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SciFi and Fantasy Art: Heathen Sent - Ki-Rin Character Design

A character design for an independently published comic book I am doing with Christopher Stuck called Heathen Sent.

So many people draw a Ki-Rin as a horse with scales, when I would think it was something very different. So I made a point of making it utterly UN-horse-like. The curved back, the face of a... not deer, gazelle, I guess... and the leaping rather than galloping gait. All the while trying to take ques from old oreintal descriptions of the creature. The art differed so much, especially for the face, being everything from a fierce dragon's face to a docile deer, I tried to base it on text based accounts. So, that's how I came to it. I basically just didn't want it to look like a plain old unicorn with scales. I wanted something distinctive.

Categories Mythical Creatures & Assorted Monsters Book Illustration Asian Traditions, Mythology

Techniques Pencil/Graphite Pen Computer-coloured Picture

Date	Name	Comment
30 Dec 2007	Lexi Elementaldragon R.	Loading... Oh...Ok, well thanks for reponding
1 Jan 2008	Lexi Elementaldragon R.	Loading... When i asked for the picture, i meant, can i use the pose and the creature, i can draw it myself, it is just that i didnt want to steal it.... maybe what u said is true but i dont think i understand it
28 Jan 2008	Alikina	Loading... I love all the little thumbnail sketches.
1 Feb 2008	Anya	Loading... its soooooo elegant and beautiful. plus ♥ the signature‼
26 Feb 2008	Tiffany lishay manis	Loading... wow this is verry unique! i love the scales
2 Mar 2008	Matilda Hansson	Loading... Wonderful!!!
3 Mar 2008	Silverstag	Loading... I’ve always thought of kirin like that too. also your perseption of their gait is much better. leaping antelope look WAY cooler than galloping horses!
3 Mar 2008	Silverstag	Loading... love the fighting-stance sketch below the main drawings feet=]
5 Apr 2008	Kayla M Acosta	Loading... It looks like a chinese unicorn.
25 Apr 2008	LaVoie Boy	Loading... YOU HAVE SUCCEEDED!!! This is my favorite rendering of a Ki-Rin by far. The design is exquisite and the scales actually look natural. Also, the colors were tastefully chosen.
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