Group source question: This is the pencil rough for an owlbear drawing. It has three elements. The owl bear. The scroll. The weapons. I’m not sold on the weapons. But I know it definitely needs another element. Replace the weapons with something else? Add another element? Amplify the scroll? What would you do?
I’m not suuuuper familiar with owlbears, so I’m going solely by composition. Since the scroll is very orderly (centered, not tilted or anything), have you considered arranging the weapons more geometrically, too? Personally, I’m thinking rays, where the heads are symmetrically spaced to imply an oval, and the handles all angle from the same point (warning: this will draw the eye there). Making any kind of decorative pattern with them might work, though!
For the weapons I went with a center point just below the scroll because an oval centered on the central figure wouldn’t leave much room on this A5 paper for the large blades.
I am leaning towards some decorative pattern at this point.