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Published: 2017-03-21 19:46:55 +0000 UTC; Views: 106895; Favourites: 4397; Downloads: 895
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Last year I was fortunate enough to get the opportunity to work on a dragon book for Scholastic by way of Becker&Mayer Books. I got to take a crack at designing 16 different mythical dragons from all over the world for a book called Sink Your Teeth Into Dragons.I had drawn hydras before, and so have thousands of other artists. With that in mind I wanted to approach this one a bit differently. Like on the Gargouille , I wanted to try and bring some shark qualities in. The basic idea was, "what if shark but also snake". It was only after I painted it that I realized I had basically created a hognose snake with shark teeth. Oh convergent evolutionary shapes. Looking back I'm glad I had the restraint to leave this guy hornless. With this many heads it would have been a pain in the ass to make him that horny.
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I’m definitely enamored with the serpentine qualities you give to a lot of your dragons. I’d love to see your take on Greek drakōns like : Ladon, the ismenian dragon, Python, Trojan Cetus, Ketos, Colchian dragon etc www.theoi.com/greek-mythology/…
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.. how did i not fav this, after saying i would, long ago.. ish O-o
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Cool, it almost looks like it has the head of a snake-shark hybrid
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Every creatures in this book is amazingly well designed
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The heads kind of remind me of the soft-shelled turtle.
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this is probably one of the most unique depictions of the hydra i've seen, good job
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As an owner of many hognose snakes, I really appreciate this hydra. Looks awesome!
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A multi-headed, shark-faced serpent? Sure, why not?
I kid, i kid, it's pretty awesome
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I'd love to see a tutorial on how you apply repeating textures like these. Nice work!
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"With this many heads it would have been a pain in the ass to make him that horny."
Oh, you.
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The nostrils and curvature of the jaw definitely resemble that of a great white.
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Their heads look more shark-like than snake-like. And it's amazing!
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this is why sharks and snakes shouldn't have kids XD
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That's an awesome take on the hydra. I'm glad you went for a serpentine approach.
Also... " With this many heads it would have been a pain in the ass to make him that horny." That got a a laugh outta me.
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can you assholes just advertising simply just fuck off?
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I opened up deviantart to check for updates on a couple webcomics I follow, and the first thing I saw was THIS MONSTROSITY. I nearly had a heart attack. My verbal reaction involved lots of consecutive swearing.
Basically, this thing is truly terrifying and you've done an exellent job. I may have nightmares about crazy shark-hydras now.
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I was about to say: this looks like a hognose! I was just photographing some. 
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Excellent work! I think leaving the horns off was a good logistical design, too. If you've got a bunch of heads swinging around with horns, they'd all be poking each other in the eyes.
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