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kaijubrainsDA β€” Beetlecorn

Published: 2016-03-12 14:18:11 +0000 UTC; Views: 484; Favourites: 27; Downloads: 0
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Description Unicorns are by by far, one of my least favourite mythical creatures. So here’s a re-design to make them suit my tastes. Apparently the answer was to mix them with cute bugs instead! I felt it made sense; as rhinoceros beetles have one large, central horn
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Comments: 10

Deskleaves [2016-03-12 18:55:57 +0000 UTC]

Wow, awesome. Beetles are like, one of my favorite things, I keep live exotic ones in a vivarium in my kitchen.

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kaijubrainsDA In reply to Deskleaves [2016-03-12 19:06:25 +0000 UTC]

Ah cool!- I'd love to get some large beetles of my own, but their adult lives are so short, I'd just get upset :<

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Deskleaves In reply to kaijubrainsDA [2016-03-13 05:39:11 +0000 UTC]

My pachnoda beetles are coming up on being one year old soon, although they're only supposed to live to be about half that. >__>;;

And my hissing cockroaches will live to see their third year.

But most of my bugs DO live very short lives, my crickets only lasted a few weeks, but they left behind teeny tiny little babies that just showed their miniscule faces yesterday. Breeding them and seeing the next generation is really rewarding, especially when it's a rare/hard to breed variety :0

-Rubs hands like a fly- Also they're creepy.

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kaijubrainsDA In reply to Deskleaves [2016-03-13 05:57:57 +0000 UTC]

Aww nice. I guess you're taking good care of them then
But they're not creepy, they're cute!

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InkyOculus [2016-03-12 17:48:57 +0000 UTC]

So much rainbow

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kaijubrainsDA In reply to InkyOculus [2016-03-12 19:11:33 +0000 UTC]

I had to make it a rainbow, it's a unicorn! (pure white was boring)
Honestly- I wish I could draw the iridescent colours of REAL beetles and insects. They're so shiney and pretty

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InkyOculus In reply to kaijubrainsDA [2016-03-12 19:27:03 +0000 UTC]

I know, especially scarabs. I think it would work better if the creature was black with some rainbow parts so it would look more iridescent, but this looks more fantastical.

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kaijubrainsDA In reply to InkyOculus [2016-03-13 05:55:21 +0000 UTC]

Yeah maybe- I think I'd need to do a proper life study of something like that, figure out how iridescence works- before applying it so something made up :y

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InkyOculus In reply to kaijubrainsDA [2016-03-13 06:31:55 +0000 UTC]

Do you use reference images? I have a feeling those would come in handy for something tricky like this.

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kaijubrainsDA In reply to InkyOculus [2016-03-13 12:48:24 +0000 UTC]

Nope- not for the colours. After 2+hours doing the sketch a lineart, I just slapped a very quick gradient on for colour. Didn't really have the patience to do it properly :v

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