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Interesting drawings.  Are you going to flesh some of these out or do you prefer doing sketches like this for your ideas to get them on paper?


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I'm going to leave the second one as it is until I come up with another version. I had one idea where Strut was leaving Ozzy to egg-sit while he was going...somewhere.
"I'll see you later, Uncle Ozzy!"
(On the eggs) "Grrrrrr >:( "
"Mummy will be baa-ack!"
Sounds like something that would come out of a silly pre-teen yaio fanatic XD . And it was a little weirder than the first, but it did come from the same "Caption this"
"I thought you liked eggs"
"I like to eat them, not egg-sit them!"

I did start working on Ruth and Uther, though.

This is another "Do you like the colors?" thing.
The access of white on Uther's toes is because I was coloring on transparency.


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This is a great collection of drawings Ptyra, when are you finally going to put up this amazing story they go along with?


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I'm still working on some of it. It's an incredibly hard to put together at this point. I know what's going to happen, but I don't know how to chain them together. Which is usually why I talk to folks for ideas.


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Sorry about taking so long with the feedback. :oops (I’ll get to the egg stealer images in my next post. ;))

Quote from: Ptyra,Feb 26 2010 on  09:50 PM
It’s a little hard to critique the characters in the first image, seeing as they’re all silhouettes, and mostly of OCs I haven’t seen before, but I think the Corythosaurus’s legs (and Strut’s ankle) shouldn’t be bent at such sharp angles. You’ll probably also want to change the Mussaurus’s feet (darn them feet! :rolleyes), as she(?) looks almost as if she(?) is wearing clown shoes. :lol Finally, the point where Topus’s legs connect to his(?) body should probably be thicker.

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I honestly imagine this as part of what happens after Pterano accidentally leads his part of the herd into danger

And boy was it hard to draw Pterano here
I like the concept of this image, and the basic positions of the characters, but if I may say so, you might want to consider starting over (or at least making major revisions) on this one. Pterano’s beak looks like it’s bent downward independently of his crest (he’s also missing a leg), but he’s so close to Petrie’s mother that it would be difficult to fix this without having to re-draw at least one of them. (Alternatively, you could change the angle of his crest to match that of his beak, but I don’t think it would look nearly as good.) Petrie’s mother herself looks pretty good (I like her sympathetic expression and posture :)), though her beak shape should be closer to that of Ada’s in the next image.

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Speculation on if Ada survived and found her way to the Great Valley (after the Rebellion). I might as well change what happens slightly.

The interesting thing is that Ptyra has no idea who she's talking to. She just thinks that it's a friendly new comer. I decided that Pterano does NOT witness Ada's "death", but a "Milady DeWinter" type of character brings Pterano some of Ada's wing and says that she was attacked by a swimming Sharptooth. Boy is that morbid...
Hence Ada's torn wing and Pterano's extremely surprised expression.
The thing eating out of the tree is supposed to be a Therezinosaurus. After 13, I decided to tweak my Theriz's design. I've tried to draw a "central" one for basic design, and attempted to give his "frill" an Aztec-ish look to make him look even more intimidating.

And this is the point where Pterano is evicted from Ada's flock after her "death". For reasons of irresponsibility for Ada


All of the flyer characters in these pictures are extremely well done. :wow Even the feet look pretty good (well, Pterano’s right foot in the second one is a bit blocky, but other than that...). Ada’s head, in my opinion, is a particular masterpiece, but it’s hard to find anything to complain about on either her or Ptyra. :p (Speaking of Ada, she must’ve had a hard time getting to the Great Valley with that wing. :blink:)

I really like your revised Therizinosaurus. :yes Even before I saw in the description that you were going for an “Aztec-ish” look, I thought the plumes on his head looked cool. :smile (I’ve always been fond of Therizinosaurus depictions with long spines or feathers on the head. :p) If I were to suggest anything, it would be to make the neck longer, and perhaps make the stomach a bit more bulbous (a fairly distinctive feature of therizinosaurs is that they had prominent guts to accommodate and digest large amounts of plant matter).

In the second picture, just add a tiny little point to Pterano’s beak and his head is absolutely perfect. :yes And the detail of the scar and wrinkles (flyers’ feet? :p) on Ada’s dad’s head is incredible (I hope you can artistically translate that onto the colored version). I also like how you gave him a jagged beak, instead of just having a single notch in it. It looks more realistic as well as making him even more intimidating.

