They're so cute!!!

OMGOMGOMG!!!! *squees* I love these!
The babies make me thing of the new angry bird movie's idea of chicks XD I am so glad I have been collecting these guys!

So much better balanced.

Now the male, I do see a couple troubles with him, I don't think his neck is to long but his shoulder blade seams undefined (female has it but males seams unfinished or to far forward, gives his spine a noodle look.. His back legs visible seam less fuzzy and small or scrawny too, something unbalanced there and that makes the tail look odd and pose look static (I believe the trouble is with the feet though not the tail) The faces are fantastic and I reserve much more comment for these sketches to be further along.

If any visual clarification is needed I'll be happy to draw it out once I get home :)

Love them! Somebody commented that the males chest looks small/weak. I agree, it would look better with more depth.

Quick edit to the front page with some fast tweaks to the male's sketch based off of feedback so far. :)

The new update is better!

I think the chest could stand to be stronger, but it looks much better.

Other than that, did you see the other two comments I made?
- The tail seems to be as thick as the body. That may be because of the thin chest, I don't know...
- Tail feathers are getting lost in the head feathers. Coloring will help, but I think a tail position shift fixes the problem?

Absolutely beautiful. I don't have any Nytekrie as of yet but I may just with the new design. They are really nice.

Hello!

First off, the Nytekrie have always been, and will always be my absolute favorites. LOVE the new sketches!

For some feedback, I concur with what others have said about the male's tail; first thought was that he had gained an impressive crest, and it took a few seconds to register it was his tail feathers instead. XD

A small bit of critique on the wing anatomy - thinking maybe the forearm part of the wings might need a little lengthening, just to make it longer than the upper-arm/shoulder part.

Have to admit, I am missing the look of the longer neck and smaller head (made them more unique and aerodynamic I think, but then I've always been one to prefer lankier designs).

Again, wonderful sketches! Cannot wait to see them finished!

I now want to have them.. they look awesome!

Hello everyone! Here's another updated sketch of the male, with edited feet, chest, etc.



I want to comment on the tail placement. This was a difficult decision, but let me explain the reasoning. So, in the original Nytekries, the female tail is much longer than the male's tail. To preserve the female pose, the male's tail was lengthened. If this was still in the front, it would cover much more of his body than the original tail art did.

Secondly, we have found it to be a layering nightmare to put tails in the front of the bodies of the pets. We did it with male qitari, and have been trying to avoid it since then. Since we are planning to have alternate wings/tail tips (!!), a tail that starts behind and then goes in front would be a layering nightmare.

We thought about putting the tail going near the further front leg, but not much of it could be shown. We are aware the current placement looks a bit confusing in the sketch, but hopefully it will become more clear once lines and shading are complete. It is unfortunately the best placement we could come up with given body coverage and layering concerns.