| 21 Sep 2002 |  Alaina R. Gonzalez |  Loading...That is awesome! I like the detailed scales. What a cool-looking little creature! | |
| 21 Sep 2002 |  Verdego | Loading... Actually a basilisk is usually depicted as a giant lizard (sometimes with multiple legs), whereas this is indeed a cockatrice, and a truly amazing one at that. Great work, Im rally impressed! (I hope Im right about my fantasy, if I'm not feel free to correct me   Kent R Caldwell replies: "Thank you much for the kind words regarding my pic. So far as I know, going back to its earliest descriptions the basilisk is portrayed as a snake with a comb. A book from 1480 (Dialogus creaturum) describes the basilisk as a serpent with some of the physical characteristics of a rooster. Later descriptions usually added a pair of legs (sometimes as many as  & a chickens's head. In later accounts wings were added too & eventually acquired the name cockatrice. However, more recent lore does distinguish the two. " | |
| 24 Sep 2002 | ShadowRose | Loading... Anyone who thinks that a Basilisk is a many legged giant lizard is full of crapola. Thats just too much D&D for ya. A Basilisk by legend is a chicken hatched from a frog. Anyway, good job. I love drawing legendary creatures. | |
| 24 Sep 2002 | Alisa Amaris | Loading... I wonder how that drumstick would taste, hmm... any way, this is really awesome! Are you gonna do a background..? | |
| 4 Apr 2003 |  Alicia Griffon Lady Lochbaum | Loading... Mrrrrr... I feel like I'm walking in a mine field here. This is a great....which ever it is. I'm looking for reference pictures of basilisks for a stuffed animal pattern and every one I've seen has all these cockatrice/baslisk arguments! Eeep! And I thought the 'What qualifies as a griffon/gryphon?" arguments were bad!
Since they aren't real, all are free to their own interpretation, I say. This one is great! | |
| 22 Jul 2003 | Critic at Large | Loading... This is an amazing picture! I do, however, feel that I need to have my say about the classification of cockatrice/basaliks: It is my understanding that a basalik is an overly large serpent (comb optional) with a deadly gaze and poisonous touch. The cockatrice, however, is a beast like the one you have portrayed here; dragon-like wings, tail, and legs (sometimes) mixed with rooster-like features (i.e., head, neck, most of the body). *takes deep breath after prolonged spewing of trivia*. Again, excellent picture! | |
| 27 Apr 2006 | Wolf | Loading... *wolf is amused* | |
| 7 Oct 2006 |  Stina E. Karlsson | Loading... Nice picture... me like much!
And regarding what a basilisk is, I don't have the energy to explain. But check Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilisk | |
| 27 Mar 2008 | Ayana and Talbot | Loading... Me and a friend are studying dragons. our dragon of the day is the ****atrice. thank you for all the information. We owe you one. | |
| 10 Jul 2009 | Relentless | Loading... The Celestial ****atrice by: xenia looks more like a chicken than any ****atrice I ever seen. This ****atrice looks more like a lizard than any ****atrice I ever seen. Cool picture, but it needs more chicken in it. | |
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