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As time still properly eludes me, I've decided to get what art posted I can when I can rather than wait and focus heavily on getting a full bio done. This is a concept image for another monster to appear in the Stormback universe, called Reaoc, or Rokura in Japan where it appears initially. Its a pyrokinetic monster with avian qualities, and technically fills in the Rodan/King Caesar niches of the roster, at least partially.

Unlike Stormback, whose design is influenced by suitmation, Reaoc's is influenced by the most modern method of monster portrayal to date, motion capture. With pieces of Suitmation and Stop Motion combined with the latest Computer technology, Mo-Cap has given us some remarkable creature performances and its hard to imagine it not being used for a long time to come. It seemed fitting to make the creature somewhat humanoid in build, but long and lanky. I wanted it to have that hunched, almost pained posture that the Eva Units possess so well, and this pose was a rough attempt at that. Looking at it I see some places where the short, pinion coat of feathers should have ended or would have better served with exposed muscle alone, but regardless, this is only a concept and I'm posting it to see what people think first and foremost. That said, whatever thoughts you might have I'd love to hear them, this guy's design is definitely in need of some further tweaks.

Description
As time still properly eludes me, I've decided to get what art posted I can when I can rather than wait and focus heavily on getting a full bio done. This is a concept image for another monster to appear in the Stormback universe, called Reaoc, or Rokura in Japan where it appears initially. Its a pyrokinetic monster with avian qualities, and technically fills in the Rodan/King Caesar niches of the roster, at least partially.

Unlike Stormback, whose design is influenced by suitmation, Reaoc's is influenced by the most modern method of monster portrayal to date, motion capture. With pieces of Suitmation and Stop Motion combined with the latest Computer technology, Mo-Cap has given us some remarkable creature performances and its hard to imagine it not being used for a long time to come. It seemed fitting to make the creature somewhat humanoid in build, but long and lanky. I wanted it to have that hunched, almost pained posture that the Eva Units possess so well, and this pose was a rough attempt at that. Looking at it I see some places where the short, pinion coat of feathers should have ended or would have better served with exposed muscle alone, but regardless, this is only a concept and I'm posting it to see what people think first and foremost. That said, whatever thoughts you might have I'd love to hear them, this guy's design is definitely in need of some further tweaks.