the father is a LeafWing-RainWing. For some reason I decided that three would have LeafWing-Rainwing genes as their dominant tribe, mainly cause I was gonna write a fanfictions and wanted more different and unique stuff. I definitely want to use this for art for them!

[@mythicalcreaturebeliever7613]

“You know those plants that aren’t exactly corals, but they’re all feathery and wavy and blobby and cool-looking? Yes, my knowledge of the world is astounding in it’s depth, applaud me.” Me who relates to that on a spiritual level: *aggressively claps*

[@IfyourlookingforasignTHISISIT]

Yeah those plants be anemones

[@snowfalltheicewing3223]

@@IfyourlookingforasignTHISISIT woooooooooaaaaahhhhhh you ddddddiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiidddddddddd itttttttttttt!!! anemones are like the dragon thing

[@Schale.Makes_Hail]

+ not me going back after seeing this comment to go see this clip agian lol i Believe that there called anemone lol +

[@mythicalcreaturebeliever7613]

@@Schale.Makes_Hail ye, Anemone and Coral are part of the SeaWing royal family

[@bjboss1119]

@@bread9233 they know their science, the real test is to use this knowledge to spot whats wrong with where the eggs are in finding nemo. Answer. real clown fish lay their eggs in the anemone instead of in the open where every thing can eat them.

[@SimWings]

Cyprus: one side will always come out dominant My little sister and I who got perfectly even distribution of our parents’ genes: allow us to introduce ourselves

[@eirenaioseirenaioa8790]

I can’t- 💀

[@SimWings]

@@eirenaioseirenaioa8790 :3

[@arroyotheseawingdoodoobott6977]

OMG SAME! My mother is bilingual and I have even amount of genes from both sides of the family and so does my sister. I also am a hybrid because it makes a lot of sense if I were to talk about it more, but me and my sister just liked a separate tribe and announced ourselves as 2 of different tribes combined basically because we wanted to be related. :>

[@SimWings]

@@arroyotheseawingdoodoobott6977 noice

[@sadboy-dt3cm]

I’m pretty sure that in a hybrid dragon, the mothers genes are the dominant gene.

[@kappledashrainbow8846]

Yup

[@toastombee]

I think canonically it technically is, but it kinda makes hybrids less fun to design if you stick to that rule- (well unless you don’t know the parents in which case you can do whatever you want and then figure it out later XD)

[@ravensworkshop8106]

Ooo yeah! Sunny is a perfect example! She can easily pass as a Sandwing except some features are of Nightwings! (Like the lack of a tail barb) Darkstalker too actually! But Whiteout is also an example that even though most of the time the mother’s traits are dominant, sometimes the father’s traits can stand out. Genetics is all about chance after all!

[@windjager2177]

@@ravensworkshop8106 yeah....what if royal's genes are stronger sometimes, as they peobably were bred to be pure genes, and have a lower chance of having other tribes genes, making them stronger?

[@deleting_mars]

yes, and- *69 likes*

[@moonblossom_IDK]

I learned that according to Tui's lore, the mother is the one who gives the baby more dominant features, hence why Darkstalker has more Nightwing and Sunny is more Sandwing.

[@-hooray-]

That means Typhoon’s mother is a seawing

[@kayko196]

I never knew that but that dose make sense

[@condensedmilk28]

Maybe its first child since, yk, whiteout

[@shinyvictoy1272]

Fun fact if you didn't know: Sunny's scales on the cover of The Brightest Night are shaped like a NightWing's

[@-_Nifi_-]

@@-hooray-yeah, i think in the books they said his father got sick implying his father is the icewing

[@sadboy-dt3cm]

Eee it’s 12 am and I’m drawing and I was looking for the perfect vid to listen to and the Cyprus uploaded :)))

[@darkstarfirestudios4500]

XD same here

[@lexthenightwing4214]

I love listening to Cyprus's videos when drawing.

[@magpieloaf8214]

GOOD LORD GET SOME REST! *HITS HEAD* *WITH PILLOW*

[@Hannah____335]

Whenever im working on a project at 1am it is Cyprus to the rescue

[@Yippeeyippeeyippeeyippeeyippie]

Cyprus: like if you were to have a sky/icewing hybrid, you cant have both ice and fire (although that would be pretty cool) you need to pick a dominant trait My friends Oc (a dragon version of Todoroki): allow me to introduce myself

[@sorryimsunny]

*Todoroki has entered the chat*

[@ZimLikesPastaAnimation]

My OC with none: *allow me to introduce myself*

[@spilwo572]

My oc with icescales: *allow me to introduce myself* P.s my oc isn't too over-powered, when he was young he accidentally touched him eyeballs bc they were sore and yup they froze.

