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Manticoreby ~darksilvania

Traditional Art / Drawings / Fantasy

The Manticore

Finally I pulled myself into doing something more for my Bestiary Gallery, so enjoy it.

Extract of the legend found in Wikipedia

The Manticore is a Persian monster whose name means "Man-eater", it has the body of a red lion, a human head with three rows of sharp teeth and a trumpet-like voice. Other aspects of the creature vary from story to story. It may be horned, winged, or both. The tail is that of either a dragon or a scorpion, and it shoots poisonous spines to paralyse and kill its victims. It devours its prey whole and leaves no clothes, bones, or possessions of the prey behind.

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So here you have a Manticore

Since it is a persian monster, not greek as many think, I wanted to give him a very oriental design, mostly arabic, so I looked for jewelery and tapestry designs, mostly persian, and ended up giving my monster some clothing and complicated patterns all over.

For the face, I went into giving him two mouths, one that works for speaking and one using for eating, like two sides of the same monster, one wise and eloquent and one wild and brute.

Well, Hope you like it, and wait for more of this, I'll try to make more

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~Barkis1 May 15, 2012

Thought of Emerson, Lake and Palmer right away, Tarkus! [link]

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~DaBoss25 May 10, 2012 New member Hobbyist

That is possibly the most original manticore I have ever seen. Good job!

~hlootoo May 9, 2012

When I first laid my eyes on this masterpiece, I literally froze and stared at its beauty. The only word to escape my lips was "...EPIC."

~ACREATUREOFMADNESS Apr 22, 2012

thats so cool i like the detail on its horns and tail

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~hellhebi Apr 19, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

awesome, familiar and original.....love it!!!!

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~BLUE-F0X Apr 4, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Love it.

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~Yung-Reg88 Apr 4, 2012

This looks like it could be a Digimon. I always thought they looked more detailed than Poke'mon.

~ArcasCronifer Mar 25, 2012 New member

Great work ! The double face reminds me of the strange demon, that black one with a mask and a big mouth below, that follows Chihiro in the famous Miyazaki's movie... is it intentional ?

~Lordoffantasy Mar 25, 2012

like the design, very much.

~TheRussianBurrito Mar 17, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Would you have a quarrel with me using this concept as a character in an RP I am apart of?

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