Mythical Beast Wars http://mythicalbeastwars.com A Drawing Contest of Sorts Sun, 19 May 2013 17:59:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 The Loch Ness Monster http://mythicalbeastwars.com/2013/05/the-loch-ness-monster/the-loch-ness-monster/ http://mythicalbeastwars.com/2013/05/the-loch-ness-monster/the-loch-ness-monster/#comments Sun, 19 May 2013 17:54:52 +0000 chip http://mythicalbeastwars.com/?p=4885 The Scottish Highland’s Most Wanted So I’m going to guess most of you are pretty familiar with the Loch Ness Monster, the long disputed lake beast of the Scottish Highlands, but just in case here’s a real quick rundown: The first known reference to a water beast in the region appeared in writings from the [...]

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So I’m going to guess most of you are pretty familiar with the Loch Ness Monster, the long disputed lake beast of the Scottish Highlands, but just in case here’s a real quick rundown: The first known reference to a water beast in the region appeared in writings from the 6th century and had the beast not in the loch but on the River Ness and his behavior was much more man eating giant water predator than lazy lake beast.
 

Jump a few centuries ahead and we encounter a series of sighting in the 1930s that tended to describe our hero as a combo of seal and plesiosaur dinosaur and more often than not lumbering across bits of land surrounding the loch. Right about that same time a series of photographs began to appear, the most famous being the “surgeon’s photograph” which has been featured in newspapers of the time and on at least 5 Discovery special I’ve seen and is most often explained away as a submerged elephant’s truck or a modified children’s toy. Regardless of the hoax claims around it, that photo has stirred imaginations and driven curious tourist to the area for decades.
 

Science has tried to explain him away as a sturgeon or giant otter or a log but still can’t find him, they’ve done full loch radar sweeps on at least 2 occasions, which to me says its more than possible he’s magical or coated in some sweet organic stealth technology. The loch opens to the sea, which to me says he’s more than capable of finding a food source outside of his poorly stocked leisurely swimming hole, so feel free to draw him anywhere (but please remember his Scottish roots). And keep in mind the base descriptors of aqualine, long necked, flipper footed and playful, but beyond that I leave the rest to you! Go forth and draw!

 

 

judgement Is Complete

 

our judgeOur Judge this week is Mr Dean Ruppert! Now-a-days he’s a professional digital archivist and proud father of two. Long ago he used to work in a warehouse packing up import vinyl with me, fellow Witchbanger, Johnny and a host of entertaining and nefarious characters. Now I haven’t seen him in probably 15 years, so a lot could have changed and technically I could just be imagining these memories… but I’m pretty sure he went to Champaign in the era of Hum and lived on Green st (not true it was oregon st), played in a band (Grover or C Clamp or something, we can’t remember)… he lived at Cardona’s house when they found a torso in his dumpster (suspicious? also it turns out, untrue but its funny so it stays), and he liked his Bari’s mild (He claims this too is untrue, but I’m sticking to it…) but mostly, he was about as nice a guy as you could imagine and seemed to live in a state of perpetual awe at how stupidly the rest of us made decisions back then… and just so he knows I remember, most importantly, he taught me that washing your coffee cup with soap is for pussies!

 

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]]> http://mythicalbeastwars.com/2013/05/the-loch-ness-monster/the-loch-ness-monster/feed/ 0 The Sea Hog http://mythicalbeastwars.com/2013/05/the-sea-hog/the-sea-hog/ http://mythicalbeastwars.com/2013/05/the-sea-hog/the-sea-hog/#comments Sun, 19 May 2013 15:37:53 +0000 chip http://mythicalbeastwars.com/?p=4879 The Salty White Meat   The Sea Hog or Marine Boar, comes from tales of sailors in medieval Europe. Now science back then wasn’t shall we say especially well tested, so the established belief of the time was that from the time of creation there was a matching sea going beast for every creature that [...]

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The Sea Hog or Marine Boar, comes from tales of sailors in medieval Europe. Now science back then wasn’t shall we say especially well tested, so the established belief of the time was that from the time of creation there was a matching sea going beast for every creature that roamed the much drier and more properly explored, solid land.

 

Described as having the scaly body of a huge fish, the front legs of a dragon, and the head and shoulders of a giant pig or wild boar (complete with tusks and tufts of hair). Sometimes they were described as having back legs, sometimes not. What is sure is that they were massive, rotund and as far as pigs go, considered pretty adequate swimmers.
 
