A wee bit of artwork after two years.

[Starwhip]

Totally did not expect it to look like this on the first try.

This is literally the first time I've ever gotten the damn thing so... well, correctly proportioned, whatever the term for that is.

Now to do it again! (Bad shading is bad. I need to do it better next time)

Also, it still has some kinks I'd like to knock out. Especially the head and hind legs.

It's also missing a wing... whoops!

Then it's on to modeling it in Blender. For things and... stuff.

EDIT:

By bad shading I mean the whole thing was done with a #2 mechanical pencil. I need to find my art stuff for the next one.

EDIT2:

Ah, now my art skills are coming back to me!

And... I didn't forget the wing this time!

EDIT3: Minor tweaking and a darker tone. Still using only a #2 pencil.

Still needs to be darker:

Edited February 20, 2015 by Starwhip

[NovaSilisko]

Pretty good, there. Only specific gripe (beyond the missing wing, which you mentioned) that I can point out is it looks like the horns are crossed over one another - or is that intentional?

[Starwhip]

Pretty good, there. Only specific gripe (beyond the missing wing, which you mentioned) that I can point out is it looks like the horns are crossed over one another - or is that intentional?

They're supposed to be uneven, but I see the crossover now. A wee bit too extreme with the curve of the far horn.

*Puts on to-do list*

EDIT:

HOW could I miss the stupid wing?! It's irritating me now!

Have you ever had someone show you one of those two-faced illusion things, and you only saw one version, and then they go and show you the second one? You know how you can't stop seeing it afterwards?

Yeah, that's me right now.

Edited February 19, 2015 by Starwhip

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Could I make a suggestion from one artist to another?

Make the contrast much more extreme between dark and light, make the shadows really dark, and the whole thing a bit darker overall with the exception of the highlights.

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For the Dark spots use a 6B or softer pencil.

[EdFred]

How does it fly with only one wing?

I only draw straight lines, or use a french curve or compass so it's better than I can probably do.

[Starwhip]

Could I make a suggestion from one artist to another?

Make the contrast much more extreme between dark and light, make the shadows really dark, and the whole thing a bit darker overall with the exception of the highlights.

- - - Updated - - -

For the Dark spots use a 6B or softer pencil.

Yeah, I'm definitely going to work on the contrast. First I need to find my pencils, though. The whole thing was drawn and shaded with a mechanical pencil just to see what the lighting would look like.

I might skip over the next iteration and go directly to 3D model, we'll see. I finally figured out the knife project tool, that will help with more organic shapes. Though physically drawing it has its own allure.

[Starwhip]

Much better. Now I need shading.

*mumbling* Where did I put those darn pencils?

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Might I suggest thinning the front limbs a bit? The length is fine but proportionally they are a bit thick.

When you do the shading make sure you pick a light source first, I would suggest upper left, like a spotlight in thick cloud cover. Make the shadows deep.

[Starwhip]

Might I suggest thinning the front limbs a bit? The length is fine but proportionally they are a bit thick.

When you do the shading make sure you pick a light source first, I would suggest upper left, like a spotlight in thick cloud cover. Make the shadows deep.

It's not so much the legs as it is the head...

Though thinning them would definitely make the neck and head stand out less... ATM, they're too small.

I'll probably give it a few strokes with a pen, then do a mass edge erase. There are some ugly lines here and there.

[Starwhip]

Here we are, much better. Going to stick with this and shade it.

[Sampa]

Like that.

[Starwhip]

Still can't find the darn pencils, but I had a go at it anyways. (All #2)

Needs to be darker in some spots...