I Designed a Werewolf
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- The second in a series of videos covering the design process of a creature in my world.
To everyone who commented in the vampire video, thank you for the kind words! It made the process of making that video totally worth it!
Special credit to the composer of the music I use in my videos, thank you so much Alex!
Find more of my work at Woolydroidart on Instagram and Cara.
Man,now I wish you'd draw were-dragons or the Dracopyres from the old flash game Adventure Quest,but that's a pretty big ask. XD I enjoy your art and work Wooly.
@@jeremybarrett3616 Yknow I don’t think I’ve ever seen that game but I’ll have a look. Some ways down the line I’ll look at doing a video covering the dragons of Artherome as they are a whole thing 😂
@@Woolydroidart That weredragon/vampires.
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Nothing to look at!
Literally just finished telling my friends that I can't wait for your next video and BAM here you are as I work on my own homebrew world-building lol
Striking while the irons hot😊hope you enjoyed the video
I truly love how do you have hybridized classical fictional and horrific monsters, from our real world's past (meaning creatures that real world people believed in, not creatures that were real... in the real world;lol) with the specific guiding philosophy of your own worldscape. It's actually a rather refreshing concept, and makes me want to go back to some of my old book starter ideas, and redefine the process in which I go about creating such stories. You very well, with these last two videos, have single-handedly influence me to finally finish one of the 30 some novels I have started but never finished in my life. Some ending after only 10 pages, whie others having reached into the several hundreds of pages, before the stories shriveled up in my mind, and my writing hand demanded a vacation.
Anyways, it is truly refreshing, and invigorating, to see something both classical and so unique at the same time. As far as I can see, you are an excellent artist; in both the practical, visual sense, and in the internally-logically-consistent narrative, of the world in which you have created.
Please, keep up the good work. I cannot wait to hear more of your unique, and fascinating ideas; that, are not only a hybridization of the flesh and blood version of our own ancient mythologies, with the more spiritually ethereal version in your own story, but also the transformation you have made in them. Where you have taken such creatures, from our own mythology, that were in truth, evil by design, and you have transformed them, though truly horrific in themselves, (at least in their visages) into creatures that take a rather positive and sometimes even helpful role in the story. Either as helpful beings, like your lesser vampire. Or beings that persue justice, as in your dread vampire. And even the forms of werewolf you have created, are both defenders of the natural world. All things which I readily find mirroring my own desires and aspirations for the world.
I do believe if you turn this into a book series, or even something like a light graphic novel, that it would soon, and I mean very quickly (as in, within literal days of publication) would most certainly become bestsellers. I truly hope such a thing would be possible, for I would love to delve deep into the world in which you have created. I find it both fascinating, and intriguing. More than I have any other fictional work in a long time.
And, not to belabor the point, I am truly in awe, of what you are creating here. And I'm waiting with bated breath, for any and all new information, in which you would be willing to share with us, in these rather relaxing and thought-provoking video essays. Again, keep up the good work. And I cannot wait for your next video to release. You should definitely start a patreon. I know many would be willing to literally throw their money at you, for more of this. I know I certainly would, and I am of the financial situation, where this would be the first patreon, that I have ever given money to. That's literally how serious I am, when saying I think you have a winning idea here.
@@scottyrose9106 thank you ever so much for this really lovely comment. I would definitely pursue any of the ideas you’ve got written down. As I mentioned in this video, it really becomes a process of iteration where you test ideas and whittle them away until you find that one really special gem of narrative.
I think I’ll be kicking up a patreon pretty soon but I just need to work out the kinks.
Aside from that I’m well underway with the next video which should be a doozy. Got some fun stuff lined up. Once again, thank you!
Looks like a calicothere
Honestly I’m sure that was an unconscious reference😅
85th like!👍
Awesome video!🤘
Keep up the awesome work!🤘😎🤘
the way you utilized a hyena body at 5:04 was super cool
@@bebejebe I had done a quick animal study and honestly, studies are a great jumping off point to start generating quick and easy concepts. With tools like mixer brush, the study does half of the work for you.
You always say that this is your secondry world? Is the first revealed?
I think thats in reference to it being his world building project. As in a world separate from our own, a secondary world.
