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Entry 2: Chupacabras
This is a digital painting I just did in Krita.
Unfortunately, it turned out quite a bit too dark on all devices other than my main workstation. I therefore include the original Version first, and add one with adjusted contrast, which will problably have a somewhat overexposed look to all viewers.
The creature design is based on the wave of Chupacabras-reports from Puerto Rico in the mid-nineties; of course, I took quite some liberties with the described anatomy, mostly by adding some traits which would make it an arboreal creature.
The preliminary sketch and a previous version (admittedly looking horrifying in the wrong way) were these (both done in GIMP in 2012):
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