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Published: 2009-05-09 08:12:57 +0000 UTC; Views: 7605; Favourites: 195; Downloads: 129
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Ink and watercolor drawing of a tengu, Japanse bird demons. According to Japanese folklore, they taught man the art of ninjitsu. Tengu are basically awesome. Basically.Related content
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Ha! Basically. 
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It's always like this with monsters... one moment you have dozens in your head and none the very next.
The worst part is that trying to force the creation makes you end up with bad designs... so frustrating XD
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Ha! Very true! That's why it's fun to draw mythological monsters, since you can see how other people have drawn them in the past to give you guidance. 
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Sweet! Thank you! ^___^
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If I may be blunt... what part of this thing is a tengu?
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The... uh... tengu parts.
Tengu are basically bird monsters, so I did my own interpretation of a bird monster--with less of the humanization that tengu images traditionally have. ^__^
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To the point you can't even tell it's a tengu anymore.
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I suppose, but there's no rule to what any monster has to look like. I've seen other drawings of tengu that look like Egyptian bird-headed men with spears, and others that actually look more wolf-like. Artistic interpretation is what makes drawing mythological creatures so fun! I actually have a more traditional tengu in my gallery, too: [link] He's part of my Monster In My Pocket series!
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Tengu? Yeah, they're one of those really old a varied myths, so I guess it depends on who you ask. They've been called monsters, demons, spirits, ghosts, etc. Whatever they are, they're freakin' awesome!
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You and me both! Especially from a bird monter!
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i love you're take on the Tengu! very veryy neat!
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Thank you! I love Tengu!!!
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Totally. What's better than a monster? A NINJA monster. 'Nuff said.
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That, by far, is the most gruesome, horrid looking tengu I have ever seen! I LOVE IT!!! I love the interpretations that aren't historic. It expands the mind.
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Thank you!!! 
I've got another tengu in my gallery, too, as part of my Monster In My Pocket series--he's a little more traditional!
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I'm not familiar with Japanese folklore but this creature just has such a downright wicked design I can't not fave this.
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Wow, thanks! Glad you like it! And to show my appreciation for faving, you get cake! 
Your gallery is sweet, by the way!
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You looked through it? Gosh, I'm flattered!
Nom, cake. And you, sir, get a cookie.
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Of course I did! Your drawings are great! Very expressive--I like your style and your characters. Keep it up!
And I like COOKIES!!! *crunch* ^_^ Mmm... delicious.
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Why thank you, once again! ^_^
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Thanks! I love the tengu myth from Japanese culture--I wanted to do my own interpretation!
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haha no probs 
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Yeah! Tengu rock! I love all that mythological stuff, any culture. I did a series of ink drawings of gods and heroes from all different cultures and time periods, but they're too big to scan. Dang.
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ahhh good stuff
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Cool! I've been obessed with Greek and Egyptian myth most my life, and I came into the other cultures later. I like Norse a lot, though I'm not as familiar with it as I am with some of the others. I want to learn more about that and Japanese myth.
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yeah norse is awesome
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Oh, yeah! He helped out on concept art for Lord of the Rings, right? He's amazing! I never noticed the Norse influence, but you're right.
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yep - hes the man 
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Yeah--he's a master of dragons! Does he paint any specific Norse characters in his collections, or is it just Norse-inspired imagry?
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mainly norse inspired stuff - but i do remember this awesome oubouros (mispelled im sure
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Cool! I don't think I recall that character--I'm mostly familiar with the major characters: Odin, Thor, Tiu, Balder, Siegard, Freya, Loki, frost giants, the dragon (don't remember his name), etc. Sounds sweet, though!
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yeah man "Ouroboros" but i think its Jörmungandr in norse... not sure cause it does feature in heaps of different cultures - its the dragon that grows to such a size that it consumes its own tail by encircling the earth
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Oh, cool! That's the dragon that kills Thor at Ragnorok, right? I gotta draw these guys...
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yeah bud the very same
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I'd love to see your interpretations! You see plenty of Greek and Egyptian mythology art, but very little Norse!
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yeah i know it kinda sucks :/ dont get me wrong - i think greek mythology is AWESOME haha i just get a tad bored seeing it all the time
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Very true! I'd love for somebody (maybe me someday... why not?) to make a big budget mythology war movie. There's so much material to work with! A Norse one would be cool, a Greek one would be sweet... and Egyptian one would be crazy as hell! I'll get Hollywood on the phone and see what the hold up is...
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hahaha totally - i've always thought a movie based on the ragnarok would be sweet as hell
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Yeah! There's so much material out of all the different cultures that would be cool--for Greek, the battle of the Titans and Olympians; Egyptian, Set murdering Osiris; Hindu, the Ramayana; Christian, the battle between Lucifer and Michael/Lucifer's fall out of heaven. They would all make cool comic books, too--though Spawn used a lot of the Christian stuff already. But epic would definitely be the operative word! XD
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hell's yeah bud - i've always fantasised about a high-budget titan war epic
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