Wow. I had never noticed that Radio's antenna was missing ! Thanks for pointing that out.
You're welcome.
Ooh, another picture!
No matter; I'll just review it in this post, since I've only got two others besides.
May 19:If you recall, I had a very hard time coming up with things to criticize about the original sketch of this picture of Pterano. The colored version, too, is excellent.
His headóbeak, eyes, crest, mouth, and allóis fantastic. His right wing, I daresay, looks even better than in the sketch. There’s sort of a sharp angle on the underside of his left hand, but other than that I think it’s greatly improved from before. (Is it just me, or do his feet look better, too?) However, I think you made the outline of his left arm and wing too thick. The most notable consequence of this is that his lower beak, which should be overlapping his shoulder, is instead overlapped by the thick outline, and thus appears to be BEHIND his shoulder.
You’re right to be proud of the background for the picture of Lampy and the nightlight; it IS good! :!
I especially like the wallpaper (both the color and the pattern). The wooden floor looks nice, too.
Depending on the religiousness of the appliances, I suppose that book would be their equivalent of either the Bible or
The Origin of Species.
The glaring problem I see with the book, however, is that while we are looking at it spread open from such an angle that the top edges of the pages and covers form a “V”,the bottom edges of the covers are almost completely horizontal. They should be slanted upward as well. Additionally, the angle of the words in the title isn’t quite aligned with the angle of the cover. Apart from those details, the book looks pretty good..
Overall, Lampy (and what we can see of the nightlight) is very well drawn. I particularly like the way you did his expression, the light beam, and the bends in his neck. Nice shading on his neck as well. My one complaint is the cord, which looks to be too thick (and seems to change in thickness along its length) and ends in a rather shapeless-looking plug.
May 31:Ada and Tybalt turned out really good here, I think. The legs and feet of both characters are very well drawn (though Tybalt’s right shin looks shorter and thicker than his left), as are their arms, hands, wings, torsos, necks, heads . . . heck, EVERYTHING about them looks pretty darn great!
I really thought that Tybalt looked a lot older in this pic. The notch in his beak seems to have developed a crack, and his eyes look very wrinkled and droopy (his eye may be my favorite part of how you drew him here). Perhaps you could add a few nicks and little holes along the edge of his wing membrane (think Swooper from “The Hermit of Black Rock”) if you wanted to make him look even more aged. One thing I would point out is that in
earlier pictures, his beak was much more jagged-looking. In addition, I would suggest making the dents and chips in his crest more angular, to give it a more broken and craggy appearance. Right now the lines are a little smooth and squiggly. (I also think the design of his scar looks better in the picture I linked to.)
Personally, I think you should have Ada’s scar be even more extensive than it is in thic picture. You didn’t mention how long this scene takes place after Pterano’s departure, but since pterosaur wings probably healed quite quickly from injuries, it would take a very large wound to keep Ada from returning for an extremely long period (Of course, she’d probably have to spend time getting used to flying with her scarred wing, and even then, I don’t imagine she’d be as capable a flyer as before). The scar looks good, though.
I like how the sky and water look in this image, and the shapes and colors of the rocks aren’t bad; however, the lines on the rocks (the background ones, at least) are too dark and distinct in my opinion. Generally, the cracks, ridges, concavities, and convexities in rocks aren’t very obvious, from close up or from a distance, so if you want to delineate them, you shouldn’t make them too obvious. The rock Tybalt and Ada are standing on looks much better (though it does blend with the water a little around the edges).