Illustrious

Owned by BronzeRattle
This character is not part of the Bronze AU
Illustrious is a 43 year-old RainWing. A traveling tattoo artist, Illustrious was cursed by an unknown dragon to have visions on his scales.
== Description ==
Illustrious is unusually broad, large, and very heavy for being a RainWing. He is so girthy that he looks more like a MudWing in that regard, with powerful front legs yet nimble deft talons. He has short stubby wings, a brief neck, curled horns, and a short wide snout, slightly resembling Exquisite. Illustrious is fairly decked out, with a nose ring, a few golden earrings, a silver anklet, and several rings around his claws.
Illustrious's typical colors are silver like a sloth with small hints of orange, paired with indigo eyes and peach wings. He has several tattoos, including leaves branching down his neck, a heart on his upper right shoulder, flying birds lining his legs, a faint wave pattern on his frill, and a chain on his jaws. His scales and tattoos can shift colors, and his tattoos can shift to different positions.
He is usually seen with clothes that cover most of his body
== History ==
tba
== Abilities ==
Illustrious has the typical RainWing tribe abilities, although he produces venom slower than most RainWings as a result of not sleeping very well. His aim is poor.
=== Tattoos ===
His tattoos themselves are capable of moving and morphing into shapes with unbelievable amounts of detail. Although sometimes harmless art pieces, many of the forms are actually visions of the future and become more life-like the more they are examined. They are capable of even producing sound, from distant waterfalls to coherent conversations. Most movement occurs at night, which to Illustrious feels like ants crawling across his scales. He is very self conscious about movement, so he tries to mask his body the most he can.
Illustrious has recently been made aware that any tattoos he makes on dragons passes down his effects in a greatly reduced form. Their tattoos very rarely move and when they do, they don't shift much.
== Gallery ==
=== References ===
Please do not try to replicate every single tattoo when drawing this character.
IllustriousReferenceLeftNoTattoos.png|No tattoos, left profile
IllustriousReferenceClean.png|No tattoos or jewelry (identical on both sides)
== Trivia ==
* Largely inspired by The Illustrated Man, a collection of short stories by Ray Bradbury that cover parts of human nature. All stories take place on the back of the namesake title, a man who was tattooed by a "time traveler" witch.
* "Illustrious" means well respected, usually referring to past achievements, but also discreetly hints at the source material noted above.
** Ironically, the Illustrated Man notes in the book that he can't keep a job for long because something ends up happening and he gets blamed for it, so while Illustrious is well known, the Illustrated Man is infamous.
* This is the last character created in 2023 (made on New Years Eve).
Category:Characters
Category:Males
Category:RainWings
Category:Animus Touched
Category:Occupation (Artist)
Category:Inspired by Fiction
Category:Content (BronzeRattle)