Tyrannian Eyrie
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?
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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!
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!
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?
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?
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Even then, though, the jagged edges aren't even consistant between the Emotion and Battledome poses:Lucifer_Apollyon wrote:The beak isn't furry, it's jagged. Like a saw blade.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.
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Agree! That's almost exactly what I was going to say when I saw the image, before reading the topic.yvonne_l_d wrote:It looks like soembody pulled an all nighter to catch the deadline.
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:
Honestly, nowHawk 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.
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.
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