Creature of the night

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Keith Thompson's art blog featuring news on his work, sketches and artwork not seen on his main site, and discussing sources of inspiration.

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Color sketch from a few years ago, used as cover for one of my Convention sketchbooks. One day I'll get to do the actual painting.... Acrylics and digit... CREATURES OF THE NIGHT 2

“Walk, deft, in the night, Caressed by the stars’ distant light” Today’s creature design is a spooky night walker who guards a witch’s grove by patrolling around the woods near it. Perhaps it’s a familiar, a summoned entity, a ghost, or a magical construct? Hard to know when they’re so good at slipping away on their little toes, barely leaving a trace on the ground for tracking. #spooky #witchy #witchcore #witchyaesthetic #creature #creaturedesign #creatureart #monster #halloween #creepy...

Hey Bookworms! Today I decided to do another Halloween themed book tag, and I scoured the internet until I found the right one to do! I landed on the Creature Of The Night Book Tag and got the idea…

海坊主 うみぼうず Translation: sea monk Alternate names: umi nyūdō, umi hōshi Habitat: seas, oceans, bays Diet: unknown Appearance: Perhaps no other aquatic yōkai is as mysterious as the giant umi bōzu. Their true form is unknown. Umi bōzu are only ever seen from the shoulders up, but they appear to be roughly humanoid in shape, with inky black skin and

still alive at night, or in the lantern light.

Bukavac is a mythical creature in Slavic mythology. Belief in it existed in Srijem (county near Vukovar, Croatia) and also some parts of Serbia (Belgrade county and Vojvodina). Bukavac was sometimes imagined as a six-legged monster with gnarled horns. It lives in lakes and pools, coming out of the water during the night to make a loud noise (hence the name:buka - noise), jump onto people and animals, and strangle them. Drekavac-Slavic Serbo-Croatian mythical creature Myling-Scandinavian…

contest FUNGI studio mythofchristmas Icelandic Christmas folklore depicts mountain-dwelling characters and monsters who come to town during Christmas. The stories are directed at children and are used to scare them into good behavior. The folklore includes both mischievous pranksters who leave gifts during the night and monsters who eat disobedient children. Gryla is a giantess with an appetite for the flesh of mischievous children, whom she cooks in a large pot (wiki)