A Glowing Woolly Slinky! RANDOM CREATURE DESIGN #18

[@DinaNorlund]

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[@Zia-ep3co]

Could you do ķ doll repaint again or another figure

[@dirzeouava4936]

Hi 😊 I’ve been following your channel for a little while now and was just wondering if there was anywhere/way to buy the previous cards you’ve made as well?

[@felrise3966]

Fox kangaroo and bat suggestion

[@elizabethpruett2642]

when you get enough creatures made you need to publish your own card game

[@lanbab5690]

yesss omg i would collect ALL of them

[@elizabethpruett2642]

@@lanbab5690 same and frame my favorites

[@nathanc9866]

It should be called the The Aurora’s Minkshee - referring to the aurora borealis since it lives in glaciers

[@emmaeclifford]

Love it! Very regal

[@randomdawolf1239]

Nathan C. He he minkshee

[@cootsnap_wcue461]

It's not an animal

[@BobRoss-nj9et]

My idea for why it glows, is that as it gets cold, the sheep mink things it charges up heat and warmth from its body from the cold, and when it glows, the body heats up

[@knives.3733]

Thats SUCH a good idea omg.

[@zodiacstudio9111]

That's a very good idea

[@demzels]

We approve that Bob

[@zodiacstudio9111]

Thanks Bob

[@lemonwater7169]

Bob Ross Pokémon

[@AudApple]

Maybe the glowing fur could be a form of display for finding mates in the dark time?

[@mossynovels]

audie wipple that would make sense! That way the babies woukd arrive in time for spring🌱

[@musicjalyn]

Could be called a Slinkmink. I love your videos! 💕

[@froggy12koreangirl]

Love it; I have tiny lore; in the colder climates it goes north for safety; it got its nickname of the Golden Fleece. (A Greek) myth of how it’s wool would symbolize king ship and it’s a “winged ram” but it gets misinterpreted as it commonly hides in fresh snow. They are hunted not only because they are very cute but these cunning creatures seek out worth successors.

[@katehensonful]

Your art makes me smile! I want to be an artist like you someday!

[@TsulaAngenati2292]

Same

[@olivemahan1235]

Well, if you think about it, it doesn't have to be HUNTED for its fur. Sheep get sheared, so it could get sheared for its fur. Sheep need their fur sheared every once and a while since it's healthier for them. I guess my only worry would be that they might freeze if they live where it's cold. It could also be, instead of being completly sheared, their fur can be trimmed. (I guess it depends on how long the fur grows). And just like the wool of sheeps it's used to make clothing. Washed, brushed out, etcetera. Due to some sort of bacteria that lives in the fur, or maybe some sort of protein or something, it gives it that glowing ability.

[@michigangarnet3804]

The Onida Kasa Kaerell Or The Onida Kasa Or The Noya Kaerell Onida is “The one that is searched for” in Sioux. The creature is hunted for its glowing fur Kasa is “the one that wears furs” his change in color between wool and face makes it kind of look like he is wearing a jacket. Kaerell is weasel in Breton Noya is a native word for sand

[@lippy_jean]

I love Onida Kasa

[@pi_zzalover1371]

YES!!

[@caedogeist]

Wow, this design is so amazing Dina!! It's soooo fluffy and cute! Also, that creature generator looks interesting, thanks for sharing it! Everyone's entries for the last creature were so different and inspiring. I haven't participated before, but I definitely think I'm going to try creating something this time.

[@juliasimoes411]

Dina the biologist who lives in a magic world and goes on adventures to meet each creature and maybe discover new ones hahaha this sounds kind of stupid hahahah

[@madamemoonscosplay]

She's the newt scamander of her own fantasy world. I think that's badass and awesome. 😊

[@LynxieDove]

Or maybe she was exploring and came across one of the creatures and it asked for her assistance in taking down a evil person who is harming the others...common theme in fantasy but a well liked one.

[@madamemoonscosplay]

@@LynxieDove yes... The glowing sheep one could be the guardian of them all in wisdom and things, and the legendary tree guardian could be the one that keeps everything in the world harmonious....😊

[@1Fresh_Water]

it doesn't sound stupid at all! I love it!

