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June 13, 2012
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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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~t-r 3 days ago  Student Filmographer
Wow, I really like this design, especially the face/ forehead is very cool :)
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what was the update?
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Mood: Love ~Sagittarius-A-star 6 days ago  Student Traditional Artist
Ha ha, he looks a bit more... evil, now. :D Lovely work!
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*jacob-reddinger Jun 10, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
That is awesome!! :) amazing drawing! :D
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~CamaroLp Jun 10, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
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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*KatePfeilschiefter Jun 10, 2013  Professional Digital Artist
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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~CamaroLp Jun 11, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Mm, understood. Thank you for answer:)
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~Emerson-Fialho Jun 9, 2013  Professional Artist
Spetacular work!
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~MetalSnail Jun 9, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Awesome work, I love those scales!
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Mood: Wow! ~Bobjot67 May 28, 2013  Student
This looks amazing. Very intriguing mythological, thank you for sharing.
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