Hippocampus art

The hippocampus is a mythological creature shared by Phoenician and Greek mythology. It was also adopted into Etruscan mythology. The hippocampus has typically been depicted as having the upper body of a horse with the lower body of a fish.

A kelpie was a shapeshifting water demon native to Great Britain and Ireland.[1] Able to take any form, a kelpie usually chose that of a horse with a bulrush mane. After luring unwary travellers onto their backs, they dragged them underwater and ate them, allowing the entrails to float to the surface of the water. A kelpie could be rendered docile and harmless by using the Placement Charm to put a bridle over the creature's head.[1] A bridled kelpie could be considered completely tamed if it…

A fantasy seahorse, not like the real ones.

You are introvert, shy, quiet and very kind and caring to others. You feel a strong connection with nature.

So, I don’t know about you, but it seems to me that dragons are getting a little overused. You know? Every fantasy book has to have a dragon. When did that become a thing? Just because Th…

Here we have a Kelpie, a monster that lives in the bottom of lakes and rivers that hides just under the soil. Its a man-eater according to legend...This is one of the more detailed scale drawings I've ever done--well recently! Colored pencil and ink on 8.5x11 paper.

Version coloreada del hipocampo a modo de pez koi. A coloured version of the hippocamp to resemble a koi fish. Hipocampo Koi