HOW TO: Creature Design! 

A desert animal that has the magic power to cast hallucinations is so clever because of mirages. I like that a lot that is neat.

i love bat inspired designs in general but BAT HYENA LIZARD CAMEL??? I love him dearly omggg T.T

a creature that lives deep in the dessert, using a mirage to trick traveler's in to coming closer or to give it something befor it jumps out the sand and eats them.

I loved the way you explained your thought process behind making animals! Keep it up!

i love your nonchalant nature while being funny, 10/10 helpful video for a fellow artist -Former dragon kid

your editing has me sold for future videos 🪑

The way you explained it made it much easier to understand and remember. This was very useful and love the design

Right off the bat I got called out with the “dragon kid” 😭😂 been drawing dragons since 4th/5th grade, & now I’m in high school and still drawing dragons!

Duuude I was the dragon kid lmfaooooo. I also do my creature design similar to this its like were the same person this is so awesome

0:22 I HAVE LITERALLY READ THAT BOOK WHAAAAAT Edit: 35 L.IKES? WHAT? FOR ME THATS SO MANY AAA THANK YOU!

Randomly happened upon your channel and I could not stop watching this vid until it finished bc you gave sm helpful advice!!! Currently tryna design more characters for my portfolio and this was very much needed. I tend to get overwhelmed when it comes to designing bc I have so many ideas and never know how to organize em, but this rlly gave me the motivation to keep brainstorming! Very much appreciated!

This felt like a video from a far more established channel, please keep up the amazing work and post more content :)

I love this creature he’s so silly

i never really put much thought into creature eyelashes but now that ive seen it mentioned i need to adapt some of my creatures!!! /pos

I’m gonna have my daughter watch this! This explains what I’m trying to say to her about being creative! And it reminds me not to be so serious and HAVE FUN!! 🎉

i mainly study creature design so i can make my art dolls more unique, alien like, and sometimes creepy. this video really helped! hope to see even more videos like this! ❤

10:37 “This guys an awkward creature who probably didn’t start off in this landscape, but was brought here; hundreds of years later, starting to fit in, but still awkward” Literally me -

you are REALLY SERIOUSLY one of the BEST ARTISTS I HAVE EVER SEEN. just look at that! its a master piece

This was awesome and so helpful for me. I consider myself a skilled illustrator, but sometimes I get choked up with anxiety because I went to art school and had the joy beaten out of me, now I’m always very serious and it’s taken several years post-BFA to learn to unclench and just like, make stuff like I used to, before I knew anything really, or worried that much about whether or not something was good or bad or conceptually strong, it really needed some unlearning tbh😂 and designing creatures for the story I’m writing has been particularly hard to “unclench” because some of them are going to be sort of central so they do need to be good, but I LOVED what you said about “treating the first drawing/first draft as just for fun,” like that’s the most important thing I have to remind myself when I’m creating; is that I do this because I love it, and it should be fun for me. It can just be for fun and then I can refine whatever happens. I get so caught up before my pen ever hits the paper and that’s the issue. So, sincerely, thanks for the good advice. ❤

criminally underrated i love ur designs sm!

This is such a great walkthrough of your thinking and process. Thank you!

DUDEE, im 3 minutes into the video and im OBSESSEDDD with your style and the way you use shapes... Im definitely a new subscriber!!

I've always liked the sorts of creatures that appear in actual medieval media, like the headless folk that have faces on their chests? That sounds so weird and terrifying in a good way. Edit: wowie this thing is so cool the magic nose boy wow!!!

This videos vibes are immaculate

i love how much you value evolution and anatomy while designing!!! good job

I've done this thing for years where I warm up by just mixing animals. I've created some that i really like and some that are abominations but i love them all the same. I made an episode of something i was going to do a long time ago based on creature creation, took it down and kind of became inactive on youtube because i was young and burnt out. Yet I love that there's content w/ people speaking about stuff like this it was fun to watch :]!!

This is a very well done tutorial. Very low-stress and relaxed way of explaining it. Thank you!

Im feeling a bit down today, because im worried about my bird's constant hormonal behavior, and now im realizing this, making me feel icky once again. But watching tips on something i really enjoy doing makes it a bit better, thank you!

