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This illustration was commissioned by Wizards of the Coast for their Dungeons and Dragons - Monster Manual Book 4, which is out this month.

I was quite pleased with my invention of a flying snake. A creature that although fantasy is hopefully based on believable reality. I took inspiration from the frill on a cobra's neck and extended it down the body.

I am usually given a description to illustrate but for this project they let the artists design the monsters and then wrote the text around them. We were just given a vague brief like evil plant or lizard creature. It was really cool to work like this. I created 9 monsters for this book. You can see more in my DA gallery or on my web site [link]
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Mood: Lmao ~jojoleelee1 Jan 13, 2013
Its so possible, it looks almost comical
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~Weirda208 Aug 5, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
At first sightit reminds me some kind of Ediacara's faune....Nice art and cool concept! :thumbsup:
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~Mr-Marzipan Jul 16, 2012
Hi Anne. Love these monster manual beasties, but it's driving me mad trying to recall the name for these types of interior illustrations, which back onto white space have no background or border as such. I think it begins with an 'M'. Might be French.
Anyone know?
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~WildHeartLovesAll May 22, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
woah thats like a cobra that had a birth defect
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~ivyheartmoonlight Nov 24, 2011
THAT'S FREAKIN' INCREDIBLE!! I love this, but I'm so, so glad they're not real.
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~Stellalune Mar 22, 2011
Whoah, that's crazy!! Awesome!
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~Shirnavrien Mar 17, 2011
nice one and it realy feels realistic idea of flying snake
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*Mrkaalerabistappe Sep 19, 2010  Hobbyist General Artist
awsome!!!
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~xxfallenangel05x Aug 26, 2010
Hmmm...It looks a lot like a falling leaf. Very cool though.
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~1994toinfinity Nov 8, 2009
Awesome concept! Although there is actually a species of snake that is capable of flying, or rather, gliding. It's called the flying snake and it glides from tree to tree by flatenning and widening its body to allow it to hover:)
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