Tyrannian Eyrie

Xelio · Post by **Xelio** » 10 Oct 2006 11:47 am

To use the expression of a dear friend of mind, 'ouchkabibbles.' That thing is pretty bad. Eyries have always been one of my fav species, mostly through concept anymore as the redraws have gone downhill. What happened to working on making good pets? Isn't that what the staff is paid for? Maybe not paid too well even, but still, would people be happy if other people with poor pay, like teachers, only gave half-baked attempts like this?

Madge · Post by **Madge** » 10 Oct 2006 12:11 pm

What I don't like is that the main body doesn't seem to be redrawn between any of the poses except defended and hit. I mean, I understand that many redraws have crap BD poses, but they often have really nice emotion poses to make up for it.

I think this would have been a *lot* better if each of the emotion poses was individually drawn from scratch.

Actually, it would have been a lot better if it was more like the tyrannian kougra, or more like an archaeopteryx, but those are dreams. I just wish that since we're stuck with the "hairy horny eyrie" concept, it was executed better!

daisybell · Post by **daisybell** » 10 Oct 2006 12:48 pm

For the angry pose, they didn't even bother to change it except flip the head and reshade the mane slightly. It looks like it has a deformed neck.

And the feet look like those novelty slippers they make for men so they can look like they have hairy taloned feet. Oh, and the horns remind me of plastic Viking helmet; and the tail looks like a cat toy.

Oh, and the hit poses are the wrong way round, aren't they?

Amaranthiine · Post by **Amaranthiine** » 10 Oct 2006 02:19 pm

The way the notch in the wing is shaded, it makes it look like the hindquarters have been cut short and that it has a huge wart. Ugh.

dlfreak · Post by **dlfreak** » 10 Oct 2006 08:08 pm

The [lack of] shading and expression is terrible.

How does turning your head one way or another make you happy or angry?

Happy

Angry

phoebemittens · Post by **phoebemittens** » 10 Oct 2006 08:12 pm

What everyone else said, but what struck me first was how expressionless it is - there's no difference to any of the emotion poses. Even to the point where beaten and sad are essentially the same pose.

VERY BAD, TNT. Go to your room.

Scimthary · Post by **Scimthary** » 10 Oct 2006 09:26 pm

I went to neopets to use the lab and remembered to check the new eyries, I almost fainted when I saw the horrible tyrannian colour. It's so flat, ugly, boring..besides it looks like something done YEARS ago!

yvonne_l_d · Post by **yvonne_l_d** » 10 Oct 2006 11:00 pm

I don't mind the concept. But there is not enough attention to detail, and why is the beak furry. It looks like soembody pulled an all nighter to catch the deadline.

Lucifer_Apollyon · Post by **Lucifer_Apollyon** » 10 Oct 2006 11:14 pm

yvonne_l_d wrote:I don't mind the concept. But there is not enough attention to detail, and why is the beak furry. It looks like soembody pulled an all nighter to catch the deadline.

The beak isn't furry, it's jagged. Like a saw blade.

Silverevilchao · Post by **Silverevilchao** » 10 Oct 2006 11:18 pm

Lucifer_Apollyon wrote:
yvonne_l_d wrote:I don't mind the concept. But there is not enough attention to detail, and why is the beak furry. It looks like soembody pulled an all nighter to catch the deadline.
The beak isn't furry, it's jagged. Like a saw blade.

Even then, though, the jagged edges aren't even consistant between the Emotion and Battledome poses:

Randomness · Post by **Randomness** » 11 Oct 2006 08:10 am

Oh well I don't really care whats bad about it I just think it looks kute with a bit of fixing up it wouldnt look too bad.

FaerieInGrey · Post by **FaerieInGrey** » 11 Oct 2006 06:55 pm

yvonne_l_d wrote:It looks like soembody pulled an all nighter to catch the deadline.

Agree! That's almost exactly what I was going to say when I saw the image, before reading the topic.

I expected much, much better for the Tyrannian Eyrie, if only because Eyries are so decidedly different than a lot of the other pets.

The wings are the best part. Unfortunately, they are very similar to the Darigan Zafara's and less well-done, which takes away from any "good" they brought to the pet.

Dammit

The inconsistancies between poses are shameful, especially what Hawk pointed out:

Hawk wrote:Compare:

The weird dark-brownish stuff on the foot is gone in the second one, plus the claws aren't yellow - it happens in the close attack pose too.

Honestly, now

And this is just bugging me:

See the wing bandage? How does that work?!

I like the two tails, I guess. It looks nice in the frontpage image, but I don't know how much I like it on the pet itself. You only really see it in defended and hit, which aren't very good poses at all.

I think the artist had a decent concept, but rushed through the art and didn't pay enough attention to the shading, the consistacy, and the small details that can really make a nice colour.

Sad.

yvonne_l_d · Post by **yvonne_l_d** » 13 Oct 2006 08:20 pm

That side-by-side of the Darigan Zafara and Tyrannian Eyrie shows the difference very well. They both have very similar poses, but the Zafara looks much more professional.

Lou 500 · Post by **Lou 500** » 14 Oct 2006 01:01 pm

I don't like it. The poses are all nearly the same, the only thing that changes is the head and a foot.

LadySilverSnake · Post by **LadySilverSnake** » 31 Oct 2006 12:58 pm

The concept is awesome (I love the evil look of those horns and wings), the execution is ew.

Neocolours

Tyrannian Eyrie

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