By the way, Ptyra looks adorable clinging to Pterano’s back. :wub



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Are these your first pictures of egg stealers? You're very good at drawing them. :wow Your characters (Ruth and Uther more so than Ozzy and Strut) have somewhat misshapen-looking toes, but if, in future depictions, you can draw all of their claws to be same size and shape, and the toes evenly splayed (or pointing in the same direction, depending on the visual angle and position of the feet), I don't think egg stealer feet should be much of a problem. :yes

The caption-inspired picture isn't even of the kind of humor I generally like, and I still thought it was amusing. :lol For me, the expressions on Ozzy and Strut (and the presence of all the baby egg stealers :wub) have much more impact than the punchline of the joke.

I like the idea of the two little egg stealers adopting Strut :lol (after he splits up with Ozzy, I'm assuming). I also like how you gave them individually specific patterns. Ruth's coloration inverts the countershading scheme of most real-life animals (darker on the back and lighter on the belly), but it still looks pretty good on her.



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Yes, it is my first time drawing them! My first one was actually a rough sketch of Strut, but it was pretty darn good (probably because I had a reference at hand)

Here's Ruth and Uther again with background.

I covered their feet this time XD

And ANOTHER sketch. Using my first flier tail since I was in fourth grade :lol .I drew fliers to the side as a teeny Elementary School kid, usually Ptyra(nna) was flying under the Northern Lights (WTF!?!?) and at that point, I almost always had tails. Now, I've found them hard to include.

This is supposed to be around the time that Ada's flock returns to Big Water with Pterano. And this was among his first times fishing at Big Water...and first successful catch. I know Ada's face is dark, but that's what I got from the scanner's photo-editing...thingy...and erasing that zone.


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Something moved in the water. He skimmed close to the water and plunged his beak into the edge. He felt something soft and squishy at the tip of his beak. He clamped down around it and swooped upward into the air. His catch remained in his beak, and it hung low enough for him to see that he had caught a squid! The other fliers, who watched from the high cliffs, began jabbering with shock.
"Look at that!"
"The bark-beak's caught a squid."
"It won't last. It'll black him soon."
Black him? A large majority of the spectators seemed most impressed. He looked below where Ada was-she looked overwhelmed with pride for her "student".[/color]
Need I explain the meaning of "blacken" when a squid is involved?


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Looks good to me.  I like the story type of info that you include at the bottom of the pictures.  I hope you continue to draw and share them here.


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I'm glad you liked them. More sketches now (I probably complete two or three in a single school day XD)

I actually started this one yesterday with an interesting thought in mind.
I noticed that kissing does seem to exist in the LBT universe: Ducky gives Petrie a big ol' smack on the cheek in the first movie, In the second, during "Eggs"

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Ozzy: I'll borrow, I'll beg, I'll even kiss you
Ozzy: Kiss me?!
"
and in Days of Rising Water, Petrie kisses his snuggling stick.

And because Petrie kissed his snuggling stick, I was like "how the heck would that work?"...without winding up like the toucans in The Three Caballeros...3:16
Instead, since I had such a hard time with getting the beaks right, it turned into Pterano and Ada's version of the first love scene between D'Artagnan and Constance.

"Bed? That's the best place for you, bed."

Not following the previous (:lol), but definitely before the Ptyra-egg pictures (when she could have had a sibling). This is the "Look, honey! We have a family!" thing

I'm pretty proud of how this one came out...and Ada's dad in the background (Gosh darn it, I need a name for him D8 !)

Here's that picture of Strut I mentioned

From this picture

And something I DEFINITELY plan on re-doing D8

This is a picture from my fan-episode where Tricia wanders into the Mysterious Beyond and the GoS (Plus Guido) go after her, only for Pterano to save her from falling to her death. And then he has to protect all nine of them while they're deep in the Mysterious Beyond after Red Claw attacks them


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Quote from: Ptyra,Mar 2 2010 on  09:45 PM
More sketches now (I probably complete two or three in a single school day XD)
Holy buckets! :blink: No rest for the reviewers, then, I guess. :p

Not much new to say about the new picture of Ruth and Uther, (except that you did a very good job concealing the feet :p) though I forgot to mention earlier that Uther’s tail should probably be visible behind Ruth.

