Last week we were doing beasty tetris pieces, which are made of four squares. We will continue it with beasts made of four pieces.
Draw a sprite or a scene with a fictional or mythical creature, which is a hybrid made of four different animals.
Rules:
1) You can use only parts of real animals from planet Earth, which are not human made artificial hybrids. Existing or extinct. Any fantastic beasts, especially those that are already hybrids, are forbidden to be used as parts of your 4-piece hybrid.
2) Humans are animals too, so human heads, torsos, legs, etc. may be used as part of your hybrid.
3) Each animal species may be used only once. Being too specific (for example grizzly bear + black bear + polar bear + panda bear) would be considered cheating. Please try to mix up animals that are at least significally different.
4) You have to use the Hybrid32 palette.
5) Your own inventtion for an original design is encouraged, but you are allowed to use any from the Wikipedia list of hybrids of four kinds, exactly as they are, or any other hybrid of less or more kinds, as an inspiration for your 4-piece hybrid.
The list of Hybrids of four kinds copied here for your convenience.
- Enfield – A Heraldic creature with the head of a fox, the forelegs and sometimes wings of an eagle, the body of a lion, and the tail of a wolf.
- Hatsadiling – A mythical creature with the head and body of a lion, trunk and tusks of an elephant, the comb of a rooster, and the wings of a bird.[18]
- Kamadhenu – A creature with the head of a human, the body of a cow, the wings of a pigeon, and the tail of a peacock.
- Monoceros – A creature with the head of a deer, the body of a horse, the feet of an elephant, and the tail of a pig.
- Nue – A Japanese Chimera with the head of a monkey, the legs of a tiger, the body of a Japanese raccoon dog, and the front half of a snake for a tail.
- Qilin – A Chinese creature with the head and scales of a dragon, the antlers of a deer, the hooves of an ox, and the tail of a lion. The Japanese version is described as a deer-shaped dragon with the tail of an ox.
- Questing Beast – A creature with the head and tail of a serpent, the feet of a deer, the body of a leopard, and the haunches of a lion.
- Simurgh – A griffin-like creature of Persian mythology with the head of a dog, the body of a lion, the tail of a peacock, and the wings of a hawk.
- Taweret – The hippopotamus-headed Egyptian Goddess.
- Wolpertinger – A creature with the head of a rabbit, the body of a squirrel, the antlers of a deer, and the legs and wings of a pheasant.
- Yali – A Hindu creature with the head of a lion, the tusks of an elephant, the body of a cat, and the tail of a serpent.
- Ypotryll – A Heraldic creature with the tusked head of a boar, the humped body of a camel, the legs and hooves of an ox or goat, and the tail of a snake.
Canvas size: max 200x200px.
Colours: max. 32 from the provided palette (33 if you use transparency).
Transparency: optional.
Animation: optional.
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