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T A O Crauford

"Unicorn Herd" by T A O Crauford

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This is how I do unicorns. Big, burly and ill-tempered. Also, these guys are marsupials.

I based them off of a Pleistocene mammal known as an elasmotherium http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elasmotherium


This is the daddy of one of my shape-shifting characters, and his herd. He's blind in his left eye. I don't know how. It's not really important. He and his entire herd end up getting slaughtered anyway due to human fear. Well, one of the foals' survives.

But look! You can see one of the mares' pouches! It's under her vulva. It faces backwards so that the foal doesn't fall out when running. And it has a special, ring-like muscle that closes it (similar to the water opossum). All of these mares have a foal (which I do believe is actually called a joey, since they are marsupials).

I plan on coloring these beasties someday.




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11 Jan 2009:-) L. A.A. Hodgins
He’s still one of the baddest mother humpers around...
22 Jan 2009:-) Sherri L. White
I’m blown away...very impressive !!! Well done !!!
10 Aug 2012:-) Rhianna H Joyner
This is a beautiful piece and love where you got your inspiration from

:-) T A O Crauford replies: "Thank you! I’m in the process of coloring a reference piece of sorts, and I’ve already started coloring in this particular picture as well."
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'Unicorn Herd':
 • Created by: :-) T A O Crauford
 • Copyright: ©T A O Crauford. All rights reserved!

 • Keywords: Elasmotherium, Mare, Marsupial, Pleistocene, Stallion, Unicorn
 • Categories: Mythical Creatures & Assorted Monsters
 • Techniques: Pencil/Graphite Pen, Photoshop
 • Submitted: 2009-01-05 05:31:56
 • Views: 3465
 • Resolution: 1748x1275

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