Kanesha C. Bryant
@theveryworstthing
cryptid artist. as in i draw them and i am one. viewer beware, you're in for a scare! (aka art dumps and multiple links to lore posts)
you meet a mysterious cat girl at the pier before the fireworks show.
a Mernananggal relaxing after taking off her legs for the night.
a Coral Mermaid watching over the reef. there's some debate about whether these actually count as mermaids, but other mermaids obviously think they do so everyone else's opinions don't really matter. more lore here: www.tumblr.com/theveryworst...
the deceptively named Cradle Kelp is actually a type of mermaid that makes their home in kelp forests. you can read more about them here: www.tumblr.com/theveryworst...
a basket star divingbelle getting ready to go for a dip. while some hold onto their human skins while swimming, the sturdier types hide them in burrows or caves when they hang out in the water doing their water business (a very cool and not nightmare level spooky thing for divers to stumble onto).
divingbelles are mermaids in the selkie family who use humanoid skins to house aquatic forms instead of the other way around. softer divingbelles hold onto their skins like snail shells while swimming, opening gaps to unfurl from under water and closing them when they want to hide or walk around.
a few fish I drew back in may. these versatile little friends are perfect starter fish for those interested in fleshwater or faultwater tanks.
the last of the very little non work art i did in january. my boy Milonne in his human cosplay waiting for clients to show up. he's not great at holding that form for long periods of time but as long as he's hanging out in/near goth clubs and doesn't blink a bunch he can pass pretty easily.
a batch of Little Guy sketches from the burnout times earlier this year. a winter bloom floral spirit, a bat fairy, a little flame spirit, and an owl (?????)
Slug Steppers 🐾 they are leaving little goopy footprints all over the walkway in your garden.
more little guys for that creature escorting/research thing i started a while ago. these are early or "safe" area critters. loose typings for these babies are, starting at the upper left: branch type, hive type, net type (siren type?), bone type, seed type, beyond type, and endless type.
centaurs :) decided to revisit these super old centaur designs. their developing lore is that they probably evolved from mammalian mermaids or vice versa? no one is quite sure. maybe they're just in a constant cycle of jumping in and out of the water and getting weirder each time.
some anthro dragon lady wizards. i wanted to do water and fire dragon designs without relying too heavily on classic colors or imagery for those elements.
beautiful and gentle wild turkeys i met in a forest during a dream. they were velvety soft, they kind of drifted along the ground like jellyfish, and they were very aware of the Dangers.
Hava summer vibe. some cute pics of her sketched at the beginning of summer and colored near the end.
some colored sketches playing with that soft redesign of Bunnie Rabbot i did ages ago. full on bio mechanical not married to Antoine middle aged swamp rabbit au indulgence bay-beeee.
a few Rouge from memory colored sketches based on the memory of my last Rouge from memory colored sketches. i will never draw this woman correctly.
glass dragoness contemplating tweaks to her newly forged form.
Winged Prophets. a selection of mothmen. some deliver their warnings more gently than others.
been really into rewilding our backyard this year. i set up a little pond surrounded with native plants and it's been really flourishing over the summer. here are sketches of some of the critters I've spotted back there 🌱.
Space Ghost. "Why were looking out the shuttle windows anyway? We're still in range of that old wreck, keep the shutters down until with get to the station. Yeah, you probably did see someone out there. Shut up. Close the shutters."
even more "dragons". a Lapidrairy, a Fulgrace, a Queendrake, and a Glass Dragon.
"dragons" from the Small Guide universe. a Riven, a Fairy Wring, a Silky Hydra, and a Dryvern. questionable dragon lore here: theveryworstthing.tumblr.com/post/7915118...