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Published: 2012-09-08 17:26:50 +0000 UTC; Views: 3598; Favourites: 47; Downloads: 78
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Description These are some of the designs for Miles, a main character in a set of short stories 'Tailbone' that I am writing. To explain a little about the back story, it's set 100 years after hybrids (half man, half animal creatures) were first introduced into society after their illegal creation was exposed by the government. Their human DNA meant that they obtained some rights and have since become a part of human culture, though not without its complications. Racism is an obvious problem.
The main division between hybrids is that some are 'Two-legs', i.e. very similar to men, while 'Four-Legs', that is, hybrids that are more like beasts and walk on all fours, are seen as lower forms of humanity, even to their own.

Miles Dormer is a four leg and I came up with many designs for him, which is still an ongoing process. I really want people to imagine what something half beast may look like, so I tried to be broad. This is a collection of the various designs I came up with, and there will be more!

> I was inspired a lot by character, Kubin, who has a dog body and human face. You can see that I played with this idea a little with some of the designs for a four-legged character. Check out her work, its fantastic and has really helped me further this project.

All concepts belong to me and are part of an ongoing group project. Please respect this artwork. Thanks
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Comments: 8

JillyFoo [2014-04-23 23:59:24 +0000 UTC]

Interesting!

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TheMushman In reply to JillyFoo [2014-04-30 18:13:32 +0000 UTC]

thanks! ^^

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Gwan-Thewi [2012-09-23 04:04:22 +0000 UTC]

I like the top right one best and the one directly below is second best.

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TheMushman In reply to Gwan-Thewi [2012-09-23 08:00:53 +0000 UTC]

thanks any suggestions?

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Gwan-Thewi In reply to TheMushman [2012-09-23 18:07:25 +0000 UTC]

Keep the main body of the top one, but the shaggy mane of the second one.

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TheMushman In reply to Gwan-Thewi [2012-09-23 21:53:42 +0000 UTC]

I'll develop it. thanks!

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non-nobis-domine [2012-09-09 12:45:43 +0000 UTC]

You are at your very best here my dear!! Or it is I who have a soft spot for hybrids? If you want my opinion, my favourites are the colored one, the very top-left one and the most bottom-right... but the more I look at them the more I love each one for his peculiarities...
In the other drawing [link] ... I cannot but agree with the previous comments! The left one! I'm not sure if it is a question of color or of facial features... but the left one has something charming... However, the right one can play a good sidekick in my opinion...

Thanks a lot for credit me here, but I don't think you had to.. You were drawing amazing hybrids long before we met! I think that ours is just a convergence of indipendent ideas... And to be honest, I find that your hybrids are very inspiring and more original than mine!

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TheMushman In reply to non-nobis-domine [2012-09-09 13:46:01 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for your comments! But I really am a fan of your art, Kubin really helped me work out what Miles would look like here. Give yourself the credit you deserve on your great characters! I am still working on Miles' design - I guess he's more of a monkey/rat/squirrel then a boy! XD If you have any parts of the designs that you think I could merge, like a certain tail with a certain body, then I would appreciate your advice on it. :3

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