Pterano’s head in the sketch of him fishing looks very good, in my opinion (maybe his crest ought to be a bit longer, but it almost doesn’t matter). However, I would suggest changing his wings so that the leading edge is convexly curved, and perhaps slightly more flush with his arms. As it is, the wing membranes look as if they’re trailing behind him like a cape; not a great aerofoil.

You also might want to change Pterano’s legs and feet (make his toes a little more claw-like; as it is they look almost human :blink:). In the picture, his knees are apparently folded underneath his body, when his legs should probably be extended behind him. In addition, it might help to have his right leg sticking out on the opposite side of his tail from his left led (as opposed to being directly behind the tail), so it doesn’t look like the back half of his body is twisted

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Need I explain the meaning of "blacken" when a squid is involved?
Oh, I can just imagine... :lol

Pterano: “Look what I’ve brought you for dinner, Ptyra!”
*SPLAT*
Pterano: (thinking, covered in ink while Ptyra laughs herself silly) I hate it when that happens...

As something of a cephalopod fanatic, I must spare a few words for the squid. :p I can’t tell what that “halo” (for lack of a better descriptor) around it is (a fin?), but it appears to be missing the long, pointed torpedo-shaped mantle characteristic of squid.

Despite the problem you mentioned with the eyes, Ada (whom I at first thought was Ptyra, begging for food. :oops) looks quite good.

I have noticed that I’ve never seen a tail on any of your flyers, probably because they are almost always in positions where the tail should not be visible, and, in any case, Pteranodons have such small tails that they are not hard to miss.

I gotta say, Pterano’s beak looks REALLY weird in the kissing picture. :blink: Kissing may exist in the LBT world, but personally I prefer licking and nuzzling (rubbing beaks in the case of flyers) as gestures of affection among LBT dinosaurs.

Other than Pterano’s freaky beak, :p and Ada’s left leg looking a little long, I think they both look quite good. :yes

In the following picture, it is Ada who has the strange-looking beak. It looks almost toucan-like. Her father, however, is very well-drawn. (I’d love to help you think of a name for him, but I’m terrible at making up names for characters. :bang)

The Strut picture is pretty darn good for your first try. :blink: I’d say you’re a natural at drawing egg stealers. :yes

In the last picture, Tricia’s head looks a little small in proportion to her body, her right hind leg is really oddly shaped, and she has three toes on her left front foot and right hind foot, but four (too many, I think :unsure:) on her right front foot and left hind foot. Pterano looks fantastic, however. :wow



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Pterano's crest in the fishing one is shorter because he's young in that picture. He's supposed to be in that weird "gray area" where he's between a pre-tee and teenager. I had no reference for the squid, so I think I'll completely re-do it when I color it. The "halo" was supposed to be the area of flesh surrounding the head, but again, I had no reference for a squid XD .

I got the shape of the beak in the kissing picture from this shot. The problem is that I did it from memory, so I guess I'll look to that shot so I can fix the problem.

And finally, ANOTHER sketch!

Commence infatuation song :p .


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^Need a song?  How 'bout "Bad Romance" :smile?  The idea of Pterano being seen as a criminal in the eyes of the Valley residents made me think of the following lyrics from the song, seen from Ada's point of view:

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I want your horror, I want your design.
'Cause you're a criminal as long as you're mine.
I want your love, love, love, love!
I want your love!

 :lol


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How often do you usually do a sketch?


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Quote from: Ptyra,Mar 3 2010 on  06:27 PM
Pterano's crest in the fishing one is shorter because he's young in that picture.
In that case, it's perfect. The only thing I'd change on his entire head in that picture (something I just noticed) is the corner of his mouth; his smile is too close to the border of his beak.

Quote from: Ptyra,Mar 3 2010 on  06:27 PM
I had no reference for the squid, so I think I'll completely re-do it when I color it. The "halo" was supposed to be the area of flesh surrounding the head, but again, I had no reference for a squid XD .
Try Googling "Loligo". That's pretty much your classic squid. ;)

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I got the shape of the beak in the kissing picture from this shot. The problem is that I did it from memory, so I guess I'll look to that shot so I can fix the problem.
It's not so much the way you drew Pterano that weirds me out as the fact that (in my opinion) creatures with beaks look extremely bizarre when "kissing". :p

Most of my critiques on the new sketch involve Pterano's arms and hands. His right upper arm gets extremely narrow close to his hand, his left forearm looks a bit skinny, especially near the elbow, and the claw on his right hand (the one overhanging the rock) is a little too long. I like his expression, though. And the background looks interesting.



