#cryptid design

[sevenyx77]

This cool older custom I made ! For @anozilla

[tannukii]

do you ever draw something and then go how tf did i draw that bc that's me with this

[reckoning1187]

Creature design is one of my favorite art exercises.

Anyway, lol, have this guy. I don’t know what he is or what his name is, but he exists now. Him and all the unnecessarily detailed information I created about him. First draft anyway.

The idea was for him to be mammal-like, but avian-accented. He has exposed bone on his forelegs, lower ribcage, skull and lower spine. His diaphragm acts like a layer of skin, not only keeping his guts from spilling out everywhere lol, but as protective casing (skin) also. When he breathes, you can actually see that layer lift up from his ribs slightly. The feathers don’t serve much purpose except to cover his joints and parts of vital organs (heart/lungs) and spinal cord.

His stomach is placed lower than most of his organs, just below his costal arch, for him to be able to eat his fill and not press against the ribs almost at all. Note that his head is quite small compared to the rest of his body. He pulls and tears at food, similar to a vulture, but needs to chew before swallowing. This makes eating a long and taxing process. To make up for this, he can eat ridiculous quantities of food and digest it over a long period of time, storing excess for when it’s ready to be used. He’s typically a fasting creature, eating only three or four times every month, unless food is scarce.

He has a three-part jaw system, split in the middle of the mandible, set with omnivorous teeth. This helps him tear the flesh from large meals, though makes his necessity to chew a bit complex. His maxilla is hooked and beak-like, while still being wide enough to hold two sets of teeth on the top. He can tear with one set or grind with the other, or if the food is tough enough, lower a blade-like shield over those sets to sever and cut ligaments or bone without damaging his teeth. This shield also acts as his foremost offensive weapon against predators.

Though omnivorous, he finds it difficult to find a big enough meal of fruit and vegetables to satisfy his near-constant cravings. Instead he scavenges roots or fruit in between hunting.

Like avian species, he preens his feathers regularly, smoothing and oiling them with the collected fats from his latest meal. He constantly sheds and regrows feathers, often leaving behind small piles of multicolored plumage in his den or preferred resting spots. Color of feathers can vary by season/location or his condition of health: cream or grey in winter, moss green or mold grey in spring, warm brown or grey-brown in summer, warm gold/orange or sickly yellow in fall. He typically eats a hefty final meal before sleeping through most of winter, as the color of his plumage makes difficult camouflage for hunting until the spring pigment comes in.

Typically dwelling in marshes or rainforests, he is four meters (about thirteen feet) tall. His eyes are pink-gold, and sunken into his head, making anything but limited monocular vision almost impossible. He is practically blind directly in front and behind him, but makes up for this with a strong sense of smell and hearing.

While his vocal cords are not unlike humanoid design, he has never made effort to learn language besides animalistic body language.

He is, in fact, sentient, but doesn’t care for much company or interaction with other sentient species. Being reclusive in his mannerisms, he keeps to himself and defends a small territory around his den or nest, before moving on to another area as a perpetual nomad.

[tatardraws]

Day 5 of #beastober2023 : Small but fierce They say that when an abandoned cat gives birth at an abandoned cemetery, there might be something strange about the kittens..

[soosmain]

Supernatural

[heavbaint]

His name is Kyle

(Do not use/reupload without credit and permission)

[deathianartworks]

CRYPTOBER DAY TWELVE: HARPIES

[artbyrewcana]

washed up - inktober day 2