Kelpieby ~Maniac-ani

Digital Art / Drawings / Animals

Just a quick experiment with a more painting-like style

A kelpie! ~~or just a plain old black horse~~
What's kelpie? It's a type a water horse from Celtic mythology. From the same type as the Dullahan.
It is said to lure humans, especially children, into the water to drown and eat them. It performs this act by encouraging children to ride on its back. Once its victims fall into its trap, the kelpie's skin becomes adhesive and it bears them into the river, dragging them to the bottom of the water and devouring them—except the heart or liver. A common Scottish tale is the story of nine children lured onto a kelpie's back, while a tenth keeps his distance. The kelpie chases him and tries to catch him, but he escapes. A variation on this is that the tenth child simply strokes the kelpie's nose but, when his hand becomes stuck to it, he takes a knife from his pocket and cuts his own hand off and cauterizes it with wood from a near by fire. He saves himself but is unable to help his friends as they are pulled underwater with the kelpie.

And yes I do love myths and ezpecialy Celtic ones

Hope you like-I didn't find any good reference so it may look funny. Tell me if there is something bugging you ^^

Done in SAI

Art by me