Now some of you more skeptical sorts might pause and say “Giant fish shaped body, weird dragony feet and giant tusks, sounds a whole lot like a walrus to me…” at which point I will again ask you to shut up, and spend more time drawing beasts! This one’s got a pretty easy to ponder shape, and pigs are inherently funny, so let’s break out the aqua marine crayons and see what kind goodnesses you all can piece together!
 

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]]> http://mythicalbeastwars.com/2013/05/the-sea-hog/the-sea-hog/feed/ 0 the Valkyrie Entry # 12 http://mythicalbeastwars.com/2013/05/the-valkyrie/the-valkyrie-entry-12/ http://mythicalbeastwars.com/2013/05/the-valkyrie/the-valkyrie-entry-12/#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 15:38:31 +0000 chip http://mythicalbeastwars.com/?p=4874 Came with caption: “Boobs, wings, meads & steed.” For the obvious REVCO tie in I’m going to go with the streamlined “Boobs, Meads and Steeds!” that could have entirely changed the audience at industrial shows throughout the 90s, Sure they’d probally still be into heroin, but they’d spell it with an extra “e” at the [...]

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Came with caption:
“Boobs, wings, meads & steed.”
For the obvious REVCO tie in I’m going to go with the streamlined “Boobs, Meads and Steeds!” that could have entirely changed the audience at industrial shows throughout the 90s, Sure they’d probally still be into heroin, but they’d spell it with an extra “e” at the end!
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]]> http://mythicalbeastwars.com/2013/05/the-valkyrie/the-valkyrie-entry-12/feed/ 0 the Valkyrie Entry # 11 http://mythicalbeastwars.com/2013/05/the-valkyrie/he-valkyrie-entry-11/ http://mythicalbeastwars.com/2013/05/the-valkyrie/he-valkyrie-entry-11/#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 15:32:26 +0000 chip http://mythicalbeastwars.com/?p=4871 AH! surprise boob! I was all sidetracked marveling at its coloring and the sweet ass raven and didn’t even notice it for a second. Crop this in a lil tighter and this could totally be the label on a magical, viking themed hair thickening potion, I mean, that is and amazing amount of flowing golden [...]

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AH! surprise boob! I was all sidetracked marveling at its coloring and the sweet ass raven and didn’t even notice it for a second. Crop this in a lil tighter and this could totally be the label on a magical, viking themed hair thickening potion, I mean, that is and amazing amount of flowing golden hair!
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]]> http://mythicalbeastwars.com/2013/05/the-valkyrie/he-valkyrie-entry-11/feed/ 0 The Valkyrie Entry # 10 http://mythicalbeastwars.com/2013/05/the-valkyrie/the-valkyrie-entry-10/ http://mythicalbeastwars.com/2013/05/the-valkyrie/the-valkyrie-entry-10/#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 15:26:45 +0000 chip http://mythicalbeastwars.com/?p=4867 So this one officially having an equator is kind of amazing, like without it we wouldn’t know where the sexy human half starts and the magical bird half begins. Or is she standing up against a very reflective and magical table that shows her true self? regardless teh matching poses are still cracking me up! [...]

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So this one officially having an equator is kind of amazing, like without it we wouldn’t know where the sexy human half starts and the magical bird half begins. Or is she standing up against a very reflective and magical table that shows her true self? regardless teh matching poses are still cracking me up! very nicely done.
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]]> http://mythicalbeastwars.com/2013/05/the-valkyrie/the-valkyrie-entry-10/feed/ 0 The Valkyrie Entry # 9 http://mythicalbeastwars.com/2013/05/the-valkyrie/the-valkyrie-entry-9/ http://mythicalbeastwars.com/2013/05/the-valkyrie/the-valkyrie-entry-9/#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 15:19:46 +0000 chip http://mythicalbeastwars.com/?p=4864 Gotta love some wacky eyed boob armour, I’m kind of entertained at how high waisted her skirt seems to be, and how thickly ’80s strong she appears and that lil bearded unicorn silhouette is making me pretty happy all by himself! Rate this image

