In this 10 minute drawing session, MJ draws version 3 of the Sea Beast for a future project.
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Reimagining My Water Guardian As A Colossal Mythic Crab For A New Fantasy Series
Rewritten from transcript by Claude AI
In this quick 10-minute drawing session on February 19th, 2024, I, fantasy author MJ Muñoz, sketch out new concept art for a powerful water entity that will appear in my unfolding supernatural book series. While originally envisioned as an ancient sea serpent, constructive conversations with my wife led me to rework the aquatic antihero into a mammoth crab instead.
These titanic animal Guardians represent fundamental elements in my constructed universe – Sea for water, Land for earth, and Sky for wind. By rendering each with unique shapes linked to their domain, they better distinguish themselves from one another while still forming a cohesive trinity. So this crustacean fits perfectly as he can manifest from any body of water, conjured from liquid itself or ethereal sea foam.
At an imposing 50 feet high, he adopts a noble, sage-like role, overseeing affairs alongside the timeless Land and Sky allies also woven into the fabric of reality. I’m still finalizing whether a blazing Fire Guardian may eventually complete this council. But for now, focusing on realizing this newly drafted colossal crab excites me creatively, from properly portraying his massive claws to inventing a sonorous singing voice.
With these elemental avatars further cementing the magic system and history of my blooming fictional realm, the worldbuilding continues. Each artistic step more vividly materializes what previously only existed in imagination. And that naturally feeds back into plotting epic storylines for protagonists destined to encounter such awesome beings someday. The journey is ongoing, but this crab marks sizable progress.
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