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Published: 2017-03-07 21:10:27 +0000 UTC; Views: 82517; Favourites: 3410; Downloads: 722
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Last year I was fortunate enough to get the opportunity to work on a dragon book for Scholastic by way of Becker&Mayer Books. I got to take a crack at designing 16 different mythical dragons from all over the world for a book called Sink Your Teeth Into Dragons.
The Tarasque was a super weird creature design, having so many disparate parts associated with it in various stories. I had seen a number of historical illustrations of it showing great big spiky shells so I leaned into the turtle dragon angle. I'm a super big fan of alligator snapping turtles so there is more than a fair share of that in there. There is also a scorpion tail, because why not. Unfortunately this was one of the last pieces I did on this book so I didn't get nearly the time I wanted to spend on it as there was a fast approaching deadline. That being said I did learn a ton about what my limits are and just how much I can push out in such a limited amount of time.
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I love how the nostrils and top of the beak seem to form an angry little human face.
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Ah yes, the destruction of many a D&D campaign.
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When I first saw this, the first thing came to mind: Anguirus
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This screams mole to me too for some reason. Really wonderful work.
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the best Tarasque I've ever seen, great job as usual
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Given how derpy the old tarasque statues look, I'm glad you managed to come up with something fierce looking.
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.... where do you get the ... wait... omfg... just... Wow. I need to look into these things.
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Its so adorable! Is it posible to keep it as a pet?
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Hehehe, that's the same thing I was thinking when I first saw this! It sure does look powerful, for sure!
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My DM made my group fight one of this in dnd
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your DM must have wanted your group dead lol
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He kinda did it was supposed to be us trying to save the world or die doing so lol, he also wanted me to Dm what I was working on.
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Now I know where the Dota 2 item Heart of tarasque originates from. Not disappointed. This thing is badass.
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Nice job !I like it!!! 😋
If you have time come look my art!!! ☺
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badass
i also love alligator snappers, i actualy have a pet baby gator snapper named bubbles
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Thats a very good turtle name. When I was a kid my family had a turtle named Hardhat
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Thanks and I love that name XD very fitting for a turtle
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So the Tarasque does count as a dragon then. I was always vague on that. Dungeons & Dragons Gamera.
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I think it looks great! The explosive movement definitely makes it seem lively.
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One of the most famous dragons in D&D and the other RPGs.
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That's the Tarrasque, with two R's. This is a real mythological creature.
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