This was so cool to see! Your art is gorgeous and your explanations and process are really interesting. You've given me some ideas on how to approach creature designs I've been stuck on - Thank you!

Just found this video and checked your channel and I was so shocked that this is your first video with this format/style!!! its so professional and cosy and well made!!! Maybe a video suggestion could be how to add your own twist to existing fantasy creatures? Like how to design a unique dragon (heehehe) or how to create your own version of like a gryphon etc!

The moment I saw Dragonology, I knew this video was goin' to be damn good.

Absolutely loving it! Will look forward for more content from you

I have been looking for a video like this for so long, and you hit everything I was trying to figure out

Fantastic video!! Keep it up, I immidiatly subscribed. And I LOVE that creature you created!

It looks so cute! And it also looks amazing, I think the pictures really came together!

Really lovely creature! It's really refreshing to see not only the end result, but also those warm-up sketches and explorations. I've been doing that too and it's nice to know I'm not the only one! I'm gonna stick around, your animation stuff is cool too!

I really enjoyed this video and I’ll be coming back later to take notes! It was very informative and entertaining 💖

THANK YOU SO MUCH, this video will give me a whole new perspective when I do creature design!! Great work!

This is a pretty cool video and I'll definitely have to take some of the tips into account! And the creature you made looks amazing and is very unique!

I can not thank you enough there’s been many times where I’m just looking at my blank screen and not knowing what to do

ITS SO COOL ALSO THIS WAS SO HELPFUL IL YOUR ART SM😭🙏

Wish I could draw like you. I mean this creature is just amazing! The ideas are fantastic too! Kudos

instant sub, your art and editing is great

This is so cool and aspiring! You really captivated me.

I love this design so much - creating random creatures is my favorite passtime ❤

Really cool, would love to see more tutorials from you!

The idea and execution of this creature is so well done, hes so disturbing (in a good way) i love it, i always struggle design creatures for my history cause the main jist is that all magical creatures came from regular creatures that exist in our world, but due to magic being brought there, they evolved to be magical, somehow when i try to make something it doesn't look like a real animal or it doesn't look magical enough 😞

I love this kind of art content. Keep posting! I would love to see more art process videos like this one ❤.

Looked amazing! Great job!

This is so helpful and the end result is amazing oh my god

You were the dragon kid, neat I had one of those in my school. I on the other hand, always drew dogs or cats.

Im new to the channel and will be using this for reference later. Till then, i'm just enjoying the vibes

i love how the creature turned out :O

My way of character designs involve using objects, plants or fictional objects, works out well

Please make more of these videos! I loved it :)

I really like your style, it looks like a storybook, and it kinda gives me Adventure Time vibes :)

Beautiful artwork, and love the thought process / advice! :O I'll share this around, love your content!

this was so helpful, thanks!!

Hi, Thank you so much! I always wanted to stuff like that!❤❤ Btw I LOVE your art and voice^^ Byee!!

Ive been trying to pin down a design for a story im working on, this is a big help, thank you

oh great now I'm addicted to your content

this is such a cool process and it really helped figuring out the necessary steps to making something completely fictional yet still functional and realistic (in the context)!! also i absolutely love your style of colouring and sketching, especially how effortlessly you add texture! great video =) also, out of curiosity, what brushes do you use?

I watched this video to see if I have anything to improve- and then realized I have nearly the exact same thought process you go through when designing LOL

Amazing! This was very fun to watch while eating cerial😊

Im working on creature design and this helped me a lot! Also i feel like I could actually encounter this in the desert (maybe not the magic part but its very cool :D )

You sounded like enui from inside out at the beginning lmao 😭 amazing video btw ❤

this is so useful omg!! i enjoyed this sm :3

NEAT ty for the tips and all really use full :3

I love this thing, and am going to (try) to create a stat block for it so I can use it.

Sharing this with my group chat we could all use these tips (😭😄😄😄)

Love your choice for the background music

Wow, thanks for helping, very good video 🎉

Duddeee 172 views is WAY to little, this is some quality stuff I learnt a ton 🔥🔥🔥

This video got recommended to me at the exact right time

You need to make more videos often, this was very useful!!!!!

oh they ARE such a creechur thansk for this!!

