If you recall one of my posts which featured a design for aligned gnaw, then you would know what he looked like. I decided to make 2 variants of this design based on two new sharkticons introduced in earthspark.
cryptic yokai are the classic yokai equivalent for merican yokai. To start off the series, I introduce you all to the cousin of snartle, quaiverpal!
He is based on the qalupalik from Inuit folklore. A creature known for abducting children if they get too close to the edge of icy shore lines. depending on the version they do this so the kids are kept in a sleep like trance so they drain their vitality or because they are lonely. quaiverpal leans more into the latter version being a fearsome yokai who is very lonely.
His function is similar to snartle where if the player gets to close to an icy shoreline, a quaiverpal jumps up and chases them. They are slightly weaker to their cousins in Springdale but are still powerful in their own right.
quaiverpal:
rank: A
favourite food: meat
medallium dex entry: snartle’s northern cousin, quaiverpal is feared by rural children up north thanks to tales of this yokai kidnapping them and turning them into quaiverpal‘s themselves. His feared reputation makes him a pretty lonely yokai though…
When receive meat: “Thank you!”
when receive candy: *groans*
when receive any other food: “….thanks”
befriend quote: “you…stronger than me. want to be…friends?”
cryptic yokai are the classic yokai equivalent for merican yokai. To start off the series, I introduce you all to the cousin of snartle, quaiverpal!
He is based on the qalupalik from Inuit folklore. A creature known for abducting children if they get too close to the edge of icy shore lines. depending on the version they do this so the kids are kept in a sleep like trance so they drain their vitality or because they are lonely. quaiverpal leans more into the latter version being a fearsome yokai who is very lonely.
His function is similar to snartle where if the player gets to close to an icy shoreline, a quaiverpal jumps up and chases them. They are slightly weaker to their cousins in Springdale but are still powerful in their own right.
quaiverpal:
rank: A
favourite food: meat
medallium dex entry: snartle’s northern cousin, quaiverpal is feared by rural children up north thanks to tales of this yokai kidnapping them and turning them into quaiverpal‘s themselves. His feared reputation makes him a pretty lonely yokai though…
When receive meat: “Thank you!”
when receive candy: *groans*
when receive any other food: “….thanks”
befriend quote: “you…stronger than me. want to be…friends?”
The images above showcase my designs of grimwing and blackbeak from transformers prime. they are both predacons who left predaking as they don't like his leadership and are extremely honorable.
To make them I used artwork of darksteel to help with the design and changed parts of it to make him different. grimwing's head for bot form was taken from his toy. The head for his beast form was done differently as I didn't want him to be just a recolour of darksteel. The turkey head design was done to make him uglier and less frightening than other predacons. fitting as he is very honorable and fair to others. Blackbeak though honorable is also incredibly grouchy and temperamental often known for cursing.
when doing the expressions I made grimwing's teeth very crooked which i liked as I felt that grimwing could speak with an english accent while blackbeak speaks in Scottish. I also have a head cannon that the reason why blackbeak exists is that he was actually meant to be the head of grimwing but at some point something went wrong and blackbeak grew out the body and gained a mini con like body while grimwing ended up getting a less than desirable head in terms of predaking.
overall I am happy with my design and would really like it if anyone who wants to write fanfics to utilise my designs so long as I am credited.