All the bird anatomy stuff has led up to this!
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Final Harpy Concept
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| Head Detail |
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| Initial Head Sketch & Inspiration |
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| Front of Wing Details |
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| Back of Wing Details |
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| Skin Pass |
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| Skeleton & Muscle Anatomy |
I'm really stoked on the result, and learned so much in the process! It was a bit of a compromise attaching a human head to a bird body--since birds don't have sternocleidomastoids or a trapezius, which are fairly defining for human necks, I agonized a bit over adding them. Ultimately I felt it was important to blend the human head with the bird body (keeled sternum, rigid shoulder blades) so I needed just a bit of human anatomy to make that organic.
I feel like I've come away a lot more comfortable approaching bird and bird-hybrid anatomy :3
