I really love Undel’s art and I think she is incredibly talented, but I do think she struggles with making dragons look more diverse. I’ve always felt that a lot of her designs get this kind of samey, almost dog-like anatomy. Dragons can have so many unique and cool forms, and ancients (which were supposed to be an example of this) also have this problem. They have been so disappointing as a whole. Half of them could’ve just been moderns. Banescales and aberrations were a step in the right direction, but I don’t think they’ve totally avoided the samey-ness either. I didn’t even notice until recently that aethers have 6 arms, you can barely see them. And as much as I like the new lightning ancient’s horns, the rest of the body is really just kind of a dog’s, once again. Undel even gave them claws like the Stormcatcher’s at first, but she removed them in favor of normal arms. :/

I really hope the other members of the art team have a say in breed designing, but I don’t think they do. And until that happens I worry we’re gonna keep having the same problems.