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Creature concept for practice.The Mishibizhiw is a mythological creature from the Native American societies around the Great Lakes region of the U.S. and Canada. It's both a creature of the water and the underworld; behaving much like an alligator or a crocodile by dragging men and women into the water to devour.
I was looking up native american mythological creatures to see if their bestiaries included draconic creatures. I thought this guy sounded a lot like a native american version of a wyrm.
Edit: Been wanting to do a rough touch up of this guy for a while. Changed his face a bit, added more contrast, reworked the lighting a tad. Now onto new things!
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Your work is flat out stunning.Β I wouldn't want to come across this one.
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An American monster, neat! Ever heard of wisconsins hodag?
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Awesome! Love ur fusion of a kind of feline/amphibian like creature,u rlly did catch the water/underworld creature motif well too nd that jst makes it look so majestic nd like a tru predator all at the same time. I also love the way u showed him emerging frm the water in a way that had water droplets coming off his tail nd as always love ur use of colours nd ur detail wit the scales iz real kool as well.
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Ure welx!! Srry for the LAAATE reply.
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That's a vaporeon
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Nah, Suicune is based on the Kirin, which is a peaceful animal with a temperament that has led to the nickname of "the Chinese Unicorn." Β THIS is a beast designed purely for murder. Β
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Hello you have great drawing talents, and im a writer and this picture catches my eye, i want to incorporate him into my book. I am creating a new book with lots of different characters and i just wanted to ask if i could use this picture in my book with out copy writing it.
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Sorry no, this is a personal piece. Only available for print if payed for.
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Are there any that i could use of your art pieces ?
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Not with paying for reproduction rights.
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Ok well its disappointing to hear but i have to obey, if you ever want any of your drawing in a book just write me ok?
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American grendel. That's the first thing that came to my mind.
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Yay! Water, cat, dragon, alligator thingy! Awesome
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Wow, I really like this design, especially the face/ forehead is very cool
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Ha ha, he looks a bit more... evil, now. 
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Hm, updated... I see that something is changed and he looks more interesting now, but can you tell me what did you do?
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I mentioned the changes in the image description. Upped the contrast, went over the lighting on the critter, fixed some things in the face. Minor changes really but I think they help the image.
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Mm, understood. Thank you for answer
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This looks amazing. Very intriguing mythological, thank you for sharing.
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8D Hey look a real cat fish...*RUNS SCREAMING LIKE A BANSHEE*
This thing is utterly terrifying...
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Ahh very neat! I like all the creatures you've drawn inspiration from, they all come together to make something rather unique. He definitely looks quite fierce. I particularly like his tail and the scaling texture you did.
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O.O I thank you for presenting this! I'm always wanting to know more about Native American mythology! And I ESPECIALLY LOVE Mythological creatures.
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Thanks, and ditto, I want to try and paint more in the future. There's tons of interesting critters out there aside from the ones featured in the more popular Norse and Greek mythologies.
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I know! >.< I just have such a hard time finding them. XD Ironically, I actually asked my friend for my birthday coming up on the 3rd to get me a book on mythology...one not pertaining to Greek or Norse.
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Anche gli indiani avevano i draghi :secondo gli Cherokee nel fiume Valley c'era un drago sanguisuga grande come una casa con strisce bianche intersecatisi sul corpo cremisi che spruzzava un liquido alle vittime le trascinava sott'acqua e gli strappava naso e orecchi,a volte cacciava sulla Terraterma. Nel origine degli apache si parla di un drago privo d'ali senziente che impugna un arco,gli Illini avevano il Piasa un uccello drago, con quattro zampe, coda di serpente che termina con doppia pinna ,ali coriacee e una parodia di un volto d'uomo, gli occhi erano color cremisi le narici di scimmia, nella bocca vi erano file di denti affilati,sul mento gli cresceva una barba di dure setole.potrebbero essercene altri.....
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anche gli indiani avevano i draghi ,secondo gli Cherokee nel fiume Valley c era un drago sanguisuga grande come una casa con strisce bianche intersecantisi sul corpo cremisi che spruzzava sulle vittime un liquido le trascinava sott'acqua e gli strappava naso e orecchie. Nel origine degli apache si parla di un drago privo d ali in grado di impugnare un arco e gli illini avevano il Piasa un uccello drago con quattro zampe coda di serpente c che termina con una doppia pinna ali coriacee e una parodia di volto umano gli erano color cremisi file di denti vi erano nelle fauci narici di scimmia sulla testa aveva corna di cervo e nel mento cresceva una barba di dure setole e potrebbero essercene ancora ....
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This, oh man. I would KILL to be able to have this as a massive framed print on my wall. That face, the scales, the fins, THAT TAIL, all of this is just so amazing. ;u;
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I LovΓ© all your Dragon sketches, they inspire me and i want to get into it too, as i love Dragons and love to draw em on paper !
They Fascinate me !!
Thanks for sharing !
It Looks Wonderful~
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