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Here's a creature I've kept for so many years! It doesn't have a species name, but this family of dangerous reptiles are called viri [vee-ree]. Two first images are recent from a test to redesign the basic viri design. I still have some work to do to make the physiology to work, but i'm getting there😄 3rd picture is the first time drawing it back in 2011 or 2012, and the 4th pic is the plasticine model that started it. It's been re-worked a couple of times and had some material and design added to it, but it's still the same model. It must be from 2010-2011 or so! #creaturedesign #creaturedesigner #throwback #throwbackthursday #reptile #reptiledesign #reptilecreature #reptilemonster #apexpredator #fantasyanimal #fantasycreature #animaldesign #worldbuilding #worldbuilder #worldbuilders #creature #conceptualart #conceptart #fantasyzoology #art #artistsoninstagram #artist #artistofinstagram #penciledrawing #sketch #sketchbook #blackandwhite #drawing #penciledrawing #plasticine #moldingclay #figure #plasticinemodel #conceptmodel

First entry of the year! This cat like creature is called a Jahor. It's a big, cunning ambush predator said to be smarter than some people! They have powerful front limbs used for climbing, breaking the back or neck of smaller prey, and wrestling large prey to the ground so it can use its deadly accuracy and 5 inch canines to deliver the fatal blow. Jahor social structures are complicated, but males seem to govern large territories overlapping several female territories. Cubs stay within the mother's territory until they're 2 years of age before they split up to find their own place in the world. Largely solitary, they have been seen working together and even hunting for each other in times of need. . . . #creature #creaturedesign #conceptart #worldbuilding #art #sketch #penciledrawing #sketchbook #artistsoninstagram #artistofinstagram #fantasyanimal #animal #animaldesign #creatureart #creaturedesigner #artist #firstpostoftheyear #creatuanary

Behold! The revised design of the modern harpy! Revised my design from yesterday and realised that the previous post featured the "classic" harpy, the harpy that inhabited the archipelago and lived like a pretty normal vulture. This version is the man-eating, "temptress" of the sea, and the scurvy arial thief, stealer of feasts of the mainland. This is the modern harpy. You can see that the classic harpy's display features have changed slightly to look like a female humanoid, like its beak flaps have turned more vibrant in colour (not illustrated) and luscious, resembling lips, and its inflatable chest wattles have grown proportionally bigger, and gained more detail as to mimic breasts. #harpy #creaturedesign #art #fantasy #speculativeevolution #specevo #fantasyart #greekmythology #dnd #bird #vulture #turkeyvulture #animaldesign #monster #conceptart #sketchbook #artistoninstagram #artistofinstagram #evolution #worldbuilding #siren