First Cryptid Redesign - Chupa Cabras

 

Cryptid Concepts

Artists rendition 

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The cryptid that first came to head was the Chupacabra’s. The idea of it always interested to me, however the designs I saw were not that appealing.
I love the occult, the idea that a cryptid is just a living weird creature does not appeal as much as the idea of it being a more mysterious force and that being the reason why it is so occult and with no seen records of it.
The Chupacabra is a cryptid that has been only imagined because of the tracks it left, usually the dried dead goats.  So i redesigned it with my own ideas, where this misterious force of nature was not only a reaper but a life giver, it balances life between species. I was also inspired by the carnival in portugal and some of the masks. 

First drafts

Sketch

First Lineart

Final Lineart

Final piece