Drawn for the group "Creature-Exchange" over on DeviantArt.

Hooboy, first time doing one of these. Hope I did it right!

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Design for: Sixbane

Prompt: http://comments.deviantart.com/1/511104932/3735136118

1 - What parts of your prompt were written well and easy to understand? Was there anything the writer of the prompt could improve on or include next time they create a prompt?

The prompt was actually pretty decent, as it gave me a great deal of freedom while still having just enough information to keep me reigned in.

2 - Please explain how you interpreted the prompt to create your design. Which features did you use? Did you stick to the chosen palette or make changes to it? Does the design you created have any special abilities or quirks?

Sixbane asked for "complicated character", complicated is what I'm giving 'em!

A great deal of the key words given to me by the prompt really struck at me for the ideas. Key among these was the "mythological creature" angle as well as the preference for hybrids. And thus, I did some searching for unusual hybrid creatures and stumbled across the Wolpentinger, which aided me in finding a creature that could be theoretically "have fluff" as well as "feathers". I then combined the creature's basic combinations and began adding bits of the "fallen angel" angle to make the creature a bit more interesting. The extra request for the scythe helped push the idea further.

"Jewelery" and "armor" were also mentioned, so I tried to add some of that to the character. Looking at the Wolpentinger design again, it reminded me of something you'd see in a Heraldic coat-of-arms, so I decided to play with a crown/chain motif (with the chain on the neck doubling as part of the "scarf" prompt, if a bit unusually so).

The prompt included the mention of black/white/red/purple/blue and sunset colors, which helped with going for a minimalistic approach to a color scheme (which I admit to being a sucker to). No real "sunset" color unless you count the orange for the crowns and the antler-flames. Finally the "stripes" prompt, I decided to play with the idea of runes, with the tail and forehead having a very stylized shaped based off the alchemical rune for "gold" (seen above).

While I obviously played a lot with symbolism here, I'll be letting Sixbane take over in the story department :)