Haha awesome! Great backlight too!

Yus!
Love the color shift on tongue etc. A number of tiny anatomical issues, but shoulder muscles bother me the most. Pretty much awesome work on the head tho!

Much better, and good choice of colors to complement all the green.

Nice colours and neat technique.  The orange glow reminds me of Blick's Shark.

Updated to look...perhaps more arachneal?

Looks even awesomer at 2x. Great colorings.

Haha, nicely done. It could have been polished more, I think, in the head area especially. Maybe an additional light source behind him could have added a bit more interest colorwise, or you could make the feathers vary a bit in hue in places. Also, the hand should cast a shadow on the arm. Otherwise, this definitely has my approval.

The angst of the lesser brother Yus. What he lacked in charm and wit cast him in the shadows of his fine-feathered brother.

Apologies for my lack of rigor:
http://www.retinaleclipse.com/arachne_line090.gif

Nice but excesive dithering in my opinion

   Heh, 'roid birds. I always thought the Yus bird carried himself in a more dignified manner, as a professional athlete, than an egocentric muscle head. He has lost one true fan today. *Tsk tsk* such a poor role model for the kiddies.
   The dithering on the forehead causes his head to kinda' clash with the background; looks kind of messy. The beaks dark green outline look a bit messy as well. Also, what is the red thing on the side of his head? That being said, I like the little hint of feathers on his shoulder and neck. Also like that hand pose you went with, rather, than going with the easy cop-out of tightly wound up fists most people do...

go, Yus!, go!! :)

Seems like steroids made his beak shrink.

Yeah, i'd like to see the lines.
This is great though.

You should provide a link to the lines, mostly to see how far you took it from the original.  This is great work, as always.  Great textures.