#cryptid oc

Some drawings of my old cryptid OCs.

The headless coyotes are the Leery Mimric, made when a coyote is struck by lightning. They convince humans to wear their masks so they can possess them and pilot their body and cause mischief.

And the other are Clown Apes who are mountain dwelling cryptids with kaleidoscopically patterned faces that can induce hallucinogenic trance states as a predator deterrent (but usually its just hikers).

For the longest time, the Two-Faced Cat used to be nothing more than an ominous being. They were usually seen wandering around empty places, singing to themselves in their reversed voice. As the entity tried to attack or kidnap anyone they ran across, the Jellicles have gotten used to avoiding the Cat at all costs. If anyone saw or heard them anywhere near the Junkyard, they'd run to the other Jellicles to tell them to hide. They just had to wait until they appeared, sang a few things, and then left.

It only changed once Old Deuteronomy became aware of the fact that the being has been terrorizing the Jellicle cats in the first place, as he has never seen the Two-Faced Cat himself before. Once he saw their faces during a close encounter, it all became clear, and for the first time in forever, the Two-Faced Cat heard their true names be spoken.

Epiphany and Cora.

As it turns out, The Two-Faced Cat is two separate cats that were reborn into a single body. Both Cora and Epiphany were Deuteronomy's wives when he was younger, and the three cats loved each other very much. Deuteronomy may have gotten used to seeing his family grow old, but he wasn't certain if he could let his mates go as easily. Once the Jellicle Ball came, he chose both of the queens to ascend to the Heaviside Layer... a decision he clearly grew to regret.

Close ups 4 better viewing:

This took me SO LONG to draw, I did a lot of anatomy studies and tried to make a more believable creature design! Btw thank you to the quadrobics therians, yall single handedly created all the quadrupedal human body references I could possibly need.

Here you can see tons of hand and foot studies as I had to design ones that would work, or at least took like they work, for both bipedal and quadrupedal walking. I also took a very long time figuring out how to draw the rounded chest of a quadrupedal animal on a creature with human-like brachiating arms.. I think I got it to work tho!

I made this in prep for art fight, though I’m putting a big disclaimer on Cryptid’s page that you can simplify him of fudge his anatomy bec I really only made his body this weird (and hard to find references for) for my own fun and torment.

Oc concept