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Jordreki / earth dragon

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 24

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Fanart for ‪@Wendigoon‬ and ‪@CreepPodcast‬ with even MORE esoteric references!

1 month ago | [YT] | 23

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A very very veeeery strange tribute to ‪@MeatCanyon‬ and ‪@CreepPodcast‬ . Also, feels good to be back!

1 month ago | [YT] | 23

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This drawing of the greater Krayt dragon was meant as a belated celebration of May the 4th, but it's really more of a tribute to Terryl Whitlatch, one of my favourite illustrators. She designed the look of the living Krayt dragon after its skeleton was briefly featured in the first Star Wars movie in 1977 and while the creature have shown up since in The Mandalorian, it was very different. I don't hate the new Star Wars shows and movies like some do, I just prefer Whitlatch's design of the creature. :)

2 months ago | [YT] | 23

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Have a nice weekend. Take some time for reflection if you have the chance.

3 months ago | [YT] | 28

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In case you missed all my mythical bird drawings from last month. :)

3 months ago | [YT] | 37

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Entry in last months design contest on ‪@JoshWhiteMonsterMania‬'s channel! Man, I have been vacant this month lol, had to rest from #avril. XD

3 months ago | [YT] | 11

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Runestone design with new signature!

3 months ago | [YT] | 22

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30. Ziz
Fittingly, this theme month ends with the titanic king of the birds according to Jewish mythology. Ziz was to the sky what Leviathan was to the seas and Behemoth was to the ground, thought to share origins or be inspired by creatures like the simurgh, phoenix and dzû (which is a Mesopotamian demon with bird-like qualities I unfortunately haven't covered before as it would have made it more satisfying lol).

The Ziz was so giant that the waters only covered its feet and its head still touched the heavens. It wings darkened the sky when unfolded and when one of its eggs broke by mistake it flooded sixty cities. Much like Behemoth and Leviathan, Ziz ultimate purpose was to serve as food for the pious in the end times.

To create variety and convey the absolute size of Ziz, I chose to base the look off Quetzalcoatlus, the largest flying organism in Earth's history, but even that required an upscaling of course.

Thank you so much, everyone who has followed this project all throughout the month of April! A special shoutout is reserved for ‪@Artfr0mtheM00N‬ who took the time to draw her own entries based on the prompts.

You all rock! Have a great May!

4 months ago | [YT] | 21

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29. Xiao
The xiao or raucous-bird is an interesting little creature that appeared in old Chinese encyclopedias, its meat said to cure the symptoms of food poisoning. It had four wings, a dog's tail and only one eye, and sounded like a magpie.

I didn't go into this with much thought but instead started with an interesting pose and built the bird afterwards. 🙂

4 months ago | [YT] | 18