#historieofbeafts

[earlgraytay]

i was straight-up not having a good time so @kitrona showed me all these beautiful terrible American Animals that look like they stepped straight outta @historieofbeafts

from top to bottom:

- alligator with dead anime mom eyes

- sloth, or some kind of possum

- llamas, feat. Quasimodo

- the buffest beavers you have ever seen

- whales as drawn by Julia Drawfee (thx @packbat)

- [monty python voice] the manatee

- and a VERY GOOD FRIEND INDEED, ALL HAIL UNIBAT

[draconym]

A beaft for @historieofbeafts challenge #3 ... I think it is a lemur.

[trubluebecca]

So I recently discovered the @historieofbeafts blog and they post prompts based on descriptions found in those fun old natural history books. 

This week’s prompt: “A four-footed beast: in the forepart like a Fox, and in the hinder part like an Ape, except that it had man’s feet, and ears like a Bat […] It is incredibly swift […] It hath a tail like a Munkey.”

I added a batty nose because why not. I’ve resisted googling to see if I can find out what critter this is supposed to be.

[earlgraytay]

@historieofbeafts is doing a drawing challenge where you’re supposed to draw this... critter...

“A four-footed beast: in the forepart like a Fox, and in the hinder part like an Ape, except that it had man’s feet, and ears like a Bat […] It is incredibly swift […] It hath a tail like a Munkey.”

Now... I can’t really draw animals. But you know what I can draw? Animal Crossing Villagers. 

So have Swift, a Smug Beaft villager! I referenced Jolly Red for his face, Cesar for his body, and kinda freehanded the rest.  

As for the real animal... I have no idea what this is supposed to be. A lemur, maybe? IDK. 

Either way, I kinda want Swift on my island now. 

[alunclewe]

Okay, I really want to get back into the habit of posting more often, so in the interests of posting... something, here’s an entry for @historieofbeafts’s Drawing Challenge #4.

“It has the cloven hoof of the ox; the back, the mane, and the neighing of the horse; and the turned-up snout, the tail, and the hooked teeth of the wild boar, but not so dangerous. The hide is impenetrable, except when it has been soaked with water […] This animal lays waste the standing corn, and determines beforehand what part it shall ravage on the following day; it is said also, that it enters the field backwards, to prevent any ambush being laid for it on its return.” 

I tried to make this look like ink and watercolor on old parchment, in keeping with the old-timey bestiary theme; I’d never really tried going for that look before, and it... could have turned out worse, I guess?  Probably should have given it a more dynamic pose, though.

[iron-and-sugar]

“It has the cloven hoof of the ox; the back, the mane, and the neighing of the horse; and the turned-up snout, the tail, and the hooked teeth of the wild boar, but not so dangerous. The hide is impenetrable, except when it has been soaked with water […] This animal lays waste the standing corn, and determines beforehand what part it shall ravage on the following day; it is said also, that it enters the field backwards, to prevent any ambush being laid for it on its return.”

@historieofbeafts

Beafts Challenge #4 April 27, 2020