#monster hunter biology

[iamthekaijuking]

Skull for the Tobi video. Like brachydios it was actually made some time ago beforehand, in this case it was made when I was working on the gammoth skeleton.

Oddly for a fanged wyvern, I used the same basic parave anatomy I use for flying wyverns due to that being what I think it is. Between the feathers and three fingered hand with a patagium supported by a styliform, I think Tobi can be nestled nicely as a sister group to non-god flying wyverns

The tree will be updated and slightly reworked after the release of wilds.

On the topic of cranial kinesis, I wish I had thought of that when making the skull last year, but I don’t think the cranium itself is very flexible. Rather I think the flexibility might come more from the mandibles, which are generally flexible in theropods.

[kaijuthespacemaniraptorian]

Dyuragaua skull made with parave anatomy

i may not have the model of dyuragaua yet but atleast i got some nice game images to get a good idea to draw his head!

I absolutely love Dyuragaua hes one of my favorite frontier monsters his design is silly yet awesome looking and i enjoy his fight! Hes better than Mi-Ru (even tho i said before i like him out of irony)

hopefully you will like this skull! :>

[krmoaten-blog]

Eater of Elders

well, UHC's giving me a bit of a break for Art atm, not to say I'm on art break again, but it would be nice to see people's ideas come to fruition, if you have such ideas, you can commission me on ko-fi

[troythecatfish]

[otiksimr]

Trying to make sense of WOF tribes: Rainwings

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[theantiazdarcho]

The Wyvern with a stone Face: Gravios

[eternal-gromnommer]

Playing around with the designs of Gaismagorm and Diablos and trying to make them look more "streamlined" to suit their lifestyles as burrowers given that their builds kinda look poorly suited for moving through loose ground.

Gaismagorm is more mole-like, its former wings being large scoop-like excavating implements while both its front and hind legs have been reduced to paddles meant mostly just for shoving loose soil aside. Its claw-like tail is used to anchor itself when moving backwards, its body is more compact, and its eyes have completely atrophied, using its "horns" which are now more like starnose mole tendrils to feel and sense its way around.

Diablos meanwhile is more penguin-inspired, able to slide through loose sand with ease. Its tusks and horns are all angled forward to pierce through the sand with minimal effort, its frill contours with the rest of its body, and its legs and wings are short, broad and flat to push through the ground, with the wings still retaining highly-vascularized webbed membranes to act as heat sinks to help cool down in the hot desert.

[drakomachina]

a bit of lynian biology headcanons! drawing them is weird so im figuring out their anatomy

[dala-siaka]

Semi realistic Rathalos and Rathian.

[mebis-art-dump]

The Gunslinger spider

Name pending

Species: Temnoceran

My first ever monster hunter monster oc! inspired by boleadora spiders, this large monster keeps a herd of common prey monsters (such as aptonoth) within its territory in order to attract the flying wyverns it preys upon (and as livestock in case of emergency); extremely territorial about its herd, will not just attack its preferred prey but also anything that threatens them.

The boulders it stacks in its back and webbed bag act both as natural armor and camouflage as well as its ammo, as it attaches the rocks to threads of silk in order to hurl them at its prey both to knock it down and to entangle and pull at it.

Around its mouth there are pores that produce threads of silk which help detect vibrations in the air, and also can be combined with the sticky substance produced by its fangs (gets more viscuous when in contact with air) to quickly weave threads in the middle of a fight. There are accounts of older and more experienced individuals using smaller, ignitable stones with its front limbs to directly engage opponents in close combat, causing burns and concussions from the blasts (an action very reminiscent of one of Qurupeco's abilities, perhaps these older individuals have engaged in fights with them? to predate them or to take advantage of their call?)

[iamthekaijuking]

What animal groups do you classify brute wyverns as?

There’s too many options with descriptions too long to fit on a 12 answer poll so you’ll have to comment your answer on this one, sorry.

Also this is the last poll!

[kaijuthespacemaniraptorian]

Shantien skull using Actinistian skulls for reference

this is possibly the toughest skull i've done so far but this is also my first time drawing an elder dragon skull so its no surprise it would be this difficult and especially Shantien's terribly modeled cranium! (it fucking has no nostrils)

i also used @iamthekaijuking's many elder dragon skulls as reference since i like his Actinistian elder theory its pretty neat!

overall im quite happy with it i also quite like shantien's design i think he looks neat and i even designed a character after him!

[krmoaten-blog]

Arboreal Monkeys

[troythecatfish]

[tree-of-monstrous-life]

Step 1; Organisation

First things first is to roughly organise all of the species into broad groups and subgroups. Things aren't looking wildly different yet, but I've broken down the largest classifications into some more refined categories and moved a few species around based on their body types, locomotion, and behaviours.

It isn't entirely organised, there's a lot of room for changes, and there are a few species missing here and there (I'm aware of Quiro and the Elgado Seagulls, and most 'item' bugs), but it's a start.

It'll be a while before my first attempts at making an actual evolutionary tree (also I need to find a good program to do it in. Pureref was good for the sheet but it won't do for the rest, thinking probably some flowchart creator? if anyone's got recommendations shoot em my way (ideally free ones)).

[scrivenger-grimgar]

EVERYONE THANK OCEANIZ FOR THEIR AWESOME CONTRIBUTION TO MY CREATIVITY

no but like seriously Oceaniz on YouTube has some incredible stuff about monster hunter's ecology and specbio and its their mockumentaries that give me specific information for my writing.