I’m guilty of being one of those indecisive respondents.
Whether or not I end up doing any artwork for you, I had a few questions and ideas regarding the character profile pictures that I thought I would voice here, in case they prove helpful to other artists.
First, I was wondering how you imagine bladebacks (
Oxalaia) as differing from LBT
Spinosaurus? The members
DarkWolf91 and
Sky have both done amazing drawings of young
Spinosaurus characters, and I imagine you’d want Seizon to look distinct from them. If you didn’t already have anything in mind, I thought that, in keeping with their name, bladebacks could have “sharper” looking crests than
Spinosaurus, perhaps with sharp points on the supporting spines to give it a jagged outline like a saw blade. Additionally, real-life spinosaurids are known to have had a small crest on the midline of the snout; maybe Seizon and Xal could have such crests, which could be made to resemble the tip of knife as an additional “blade” motif.
Also, are there any particular illustrations of
Oxalaia and/or
Agustinia that influenced your mental image of what these characters should look like? I think it would be helpful for artists to have a good idea as to the appearance of the dinosaur species they have to "LBT-ify", and all the better if it's the same picture(s) that inspired you to design the characters in the first place.
Finally, I think many members (artists and otherwise) would find it helpful if you provided a direct link to your character profiles thread (both here and in the thread for your fanfiction). I know you haven’t been on the forum very long; are you familiar with how to post links?
