Onyx prime feeding the forest creatures
Hopefully the last piece I have to do for uni because this took an absurd amount of time and effort to complete. (32 hours/idk how to measure effort lol)
I highly recommend opening the image and zooming in to get all the little details.
I pulled inspiration from all sorts of sources for this one: the biggest one is an illustration from one of my favourite childhood books about a fantastic forest being that feeds the critters in the woods just because it likes to do so.
I took some inspiration from the Miyazaki' "princess mononoke", specifically the deer god, for Onyx' design itself with the one head being on top of another bird head, his upper torso not having arms and having wings instead, and all other sorts of whimsical details. Onyx is a demigod, after all. He should look the part. I always wanted him to look whimsical, but also a bit surprising, slightly off putting even due to how impossible he looks at a first glance. But never looking terrifying.
I was inspired by "the garden of earthly delights" by Bosch because of how highly detailed it is and how original so many plants and buildings look.
I love creatures, I love all creatures. And I love Onyx Prime too, so, I really wanted to show his love and whimsy through this drawing I did.