Don't jhereg have 4 limbs, not six? These sketches give them legs, "hands", and wings, while I think that they actually only have legs and wings, which they sometimes use in an approximation of hands. > On 10/10/05, Davdi Silverrock <davdisil at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Rocza & Loiosh (cover for /Issola/): > > > > http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/17036702/ > > > > > > While I think the above are both very well executed, I just fail to > > understand the jhereg-wings having all of those holes in the second > > one. I mean, why? > > > > Are they holes or natural coloring? I agree that this one is well-executed > and looks nice; perversely, I particularly like that it makes the jhereg > look like fairly disgusting scavengers in their scrawniness, snakelike > bodies, lumpy heads.... The natural setting makes them look better, but in = > a > city they'd just look gross. Which probably explains how humans react to > them. > > Max Wilson > > -- > Be pretty if you are, > Be witty if you can, > But be cheerful if it kills you.