Chinny Creatures

Here's another for you guys: The Ember Hart.

These deer are usually seen around northern America( though they do migrate south) and parts of Europe, only during the Witching Hour. Quite a rare sight, these deer are elusive as they are dangerous. Hunters are often lead to their demise trying to catch the ghostly things for a chance to harness the fire they posses (which is said to heal anything or possibly grant eternal life). Various Native American tribes worship these creatures as spirit guides and guardians of the wild.  There are special ceremonies to the deer to grant them a safe hunt and travel.
These deer are often unpredictable so it is wise to stay away from them and make no attempt to approach.

This was done in Pse (Kudzu Kreeper was in Manga Studio). I did it pretty fast so it's not my best work. I'm definitely going to do some more angles of these bad boys though. I've never drawn a deer since first grade!
I might have another one of these creatures done soon so be on the lookout!
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Chinny Creatures

Hey you guys!! I'm back again with some random art!!
Sorry about the whole not posting for a good month, but I think I finally have school and work balanced out so I finally think I can post things again. Irregularly, but more often.
So you all know that I have a fairytale addiction and love anything mythical or just plain weird, right? Cool. I've been taking it a few steps forward: I started making some of my own creatures. I only have about, what, three?, so far, but I really like it. I'll show you the one I've been trying to get out of my head for the past month.

These are called Kudzu Kreepers or Swamp Sloths, on account of their slow, "creeping" speed (They are sometimes called Bog Bears, depending on where you're from. The alliteration is a complete coincidence, I did not do it on purpose!). They are communal creatures, staying together in "families" and only travel long distances when needed. Kreepers are silent and very shy, but are not aggressive, though there have been stories about them drowning or strangling humans with theirs vines if they themselves are threatened. Not recommended as pets, as they are known to grow taller than houses.

I've been out of town a lot recently and down here in the south there's a plant called kudzu vine.It is in no way native to the Americas, actually it hails from Japan. Introduced in 1876, the vine has pretty much taken over the southern US. It can grow a foot a day and can have roots extending eight feet into the ground and is tough to kill with pesticides. While driving, I saw this almost everywhere (though it was far and few between, thank goodness) and I loved it. It's pretty hard not to imagine it as a creature the way it blankets the trees.

As always I start with the understructure:

Then the ink outline. I made it like a blanket was covering it:

Then the greys:

And voila! A Kreeper.
I used the prehistoric Giant Sloth as my animal basis for this creature. It had the small head, long neck combo I thought of originally.
Do I like this? Yes, I most certainly do! It was fun and refreshing, seeing how I haven't really drawn anything for a good two weeks (I know! BLASPHEMY!)
Leave comments and stuff. It's late people, goodnight!