Ijiraq

This is a monster from Inuit mythology, it's name means "shapeshifter".

This guy was fun to draw, I combined as many North American animals as I could into one creature.
When I was brainstorming the colors I took this thought process:
Shapeshifting = Chaos
Chaos is usually colored black.
The Inuit live where it snows a lot. Blizzards could be considered chaos.
Therefore: Ijiraq = Chaos = White

For the Background I used India ink and did a "toothbrush effect" (where you dip a toothbrush in a watery paint/ ink and run your finger over the bristles to spray paint/ ink on the picture) then I painted over it with white. Unfortunately I didn't have any small brushes so the lines aren't as  clean as I'd like. Naturally, mom bought me the perfect set of thin brushes the day AFTER I finished.

Alphabeastiary's post on the Ijiraq
Enjoy!

Hellhound

Yup. I drew a Hellhound. I think he's cute.

Alphabeastiary's post on the Hellhound

Angha

The Angha is a Persian monster.

The Angha has the body of a dog, wings and tail of a peacock, and claws of a lion.
Alphabeastiary's post on the Angha
Other people's interpretations

Dobhar-chu

The Dobhar-chu is an Irish lake monster; when translated from Celtic, its name means water-hound.

Drawn with india ink and calligraphy pens on a painted background.

My interpretation of it was that it was some sort of a mix between an otter and a dog, with webbed paws and fish-like fins. This picture, however, was based almost entirely off a newspaper clipping, detailing the report of a man who saw (and was bitten by) the creature.

This was done for the Alphabeastiary Challenge. I haven't actually been accepted to the challenge yet, but it doesn't matter; I had fun drawing it.

To see what Alphabeastiary has to say about the Dobhar-chu, & other people's artwork of it, go here: http://alphabeastiary.blogspot.com/search/label/creature:%20Dobhar-chu

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