I think if it's really clear which one is your character and the other one is just helping on the background it could be alright. As well your otter could make a water wife or something and cast a spell together like this (just a random idea)
A little sketch to help me figure some stuff out, here the room the protector is guarding It's mostly for me as a guide for the next steps, it probably won't even be visible in the illustration And I think I'm gonna go with the giant ancient snake, keeping the otter idea for something else
I'm surprised I haven't commented on your stuff but I love your previous art war pieces! The ancient snake idea I really like, having a completely sentient and intelligent animal creature is always appealing imo
Thank you very much!! I agree, it's really cool, and it always have some kind of noble attitude that makes all the charm of it, so gotta work on it's charisma to make sure it does't look silly or too angry, but it's gonna be fun!
I don't think a giant snake with beautifully adorned features (referring to your sketches) will ever look silly lol just the face might do if it's not rendered or drawn properly
Alright spend some time searching references today, starting with snakes and it reminded me how umcomfortable snakes makes me and I'm having chills at each photos XD Then a bit for the environment and future water effect And finally search at how other artist work on giant ancient snake
These reference boards give me life. I kinda liked the idea of the water bending otter couple, but can see how that'd be problematic. Also a fan of giant snakes all day err day. Looking forward to seeing where you take it.