Showdown in Draenor

A torrap (raptor-like humanoid from Draenor) faces down a Storm Rider, who rides his Thunderhead Roc steed.



My first time trying feathers - I hated it!

Crits? Comments?

hmm thats really good, just wondering if we would be suppose to see the rider legs from this angle or not... cant find anything wrong on that

You're not.

I love the wings they are very well drawn. The reptile creature could have a little more detail, possibly scales. And make the spear tip a little larger, and the shaft longer. Looks great all over though.

I think this is the best piece I've seen you do Marco.
Just so icbm won't get on my back, the only thing I can see is that it looks like you messed up on the legs. The feet look weird. Also niether the bird or the rider look like their paying attention to the lizard folk.

What do you mean? The bird's right in his face!

hehehe... and my power grows.

I really like it Marco... The area of the transition between the main flight feathers and the rest of the wing needs to be more jagged...

And A real wing would not have the 'down' feathers on it like you have there... a real wing is more like medium sized feathers as the main shingles and then flight feathers for the overhang...

It looks more like an ambush because the Bird's eyes are NOT looking towards the Lizard and the Rider is looking straight ahead... I believe it works better this way.

icbm1987

Well, I see the point with the orc, but my Roc friend here has a little inspiration from the chicken, which I don't believe can turn its eyes except in the mildest degree. Plus, I thought it'd make it look less intelligent, and I thought it worked.

Are you saying to get this thing right, I'm going to have to draw MORE individual feathers. (Breaks down in tears.)

that birds head is really nie and detailed... in fact, everything about him kinda pwns..

good job...

only i hate teh damn leeezard fuukas, but thats just my humbe opinion ^_^

you suck... but anywho...

i found Bob

www.taoofgaming.tk

lets pay him a visit... shall we?

Sorry for being off-topic Marco... but I must converse with the Erwt.

icbm1987

o man, that roc thing kicks ass! i love the way the feathers are comin around the picture... and that lizard is so pwned.

the wings look great.

especially on somethign that you hate and at your first try.

the torrap's neck looks kinda wierd.

All torraps' necks look wierd - they haven't evolved out of that "S-shaped" thing.

like the "S" from strongbad?

"the 'S' is for sucks"

No! Like the S-shaped necks you see on swans and dromaeosaurs, the latter having much context in this case.

[edit]: Dromaeosaurs, if I remember correctly, designate the suborder of raptors such as Deinonychus (personal favorite), Dromaeosaurus, Velociraptor, Utahraptor, and a few distant relatives like Baryonyx. I was a major fanboy of dinosaurs as a child . . . Robert Bakker rules!