Absolutely loved this video and your art style, i am genuinely shocked to know this is your first vid because of how well it was done, looking foward to what you do in future 🥳

Are Strigoi in this world? Are they a separate entity from vampires? If so, are they spirits as well, or a more corporeal kind of beast?

I don’t understand how you managed to make a 7-8ft tall humanoid wolf monster seem like a better option to face compared to the absolute nightmare fuel you brewed up.

Kinda….weird….interesting….but tbh, for me at least, it strays too far from werewolves in my mind Amazing creature designs in general of course but they don’t really scream werewolf to me, I look at these and they just just seem like monsters that wouldn’t look out of place in something like the video game Bloodborne for instance I’ve seen your vampire video and I honestly have the same feeling Very cool looking and unique monsters but don’t scream vampire Again, they look like something out of Bloodborne Again again, not saying these are horrible designs, they’re amazing, just not really vampires or werewolves to me

Could you please design your own Slenderman?!?!?! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Woah, im left wanting more of your videos. I feel as if I've just finished a chapter on a cliffhanger.

I want to know more about how people can be this imaginative/creative with design and this good at art! 😮

The second Wolf is very wendigo

i wish my art could be as nice as you T.T

How about a Manticore or something similar to it 👍

I beg you please draw a flying vampire

I can't decide if I find the design appealing or not.. either way I love it and you’ve earned yourself a fan! I'm off to watch the vampire video now :)

Wow 2k subs already your doing great

idk if there are any real monster parallels, but think you could make a spirit based on deforestation?

While likely not what you intended, both of these designs remind me of a dragon. A long neck holds a toothy maw wreathed in ceremonial structure looming overhead, leering down upon you with unknown intent. Great wings stretch skyward even while folded neatly away, a subtle reminder that it is more mobile than it at first seems and far larger than an initial glance might suggest.

I love the idea of a lesser vampire being a klutz and being spotted immediately, but still trying its best to help the person it spawned for. Over time the presence and stability provided by the vampire could still help, even if their venom no longer has an effect. Sort of a fantasy sitcom style story.

These are excellent designs! You’ve talked about them manifesting where the world needs them as they are spirits; could you accentuate the theme of transformation by having the ethereal spirit possess the body of a slain animal then transforming it to form the physical werewolf? In my own world building lycanthropes are spirits too, but nature spirits trapped inside humanoid bodies by misuse of magic. Come the full moon the spirits’ power increases, and it attempts to burst free of the mortal flesh holding it captive, resulting in the transformation into a monstrous hybrid creature.

I like how your concept of "ethereal spirits" is quite similar to my concept of "World Wounds". My world has experienced several apocalyptic events and continue to face more. There are fantasical creatures and monsters. Wounds are formed similarly to your spirits, forming from exterme events or absurdities. That being said, Wounds are nearly never benevolent. They often represent the absurdity that formed them; a manifestation of the world itself reacting to the absurdity of its inhabitants (or outsiders) actions. Wounds while often exhibiting signs of intelligents, scarcely ever are true thinking creatures. Rather they resemble remnants of its creation, and slave to their absurd instinct. The only things capable of destroying such entities are each other, Gods, the 7 demons, or the 6 heroes/legends.

Interesting take. I want to say more, but I'm kind of just ... still absorbing it all to think more about later... Can I share some of my takes on the same topic? I think I've written 3 settings where there is a certain kind of lycanthropy/werewolves, with each one being different: For my childhood fantasy setting, "werewolves" are a misnomer -- what it really is is if a shapeshifting enchantment gets too damaged, it can Go Horribly Wrong and the results are not only unpredictable, but also infectious (albeit solely to other shapeshifters). For a story I wrote in 2022, lycanthropy is a supernatural disease endemic to the people of the setting, technically everyone's always infected but it only actually surfaces occasionally, analogous to the common cold (or shingles). A unique detail is that whenever somebody changes into a violent monster, technically they never change "back" to a person, only "forward" again -- though most are lucky enough for this to be a moot point and are "close enough" after recovering from a lycanthropic episode. For a story I wrote in 2023, it centered on a small group of fantasy "werewolf hunters", though they're more like professional paranormal investigators. Lycanthropy in this setting is actually just a popular superstition -- make no mistake, the world _has_ real and powerful magic on levels that few are even aware of and somebody somewhere getting turned into a beast is just an ordinary Tuesday, but the _specific_ form of "lycanthropy" always ends up being some other explanation instead. Oh, and it doesn't help that one of their key members recently got cursed/possessed by a fox spirit (aka. transformed into a fox-folk) which sure _looked_ the part for lycanthropy...

