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Published: 2012-06-13 09:52:56 +0000 UTC; Views: 62481; Favourites: 2508; Downloads: 0
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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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Comments: 111
Reminded me of a real-life Vaporean at first.
I'm loving it either way. Beautiful!
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Oh my god, I love this and I want one.
I wish I could draw these creatures like you do. I could fill a planet with your fauna.
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Absolutely amazing! I love the detail of the water dripping off it. The creature's backstory reminds me of a similar creature from Mesoamerican mythology, Ahuitzotl.
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it looks more like a chinese lung dragon only more fishy
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That was kind of the goal
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well it looks very nice
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Yikes, that's nit something ud wanna meet in a dark alley... Or anywhere else
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Wow, pretty sweet. It reminds me a bit of the Hunter dragon from McFarlane [link] Only then a water version
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Beautiful creature, you have awesome art
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Very one of a kind creature 
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Very awesome! His coloration and tail in particular remind me of arapaima. Which is fantastic.
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Haha, yeah I was referencing one of those. Thanks!
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Interesting creature- and beautiful art, as always. How big is this beastie supposed to be? It is hard to tell without sizing references...
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Maybe about 20ft long. As big as a saltwater crocodile. And thanks!
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Well, a bit of credit to the "inspirator" would be nice
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Although there are a few superficial similarities between the two paintings, I see no grounds for claiming that Kate borrowed Alex's design. 
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Huh, well that's interesting. But I've never seen that image before. I sympathize with wanting to defend another artist, but you shouldn't be so quick to incriminate someone in the name of another.
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Awesome sauce! Great design, you can really see the power in this beastie!
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Very cool Katie.. great amalgamation of feline and fish anatomy with the traits of the mythological creature.
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I really love the colors you chose and the texture of the body. Also, the pose is awesomely dynamic and the facial details are beautiful. I would say you turned something that sounds pretty deadly into a majestic, beautiful wonder!
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It reminds me of the giant fishy thing in Men in Black 3
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I think that the shading and details expresed in this drawing are stunning.
I really like this and he seems like the perfect pet I am looking for!
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absolutely love the design! The textures are great too, awesome job!
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This is insane! I have never seen anything like it, and Awesome concept and wicked as hell execution.
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Wow it looks amazing.and I love finding new mythological creatures so thanks.
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It looks like a realistic hybrid on Mudkip and Linoone.
Nice.
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Totally amazing! It's so refined and polished, absolutely killer.
I really love your use of textures, it supports the work rather than subtracting from it. You've really got this down.
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It never occured to me that some myths might be linked to the Great Lakes. Being in Central New York, I live right by them! My bf even goes to college right on Lake Ontario
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Haha, don't let them near the water then.
Yeah, most of the time when we think about mythological characters and creatures it's those of the big hitters like the Greeks and the Norse. But North America has a lot of strange and cool stories as well, just as much as anywhere else.
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This is one of the few good interpretations of this critter I've seen.
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Awesome. It looks like a mix between a fish and a big cat. Very very cool.
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I love the webbed claw feet. Definitely looks like it could be both a land creature and aquatic. Very well done!
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