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Overall, I'm quite happy with this rough draft. I see something wrong with his lower torso and tail. His feet are intentionally lacking detail (to be added in final version) so I can focus on the anatomy and action pose at this point.

The Scene/action: He's just stopped (from the power of his wings), and so, his tail should follow his running path, curling behind him, from inertia. Something looks a bit off.



I'm looking for fellow artists to positively critique, providing tips on the anatomy/action pose (or other problem I may have not seen). Compliments are not required, but appreciated.

Looks excellent! I love the design you've got going, and the concept is very unique. Quite nice for a rough draft. :D

A few little pointers on the anatomy, mainly just with the motion as you've got the actual muscles down pretty good:



For the feet, I think the main thing is just to bring his right foot (our left) forward a bit to make it look more like he's kinda thrusting forwards to stop momentum (think eagle landing). Then that gives you a nice, strong, C-shaped action line (Depicted in blue) that'll flow really nicely through the creature. As for the tail (depicted in green), same thing applies, just give it a little more motion. Try to avoid harsh bends and try to keep it pretty flowy. Then I'd just also add a bit more curviness and flowy-ness to the wings as well, to keep it looking elegant and natural. :3

But, all in all, it's looking quite nice. Can't wait to see it progress. :D

Flowy-ness Never thought of that, but it works.
I didn't think of putting the tail in that pose.
I guess I was missing the foreshortening (foot in the foreground).

Thank you for the great critique

This looks great! The motion that Andan mentioned would look really good, and this concept is really weird. Also, is there going to be a background to this? Overall, this has great potentional and it could turn out to be awesome!