Thank you for the critique. I appreciate the comments and I agree with some of what you said had the intent been to create a truly merged creature. In fact, I’ve taught a couple courses at CGSociety on creature design and techniques on how to create convincing hybrid characteristics. I actually created this piece for my significant other and was for more for a laugh. (inside joke)
I know you intended well and I highly encourage helping others, (it will only improve your own understanding to things even further when you have to teach them) but (if you're open to some critique yourself) I would suggest sticking to critiquing people who solicit it. That way you're not wasting time giving time/energy/advice on ears that aren’t necessarily open to what you're offering. Not saying I'm not open, it was just info I was already familiar with, but didn't really need for the purposes of this work. Thanks again.
I know you intended well and I highly encourage helping others, (it will only improve your own understanding to things even further when you have to teach them) but (if you're open to some critique yourself) I would suggest sticking to critiquing people who solicit it. That way you're not wasting time giving time/energy/advice on ears that aren’t necessarily open to what you're offering. Not saying I'm not open, it was just info I was already familiar with, but didn't really need for the purposes of this work. Thanks again.
Okay. That's why I tried to leave it open ended as well, just in case your intent wasn't going for a more merged version because that possibility crossed my mind as well.
I had a feeling you probably knew of those sorts of things, considering the level of your design capabilities. I pointed it out more for the sake that even fabulous writers need editors, some times things slip by us or we just didn't think of it, no matter how much time we spent working on it. I've had a couple of instances of one of my friends pointing out something I did or did not do in a drawing that I had not even noticed, such as forgetting to draw the bottom of a sword pommel under a character's hand. So, I hope it didn't come off as presumptuous or anything, I merely meant it as a gesture of having another pair of detail oriented eyes, as well as trying to say something more than just a 'wow, awesome' or 'That is really good.'
It can be at times hard to tell who is and who is not open to advice or suggestion. Some times the people you think would really appreciate it because they look like they are still trying to grow and you might be able to give them a tip to save them some time and stress turn on you instead. Or those you think are beyond your skill level and likely wouldn't' want anyone pointing out something they noticed would actually give anything to have more people actually say something constructive about their work, rather than always the same short praises they usually get, but they do not flag for critique for one reason or another. I don't flag most of my own work for critiques anymore because nothing ever came of doing so anyhow.
I had a feeling you probably knew of those sorts of things, considering the level of your design capabilities. I pointed it out more for the sake that even fabulous writers need editors, some times things slip by us or we just didn't think of it, no matter how much time we spent working on it. I've had a couple of instances of one of my friends pointing out something I did or did not do in a drawing that I had not even noticed, such as forgetting to draw the bottom of a sword pommel under a character's hand. So, I hope it didn't come off as presumptuous or anything, I merely meant it as a gesture of having another pair of detail oriented eyes, as well as trying to say something more than just a 'wow, awesome' or 'That is really good.'
It can be at times hard to tell who is and who is not open to advice or suggestion. Some times the people you think would really appreciate it because they look like they are still trying to grow and you might be able to give them a tip to save them some time and stress turn on you instead. Or those you think are beyond your skill level and likely wouldn't' want anyone pointing out something they noticed would actually give anything to have more people actually say something constructive about their work, rather than always the same short praises they usually get, but they do not flag for critique for one reason or another. I don't flag most of my own work for critiques anymore because nothing ever came of doing so anyhow.