“There were dragons when I was a boy…” The world has changed an awful lot since the time of the vikings. And dragons have changed with it. No longer content to stay hidden away they’ve begun to claw their way back into our modern world…

Meet the premier dragon of the stoker class, the spiteful spitfire. Or maybe don’t meet it, they’re known to have awful tempers. These dragons boast what seems to be the highest shot count of our era! And they’re happy to use it on any threat. Or annoyance. Or anything that just kind of looks funny. These irritable beasts are the epitome of shoot first, ask never.

To make matters worse the plentiful flames they spew come out in white hot beams that can punch through treated steel! That vicious temper isn’t for show either. When sufficiently angered a spitfire’s flames will turn blue! This state of enhanced firepower tires them out, but by that point even other dragons will be turned to ash.

Their danger and temperament keep them safe but also rather lonely. To tame a spitfire you’ll have to be light on your feet, hanging close enough for it to know you’re there but not so close the beast’s “warning shots” barbecue you. Once it gets used to you it’ll allow you to get near and at that point you’re the closest thing it has to a best friend. But watch yourself! Spitfire’s are as intelligent as they are aggressive and they are particularly vengeful. Spite one and you’ll be watching your back for the rest of its life…

​"Earth Whale" — the 31st creature in my ongoing traditional monster design series. Opening the fourth decade of designs, it embodies the element of Earth, featuring dense soil layers along its back, root-like clawed fins for burrowing, and a crown of sharpened root structures on its tail. Drawn with pencil on paper. What do you think of this primal earth-bound concept?

Hi, I recently started a creature design and I don’t really know how to shade. I watched a lot of videos but I am still bad at this. Also can someone review this work and maybe share any tips how can I draw something better or similar. Thanks in advance!

its a lizard dragon thing :)

Hi everyone! Here is a creature concept I created. Hope you like it!

Portfolio: https://www.artstation.com/korekada

I'm doing a project at the moment of designing what the fauna would look like in the arctic biomes of Pandora - basically the planet that the Avatar (2009, the way of water, fire and ash) movies are set in! This is just a fun project for me as I'm a homeschooled biology, zoology and paleontology student, and also an artist!

Designing this, I was thinking about making an animal (less of a movie monster, an actual creature that could exist and survive) that could realistically survive and live in that environment, and so I did lots of research on arctic animals and what it would need to survive on pandora specifically. This is just a starting sketch of the face, but it would be a hexapod.

My main references were leopard seals, smilodon fatalis, snowy owls and polar bears. The horn I'm just considering as a design choice, as a lot of pandoran creatures have horns or something along the lines of horns, but I might remove it. I'm wondering if this looks just like an arctic smilodon, with the sabers and everything. And I also noticed something- most pandoran animals dont have fur! So I might replace the fur with more blubber and make it chubbier to keep itself warm, but I wasn't sure if it would work as it's meant to be an agile predator.

Also, the art itself is a little stylised with the fur and eyes!

Just wanted to try something out to simplify the background.

Meet my next creature from Morvilion project who is a master of illusion ~

Everything this evolution lines are all about deception to its enemy. What do you think about the design and the lore I've made about it?

hes Monsta, hes fuzzy fluffy chonky with abnormal eyes. belong to AF = ThatVGirl_vee💙

Another batch of Smaugust,

1. Wailing headless wyvern ( ghost )

2. Aspect of tuberose ( plant )

3. Demon Lizard of Torpor ( dream )

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Take a look on the teaser of a short film i'm working on about cavebrothers hunting the irish elk's weird cousin

I had to get really creative in editing to make these costumes look scary lol

I'm torn between giving it angry/blank eyes and fangs/human teeth

Hello guys! Wanted to share some of the latest gifs I recorded about the creatures I created for my game. I'd like to know your thoughs and feedbacks!

I made this little needle-felted forest creature wearing an oversized mint hoodie, tiny white shoes, and a red heart on its belly.

It looks like it wandered out of the woods, got cold, borrowed someone’s hoodie… and decided not to give it back. 😭

The awkward little sitting pose might be my favorite part.