[@emsepilogue]

i literally have a dragon version of Todoroki too lol- (it's pretty similar to BNHA, but as dragons?? but with completely different ships lol)

[@eXtrasPace2023]

I have actually drawn all of class A as dragons, Todoroki was sooooooo hard to do cause he only has like two clolurs (I think skin colour looks rlly bad on a dragon)

[@AloeWing]

I have quite a few hybrids, (which is normal, if you you oppose that.. _why?_ ) They are quite funny in the way that most of them were made with no thought of who their parents or siblings were. So I now have a bunch of random side characters that don’t really have a purpose other then to be related to them. Also, ALOE VERA EYYYYYYYYYYYYYY *finger guns *

[@alexgaming9432]

mmmmmmmmm yes I have like 10? idk but there so FUNNNNN

[@scareousel]

I have a HiveWing - LeafWing hybrid named Locust ( having a duo meaning, the bug for the HiveWing side, the tree for the LeafWing side ) They have very very weak leafspeak, and they have a tail stinger, but it’s weak. They have an olive green color palette, being a dark version of lime-yellow, she has the webbing(?) that LeafWings have running down their back, but it’s between her HiveWing spines, and she has spots of green across her back, as well as some faint darker lines. She’s currently residing in Jewel Hive, with her girlfriend SunSpeck, a HiveWing shop owner, her mother had taken her back to Jewel Hive so that her father would not be found out by either of their tribes. Her father is dead though now, so *that didn’t work out as well as she thought it would, a HiveWing found him and said “damn, b y e .”* ahh this turned into a rant :/

[@Sandpiperart]

AAAA LESBIANS I THINK

[@SunnyTheOpossum]

When making hybrid, this is what I usually do: The mother’s traits will almost always be dominant (I’m pretty sure this is canon in the books), with the mother’s facial structure, horns, and colors prioritizing the mother’s genes. The traits that pass through the father are the scales along the body, their special tribal trait (like the SandWing frill, or SeaWing glow scales), and the eyes and tongue (but this only really applies if they have SandWing eyes or are a tribe with a forked tongue). As for the weapon, there is a high likelihood that they just won’t express a weapon from either tribe, but if they do, it usually favor’s the mother’s. They will never have the weapon from both tribes, so no mind reading dragon with a poison barb. From my experience, this has made the hybrids that I make look fairly realistic within the canon of the series, and I personally think it’s a really solid system, but I will always bend my own rules here and there if the design of the character would just look nicer with a different trait :p

[@lexthenightwing4214]

I honestly keep forgetting what day it is until you post videos. Also, I kinda created an Oc the other day. Its just a Nightwing and I just went 'alright, now let's add some red because I like red' 🤣

[@toastombee]

Ooh a NightWing with red could potentially look rlly cool

[@lexthenightwing4214]

@@toastombee I actually did draw it, it's my profile pic on KZbin and I have the red sheet on Devianart. I loved how it came out tho.

[@koraex3351]

Night/Sky - Hey look, it’s the nightsky

[@stormyskies1837]

Hi Cyprus! If you see this comment, I'm here to tell you your art is amazing and you've improved so much! 😍The hard thing about hybrids for me is the color palette honestly, so I will definitely use your advice about using mood boards! I love Aloe and Vera's designs so much (my fav colors are blue and green and some in between) and their name choice is absolutely HILARIOUS. Have a great day! Edit: OMG 12 likes? i never thought i'd get that many lol Second edit: Seriously 21 likes? This is unbelievable! Tysm guys!

[@miaomo]

youtube has started generating accounts to dislike

[@russellskadberg6804]

Same the colors are so hard like you dont know which colors you want

[@Duranie4Life]

21

[@tonymaska5386]

*Sigh* Even after three weeks I find myself aimlessly scrolling through KZbin, seeing this video, and clicking on it. The mix of well written comedy, amazing art tips, and dragon designs that are just eye candy to behold is just too much for my feeble human mind.

[@draconix4131]

I used to make up dragons and tribes with my friend, and he wasn’t much for making hybrids of more than 2 tribes because when I made them they generally were really powerful, and he want much for that. I like designing hybrids, you can mess around so much with their colors and body.

[@Astrontasy]

Midnight... right on time :) P.S. great video :>

[@BerklingtonLIVE]

Yes! The hybrids are so beautiful!!

[@meepboie4008]

My favorite part of dragon hybrids is giving them cool powers. Take a night/leaf for example. They can have leafspeak that only works in the dark. A sky/sea can have gills, webbed talons, and big wings to swim faster in water. A sand/ice can have red-colored hot ice or blue-colored cold fire. There's so many possibilities!

