That's really sad news...   It looked pretty well.  

Happy Birthday, WeirdRaptor!  
   

I probably redraw everything. Now that I have a new computer, which is also my drawing tablet now, I have to work differently than before and the old pages would look completely different from the newer ones. Although, the first page (title page) will stay the same.

Alright, here is a much cleaner and colored version of the current wingtail design:



I have to say, I really like the current outcome.   Much more animal like.
But I'm not sure yet if I should keep them that way and I would also like to hear your opinion too. :^.^:

Heya! Welcome to the GOF!  

Alright, so I tried to draw a few ideas to solve my problems from earlier:



Let's see...

The picture on the top left was an idea I had in mind to 'remove' their hands and leave them with their wings only so they would look more like a bird. They could use the wings as hands instead, but I forgot that female wingtails have membrane wings and thus, cannot form a 'hand'. :/

The picture below shows the structure of the wing, just like your everyday bird you see (only with a hand included).

Below that is a little comparison between old and new.
They don't necessarily look different but the new ones look much 'bird-ier'. Notice how the new one on the top shows two eyes instead of one? If you've followed my gallery, you'll notice how wingtails only show one eye.

The frontview isn't that much of importance, but I've never actually tried to draw them at the front... xDDD

Now to the top right... hmm, the body is much smaller and he has a much longer neck. I also added 'tail feathers' now, an idea to 'hide' their so called 'pants' or 'skirts'. xDD It also makes them look more like birds, doesn't it? 8D

The probably most important part: Their legs!
Because of their legs, they look too humanoid and less of an animal. This was the hardest part to work on. I only have two ideas for their legs at the moment. I seem to like number two since that's how real microraptors are built. I also added even more feathers to their legs. XDD
The picture on the bottom right was an attempt to see how they would look like with those legs. As a result, he looks much more of an animal than I expected! 8D (still has some anatomical errors though XP xDD).

There will probably be more concepts and ideas in the future, but I guess you can judge it much better with a complete and fully colored picture...

That is all for now~ :>

Ok, I'm having a little problem... D//:



Ok, so drawing wingtails in their normal form are fun to draw for me, but I've encountered a few problems while doing so:

Color markings ~
As seen above, number 1 is how I've always done it. Yet, when I draw wingtails fullbody, I always get the problem with the front color (here yellow) and the back color (here lightblue). Both colors (the front and the back) are seperated with feathers which looks rather stupid. D:
Doesn't sound like a big deal to you, but to me, it is really a pain. >__<

Body structure~
Ok now, do they look like birds or dinosaurs at all to you?
They look totally humanoid D//: (probably got influenced by my anthro drawings) And when I try to give them shorter, thinner legs (like most birds have), they look so wrong to me. DX

Those "pants" thingies~
Ever noticed that male wingtails have those "pants" thingies and females "skirts"?  Those "pants" and "skirts" are actually feathers. They're supposed to be pointing out their gender. |D But when I look at them now, they also give me problems while drawing and it looks pretty ridiculous too. xDD
Sure, they still have their wings to point out their gender (which can be easily seen here: http://hakunaro.deviantart.com/art/Fly-With-Me-157947544 ) Should I change their wings too? Argh! DDDX


But why showing us only color markings?
Because, when I know which one of those three looks better, I can work on their pants/skirts and overall body structure...

Or I should just completely redesign them... I dunno... :unsure:
What do you guys think?

Naww, this was so heartwarming! <33

Hmm... I think Xavier and Nincea would be a good choice.
As for Landar, since he's more like his mother, I can see Cloud and him often argue. Just like Cera and Littlefoot when they were younger.  

And then there are Aura, Kala and Wayne. They go mostly like their parents, except that Kala can speak, unlike her father.  

I hope that nobody is losing faith in my ability to finish it.

Not even a second!

Thank you two so much for the review guys. :^.^:

There's something about Aizon's eyes that looks a little strange, though it's probably just me. (I think it has something to do with the fact that his eyes are closed, with his glasses overlapping them, and there's a texture marking on his glasses that looks sort of like a pupil).

I think it IS because of the texture effect of his glasses. I wanted to give it more substance instead of just a semi-transparent white.

Hmm yeah, about the glasses, I could try your advice the next time I draw him. ^__^

I think this is the first time you've drawn a wingtail with detailed knees. Looks great!

Just wanted to go back to the roots a little. I always did that in my very old pictures. :^.^:

Is that supposed to be a sort of abstract picture of the inside of Aizon's cave?

Yup, it should be.  

It would have been nice to actually see his eyes, since they speak the most about a character out of any feature.

Sorry about that. I can change it if you want.  

The background is a suitable setting for one such as Aizon who spends most of his time alone, but I would have liked to have it been a full one like you did for all your other pictures.

And I'm sorry about that too...  I just hadn't had the motivation to draw a cave...