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Creature Design - Egyptian Space Centaur

A piece of concept art I completed while leading a live creature design workshop on YouTube - the prompt I gave was to design a centaur mob for a theoretical video game set in space but with an ancient Egyptian theme; I based the bottom half of this design off of a rhino as opposed to a standard horse, and the top half off of the Egyptian god, Set. As Set's animal resemblance has never been confirmed, I based the head off of a cuttlefish to give it a more alien feel, while still retaining Set's classic head silhouette. The chest armor was based on traditional Egyptian protection, and the rest was inspired by the carapace of a scarab beetle.
The second image is the thumbnail for the creature design workshop I led, in which I created the previous illustration. After giving everyone the same prompt and a set amount of time to look up references, create thumbnail sketches, and draw a rough concept illustration, I then asked those who were willing to share their designs with me for discussion live on stream.

Egyptian Space Centaur

Egyptian Space Centaur

Creature Design Workshop Thumbnail

Creature Design Workshop Thumbnail