I love, looove your worldbuilding, especially grouping vampires and werewolf into the same broad category of creature at the most generic level, since I do sth similar with seemingly unrelated creatures for mine. Now, since someone also mentioned AQ even now after close to 15 years, I'd also recommend looking at the design for the dracopyres Nightbane, Gracefang and Nightreign.

Dude these are great. Your shape language is so satisfyingly crafted.

I'm quite pleasantly inspired by your designs! The use of fur and locks of hair. The hooves protruding from false paws. The amalgam of skull bones forming a predatory visage. Truly a creative treat! I might take my own werewolf designs into a creepier direction as well.

What a great redesign! Discovered your work through your first video, which was equally amazing and inventive, and I can't wait to see more of this world! I noticed the Entelodont features straight away and I think prehistoric animals are an underutilised source of inspiration for otherworldly creatures. Perhaps a splash of the Annihilation bear in there too? Either way, a horrible looking creature!

I always wondered what vampires might look like if mixed with other blood sucking creatures. Darkest Dungeons gave us mosquitoe vampires. Now you gave us leech vampires. Both visually disturbing but still piques my vampire hyperfixation, especially grotesque ones like Count Orlok from Nosferatu: Symphony of Horror.

Now these are amazing werewolves. Such an interesting take on the mythos too. I especially enjoyed your process and reasoning for why the earlier ones looked more hippo-like, even if I think the final designs are better.

Love the art from this setting but what is your primary worldbuilding project ? I'm curious

I’m curious about what dragons would be like in this setting. Maybe manifestations of tyranny or oppression.

Love having these on in the background whilst working! Would love to see how the creatures in your world effect human culture on the more religious side given the biblical vibes that the vampires and werewolves give from their aesthetic and behaviour.

Kinda makes me wonder if any humans have tried to bind a spirt to themselfs for power

Would love to see a lesser vampir just come across somone who is just like oh cool I have been wanting to get my life in order

Man your stuff is so awesome it makes me want to make stuff lol

Poaching throughout histori has been done, not because of opulance but desperation as usually it was performed due to hunger or poverty. In fact sanctioned hunting by nobles was much more wastefull and as such would summon a werewolf easier.

I now have something to look forward to every week thank you Jared keep it up !

Although i havent finished the video yet on the topic of having the transformation aspect lacking what you could say is that they are a animal from the area so like a forest with elk and deer being hunted too much one of those effected animals will transform into the werewolf with maybe a few features connected to their base animal such as a deer werewolf having antlers or a bat werewolf having larger ears and more leathery features. this would tie the idea of transformation back to it as well as give the idea in the setting a bseline as well (although i dont know if it would work with your setting on how the spirits work.)

This is just blood starved beast.

When I think of werewolves, I also think of them afflicting others with the curse of transformation - something which plays out quite differently for the afflicted. I wouldn't have been surprised if you had them curse poachers to transform into their own prey. It would be a rather direct and visceral rebalancing of the scales.

draw the fae

Do you plan on making golems? They are perfect candidates for forest made entities after all

They look like entelodonts, i like that.

Doggos

Loving your videos so so much! not only is your art and worldbuilding phenomenal and creative, but your voice and cadence while narrating are perfect as well. This might be a minor thing that'd require more work than you feel is worth it, but I noticed your narration included a lot of intakes of breath before sentences of narration. While everything else I mentioned already comes across as incredibly professional, editing out (/muting) those big intakes of breath would complete the "I've been a KZbinr for years" level of polish that you've otherwise started with out the gate.

Just subscribed, could you do a video on how you screen record/make Timelapse on photoshop

Very cool!

It's just a little guy☺️

Is it possible for two spirits to target one person simultaneously? Such as if a nobleman that was suppressing a towns ability to get food by destroying forestry and killing animals could that cause them to be affected by both a bale werewolf and greater vampire?

Cool design

The art style is cool, it reminds me of the Terraria Calamity Mod concept art.

loving thais series so far. hope you make more

I have a soft spot for any creature design with elements of hyenas woven into them. These are gorgeous.

If this were a book, either as a written account of poschers being stalked by the werewolves, one if the unlucky sailirs, or even just a "beastiary", I would absolutely pick it up. Cant wait to see what you do in the future!