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Tar beast

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Creative title is creative. :B

Well... a long time ago (it was actually earlier this year) I made an art trade with *BlueJay-Cat and one of the options she gave me for my part was drawing one of her tar beasts. I decided on another creature, but since this species is amazing and actually open (go and make your own!°w°), I wanted to create one of these guys for myself ever since. Now I finally found the time and damn, I like how it turned out. After finishing the lineart I had no idea what colour sheme/markings I´d like to see on it. But then I found photographies of oryx antelopes. So pretty.;__;
The colours here are actually a bit warmer than the ones on the antelopes, but I like them this way.X3

Tar beasts are born from lost possessions of humans. In this case a wisp of hair a husband had as a last reminder of his deceased wife. When the beast came to life the wisp embedded itself behind its mask and, after some time, started growing again. The tresses run all along its body, beneath the skin, and break to the surface at its tailbone.
Someone at animexx.de suggested the name Sully for this guy. I´ll go with it, but change it into Sullivan, making my beast a male even if it´s origin is somewhat female.


More info on tar beasts can be found here: bluejay-cat.deviantart.com/art… and here: bluejay-cat.deviantart.com/art…


two flat coloured, one shaded painting
done in Paint Tool SAI with wacom intuos 4
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2000x1620px 1.31 MB
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TheMeekWarrior's avatar
Lovely design, and such a sad story behind it. Great work ♥