Creature Feature: Itachi the Mongoose Lizard
Why a Mongoose Lizard?
There are a lot of crazy mashed-up creatures in the Avatar universe, so why did I pick a mongoose lizard for my character?My first thought, honestly, was to put him astride a komodo rhino.Komodo rhinos are the most iconic creatures associated with the Fire Na...
Hybrid Mechanics
You ready to get geeky?You probably already know that I like my creations to be both artistic and functional. I am also a former paleontologist and a zoology junkie.So if I was going to design a made-up creature, I wanted to think through how it would act...
Animal Aesthetics
You may have noticed another anatomical deviation I made from the creature in the cartoon-the head.Lizard heads are cool and all, but I wanted something a little more epic.Remember how I said I’m a former paleontologist? I just couldn’t help taking my h...
How to Ride a Mongoose Lizard
Speaking of warnings, if the geekiness above bothered you, then you’d better not read this next section.Once I had the animal designed, I had to figure out a realistic way to ride it. When mongoose lizards appear in the Avatar series, the riders’ saddles are positioned exactly in the middl...
Conclusion
That about sums it up!If mongoose lizards really existed, then this is what they’d look like.And if mongoose lizards could be tamed, then this is how you’d ride them.And thanks to Photoshop, I really can ride Itachi…at least on my screen.One of the fun things about a 3D model is that you can position it and light it any way you want, so this geeky creative adventure can end in further adventures for the creation itself! If you made it through all my craziness to this point, here’s your reward, an epic battle between Itachi and another fused creature (cobra and centipede) of my own invention.Who knows what story may have led to this scene?But maybe I’d better stop myself right there before I get carried away again…
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