Anterox
I saw a lot of you took a notice on the anteater/horse hybrids I made in the previous few Tree of Life pages. I love mixing animals together, and Tree of Life will give me a lot of opportunity for that :) So when I needed a horse-like creature to pull Luna's little wagon, I was wondering what kind of animal would look cool mixed with horses. Then I realized that I don't see many anteaters drawn in general. Anteaters have long snouts like horses, so they seemed fitting :D And to be honest, I think this little hybrid fantasy creature turned out really cute :)
But when it came to their name... oh boy... That was a lot harder than coming up with their design... (I saw quite a few great ideas from you guys in the comments, but I still wanted to come up with my own) So I wanted to mix "anteater" and "horse" together, but with no luck. Then I tried to find some synonyms, and mix those together, but still couldn't find a name that would have a nice ring to it. Then came the idea, that they look pretty damn strong, and they have very wide shoulders, just like bulls and oxen. So that's when they turned from horses to oxes, because "anterox" has a really nice fantasy ring to it :D
Anyway, I hope you like them :) Maybe I should make a similar sheet about my bird-fishes, and raptor-chickens too :D
But when it came to their name... oh boy... That was a lot harder than coming up with their design... (I saw quite a few great ideas from you guys in the comments, but I still wanted to come up with my own) So I wanted to mix "anteater" and "horse" together, but with no luck. Then I tried to find some synonyms, and mix those together, but still couldn't find a name that would have a nice ring to it. Then came the idea, that they look pretty damn strong, and they have very wide shoulders, just like bulls and oxen. So that's when they turned from horses to oxes, because "anterox" has a really nice fantasy ring to it :D
Anyway, I hope you like them :) Maybe I should make a similar sheet about my bird-fishes, and raptor-chickens too :D
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