SOD.088 – Owlbear

Posted on March 29, 2010 by Jeff Hebert
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13 Responses to SOD.088 – Owlbear

  1. Gene says:
    March 29, 2010 at 9:32 am

    Been on a D&D kick lately? Time to break out the books?

  2. Jeff Hebert says:
    March 29, 2010 at 9:34 am

    You know it! I don’t have an original edition Monster Manual around any more, though I’d swear at one point I did recently. They do seem to have caught my attention, though.

    On a more technical note, I tried using more gradients and layers on this Flash-colored illustration. I got some surprising effects on the feathers that I liked a lot.

  3. thejay says:
    March 29, 2010 at 10:07 am

    I think I saw that on Warcraft 3.

  4. Jeff Hebert says:
    March 29, 2010 at 10:20 am

    WoW has something sort of similar, but they wear hoods and have antlers, I think. And they’re fatter. This is the D&D style monster.

  5. Me Myself & I says:
    March 29, 2010 at 11:19 am

    The feathers are really cool.

  6. Jake says:
    March 29, 2010 at 12:09 pm

    I was thinking about requesting this in the companion section. This thought lead me to wonder what kind of adventurer would have an Owlbear as a companion.

    “Come along Owlbear… No Owlbear! Put me down! Bad Owlbear! Ba–(death rattle)”

  7. Gene says:
    March 29, 2010 at 1:08 pm

    AD&D is awesome. Many fond memories. I still have my original blue MM, but the binding is being held on with duct tape. I’d fortunately found another one while treasure hunting at a used book store, so I’ve got a near perfect copy as well. :)

    Good times…..

  8. kyle says:
    March 29, 2010 at 4:07 pm

    what no men-bear pig!

  9. The Atomic Punk says:
    March 29, 2010 at 6:37 pm

    I like the lighting. Kind of looks like someone is shining a flashlight on it. Perhaps a dark cave background and a yellow stream would complete the effect. :)

  10. Connor S. says:
    March 29, 2010 at 7:09 pm

    One thing pops into my mind. World of Warcraft. :P

  11. tristan says:
    March 29, 2010 at 7:18 pm

    AWSOME best picture yet AWSOMENESS through the roof!!!!!!!!

  12. Jeff Hebert says:
    March 29, 2010 at 7:50 pm

    Connor, yes, as we said a few comments back, WoW took the Owlbear model and added a hood, clawed feet, and reindeer antlers.

    Atomic Punk, that’s exactly the effect I was going for, glad you caught that!

    And thanks Tristan!

  13. johnathon says:
    April 15, 2010 at 10:22 am

    dude alsome monster what did you get it off of warcrafts lol jk man jk.