Creature Research

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 For the next part of the project we were to create and develop our own visual sequence. I chose the second  extension which looked at The Book of Imaginary Beings by Jorge Luis Borges. We were to reference its content (stated in the title) and fuel our imaginations.

 I read some of the descriptions of the mythical creatures within the book and decided to use my own imagination instead of seeing a physical image and so began drawing what I read. The two images above are two creatures from the book - both are not by me. The creature on the right is known as 'The Ass with Three Legs' which is huge in scale, has six eyes, nine mouths, a golden horn and of course 'three legs'. The left image shows the 'Ping Feng' which clearly depicts its own abnormality: a black pig with a head at each end.

 My mind is racing with ideas for these eccentric creatures and there is even the possibility that I could create my own 'imaginary beings'.