The texture section seems to be alive and well recently with lots of great skins coming from lots of different people. Here we have another Arowanna skin and another review:
The Good:
The Blood Elf Dragonhawk has been turned into a Night Elf Hippogryph which is something I don't think we've seen before, it's a cool concept and it's been pulled off with good quality.
First of all I want to say that this skin looks crisp which is really good for fitting in besides other Warcraft textures, sharpness is definitely something I've struggled with myself so seeing it done so well is nice to see. We've got plenty of silver trim and lining on the armour, helmet and shield and the trim forming a vague owl shape on the shield looks great, it's subtle but a lovely touch which you don't notice unless you look closely.
Turning a male unit into a female can be tough as well especially with the face unwrap but it looks good, she looks like a woman (with perhaps a very strong jaw lol). We have some nice colour contrast too between the pink padding, silvery/cream trim and lance, blues, teals and browns of the hippogryph.
Speaking of the hyppogryph the feathers look incredible, there's a lot of contrast design that's went into it and it really looks amazing.
Team colour and an icon have also been included. I know you've said the Team colour doesn't look as good as you wish but personally I think it works and doesn't detract.
Areas for Improvement:
Not really much I can see that could be improved tbh. Overall a very high quality skin.
Conclusion:
Another great and useful inclusion to the skins section with a tour de force of material work from armour to skin to feathers. We've got great shading as well. Approved as High Quality!