I don't think I've ever seen a more animated* reaction to a piece of artwork than yours, Jared.
*I swear by my sideburns, that joke was TOTALLY unintentional. :blink:
I WENT BANANAS! When I first saw this!
When I first glanced at that, I thought you said, "I want bananas!"
Anyway...Ptyra: You did a GREAT job on Flyer-Jared’s head (it’s just a very well-drawn flyer head). His neck, however, looks a little on the thick side. Also,
is he supposed to be on all fours? If he is, then I should point out that his left hand is over his right foot. Both his hands are pretty well drawn, though his right arm and hand look quite a bit stockier and more angular than his left. Maybe it’s just me, but his feet, though well-drawn, also look a little big (Or his he going through an awkward age himself?
). As for Pterano, he looks...extremely friendly and cheerful, for some reason. His head, too, is very well done
And apart from a somewhat strangely-shaped outermost toe, his feet and legs are excellent. His right hand looks pretty good, though I would give it a more defined wrist, and move the “borders” of his claws (especially the top two) further right, so that they don’t match up with the line of his keft arm so perfectly. As for his left hand, I’d change the angles of the creases between his fingers to be more horizontal.
Despite its relative simplicity, I personally consider the second pic to be REALLY good.
Pterano’s head and expression, especially, are incredible. (His left foot is pretty darn good, too.
) You did very well making him look youthful (and a little vain
). His right lower leg is a little shorter and thicker (at the top) than his left, and his toes are of somewhat variable sizes and shapes, but besides that, incredible as it may seem, I really can’t come up with much to criticize.
Pterano looks even younger in the picture with Ada (who looks to be giving him a lesson in Marine Biology
). Both of them look excellent; again, their heads in particular. Their expressions are so well done that you can almost figure out what’s going on in the scene by them alone. To me, anyway, Ada looks to know more about the sea creatures she is looking at than Pterano, and is fascinated with them, while Pterano seems maybe a bit hesitant (I might even say squeamish), but also curious. I also love how you showed their knees sticking up underneath their wing membranes. And the background is nice, too.
I do notice that Ada’s hands are much larger than Pterano’s, and while her left foot looks great, her right one is disproportionately large. :blink: Pterano’s feet are also a tad asymmetrical, though I think his hands look better than Ada’s.
The picture as a whole is a beautiful little (proto-romantic?) moment between Pterano and Ada, and I have to say it’s one of my favorite drawings you’ve ever done of them as youngsters.
(Also, why do I get the feeling that Pterano’s about to receive a painful introduction to the creature coming up on his right?
)
I thought it would be more interesting for Ada's wing to be damaged that it would heal, but take a VERY long time to do so. Once it does, she returns home to find that Pterano and her egg are gone. Tybalt then explains to her what happened...with extreme truthfulness for a villain character.
First you were going to have Ada die...then she was going to survive but be crippled and unable to fly...now she survives AND gets better. :unsure: I hope I don't sound like I'm infringing on your creativity, but I personally liked the darker and more bittersweet versions better. (Admittedly, it DOES solve the problem of how Ada gets to the Great Valley with a severely torn wing.) If you do end up taking this route, I'd suggest at least leaving Ada with a scar on her wing (Boy do I sound morbid :blink:
).
Anyway, the picture: Tybalt looks very old in it to me, for some reason.
How long is this supposed to take place after Pterano leaves? Both he and Ada are extremely well-drawn; outstanding feet (again, that was accidental!
) are becoming the norm for your artwork. The only things on Tybalt for which I can suggest improvement are his right lower leg (thicker than the left) andófar more significantlyóhis left hand; look at the part where the back of his hand diverges from his wrist, in relation to his (rather angular) thumb, and you should see what I’m talking about. As for Ada, the outlines of her eyelids and lower jaw look a bit wrinkly, and like I said, there should be some indicator that she was severely injured, but other than that she looks excellent. (If you intended for her expression to be one of shock and/or concern, you succeeded magnificently.
)
