Art Requests

[Jadefang]

Sort of a random request...

...but could you draw a Flind? (preferably using a flindbar!)

[Uatu]

Well, I've a gnoll already... need a gnoll? (Well, it shouldn't be that hard to modify the gnoll into a flind, but we'll see (flinds have an inconvenient height for DC ) And of course, if I do a flind, it will be with a flind bar

Anyway, another icon for today... the giant lynx Apparently they were basically Eurasian lynxes, so I did a Eurasian lynx, colored for the arctic.

[manikus]

Nice icon. Though I did notice something amusing when animating it - when attacking, it appears to be jumping straight in the air kicking out in all directions. Does that mean it gets 5 attacks?

[Uatu]

Weeell... Lynxes being 4'+ long, I kind of ran out of space animating their attack (normally I would want it to fly a bit further forward) (I don't want to waste lots of space and have it take up a 2 x 1 box instead)

My first attempt at the attack frame had the lynx too large (it wouldn't even fit in the 48 x 48 box...)

But... I guess you could have it have 5 attacks/round, then

[manikus]

It just makes the lynx a more formidable foe.

[Uatu]

Still, each attack only does 1-2 hp damage... so if he hits all with maximum rolls, he gets to dish out 20 points!

[Uatu]

Sooo... I tried to fix the lynx, making it only attack forwards and not jump any more (Not sure what to do with the "flying version")

[Uatu]

...Aaaand, I tried making a giant squid icon. Hmm - smaller than I thought they would be! (Apparently their huge lengths are a result of people measuring those two long tentacles along with their body.)

If I double or triple the squid to make a kraken - it would be really LOOOONG, if you haven't noticed (Watching videos of squids, apparently they swim around in that horizontal manner, so that is the way I made the icon!)

(Also, now that I have the giant squid for perspective, I think my giant octopus is too big... at the least, it is the largest possible specimen of a giant octopus, I guess.)

[manikus]

That is a very nice squid. Just how much bigger is the kraken supposed to be?
I like the new lynx and giant badger icons too. It is nice to have some more "mundane" creatures to help populate the worlds that I create.

[Uatu]

Well - it says in the MMII that they are at least 10% larger than the largest giant squid (which are how large?). The Monstrous Compendium is more specific, giving 60' for giant squid and 90' for kraken, but... that is HUGE (and recent research seems to favor giant squids about the size that I made them).

But anyway... Yeah, I like having "mundane" creatures as well as fantastic ones around. You have also started me on a "arctic/subarctic" mood, to go along with my "aquatic" preference...