As I have been observing humans, animals, nature and the world around me to inspire creation of a new character/creature, I was inspired by three different animals. These animals I started researching and observing really came together and formed an image in my head of what design outcome I wanted for my creature.
The first animal I started looking into, was the Pangolin. The Pangolin was an interesting creature to look at and research into, one cool thing I will point out is that it is the only mammal to wholly covered in scales which is it’s tough protection against predators.
Secondly, a Rhinoceros took my interest. More so the head of the Rhino, I thought about a cross between the two animals. The Rhinoceros head on the Pangolin body is a good balance, obviously the pangolin body would have to much larger to harness the head of a Rhino
Thirdly looking at deers and specifically their antlers gave me the idea for my creature design, to introduce antlers on to the Rhinoceros. Doing this I decided that including the front horn on the Rhino’s nose would be too much. It wouldn’t help the flow of the creature design process.
So basically the creature I now have decided to put into the design process would involve would be a pangolin body, the head of a rhinoceros with the antlers of a deer.
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