Taking Reference from slow-motion videos of bats and insects, posted on YouTube, I started to examine the movements of the wings, because there aren't many animals, you could compare having similar movements, to the mythical dragon creature. So to start off I looked into how the wings themselves flap when the bat brings them back and fourth. I found that the wings were like a robust cloth flapping in the wind. For other ideas I looked into the dragon fly which was not quite the same as you don't see much flapping and it really wasn't what I was going for, but was another option that I explored. after the reference footage you can see the development of the dragon, going from just being able to flap its wings to head and body movement as well.
As well as using the reference footage I also used this to help with my dragon flying animation.
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