#final redesign

[star-the-gremlin]

Finally redesigned the gurl,,

(Edit: I noticed some of the black was too dark to see the lineart clearly and since my dumbass didn't save the lineart separately i had to lighten the image a bit)

[fantasy-anatomy-analyst]

And here is the original DnD 5e monster manual design of the vrock vs my finalized redesign.

First vrock post is over Here and my previous post is Here

(Image description: two different pictures of a vrock, a DnD monster which is supposed to be a demon that resembles a humanoid/vulture hybrid. On the left is the original design. It's very very scrawy with long limbs ending in bird-like claws. Its color scheme is blue and mildewy grey, with the blue skin being exposed along the limbs, neck, and chest. The mildewy grey feathers along its back, long tail, and horribly designed wings look liek a matted shag carpet. The design is creepy but lacks space for a ribcage and has entirely useless crescent shaped wings designed for looks rather than function even though its supposed to be able to fly. It is crouching like it's sneaking around.

On the right is my redesign, which bears a lot more resemblance to an actual vulture instead of a nonspecific outdated dinosaur. I used the king vulture color scheme of dark blue, beige, and vibrant red and orange. My vrock is rearing up on its bird-like back legs, flaring the long feather fan of its tail and flapping its wings so the primary feathers seem to curl with the motion. There is an orange crest on its head liek a cassowary, and its dark blue neck also has a bright red-orange wattle like a turkey. Its large eyes are a very pale blue so they stand out. It has its beak open in a screech, and instead of teeth along the edge of the beak I gave it freaky tongue teeth like many birds have. Its arms are small and held close to the body, but are still ready to lash out. The spore attack mentioned in the monster manual is here depicted with a patch of bare skin on its chest that is covered in a symbiotic fungus so the spores are spread when it flaps.)

I realized after I was done that the primary feathers on the far wing are not entirely proportional at the end, but let's just say it lost those feathers in a fight once and is still regrowing them. It was also really hard to get the arms to look the same length and be held in an interesting pose that wouldn't get in the way of the fungus patch. But I am not getting paid for this so I can forgive myself a few small proportion flubs. So anyway, that's the vrock all done and totally redesigned! Wow that was a lengthy project.

My next post will be a smaller project. Instead of a redesign I'm just going to discuss the prevalent issue of shredded wing membranes on fantasy creatures that have bat-like wings.

Hope you enjoyed seeing my process as I critiqued and redesigned the vrock!

[moonlitinsight]

These sketches have been in my art folder for a while and will finally be shared;

Work-in-progress of Laurence’s final design.

This features his Holy Robes, and a unique outfit he wears for anything else.

I wanted to give him a look that gave him power, and fierceness. 

Enjoy.