heckacentipedeさんのイラストまとめ

@Auroisa_yah Only just saw this, I'm a pan grey ace illustrator who likes drawing creatures
Happy [belated] international asexuality day \o/

-nyooms in- am i too late for #TransDayOfVisibility >>;;
anywho! hello there fellow non-cis folks \o/ I'm hecka, bigender wo/man working in biology
Art is a hobby for now, though I'd love to dedicate more time to it! I love illustrating fantasy creatures~

And if you made it aaaaaaaaaaall the way to the bottom of the thread, here's the art that inspired this remake almost a decade later! Featuring my old OC Chenzira pretending he's an Okami god rather than an Anubis ripoff

I wanted to make sure that I centered the composition as if it were going to really be a two-page spread in a magazine, which is why I have that faint black overlay to show me where the left page was.

Honestly most of the time I draw Demetrius I go with something vaguely dog-dragon shaped and then give it the right colors, OR I draw basic Demetrius and then give him some wack colors

This is the most open interpretation, but the color pattern is still intact even though the feet are talons and he has a big ol mane. Here, the white scale spots on the feet reflect the light tan patterns on his feet in the basic design.

This is essentially basic with additional fluff. There are 3 individual toes, some freckles, and the inner ear is tan rather than the light purple skin. The colors are also shifted, but they remain in the brown tones and have the same pattern

This keeps the color scheme the same but changes up the muzzle (real teeth, longer), tail and ear length (longer), shorter legs, individual toes, pupils, and gives him a purple whiskers and a nice dorsal mane. If I changed the colors, things would get a little unrecognizable

Basic is the absolute default, the others are examples of how the design can be shifted while retaining the things that keep Demetrius looking vaguely recognizable. I've done a bunch of different iterations on him but there's certain things that keep him, well, him!

Literally years after I made him the first time I'm making an actual "solid" ref on how his design open-ness works!
See thread for details and timelapse