[WIP] Alien-Bird

[Dex]

inspired by a friend of mine's drawing, this is what I have so far. c+c please.

Also, I'm still working on the c64 one, but I'm sorta taking a break to do this. 

[Dex]

update, getting some help from Josiah on where to place shadows etc

[Jakten]

I acctually prefer the neck on the original piece. The second one looks like a random placement of bumps but the first looks more like he has actual muscle mass. The wing is looking alot nicer though

[Dex]

I acctually prefer the neck on the original piece. The second one looks like a random placement of bumps but the first looks more like he has actual muscle mass. The wing is looking alot nicer though

The mouth/snout would shadow it, but I've added a little bit in this update. I also tried to make the fur more...furry.

[Dex]

getting there

[Dex]

background drafting

[Dex]

comments are scarce these days

luckily I have pixel artists on AIM and such to critique 

anyways, update, added some hills

[Cow]

Hmm, I don't know what you were going for regarding the bird's texture, it looks more like wood to me than anything else. The textures on the mountain are the same way. I like the clouds, but they contribute to the overall clutteredness of the composition. I don't think you were thinking of composition from the first step, so right now the background appears to be random detail put behind the alien-bird to fill the canvas rather than something that's contributing to the piece in a positive way. Having a setting rather than just a floating picture is nice, but there's no 'interaction' here, the bird feels plastered on top and disconnected from his environment.

[Dex]

...any suggestions as how to fix that?

I also don't see how the bird looks like wood. The first version, maybe, but here I just don't see it.

[Larwick]

The way the bird's lips are right against the edge of the canvas is distressing - i'd suggest making the canvas larger to fit the bird in appropriately.