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Gotta love some wacky eyed boob armour, I’m kind of entertained at how high waisted her skirt seems to be, and how thickly ’80s strong she appears and that lil bearded unicorn silhouette is making me pretty happy all by himself!
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]]> http://mythicalbeastwars.com/2013/05/the-valkyrie/the-valkyrie-entry-9/feed/ 0 aThe Valkyrie Entry # 8 http://mythicalbeastwars.com/2013/05/the-valkyrie/the-valkyrie-entry-8/ http://mythicalbeastwars.com/2013/05/the-valkyrie/the-valkyrie-entry-8/#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 02:10:48 +0000 chip http://mythicalbeastwars.com/?p=4859 So not entirely sure but it’s possible this is a bit of a Seanism spinoff, we’ll have to see if it actually grows into a movement before commenting further. Those giant helmet wings are amazing and I swear the helmet itself looks like one of the ones from the original battlestar, which makes me kinda [...]

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So not entirely sure but it’s possible this is a bit of a Seanism spinoff, we’ll have to see if it actually grows into a movement before commenting further. Those giant helmet wings are amazing and I swear the helmet itself looks like one of the ones from the original battlestar, which makes me kinda happy. And while i bet a lot of folks would vote sexy for their afterlife transport, I gotta say adorably cute seems to work pretty well too!
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]]> http://mythicalbeastwars.com/2013/05/the-valkyrie/the-valkyrie-entry-8/feed/ 0 The Valkyrie Entry # 7 http://mythicalbeastwars.com/2013/05/the-valkyrie/the-valkyrie-entry-7/ http://mythicalbeastwars.com/2013/05/the-valkyrie/the-valkyrie-entry-7/#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 02:05:19 +0000 chip http://mythicalbeastwars.com/?p=4856 Man, and the week after he did such a good job judging too! well maybe it’s more of a statement on strength and trust? And it’s kinda amazing how much those eyes make for a pleasant looking steed. That is one enormous breast and I have to say one remarkably square and sturdy viking thigh! [...]

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Man, and the week after he did such a good job judging too! well maybe it’s more of a statement on strength and trust? And it’s kinda amazing how much those eyes make for a pleasant looking steed. That is one enormous breast and I have to say one remarkably square and sturdy viking thigh!
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]]> http://mythicalbeastwars.com/2013/05/the-valkyrie/the-valkyrie-entry-7/feed/ 0 the Red Legged Scissor Man Entry # 19 http://mythicalbeastwars.com/2013/05/the-great-long-red-legged-scissor-man/the-red-legged-scissor-man-entry-19/ http://mythicalbeastwars.com/2013/05/the-great-long-red-legged-scissor-man/the-red-legged-scissor-man-entry-19/#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 00:13:23 +0000 chip http://mythicalbeastwars.com/?p=4850 There are a lot of really tight pants this week! Very nicely done, that whole the scissor hand looks kinda crabby, but because of that, it looks even better, is cool as hell… And he’s creepy enough that I kinda hope this dude doesnt get a thumb! Rate this image

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There are a lot of really tight pants this week! Very nicely done, that whole the scissor hand looks kinda crabby, but because of that, it looks even better, is cool as hell… And he’s creepy enough that I kinda hope this dude doesnt get a thumb!
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]]> http://mythicalbeastwars.com/2013/05/the-great-long-red-legged-scissor-man/the-red-legged-scissor-man-entry-19/feed/ 0 the Red Legged Scissor Man Entry # 18 http://mythicalbeastwars.com/2013/05/the-great-long-red-legged-scissor-man/the-red-legged-scissor-man-entry-18/ http://mythicalbeastwars.com/2013/05/the-great-long-red-legged-scissor-man/the-red-legged-scissor-man-entry-18/#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 00:11:45 +0000 chip http://mythicalbeastwars.com/?p=4848 Striped tights can make anything kinda sexy! ha! It’s been a while since i’ve seen a “last Starfighter” reference! That psycho KIingon/future computer text is getting better and better and I bet that bloated thumb arm smells really really bad! Judge’s Commentary last star fighter… Says it all. And I love his crazy long legs. [...]

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Striped tights can make anything kinda sexy! ha! It’s been a while since i’ve seen a “last Starfighter” reference! That psycho KIingon/future computer text is getting better and better and I bet that bloated thumb arm smells really really bad!

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last star fighter… Says it all. And I love his crazy long legs. And the thumb border creeps me out! Submitted by E Smith!

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