Thankyou very much Dragonball05 :). The link didnt work? hmm here is a second link. [url=http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/005/cache/grey-wolf_565_600x450.jpg]

Wolf Head

The picture comparison gives me another comment or two. I now understand some of the non-directional fur. This guy had a bit of beadhead, so it matches more to the picture. Also, well done around the eyes compared to the picture with the lighter fur. I would say that, even though you're only sketching, and not with multiple colors, the more tan color could be done a little lighter than the darker fur, as the contrast between that fur and the really light grey is enough to show there's something different at that darkness level. Unless you don't like the tan, which is fun, too :P

Also, I have been noticing that my tired rants have been containing some improper word choice. Hear instead of here? Gah, I guess sleep is important haha

I drew this almost 2 years ago. I saw this in a mythical creatures art book. I cannot remember the name of the book or the author of the book, but her first name was Sloan I think. ._. as if that is any help nevermind.
Anyways, this is a Chimera. Its a mythical creature half goat, snake and lion. I dont know much about the creatures powers but I know the goat is supposed to breathe fire and the snake, blind people.

The picture comparison gives me another comment or two. I now understand some of the non-directional fur. This guy had a bit of beadhead, so it matches more to the picture. Also, well done around the eyes compared to the picture with the lighter fur. I would say that, even though you're only sketching, and not with multiple colors, the more tan color could be done a little lighter than the darker fur, as the contrast between that fur and the really light grey is enough to show there's something different at that darkness level. Unless you don't like the tan, which is fun, too :P

Also, I have been noticing that my tired rants have been containing some improper word choice. Hear instead of here? Gah, I guess sleep is important haha

Haha I got kind of lazy. No excuse though. Thanks and I am always up all night on the weekends. Except I'm usually doing something crazy and retarded with my friends. xP

Scraggly owl.

The Chimera is very good, but er it isnt always interpreted like that. The way I have seen it is with a female lion head, a snake head for a tail and the fire breathing goat out of the shoulders. Yours is probably better than that... weird thing I described. didnt it have something to do with Hercules?
Nice art all around :)

I have to ask Storm, are you using 1 pencil for each of these drawings or do you have a set of different ones?

Oo, the chimera is cool. Very well blended in terms of animal mixture. I'd say the snake might not be as well blended, but fur to scales is just very difficult, so that's too big a deal. The shading underneath is nicely done showing that there is indeed a light source somewhere, so that's also good. The basic structures of each animal are also very sound, so nice job there :)

The owl's coat seems a little..thick to me. By thick, I mean the lines are too chunky to smoothly fit together and mesh well. It looks like you were going for a more down feather look, rather than the contour, so if so, it's a younger owl. Not too important, but anatomical proportionality is something to think about, though I don't really think the look is all too different.

The owl has a nice shape, though, and the eyes are quite piercing, which I like. The variance in coat color looks good, showing where the different colors are, and I like the pronunciation of the beak. Makes it stand out, as it should since it's coming further out.

Also, it looks like the owl has a beard, and that makes me smile, so thank you :D

Love both of them and I hope to see more animals!

Thankyou everyone :)

I have to ask Storm, are you using 1 pencil for each of these drawings or do you have a set of different ones?

I have a set of shading pencils. I mainly just use 3 though. Would it be better to use more? :P