This was originally created to be a bookcover for Peter Beagle's story "The Last Unicorn". In that story, the unicorn is described as being very delicate and deer-like, completely unlike a horse. She searches for her kin, and meets her foe, the Red Bull. This is a quote from the point in the book where the Unicorn first meets the Red Bull:

"He was the color of blood, not the springing blood of the heart but the blood that stirs under an old wound that never really healed. A terrible light poured from him like sweat, and his roar started landslides flowing into one another. His horns were as pale as scars. For one moment the unicorn faced him, frozen as a wave about to break. Then the light of her horn went out, and she turned and fled."

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first sketch

A young Tyranasaurus Rex calls for it's mother.

I used a photo of a fossilised T. rex skull as reference.

The main things I was trying to achieve with this image where: A nice looking eye, a revolting and fleshy mouth and tongue and some sub-surface scattering effects (where light shines through and is diffused by something like flesh, or a candle, and illuminated slightly from within)... this I attempted on the cheek and the under tongue area. I also wanted to try and make the teeth look semi translucent.

WIP

I worked at this image at 2500 pixels across... so here are some 100% crops of the eye and tongue/mouth areas

reference images
Full view is 800x900

nomedaboy's picture and armor reference
Many thanks to ndb for letting me indulge my alpha male fantasies :D

full view is 800 x 1100

This is where I used to live.
Click here for Larger version if you're into that.

For you.
This is our old apartment.

Sandorfi inspired

My pal. (Random pics used for inspiration.)

#13: The Death Card

Some people just can't accept a hand-out
Keep on fightin', girl