Zach’s crow samurai

Ninja June 16th, 2007

Instead of working on my new homework assignment like a good ninja, I decided to take a break (from other projects that I was working on) and watch Battle Royale. Adrian had recommended this movie after I told him I wanted to be Gogo Yubari for Halloween last year (I ended up choosing an easier costume instead, so maybe I’ll save Gogo for another year). After accepting the ridiculous premise, the movie was quite good. Survival, betrayal, romance, and a lot of blood.

Ah, but back to Zach and his painting request. Last nite, I did two sketches for the crow samurai, which is really more of a crow ninja now that I think about it. In their current, the initial sketches look like a human body with a few crow features. I was brushing my teeth this morning and thought more about some of the mechanics…

The first thought that came into my mind was: the wing span has to be a LOT bigger than what I’ve got now in order to support/lift something as large as a human body. Also, I’d imagine that some bones of the crow creature would have to be either eliminated or pneumatized (hollowed) to keep the weight down for flight, which would be kind of sucky for a battle—fragile bones. Yah, yah, I know there are some birds that do have denser bones, but they’re also clumsier in the air. The somewhat delicate bone structure would mean that the crow creature would most likely do airal attacks with projectiles and avoid close-combat mêlée weapons (so it most likely wouldn’t be a samurai). Also, to my fault, the crow creature cannot have a body that too closely resembles a human, just not conducive to flight. It’d need a massive sternum to house a large respiratory system (which I’m not even sure how that would work out—mammalian lungs or avian air sacs).

These were my first thoughts of the morning. Bah, Zach, now I have to figure all this stuff out before I can draw just the crow creature! I’m sort of dreading the crocodile guy now…

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