In beginning work on my current project, I ran into the common difficulty of turning text into art: though I am very impressed by the quality of descriptions in Lusternia, there are unavoidable moments of vagueness. Not every detail can be described, obviously, which in many ways is pleasant--it allows us to fill them in as we please. In other ways, it leads to my current conundrum. The descriptions of stormeaters in the Air Elemental Plane (I hope it's not inappropriate to post this) are as follows:

I love the imagery of them, which is why I want to draw one, but I can't figure out if they're supposed to be oriented vertically or horizontally. Maybe I'm missing something in the text of the description, or it's entirely possible that I am over-thinking the entire endeavour and they can be directed however they please on any given day. Regardless, I've attached a very rough sketch of what I mean, and would welcome any opinions

The stormeaters are oriented in such a way that they curve and twist through time, rather than three-dimensional space.

I've imagined them more horizontally.

Also, the sketch reminds me of trogdor...

I've thought of them horizontally, too! I tried to draw one and gave up in a fit of blind rage.

Ahem...that said...good luck with it! I also think the imagery of the stormeaters is very appealing. I wanted to design some stormeater armbands....hmmm...maybe I should still do that.

I'd draw two of them, in the picture. One of them horizontal, the other vertical. That way, you're covered either way!

They can be directed however they - or you - please on any given day. I actually envisioned them far more drawn out (like when you take a spring and pull on both its ends), but that's the beauty of text games - it's how you see it that's important!

Thank you all very much for the response, particularly from one of the designers. I hope to be able to do the stormeaters justice in my art.