Since Halloween is approaching, I may was well discuss my depiction of a certain water-dwelling terror of Australian Indigenous folklore.
This creature, known as the Bunyip, has many different physical descriptions as to what it looks like (depending on who you ask).
This is my own idea of what a Bunyip looks like.
Here's why I draw the swamp monster down under the way I do:
This version of the Bunyip was initially based on the physical description in a book called the Cryptozoologicon (by John Conway, C.M. Kosemen, and Darren Naish), a scientific interpretation of what creatures such as Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster would look like if their existence had been proven.
I also gave my Bunyip shaggy fur to simulate swamp mire, webbed hands to suit its aquatic lifestyle, and cat-like eyes so that you can imagine its eyes shining in the dark of night.
When I first learned about the Bunyip, I initially thought that it was found in Indigenous Oz lore all throughout Australia (the non-Outback regions, anyway).
Eventually, however, I would learn that the Bunyip is only found in Indigenous Oz lore of southeastern Australia--Victoria and southern New South Wales.
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