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Yeen Fact #627: POV you just told a Hyena the funniest joke of all time.

Yeen Fact #627: "Hehehehhoooheehehehe"

This has been another fun Hyena Fact.

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Striped Hyena | Vipin Sharma

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Big chonker

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Gnoll Archer,

3d print on anycubic m5s pro,

Original stl sculpt by TPK Lab

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charr gal for crumchinator on twt! 😎

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Visit Norway!

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Sketch for

@Elfox_FA

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raider werewolf

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gay bastards (affectionate)

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finished commission for @sleidog

thank you for trusting me with your boy, I adore his design and he was so fun to draw!!

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finished commission for my bf's gnoll character!!

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Hyena shapes and you: A small reference primer

I see a lot of lovely anthro art that is ostensibly of hyenas, but is stylized a lot more after canines.

This is understandable. Most people assume, from the roughly similar appearance and behavior, that hyenas are some sort of caniform. This assumption leads to some unfortunate problems.

There’s an awful lot of hyena art that ends up just being spotted dogs.

Hyenas are actually a feliform carnivore in their own distinct family. And they have some very unique anatomy that, unfortunately, tends to be lost when building from the canine assumption. This is the most noticeable when it comes to spotted hyenas, who have the most distinct look of the four extant species. And which this primer will focus on.

This primer is in part inspired this excellent reference guide by Kenket, and from my own adoration of these weird, beautiful animals. And my desire to see their funky anatomy be better appreciated.

You don’t want your hyena to look like a canine. You want her to look like a hyena. And I reckon there’s three major shapes that make a hyena Hyena shaped.

Keep reading

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Ref Sheets for Moth.

He is a "patchkin", a derogative term for folk whose family tree looks like an encyclopedia of native species. Because not all species are equally compatible, patchkin are exceedingly rare, and usually seen as outsiders, regardless of where they go. The few that survive long enough tend to flock together in small villages, mostly inhabiting areas of the world that would be hostile to life.

Moth specifically grew up in the Shattered Plains, an uninhabitable piece of land that was the stage for an arcane war centuries ago. The magical fallout weakened the walls of the world in some places, and now the Plains are constantly invaded by otherworldy armies.

Between Moth's heritage and his childhood in the magical equivalent of a nuclear testing site, his body is somewhat unstable. He learned how to deal with most side effects though, and can now willingly alter some aspects of his physical form. He can turn skin to scales or hair into armor, can grow extra limbs or a tail, and even some rudimentary wings (though they are only for show, he can't figure out how to make feathers)

Aside from the shapeshifting stuff, he is just freakishly strong and heavy, which makes swimming an issue sometimes. Moth is also around 3m // 10ft tall, so he isnt really suited for anything stealthy. He usually avoids cities and large crowds in general for that reason.

He worked as a mercenary in the past, and is now an employee of Master Agnes, a powerful wizard. Currently, he is stuck in Neerfahr after an involuntary portal hopping adventure. But since his initial mission was to beta-test Master Agnes' magical guidebook to local flora and fauna, he might as well do that til he finds a way back.

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updated this bastard's ref sheets, mainly to make it easier to decipher

if you see a mistake, ignore it. these are just sketches.

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dont think i ever posted this from early 2023

ocs are for imagining mashing your face into their tits

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Sudanese Striped Hyena by WisteriaLane on Flickr.

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another DND NPC portrait - Sam

Sam is one of those characters who could be described as so scary and so hot that his presence in ones life often leads to some sort of psychological problem or perhaps paraphilia.

If you want a character portrait like this, perhaps for an NPC your own tabletop game, feel free to message me and, once i've got an idea of what you'd like, I can get you a price and we'll go from there!