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Character design I did for my partner, both as a surprise avatar/present and for RP use. The challenge was to make something that could fly, swim and run without too much implausibility, with hidden deadliness. This is about about as good as I get at drawing characters, really I can only do orthographic views of machines and buildings (click for slightly larger view).

Looks nice. Good work. I like how the wings are handled.

I could give some more in-depth comments, but sometimes people don't actually want them.

Pick wrote:I could give some more in-depth comments, but sometimes people don't actually want them.

Sadly I won't benefit much from a technical critique; I just don't practice often enough these days to have much chance of improving. Alien anatomy is always a fun subject to discuss though.

This particular species has six seperate pairs of retractable fins; the wings, tail extensions, ear fins, hand claws, leg claws and poisonous whip-tail spines (the later three are modified fins that lost the webbing at some point in its evolution). The wings are still rather unrealistic in size/shape/configuration, but if the assorted demonic creatures in the setting can get away with undersized bat wings with no apparent supporting musculature I think I can get away with these. The design may be a little busy - it would be moreso if I'd finished the shading and put the planned Trill-style gold spot markings on, but I just couldn't resist adding those sting-ray tails on to go with the ray-like wing covers. There is the question of why a creature that is both aquatic and flying would have long hair; I went with 'the species is hairless, the green stuff on her head is actually a symbiotic plant, which adheres to the skull and (a) filters enough oxygen out of the water to extend dives considerably, (b) stores surplus sugars and (c) contributes a small amount of extra sugar from photosynthesis, in return for nitrogen+minerals+CO2 from her body'. That conveniently explains why it looks like seaweed.

i like the color choice, and even the designs! I'm reminded of dragons, or even the gorgon from this design.