Kappa by MPFitzpatrick on DeviantArt (original) (raw)

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Published: Sep 29, 2015

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Digital painting (Photoshop)
Kappa are a creature from Japanese folklore, and I've wanted to paint one for ages. I pushed this one a lot, did some things artistically that were a little out of my comfort zone; I deliberately dropped out some detail in favor of contrast and drama, I tried extreme perspective and size exaggeration with the outreached hand, I made my highlights much sharper than I usually do, and made the beams of moonlight very pronounced. I think it came out nice and creepy.

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There are actually Kappas in "Heroes of Might and Magic 7". I was really surprised to find Japanese Folklore mixed into a whirlpool of random Fantasy. ^^

You took this design from them or is there other scources depicturing them with this wierd open waterbowl head? :XD: