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I’ve finally finished! I’ve been working on this for months. I’ve had less time for fun art since I started back at college, and this picture is stupidly complicated.

This is my entry for ‘Thrill of the Hunt contest. I had this idea floating around my head for a while, so when the group announced the contest I knew I had to do it.

I found out I suck at horses. Apologies to any riders out there – I have probably messed up the tack. The references all seemed slightly different and I got confused X( And my people still suck, but my skin is getting slightly better.

You can view this picture as it is and interpret it as you will. I like that you can read various things into it. It does have a bit of a story behind it though, if you’re curious.

I like to make up stories about werewolves and how they’d fit into our world if they actually existed (Yeah I know I’m weird ). I’ve decided that there would be 2 ways to become a werewolf – you can inherit it by being born to werewolf parents, or you can be turned by being bitten by a werewolf when it is infectious. Hereditary werewolves tend to be a lot bigger than turned werewolves, even when human. In this picture I gave the hereditary werewolves yellow eyes, sharp teeth and pointed ears, but I haven’t decide whether to keep those features yet.

A hereditary werewolf will keep their mind whatever form they’re in, a turned werewolf will black out halfway through the transformation and will basically have the awareness and intelligence of a dog. However, they can be mentored by other werewolves to keep their minds, and this makes transforming a lot less painful too.

I had this idea that there could be this very rich and powerful family who are secretly all werewolves. They turn humans who have a lot of influence over politics or the media, so they can control the running of the country. They offer lycanthropy as a gift to these people, and mentor them so they can get the most out of it. It’s also a bit of an old boy’s network – they all help each other out and give each other jobs and leg ups. The turned werewolves tend to do what they’re told by the hereditary werewolves as they feel ingratiated to them. Most turned werewolves would be quite horrified if they knew about some of the things the hereditary werewolves get up to though!

In general ,werewolves tend to see themselves as gods amongst men, as opposed to being at one with nature or anything like that. They wouldn’t do anything as uncouth as run on all fours through a forest in a baying pack, like some dumb beasts. If one is going to hunt, one does it in style.

Okay – the characters in this picture. The guy blowing the hunting horn is the leader of all the werewolves in the country. They wouldn’t use the term alpha as they don’t like to think of themselves as animals. He’s a peer in the House of Lords. On full moon he turns into a massive wolf – about the size of a house. So he has to be careful to be outdoors. Fortunately he owns a lot of land so always has somewhere to go. He thinks humans exist to serve and feed werewolves, and has been known to gobble up unfortunate hikers.

The woman at the front in the dark coat is his wife. She is the only person her husband will submit to, so really she’s the unofficial leader. She probably would have been an actual leader but the vacancy last arose back in a time when women were seen as little more than baby machines. Of course, she could always kill her husband and take his place.

The big dark wolf is their daughter, and the other guy in the red jacket is their son. Their job is to keep all the turned werewolves in check, make sure everyone is following the rules and that their secret doesn’t get out. Most turned werewolves behave themselves but those that don’t have to be punished. This can involve anything from a stern telling off to death. It is acceptable to hunt whilst fully changed, as long as you throw in a few horses, a back of foxhounds and an elaborate method of indicating status dependent on the number of brass buttons on jackets.

The girl at the back on the grey horse is the leader’s granddaughter. She’s really small and runty for a hereditary werewolf, so basically the size of a human. Her parents were both on the receiving end of a silver bullet so she was raised by her grandparents. Due to her small size and the death of her parents she was really spoilt as a child. As a result she’s really horrible and bratty.

The guy changing on the light brown horse is some high up Tory MP (Not a real one, I’m not that sad!). The happy looking werewolf is his wife. Werewolves tend to get turned in pairs to reduce feelings of isolation and general freaking out. These two have been turned for about a year and they think lycanthropy is great fun! They think it was a great honour to be invited to this hunt. In truth the hereditary werewolves probably want something out of them. Maybe there’s a bill going through parliament to ban silver or something?

The werewolf with dreadlocks is in the family although I haven’t decided on the exact relationship – maybe a cousin or something? I don’t know if it’s obvious but he’s trying to sabotage the hunt. He’s an anarchist, which the rest of the family find hilarious. They assume it’s just a phase and tend to humour him.

The girl riding on his back is his human friend. She is filming the hunt as fox hunting with dogs is illegal these days. It’s probably best not to annoy a load of werewolves when you’re made of tasty human meat but seen as she’s a friend of a relative she’ll probably be okay. That camera mysteriously disappear shortly after the hunt’s over though. I don’t know why she’s bothering to wear that balaclava when her clothes are so distinctive but there you go. They’d recognize her scent any way so I don’t think clothing makes that much difference.

Whew! That’s the longest description ever! Anyone who read all that deserves a medal. Or a llama.

Description
Download for full view!
I’ve finally finished! I’ve been working on this for months. I’ve had less time for fun art since I started back at college, and this picture is stupidly complicated.

This is my entry for ‘Thrill of the Hunt contest. I had this idea floating around my head for a while, so when the group announced the contest I knew I had to do it.

I found out I suck at horses. Apologies to any riders out there – I have probably messed up the tack. The references all seemed slightly different and I got confused X( And my people still suck, but my skin is getting slightly better.

You can view this picture as it is and interpret it as you will. I like that you can read various things into it. It does have a bit of a story behind it though, if you’re curious.

I like to make up stories about werewolves and how they’d fit into our world if they actually existed (Yeah I know I’m weird ). I’ve decided that there would be 2 ways to become a werewolf – you can inherit it by being born to werewolf parents, or you can be turned by being bitten by a werewolf when it is infectious. Hereditary werewolves tend to be a lot bigger than turned werewolves, even when human. In this picture I gave the hereditary werewolves yellow eyes, sharp teeth and pointed ears, but I haven’t decide whether to keep those features yet.

A hereditary werewolf will keep their mind whatever form they’re in, a turned werewolf will black out halfway through the transformation and will basically have the awareness and intelligence of a dog. However, they can be mentored by other werewolves to keep their minds, and this makes transforming a lot less painful too.

I had this idea that there could be this very rich and powerful family who are secretly all werewolves. They turn humans who have a lot of influence over politics or the media, so they can control the running of the country. They offer lycanthropy as a gift to these people, and mentor them so they can get the most out of it. It’s also a bit of an old boy’s network – they all help each other out and give each other jobs and leg ups. The turned werewolves tend to do what they’re told by the hereditary werewolves as they feel ingratiated to them. Most turned werewolves would be quite horrified if they knew about some of the things the hereditary werewolves get up to though!

In general ,werewolves tend to see themselves as gods amongst men, as opposed to being at one with nature or anything like that. They wouldn’t do anything as uncouth as run on all fours through a forest in a baying pack, like some dumb beasts. If one is going to hunt, one does it in style.

Okay – the characters in this picture. The guy blowing the hunting horn is the leader of all the werewolves in the country. They wouldn’t use the term alpha as they don’t like to think of themselves as animals. He’s a peer in the House of Lords. On full moon he turns into a massive wolf – about the size of a house. So he has to be careful to be outdoors. Fortunately he owns a lot of land so always has somewhere to go. He thinks humans exist to serve and feed werewolves, and has been known to gobble up unfortunate hikers.

The woman at the front in the dark coat is his wife. She is the only person her husband will submit to, so really she’s the unofficial leader. She probably would have been an actual leader but the vacancy last arose back in a time when women were seen as little more than baby machines. Of course, she could always kill her husband and take his place.

The big dark wolf is their daughter, and the other guy in the red jacket is their son. Their job is to keep all the turned werewolves in check, make sure everyone is following the rules and that their secret doesn’t get out. Most turned werewolves behave themselves but those that don’t have to be punished. This can involve anything from a stern telling off to death. It is acceptable to hunt whilst fully changed, as long as you throw in a few horses, a back of foxhounds and an elaborate method of indicating status dependent on the number of brass buttons on jackets.

The girl at the back on the grey horse is the leader’s granddaughter. She’s really small and runty for a hereditary werewolf, so basically the size of a human. Her parents were both on the receiving end of a silver bullet so she was raised by her grandparents. Due to her small size and the death of her parents she was really spoilt as a child. As a result she’s really horrible and bratty.

The guy changing on the light brown horse is some high up Tory MP (Not a real one, I’m not that sad!). The happy looking werewolf is his wife. Werewolves tend to get turned in pairs to reduce feelings of isolation and general freaking out. These two have been turned for about a year and they think lycanthropy is great fun! They think it was a great honour to be invited to this hunt. In truth the hereditary werewolves probably want something out of them. Maybe there’s a bill going through parliament to ban silver or something?

The werewolf with dreadlocks is in the family although I haven’t decided on the exact relationship – maybe a cousin or something? I don’t know if it’s obvious but he’s trying to sabotage the hunt. He’s an anarchist, which the rest of the family find hilarious. They assume it’s just a phase and tend to humour him.

The girl riding on his back is his human friend. She is filming the hunt as fox hunting with dogs is illegal these days. It’s probably best not to annoy a load of werewolves when you’re made of tasty human meat but seen as she’s a friend of a relative she’ll probably be okay. That camera mysteriously disappear shortly after the hunt’s over though. I don’t know why she’s bothering to wear that balaclava when her clothes are so distinctive but there you go. They’d recognize her scent any way so I don’t think clothing makes that much difference.

Whew! That’s the longest description ever! Anyone who read all that deserves a medal. Or a llama.