REP-Resent

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We have to save the past by going to the future! No, don't ask how that works it's complicated and involves 5D chess.

REP stands for "Raptorial Educational Platform"! I come fully loaded with military grade laser pointers and Powerpoint.


Furufoo
@Furufoo

Close up of a cat's eyes, showcasing its vertical slip shape Slit pupils are a trait exclusively seen on ambush predators who stay low on the ground like cats, crocodiles, snakes, etc, its use is that it provides an ample vertical field of view that massively increases depth perception at the cost of a smaller field of view.

Goat eyes, showcasing horizontal pupils You can actually see the opposite case on goats, horses, sheep, etc, who have a horizontal pupil that maximizes field of view at the cost of depth perception, but it ain't an issue to them since all they need to know is if there's a predators trying to jump them while they're grazing.

Close up of an owl, showcasing round pupils That brings us to circular "lens-style" pupils, they're a mix of both, pretty much. Good field of view and depth perception, which is the go-to for basically most animals on earth, including some unexpected predators! For instance: Tigers, jaguars, lions and every other large cat has round pupils, since they're not low to the ground like small cats and some lizards. Same goes for every bird, especially birds of prey like owls and hawks, since they'll always be watching their prey from above and slit pupils are completely useless for that end.

All that is to say: Pretty much every dragon and mythical lizard: flying western ones, eastern ones, drakes, wyverns, sea serpents, leviathans, wyrms, lizard people, hell, even most dinosaurs... all would have round pupils. The only exception possibly being particularly small flightless dragons, and maybe kobolds. Slit pupils have a powerful association with lizards, I know, prolly why I see it so often in art, but slit pupils are a niche exception, not the rule!

Ultimately, draw however you want, I just wanted to give my two cents for folks that might care about that sort of thing :D


Anschel
@Anschel

Honestly this is the kind of nerdery the internet was intended for


REP-Resent
@REP-Resent

Cephalopods have some fucking wack ass eyes tho, try them out sometime!


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in reply to @Furufoo's post:

The Dragons in my setting actually have adjustable pupils (or I suppose that would be, two sets of irises working in tandem) that tend to present as slits when they're judging their breath attacks, but it's more of a "Dramatic Interpretation of Narrowing Ones Eyes As A Threat Display" thing than a functional biology decision

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