User blog comment:Argulor/The US illustrations and their meanings/@comment-3094815-20130531021210

You will notice that a lot of the character illustrations don't even follow the species of a character (usually birds). Take the illustration of Skarlath. It is obviously not a kestrel at all. And no one so far has gotten Saxtus' (later Abott Saxtus) species right when they draw him. It's like no one even looks up pictures of the creatures they're drawing before dashing off and drawing whatever pops up in their heads XD