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That's exactly one of the reasons why I had a hard time with drawing it. And they'd probably end up like those two toucans anyway XD

I noticed the arm thing soon after I posted the picture. I'll find some way to fix it.

@C_T
Heh. Except that all but one of the Ada pictures happen before the Great Valley...and even before the Great Earthshake. It's a nice suggestion.
As I drew this, I was imagining a soft, lullaby-ish song...with some simple notes of sitar. No, I am NOT making a reference to The Guru...*shifty eyes*
Then again, it is from the point of view of a far younger Pterano.

And now it's time for a COLORED picture 8D !

The only personal issue I have is Pterano's crest and the water splash...and everything else behind Ada's father.

Speaking of him, I've only come up with two names: Tyson and Tyrone. While Tyson sounds to "soft", Tyrone sounds too close to Pterano...to my ears. I definitely think that he should have an intimidating sounding name. I've been thinking of his personality, and he's pretty much a mix between Henry VIII (in terms of him wanting a male heir), Caesar (thinks he's invincible), and Captain Ahab (Craaazy). Ooooo, that's a NASTY mix!


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Pterano’s crest does look a bit overly horizontal (so does Ada’s, sort of), but Ada’s beak looks much better than in the sketch. :yes I may have to agree with you about the background as well. (By the way, one suggestion I have for when you draw caves is that you shade the walls darker than the floor, to better differentiate them.)

My main critique on the characters in this image is Ada’s forearm and hand. You’re also missing a bit of outline where Pterano’s hand is touching Ada’s shoulder (her other shoulder seems to be missing a slight chunk of outline as well), and part of her eye seems to be drawn over her eyebrow.

I’m still amazed by how much detail you managed to put into Ada’s father in this picture, considering that he’s relatively distant here. (The only thing I have to nitpick is his left leg, which looks excessively straight in the back, and seems to be lacking a knee.) He has a sort of ominous feel in this image, like he’s about to spoil Pterano and Ada’s happy moment.

Out of the two names you mentioned for Ada’s father, I definitely think “Tyrone” sounds much better, but you might want to keep brainstorming. (In case it has any bearing on your decision, Caustizer came up with a similar nameóTyronófor a sharptooth villain in his story “Far Away Home”.) If you like, I can let you know if I come up with any ideas. ;)



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I'm particularly looking forward to the picture featuring the gang. I really like your pictures, but it would be awesome to see some more not exclusively flyers pictures as well.


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@ Pangea:
I thought of another name for Ada's father: Tybalt. I think I might use that one. He does kind of add an ominous feel, now that I think about it. I like to think of that scene as the bit where there's a happy moment and the "possible villain...?" comes in and makes his congratulations...and shadows some of his "villainy...?" on the unsuspecting protagonists.
 
@ Malte: I think I might re-do that one, once I have references at hand. I think I might do it from different angles too.

And here we are, another colored picture!

My only complaint at the moment is that Pterano's crest seems a little too thick. I'm a little pleased with how the water crashing turned out, and the splash where Ada caught the fish.


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Quote from: Ptyra,Mar 4 2010 on  09:21 PM
@ Pangea:
I thought of another name for Ada's father: Tybalt. I think I might use that one.
Hmm...not sure what I think of "Tybalt", personally; it almost doesn't sound intimidating enough. :p (Obviously, though, he's your character, and you should name him what you like. :))

Pterano's hands and left arm look much better in the colored image :yes (though now his right arm seems to be lacking a wrist :blink:), and I agree with you that the background looks good. However, in real life, do you think there would be waves crashing against the beach and the rocks from opposite sides like that? (On the other hand, maybe that does happen... :unsure: I've gotta take a look at some nature documentaries on coasts...)



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Here's my fishing...squiding...picuture in color!

The colors of the water, combined with the color of the rock, looked pretty stormy, so I tried to come up with a pre-storm look to the sky.

Boy were his legs a pain to re-draw...but I did take Pangea's advice for the squid (It looks very surprised :lol ).