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Creature designs for one of my books! I will learn to draw horses someday.
I previously drew a more detailed Pterippus, and here I tried to stylize it a little to make it easier to draw. Jury's still out on whether or not I succeeded. Their foals are born with flesh and fur and only a few outcroppings of stone, but as they grow older the stone armor spreads to encase them entirely. Their feathers and hooves, however, are made of metal from the getgo.
It took me a bit to figure out what I wanted to do with the Unicorns to keep them from looking dull next to the Pterippi, until I eventually hit on the idea of upping the plant motif. Their hooves and horns are made out of wood, and various plants grow in their manes and tails.
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