Loving your videos so so much! not only is your art and worldbuilding phenomenal and creative, but your voice and cadence while narrating are perfect as well.
This might be a minor thing that'd require more work than you feel is worth it, but I noticed your narration included a lot of intakes of breath before sentences of narration. While everything else I mentioned already comes across as incredibly professional, editing out (/muting) those big intakes of breath would complete the "I've been a TH-camr for years" level of polish that you've otherwise started with out the gate.
I have a soft spot for any creature design with elements of hyenas woven into them. These are gorgeous.
The idea of supernatural entities acting as balancing forces in the world is a very satisfying idea to me, it nestles quite nicely with some of my own storytelling habits and favorite themes. I’m very much looking forward to hearing more about artherome and seeing its development. Thank you for sharing!
Well done these mono toes really grew on me, though half the werewolves break the rules by not having feet!
Very intriguing world with instigating a manifestation as sort of a war crime
Thank you! And yes, as people have learnt about spirits and how they form, they have also found ways to exploit them and use their limitations for their own needs.
Absolutely incredible work the wear wolves especially have given me great inspiration for my own work. I can’t wait to see more about these creatures and your world in general
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If this were a book, either as a written account of poschers being stalked by the werewolves, one if the unlucky sailirs, or even just a "beastiary", I would absolutely pick it up. Cant wait to see what you do in the future!
That’s the long term hope😁 it would be wonderful to throw these all together into a single account on ethereal spirits.
I cannot begin to describe how wonderful this is. You've outdone yourself!
Thank you for the kind words 🙏 glad you like it 😊
Just subscribed, could you do a video on how you screen record/make Timelapse on photoshop
12:05 This is the BEST werewolf design I have ever seen and I have seen a lot, it really kicks into the supernatural aspects of the myth.
Quick question: do you plan on adding a bat/vulture like supernatural dragon (It maybe oddly specific but I WANT IT.)
Thank you for the kind words! It’s taken a long time but I’m finally satisfied with how these creatures look. I will cover dragons at some point, however at least for the moment, I’m slowly working through the ghosts of the setting, and there’s quite a few 😅
@@Woolydroidart GHOSTS? HELL YEAH!
Another great video ! Even better than the first. Great drawing skills on show here .. really looking forward to seeing more of your work .. well done !
I really love your art and lore. Such amazing new takes on old concepts!
You are very rapidly becoming one of my favourite TH-camrs
Thank you 😊
I have to say, beyond the art being obviously great, your general video production quality is really, really good!
These past two videos have been an incredibly strong start and a really good first impression!
Also, as a bit of an idea to possibly recapture some of that traditional werewolf lore with a different spin, perhaps some folklore claims bale werewolf spirits possess the bodies of those close to the earth, violently changing them from the inside to make them into tools of vengeance for the earth?
That way, when werewolves begin to attack logging camps or factories, it retains that air of suspicion and tension between neighbours that werewolf stories also often pull from?
I get serious xenoclash vibes I dont know why.
loving thais series so far. hope you make more
Certainly will be 😁
My prayers have been answered! Thank you!
Your welcome 😁
They look like entelodonts, i like that.
Oh shiz this came out faster than i thought
Love to see more of your content, I wonder tho, are thwre dwarwes in your setting?
@@cordak_Blaster kinda-ish. There are a few dwarf proxies.
@@Woolydroidart YIPPEEE
Undead or dragons next?
draw the fae
These look so cool
Very cool!
When I think of werewolves, I also think of them afflicting others with the curse of transformation - something which plays out quite differently for the afflicted. I wouldn't have been surprised if you had them curse poachers to transform into their own prey. It would be a rather direct and visceral rebalancing of the scales.
@@TechpriestMagos that is very much the case 😊 when I get onto my redesigns of Gosstokk and Sothnokk I’ll get into some detail about werewolf curses because there’s a few different kinds and they work very much as you’ve described.
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I now have something to look forward to every week thank you Jared keep it up !
Thank you piers, that sure is the plan🙏❤️
Do you plan on making golems?
They are perfect candidates for forest made entities after all
Golems and automatons are actually a very important part of the setting and definitely something I’ll be getting into soon enough.
