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)

That could be really interesting, thanks for the idea! :smiley:

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

Yeah you're right! Gonna work on the references gathering asap for that! Never painted snakes before, so it's gonna be fun!

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


Bonus ref board in case I change my mind and because they're the cutest thing ever :

you're welcome :smile:

Nice, God of War! I took some reference for that too, such a good game xD

Looking forward for more, looking great so far

oh yes! you're back, loved everything you made each year, im sure this year will be even greater! good luck! :blush:

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.