Another creature, this time something less original. I'm a fan of the Pet shop of Horrors anime, and readers will recognize the Totetsu from Volume 3 of the manga.
In the manga the Totetsu is described as being (Paraphrased, because I'm too lazy to run and get my book) a creature with a man's face, ram's body and horns, and tigers claws and teeth.
I took a bit of creative liscense though. I decided to switch the tiger influence to a lion one, frankly because I just really wanted to draw a mane. The mane itself was altered early on to reflect the ram part of the creature, with the hair being shaggier and more...goat-like?
I even added the shaggy ram hair to the tail, and added some hooves in there because I was concerned there wasn't enough of the ram showing through. I wasn't sure if I should take out the claws though, but I figure the Totetsu can just bitch slap somebody it the situation calls for it.
Now, an incredibly annoying thing happened while I was colouring this picture: I lost my Tan pencil crayon. I was about 50 percent done the damn thing when I got up to use the bathroom and put down the pencil crayon somewhere, only to have it lost due to my incredibly awful short-term memory. As a result, I had to try and blend an orange and brown to finish the picture, which made things come out way too orangey. Thankfully though, my laptop (Which is connected to my scanner) tends to saturate images, so you can't tell.
I'd like to tweak the image and make it so that there's different breeds of the Totetsu (Tiger, Leopard, Panther), but there's no telling when I'll get those done (Working in the summer sucks so much ass)
((FYI, I just found the rouge pencil crayon, It somehow found it's way into my closet, and was sitting on the case of the box for my guitar Hero controller)).
((Double FYI, I have the original line art for this, and the previous creature, which I will post later in case anyone gets bored and wants to try their hand at colouring))
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