[@draconix4131]

I just made multple hybrids, the first is Cactus a Sandwing-Skywing, and has fire powers because her mom was a fire scales and her dad was an animus. The second is Pine, who is a Icewing-Leafwing with frosbreath and leaf speak. The third is Starscape, a Rainwing-Nightwing, who can only change some of her scales and prefers to be grey, black, and purple. The last is Dragonfly, a Mudwing-Silkwing. He didn’t go through metamorphosis and was born with wings and silk.

[@BurrisNicholasRockton]

So cool :D

[@Lotus046-old]

I've made a few too. One of mine is also named Cactus. Cactus: a Sand-LeafWind hybrid that has a dragonet named Aloe! Which is weird because in the video ther is a hybrid named Aloe. (I was originally going to name her Venus, as in venus flytrap but i picked Cactus instead) Vermillion: a Sand-RainWing hybrid that is an animus and has 1 dragonet and is very dangerous to be around. Shore: a Sand-SeaWing hybrid that is an animus but doesn't know it. Spruce: a Sea-Ice-Mud-RainWing animus that has a Darkstalker kind of vibe to him. That's all! (I use a spinner to choose the hybrid, idk why it chose SandWing so many times)

[@totallycrazyendling12]

@@Lotus046-old i also have a sand/ seawing named shore and im pretty sure i made her an animus as well. its been a while though haha😅and then before i got on my laptop, i created a sand/ seawing named Island and hes pretty cool. i havent decided on a color palette but hes an assassin, sandwing being the more dominant tribe

[@Lotus046-old]

@@totallycrazyendling12 oh, mines a boy! Haha

[@Lotus046-old]

@@totallycrazyendling12 also I subbed.

[@daniellockwood630]

Apparently Tui said that hybrids take after their mother Also, this was an amazing video

[@iLoveBread_101]

Oh yeah because of Whiteout and Darkstalker

[@Stormshifter.the-Storm]

You can also pick none if you can't exactly decide on which kind of element you want your hybrid to be

[@eXtrasPace2023]

Hybrids dominant genes actually come from the mother Example: darkstalker So I like to pick which tribe I like most and then make that the dominant gene (the mother)

[@Sandpiperart]

Whiteout: *let me introduce myself*

[@rkgormgpm4pm5g5gh]

Ahhh yay!! a new video AND it's a whatsisface!! love these 2 ladies!

[@Snowst0rmStudiosTheIdiot]

:0 THIS YOUR ART MAKES ME WANT TO CRY OF AWESOMENESS

[@greekcity1507]

5th view. Also, Aloe. I wanna take her from the screen and make her my pet. Great job!!!

[@wolfiegirlxox]

I love drawing hybrids, its so fun to mash the two in a creative way!

[@commonsense7848]

When you just made a OC named Vera but this video came out and you don’t want to seem like stealing Rip

[@Anaea]

Jerboas: *Allow us to introduce ourselves* Your OCS can have the same name lol

[@lavenderfurarts]

Rip

[@windjager2177]

Names arent copyrighted. Or elsr Id delete like 4 ocs, 2 are named aloa(?), 1 is named Vera, and ones named aloe-vera(?)

[@galaxylrdf2727]

I'm french and i love your draw it's beautiful ✨❤️

[@L0u8823]

I love your art so much cyprus!

[@silverstreaksketches8019]

I just saw this and got SO excited! Awesome video (: Love the designs btw

[@starfruitdraws3946]

Yesss Cyprus posted my day is now 1000 times better

[@mayo_nnais3]

“You know those plants that aren’t exactly corals, but they’re all feathery and wavy and blobby and cool-looking? Yes, my knowledge of the world is astounding in it’s depth, applaud me.” You mean kelp?

[@ayda_reads]

I love how you incorporated genetics to your designs!

[@mangojuiceeee]

Yay this is gonna be an awesome video! I’m a few seconds in while writing this. (Edit: this was super awesome and very helpful!!)

[@paint.816]

Cyprus: APPLAUD ME Me: Yes my queen!! *CLAPPING INTENSIFIES*

[@Kofi_Guardian]

Aloe and Vera look amazing! I can already imagine what it’s like on a daily basis with their names!

[@space.pug.studio8314]

This is so cute!! The hybrids are adorable!!!

[@yellowbear3058]

even though i dont draw hybrids a lot , this is still extremely helpful . Thank you so much!

[@smalllfox]

In wof canon, the mother's genes are almost always dominant! I prefer to follow that for my hybrids just to be closer to canon, but of course, everyone can do whatever they want!

