Ok, so here's the deal -

I've been pretty uncreative the past two weeks, a bit inundated under a forklift-pallet-load of artblock. Ever since i got back from Furfright and battled the con crud... i've gotten nothing done.

But last night, as i stood in front of my blank page of bristol for the first hour fidgeting, i decided... hey, why don't i draw something new?
So this creature grew on my page. I know, i know... she's not that different... but! She's still new! :D

(Yeah, here head is a bit large, oops)
This is a female of the species, which i am temporarily calling the agharti (The first name that i thought of, and which seems pretty persistent... though the name is too important for this application... a more fitting name will come to me probably.)
...Um... there's a lot about their culture that will be conjured up in the future, so i don't have much to say about that at present... I think they live underground, and they smell like moss and earth. Their bodies heal extraordinarily fast, and as you can see, they practice a lot of both decorative and functional piercing.

I'm thinking i might make her head more deer-like. That thing on top is a horn - this is kind of a derivative of more typical unicorns.
The agartis' horns are generally s-curved like this, descending down the face from its root between the ears and eyes. The shape may vary some - hers is shaped like a cobra displaying its hood - i'm not sure if this is natural or if they carve and decorate their horns... probably the latter.

Their ears are really big, and fluffy! They have some very fine, soft fur covering certain parts of their bodies, but there is a good portion that is not furred, mostly the torso and face.
I haven't decided for sure, but i think they might lay eggs instead of birthing live young.
The horse-like appearance is really deceptive, they're not really like horses much. ...yeah, i really should change the face...

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Anyway, i really like this picture, and i feel really happy that i created something new. I think i'm going to draw more of them. Doing a ref sheet for the species will be fun!

Now i've got to get some stuff i owe done for others. Hopefully art block is DED.


EDIT: Oh! I was thinking (but i forgot when i was writing this description) that these creatures might be marsupials... egg-laying marsupials. Once the little egg hatches they scoop up the defenseless little squirmy-thing and tuck it into their pouch so it can finish growing. I think that's really swell! : D