Cazter James C. Santos

This weekend we started a new series on #Paleostream!

Pocket Prehistory is a project in which I draw small extinct critters as museum specimens, life sized, on post card formats.

I only do adults so don't expect a T. rex fetus or something ;)

Velvet ant (Dasymutilla vestita)

Hemilepistus (crenulatus, aphganicus, reaumurii)

Coral Pink Sand Dunes Tiger Beetle (Cicindela albissima)

I think the velvet ant is my favorite, and the only one painted from life. Maybe I should've driven up to utah for the tiger beetles, next time!

Kappas (Testuedorynchus nipponensis) are a race of yokais who came from Japan, these creatures resembles a cross between a penguin and a turtle.

Reports of these creatures were said that they atatcked people in Japan when the yokai are in defensive mode.

Cucumbers are considered one of the delicacies of the kappa culture, most dishes serves them with fish or any other dishes.

The kappas of Kirkinshire lives in Serpent Tooth Boardwalks as fellow waterfolks and in Yokai Mura.

Note: The kappa designs are clearly inspired by the yokai itself, turtles and penguins.

Different variations

Top: Softshell Adele, Redhead Slider, Kyushu (inspired by the Kyushu Kappa)