[@abigailjoanna6139]

So glad to see this week's video!

[@michelle9536]

This was so helpful - Thank you! Have you ever considered doing the Wings of Fire Hybrid Challenge? Also, what was the third hybrid you were planning on doing? Can you at least give the tribes? :)

[@ReliaRainIsAwsome]

It the kindest way i can allready see the compilations that are just you everytime you breath

[@Varient]

Both of these designs are just ~chef's kiss~

[@PrincessKKFish]

I LOVE HYBRIDS SO MUCH

[@thehyperscientist1961]

That looks so good! I really like Vera's rich blue-greens, keep it up! Btw, if you like blues and purples, you could try drawing Firefly. She was mentioned near the end of book 6, Moon Rising. I believe I read somewhere that she was the child of Glory and Deathbringer. According to the book, she's supposed to be dark purple. Would be great to see some fan art of here!

[@screamsong2043]

*now furiously wants to draw the hybrids designed in the video* ALSO I WANT TO SEE THE THIRD HYBRID SO BAD

[@Wraith_Rose020]

I love how cute you're style and designs are!!

[@kate_likes-horses6626]

Omg the coloring/color pallets are GORGEOUS!!!!

[@Pinceconetheleafwing0519]

I'M OBSESSD omg they're so pretty!!

[@rachelthedragon8314]

These 2 are amazing! Amazing job

[@emmabeekman5788]

I like to draw triple hybrids. For example if a night/ sea wing and a pure sky wing fell in love and had an egg so than the baby will be a sea/ night/ sky hybrid but with a more visible sky wing appearance because it's a more pure or nature gene coming off the Dad, and a small set of gills that hardly work as well as having a darker color with more unique horns and claws.

[@itsmeash1234]

Beautiful!! I love Vera's colors!!

[@user-on8bj2ck2j]

I usually throw in what I like and what would look better when I make a hybrid 😅. Usually 50% of both tribes too I do have a skewing icewing, looks great. I like to put colors that go against each other together

[@averieshea7383]

I think that Veras like all out colors ae just so soothing to me and Aloes is just like so seawing looking to me

[@ccappa2001]

I LOVE THESE THEY R THE BEST HYBIDS IVE SEEN

[@ClipKing-2]

I love the art and especially the coloring and shading.

[@draconix4131]

I love the colors you use.

[@kc.creates7672]

Aww they’re so precious 🥰

[@olliebird1891]

These look great, keep up the good work!

[@starixsh7666]

Okay *these designs are E P I C*

[@luciehollon3612]

THese are beautiful! I love them!

[@mangoes333]

They’re so pretty :D

[@emilyshih7300]

Omg this helped me a lot! I wanted to make hybrids for so long, but I never really knew how to draw them. Thanks for uploading this cyprus! (btw your other vids helped me SO MUCH as well)

[@CoyoteOfDragons]

For me somthing really cool about hybrids is that even if you mix the same tribes twice, u can still get two totally different designs. For example, Cyprus mixed sea and leafwing on two occasions (with Vera and Cyprus), but they look so different!

[@emilydempsey151]

ALso, when making a hybrid, I would recommend making it so that the dragon makes sense, like the parents would have ACTUALLY interacted. E.g., it wouldnt make sense to have a rainwing/sandwing hybrid because rainwings never explore, and sandwings dont think of rainwings often. it would make more sense to have a rainwing/nighting hybrid, though.

[@cristol7221]

That. Was. AWESOME!!

[@user-di2hd3yq6e]

love your art 😍

[@lilypeters5717]

those dragons look awesome!!!!

[@dasnek4339]

Once, I made an OC who was a Night-Sea hybrid. This was before I knew anything about drawing. What I do, I am sure a lot of people do this, I pick a song and try to make my OC match it. Plus, I mix the features and make them more-- bold. Plus, it is easier said than done, because once I was scrolling through my recommended in KZbin music for *TWO* *HOURS.* Don't do that. Sincerely, the guy who hasn't read the winglets.

[@kaitlynwatson2577]

I love drawing dragons because they don't exist so you can get so creative.it has no expectations or a specific way you must do it💙

[@keiragb8708]

Eeeee it’s beautiful

[@bromeliad6145]

AHHHHHH so cute!!!!

[@Quill5516]

This is my favorite video of hers :D

[@warriorwing3925]

Wow there so pretty😍 Aloe is my favorite!

[@csicommunications7179]

Thank you so much for making this video! It helped so much!

[@amieredding675]

This is A MA Z I N G!!!!

