#tsuchinoko
I’m doing post-it note commissions on Ko-fi. Buy one for just $3!
http://ko-fi.com/cattype/commissions
This one’s a tsuchinoko. A cryptid from Japan that looks like a short stubby snake.
#tsuchinoko #cryptid #drawing #pencildrawing #commissionsopen #myart #postit
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Same deal as last post! I spent most of October doing two yokai related art challenges- yokaitober and Ayokaiaday. I forgot to mention that I made posts for both challenges on my website Cattype.net (not .com, remember that) and that I made elaborate header images for both of them. So I should probably post them here.
This is the header for my Ayokaiaday post. Here’s the link to it. Check it out for all the original tweets plus extra commentary
https://www.cattype.net/single-post/the-other-yokai-tag-i-did-for-halloween
I thought a grid was fitting since I was posting a yokai for almost everyday on the calendar. A calendar is a grid therefore grid. See? Logic.
Top row
#jorogumo #tsukumogami #bakechochin #kasaobake #teketeke #ippondatara #hyakumeoni #rokurokubi
Second row
#gaki #hyosube #toirenohanakosan #tsuchinoko #nue #arie
Third row
#tofukozo #jinmenju #kitsune #zashikiwarashi #basan Rokurokubi (again but the bottom half)
Bottom row
#kodama #hakutaku #ittanmomen #hitotsumekozo #oni #onyudo
#yokai #monsters #myart
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Today’s #ayokaiaday is Tsuchinoko! A stubby snake that can jump up and bite your face! And also maybe drink all your sake!
#tsuchinoko #potatosnek #yokai #sketches #japanesemonsters #myart #instaart #cryptid #妖怪 #つちのこ #ツチノコ＃槌の子
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Quick little Snakeypillar…no wait I mean the other one..tsuchinoko!
I got the idea for a tsuchinoko lamia, but I think I ended up creating a whole character!
I call this particular tsuchinoko “Kokoro Tsuchiya”. Most tsuchinoko are liars for various reasons, but the most common reason is distrust towards non-tsuchinoko (this is also why they’re so elusive). Kokoro distrusts other beings too, but she also just really enjoys being sneaky and causing trouble. Ironically for someone whose name means “heart”, she doesn’t really like to reveal her inner feelings, not even to other tsuchinoko. She also tries to be cool, but if you catch her off guard, she can be easily frightened. Deep down, she’s a much better person than she likes to let on.
Like most tsuchinoko, she loves alcohol, and her favorite is a sake brand called “Snake Slayer”. It doesn’t actually slay snakes, it just knocks them out.
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On This Day in Cryptid History
May 3rd: Every year, the people of Higashishirakawa in Gifu, Japan throw a festival in honor of the Tsuchinoko, a snake like monster that’s been the subject of cryptozoological debate. Roots of the legend could be trace to the village.
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I designed some… sneople (snake people). The lamia will be named Iris. So far I’m thinking about calling the two-headed one Tangerine and Tangelo rather than Mango and Tango.
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#JLMyōkaioftheday : Tsuchinoko
Tsuchinoko is a mythical creature in Japan that resembles a very fat and short snake. Legend has it that it can talk and likes to lie or make up stories. It is also said that it loves to drink alcohol.
Sometimes, it swallows its own tail to form a round form and “roll around like a wheel”. Imagine seeing a fat round rolling snake!#japanloverme Art by @chichilittle
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