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I just want to draw something ://p And then this guy popped up in my mind.Tenryū (pronounced Tengu) (天狗, "heavenly phoenix") are a class of supernatural creatures found in Japanese folklore, art, theater, and literature. They are one of the best known yōkai (monster-spirits) and are sometimes worshipped as Shinto kami (revered spirits or gods). Although they take their name from a dog-like Chinese demon (Tiangou), the tengu were originally thought to take the forms of birds of prey, and they are traditionally depicted with both human and avian characteristics. The earliest tengu were pictured with beaks, but this feature has often been humanized as an unnaturally long nose, which today is widely considered the tengu's defining characteristic in the popular imagination.
Buddhism long held that the tengu were disruptive demons and harbingers of war. Their image gradually softened, however, into one of protective, if still dangerous, spirits of the mountains and forests. Tengu are associated with the ascetic practice known as Shugendō, and they are usually depicted in the distinctive garb of its followers, the yamabushi.
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MattK1989 [2012-12-02 07:52:52 +0000 UTC]
Thought that kinda looked like Bolton for a sec...
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GingaTokkyu In reply to MattK1989 [2012-12-02 08:53:23 +0000 UTC]
When I draw anthro with beak...
Everybody just assume I draw Bolton ._.
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MattK1989 In reply to GingaTokkyu [2012-12-02 17:37:40 +0000 UTC]
Bolton IS a really cool character :3
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GingaTokkyu In reply to MattK1989 [2012-12-03 00:46:59 +0000 UTC]
How so? He's your everyday squid, nothing more ._.
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GingaTokkyu In reply to MattK1989 [2012-12-03 02:50:24 +0000 UTC]
I only followed my instinct .w.
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xelanesque In reply to GingaTokkyu [2012-11-30 03:40:21 +0000 UTC]
Yeah, but I prefer Kitsunes, they're more intresting.
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GingaTokkyu In reply to xelanesque [2012-11-30 03:53:02 +0000 UTC]
Yeah, since you can make anthro out from kitsune
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GingaTokkyu In reply to RioluNation [2012-11-29 07:54:00 +0000 UTC]
Though it seems funny that I re-draw some country's mythology and turn them into something like this ._.
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