The elorse is a humble creature that is 7ft as a male 6ft as a female. It is a mixture of elephant and horse with a horse legs and body with an elephant skull with a long chunky neck and strong skinny legs.thats is mainly in South Africa or Middle East.its main diet is plants and bark. It has a strong neck and legs to hold up its skull and body. It gives you the feel it’s a cow with a long neck and skinny neck, with 5 neck bones and around 18 ribs. And a soft yer rough texture like a horse with grey-ish brown skin with light brown spots. Thanks for reading!!!!😁 I worked hard

I read a fic about dragon riders and I'm in such a mood to draw dragons for the first time. This is a huge inspiration!

I really appreciate this

This is… AWESOME!

Cool, i needed something to make creatures for my world

Damn. Welcome back after 3 years.

I love this so much!,,

I’ve been trying to design an intelligent alien species for my spec evo project, and this helps lots!!! :)

DUDE IVE BEEN A DRAGON KID TOO!! I GOT THE DRAGONOLOGY BOOK FOR CHRISMAS AND NOW ITS ON DISPLAY IN MY ROOM!

I felt like naming and giving this silly guy a description based off info and made-up stuff for fun. Abraxas OVERALL - APPERANCE - LIFESTYLE * A cave-dwelling depths lurker beneath the shadowy caves of many regions, such as Arok, Felscathor, and Bazyn, all in the deserted sands. The bat-nosed secrete canine will eat various things, though it tends to not care for small things if not hungry, but will attack any human that dares to anger the beast, hungry or not. It's evolution chain allows it to run at many speeds; It's hooked claws and teeth can grasp things easily, and allow it to jump, while their fur can protect its back if a human decides to domesticate it and use it as a horse, which in common situations, they are mainly used as horses. DIET * Abraxas are opportunistic feeders, meaning they can both feed on the skeletal ribs of many, and graze upon berry bushes, they seem to like to wait for most meat to rot, and mostly enjoy to eat the ribs- even bones. They resemble vultures, and if need in a snack will feed off the leftovers of scaled fliers, otherwise known as dragons. SPELLS - MAGIC * These beasts when threatened can cast a vary of magic spells, their lengthy, tall bat-like nose glows right at the tip, and it ranges from their body's threatened heights- if not threatened, their nose will not glow, but most travelers will find if they annoy them, the horse canine's nose will glow and alight their face, and the traveler will be harvested for the Abraxas's hunger- or pride, many of these horse canines use spells such as freeze, to slow their prey and paralyze them- just like a snake's venom. That's all ! :D

This is a great video to show people who use AI to design their creatures. Creativity can be learned!

Awesome video! Can you do more creature designs?

I love this awkward lad so much. I guess I need to become better at drawing animals if I wanna do something like this 👀

I really liked this, this amazing! I really liked how you did this what you gonna name the creature? Btw 💯💯💯

Kind of funny because as someone who also enjoys designing creatures my thought process is similar. I grew up off of animal planet and reading animal encyclopedias, so even before you said it I was like "large ears and eyelashes for sure" my brain also went towards a dark mask, though with it being a cave dwelling species that doesnt matter as much. Would this creature have extremely hardened paw pads to travel on hot desert sands or are they not as rugged because they live in a cavern 🤔 I lived the implementation of the bat nose its not only a way for echolocation but also more areas for veins to go to cool down faster (much like those huge ears). I was also really excited when you brought in blindness because most cave dwelling species are! Overall very much enjoyed this video!

amazing

i wasnt the dragon kid, i was the eldritch horror kid.

I like to call my little guy a spideer, he’s a spider x deer. He’s for my ocs universe ( which I have 3 of. But it’s for my newest)

Really cool

Yay another worldbuildy design channel for me to become obsessed with! Thank you for your insights and advice. Very useful stuff as I'm literally in the process of designing a bestiary for my own worldbuilding stuff.

Dragon kids forever!

0:16 You just described me entire personality within the span of 10 seconds.

1:24 uh.. wonderful creatures! (I definitely won’t have nightmares from :3)

Dragon kids are always the coolest imo