[@suefreivald4685]

I made up a SilkWing (flamesilk) IceWing hybrid named Sapphire. She has pure white scales on her underbelly that blend into sapphire blue on her back. She has flamesilk and can breathe frostbreath. Her wings are also shaped like a SilkWing's. Parts of her personality is based off of my personality, except she is alot braver and better at drawing.

[@lacunaereversed]

YESS FINALLY SOME GOOD CONSIDERATION FOR HYBRID GENETICS!

[@BenClark714]

I SHALL APPLOD!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@antickatheseawingsandwing9640]

Looks cool 😎

[@pinkajou656]

An enormous pet peeve of mine is hybrids that look like someone chopped up tribe parts and stuck them together. I live for patterns, shapes and designs that look like BOTH tribes. A combination. That’s what a hybrid is, anyway.

[@AlAnimatics44]

Now I'm having second thoughts on my child Kyanite. I love him anyway. no mater how bland his colors are. Dark blue, darker blue (Almost black) and shades of gray. Gween eyes dough-

[@thecritter519]

Beautiful

[@imagineangie4988]

Eeee! I love your videos so much, you have helped me really improve in art and it’s my dream to be a small artist! I love watching your videos because I’m new and trying to find my art style and your speed draws help a lot for rough shapes and details! Please keep doing what you do!

[@victoriawetzel6213]

Hi Cyprus! I really love your channel, and you whatsisface's especially! I was wondering if you could do one on how to draw front-view dragons?

[@jennifercrossey332]

I loove a good OC... and this, is one of them! (also, the seawing mum really like exploring. and not marrying her own tribe...)

[@lilypeters5717]

you're honestly the best artist I've ever seen make more amazing art the world needs more color

[@defiredoes6580]

One way that I like to figure out an oc that I made up is to play a game. Me and my friends always play made up dragon games and it really helps to figure out the dragons personality and what they would look like.

[@Lemon_428]

Hybrids are like half the fandom at this point for OC’s. SIDE NOTE: I legit made a Leaf/Sea hybrid then I started watching you and I was like “Oh SH-“ But other than that.... I honestly love a bunch of the tribes and as long as none of my OC’s are Mary Sues I am HAPPY.

[@Luzita_1972]

I have a tip , When you draw a hybrid keep in mind not always when the gene is dominant the dragon has to have EVERY characteristic for example : Sunny , her dominant gene is sandwing but she doesnt have a tail barb . keep this in mind because if you have a dom : rainwing Half: sandwing , that doesnt mean double venom . It means choose what venom not always because the dominant is rainwing you need to give it rainwing venom ( keep in mind .. this is just a tip , its not manditory ;) )

[@book-obsessedweirdo8677]

I absolutely love making weird hybrids with illogical fusion features that would never happen. My favourite inclue A. Colour changing glow scales (Rainwing seawing) B. Fire/Ice spit (Rainwing) C. Sandwing poison on EVERYTHING, mainly icewing spikes (Sandwing) D. Coloured underwing stars acording to tribe colour (Red for skywing crosses yellow for sandwing ext.)(This one is less weird but still cool) E. Retractable Icewing spikes so you can still use your tail to swing And last but not least Webbing/Frills EVERYWHERE!!!!

[@drownedtrashrat3501]

OH MY GOODNESS ALOE IS BEAUTIFUL

[@sketchers12345]

Aloe's design kinda reminds me of that fancy lemon-lime Jello.

[@SmoothBrainStuff]

Usually when I make hybrids I focus on making the designs original but still appealing to me

[@AppleTrea]

Hi :) I love your art and also WHY DONT YOU HAVE A MILLION SUBS YET? WHAT IS WITH THESE PEOPLE >:0

[@ccappa2001]

Aloe and Vera? Like Aloe Vera? LOL!!! I love it sooo much ahh!

[@cheesecakeandheron]

Yusss! We get to hybrids!!

[@TropicalSunset14]

my OC (Desert Oasis) is a sea wing, sand wing hybrid. I love your art!!! Perfect! I hope it’s ok but I got some inspiration from your horns so I’ve kinda been using that for about a month now. Love your art!

[@silverglow9980]

I once made a Oc named Sleetwalker who was a Ice-Night hybrid. He looked mostly white but he had a black spine. He was able to breath frostbreath and fire, but they often came out mixed. So the fire pretty much melted the frostbreath and it became mist

[@SugarMeowYT]

WAIT a minute spiral patterns on the wings?! They're PRINCESSES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@gravityknows]

Nice video! Ty for the advide, i was a little lost w the hybrids but i understand now Welp now i'll see how to do a properly firescales