Marr Bird (name?)

*diving straight in*

Well...this is my first Nyoka concept .

The Marr Bird is a small but very flashy flightless bird. They lay large clutches of 5-15 eggs. It is covered with a thin, fine, dull coat of feathers over most of it's body, apart from on it's head and tail. These areas have long plumes of feathers which serve as a display to potential mates and rivals. If their colourful feathers and strutting do not intimidate a rival, they use their specially adapted 'wings' to fight. All of the wing fingers have joined into one, and they have a claw on the end. They fight in complex sequences, rarely wounding, it's a show of strength and finesse.
They live in scrubland, maybe. They like places where they can run and dodge from predators, as speed is their best defence. If they have to, they can use their claws fairly well, although as they are a maximum of 45cm tall, they aren't much threat to large predators.

I do have a sketch, but it's a bit cartoony, so I need to make it more realistic. I am iffy at sprites, but I want to at least have a go.

I have no idea about planets yet, but I'd quite like these to be fairly common.

Am I missing anything? Any questions?

What colors do they have?

Also would you still show us your sketch? I would like to see it.^^

Seph wrote:What colors do they have?

Also would you still show us your sketch? I would like to see it.^^

Bright colours...not sure yet, I'm open to suggestions! ^^

I'm not sure if my sketch is on my laptop... XD

I will wait on color suggestions untill I see a sketch. xD

Also may others have a go at sketching them?

Seph wrote:I will wait on color suggestions untill I see a sketch. xD

Also may others have a go at sketching them?

Yup! I'm sure there're plenty of people here with superior talent!. I'm doing a quick sketch on Paint to show what I'm thinking of, so that should be done in a few minutes .

Edit:

The colours are a bit odd, the arms are too thin I think, the body shape should be a bit shorter or something, and I fail at legs, but, yeah.

egg- this brightly feathered egg looks intimidating

Megablukk wrote:egg- this brightly feathered egg looks intimidating

Hmm, I'm not sure if the egg would be intimidating XD.

True that also while sketching I realised that the information about food is missing.
I mean what does it eat? You know the beak shape has to reflect this a bit. ^^

Seph wrote:True that also while sketching I realised that the information about food is missing.
I mean what does it eat? You know the beak shape has to reflect this a bit. ^^

Well, I think they are omnivores, eating insects, seeds, nuts, etc. Maybe scavenging, but they aren't predators. XD

What do you think?

Nice, but I imagined the head feathers to be more of a plume, behind the head ;D.

Kind of like this. Only, more extensive and colourful.

Do you need spriters?

Probably, but I'd like to have a go first, when sketches and everything is sorted. XD

muuahaahahaaa XD


Not seriously. ^^'


Remind me to ask for feather references next time okay? ^^

Nice feathers ^^. I still think there should be more though .

It must be bright and plumey and stuff! XD

So Sallin which sketch did you liked more? 1st or 2nd? (To know which one I should edit^^')

And Megablukk it's just than an egg isn't actually neither intimidating nor feathery. x_x

Seph wrote:So Sallin which sketch did you liked more? 1st or 2nd? (To know which one I should edit^^')

And Megablukk it's just than an egg isn't actually neither intimidating nor feathery. x_x

Second ^^. And could you shorten the arms/wings a bit? /picky XD

Just poking this topic a bit...