Although i havent finished the video yet on the topic of having the transformation aspect lacking what you could say is that they are a animal from the area
so like a forest with elk and deer being hunted too much one of those effected animals will transform into the werewolf with maybe a few features connected to their base animal such as a deer werewolf having antlers or a bat werewolf having larger ears and more leathery features.
this would tie the idea of transformation back to it as well as give the idea in the setting a bseline as well (although i dont know if it would work with your setting on how the spirits work.)
I think that’s a fantastic idea. So when the werewolf manifests it would take on qualities of the creature whose population has been endangered. That would work very well, and I agree that it would nicely tie in the theme of transformation. Wonderful idea.
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This is just blood starved beast.
@@donovanarredondo2293 that was a big inspiration on the rorkian werewolf, the draping skin is such a interesting and unique visual
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The way I see it, the werewolf here represents the transformation of man even still into something dark or unnatural. When man dreams dark dreams of growth and industry, when man sees fit to use nature as their own and neglect to do their duty to protect it, then they manifest a warewolf, who exacts upon them the very thing they once brought upon the world; callous destruction for little gain.
Really love these guys! I'd seen your work before on Insta and always wondered what the story was behind them, I'm glad you've shared it here! I also love how the wolf looks as though it's made of animal parts, does this change depending on the nature of the crime? Like, would overfishing produce wolves with whale-like lanugo? Would burning the woods create wolves of charred-black flesh and bone? I love the mammalian look, so when I imagine "non-mammalian" wolves I'm very much picturing less fish-beast and more caliban, Also, and this may be a frustrating question for a fantasy worldbuilder so feel free to ignore it, but why silver? Outside the classical connotations of werewolves and silver, is there some quality of silver that is magical in this world, some trait that wolves are chemically vulnerable to? With creatures like this it's fun to imagine that perhaps they're simply vulnerable to silver because it's believed by all involved that they are.
I'm so sorry to bombard with questions, and I totally understand if you want to leave them vague or for future work, you just create such compelling imagery, the kind of thing that makes me want to bust out the almanac and read for hours... And a one week turn-over? That's crazy awesome, but don't burn out! Really excited for what comes next!
I can't wait to see how you expand your Universe like with other creatures like fairies mermaids goblins trolls
With nature being so heavy-handed in maintaining balance, how will an interesting story take place in this world beyond short stories. Since its seems nigh utopic
Nvm just finished the video, people can exploit this act of violent balance to destroy others, as it isn't so all powerfull
@@smiles9882 exactly😊but also, as I will get into in other videos, the ethereal spirits won’t always appear, it’s a bit RNG, and they can go wrong. Not to mention people have begun to learn how and why they appear, meaning in the modern day, people have figured out clever ways of preventing them from manifesting.
It's like a skinwalker Wendigo all-in-one I love your designs they're so far different from anything I've ever seen for a vampire or a werewolf❤
Am I mistaken or did you explode from like 85 subscribers to 1.5K subscribers??
Very much deserved, your love for your craft in storytelling and design is very apparent, and your effort aswell.
Excited to see where this channel goes
Also, I’d love to see designs for a mermaid/merman/siren
I feel like your more monstrous and spirited designs would work amazingly well for a sea humanoid.
Yeaaah, it kinda caught me off guard 😂😅 especially when I’m tryna reply to everyone’s comments. Thank you for the kind words!
@@crazebanana6432sirens, mermaids and selkies are very much a thing, although some aren’t necessarily spirits but something a bit different.
@@Woolydroidart oooohh, excited to see them when we eventually get to em!
Do. Dragons. Now.
I’m working towards them, I’m sorry 🥲😅😂
@Woolydroidart this is fine. Quality over quantity. Don't get crowd pressured, TH-cam expectations are crippling.
Is it possible for two spirits to target one person simultaneously? Such as if a nobleman that was suppressing a towns ability to get food by destroying forestry and killing animals could that cause them to be affected by both a bale werewolf and greater vampire?
Theoretically yes. I would say that most people in the setting have run ins with spirits reasonably often throughout their lives depending on where they live. However, this tends to involve friendlier and nicer spirits. The chances of a spirit manifesting isn’t too high and so there is an element of RNG to it, therefore the chances of a person being targeted by multiple more deadly spirits isn’t too likely, as one should be enough. However should such a thing happen, it would not be good. Many spirits are intelligent, and so they could work together.