[@lutube7897]

So like Fantastic Beasts?! TAKE ALL MY MONEY!!!!!!!!!

[@sonjafugate4259]

I miss these watercolor creatures designs soooo much ❤

[@giveitapearl3113]

Last may, I was anxiously scrolling through your Instagram to get my mind off a volunteering orientation that I couldn’t help feeling nervous about, since I didn’t know how it would work Today, I have a volunteering orientation for an animal shelter and yet again, your work is the only thing that’s been able to calm me down I’m making a little more progress with my anxiety every time, but until I get farther, I don’t know what I’d do without your beautiful art to help me. Thank you so much for everything you do

[@thewitchofbathnc]

The Aurora Boreal Mink or the Aurora Wool Mink

[@dietedgelord2671]

I like to imagine this creature lives in packs and the creatures huddle together like sheep to brighten their light to see better throughout winter

[@frenchfriesitalianguys5460]

You should totally have a creature based on Northern Lights

[@lemonwater7169]

Color scheme is like a yellow throated Marten. So cute

[@averagedishwasher1286]

19:09 it’s a cool place, and they say it gets colder. You’re bundled up now, wait till you get older.

[@alexp7016]

hhh your videos are so healing, I've been going through some stuff and this is like a cup of warm tea for my soul

[@sodaswirls]

I’d love to see you draw a witches circle! I think it would look AMAZING in your style!! Maybe your next “sketch with me”? Please! ❤️🤗

[@Sarahstranz]

You digital painting is cool and you made his fur glow so i like that. But I LOVE the watercolor painting sooooooo much. It feels majestic like a griffin. This even more than the others you did. Probably because of the color scheme and pose.

[@kasuminaoki7312]

Lueur means glow in French, if I recall correctly, and rougeoyant means glowing. It also made me think of the Aurora Borealis, mainly due to the glowing and cold elements in it - and then I saw the final art for the card XD. Lueur/Rougeoyant Boreal perhaps? Boreal being cold and Lueur/Rougeoyant being glow/glowing, so Glow/Glowing Cold

[@JonathanBlido]

It should be called "longtailed arctic light-sheep" (maybe it will come out when the northern light shine?) Or "mink-sheep of stars"

[@valeriehernandezmatos9324]

I can just imagine a borrower or a fairy or something riding it!

[@hannahv4060]

Luminous Shink (Shink as a mix between mink and sheep but also as an ode to shrink since it's supposed to be tiny)

[@mono3964]

I watch every single one and I'm still surprised how good it is

[@zerobold298]

I wish for those of us who are new to your channel that we would somehow be able to collect the past trading cards. I know they are meant for patreon exclusives, but it would be nice to have the whole collection!

[@lauddles1563]

This is exactly what I needed to motivate me through a commission that i am doing atm! Thank you so much Dina!!!

[@knives.3733]

A comm? Do you post your art anywhere? :o

[@christinetirimon4232]

I know this is late but it makes sense for the creature to be darker during the warmer times (so it can charge) because dark surfaces (black most noticeably) absorbs light which in turn heats the object up. Heat is a way to generate electricity or power (so it’ll become glowy wooo)

[@kristacedergren7133]

I used to do something similar when I was a kid, of randomly picking two creatures and combining them into one. I've been enjoying watching these videos and am thinking about picking this up again as a creative exercise!

[@stickpawsos2441]

He's fire based... HE'S KILLING THE GLACIERS!

[@indywebber9008]

Wait. What if those spots on the face at 25:15 were the glowing element, except he had many more all over his body, but were only visible when they glow? Even better, they're hidden under the wool, giving the yellow fur/wool/coat the illusion of glowing?

[@itsatiepoproductions7338]

It would be cool if the fur was like Vanta black in summer, absorbing all he light. Then is all glowey in the winter.

[@DinaNorlund]

Omg loooooove this idea!

[@itsatiepoproductions7338]

@@DinaNorlund I imagine they have a lot of cultural significance to the people of wherever they are indigenous. Like some people like them for their fur cause it is pretty but it is significant to others. Some call them lantern pelts or something.

[@chrissielane1225]

You have no idea how excited I was for this upload!!! Cause now I can do this: @Allysa Lott I'm calling you out on your art! @27:56!!! I FOUND MY BUDDY

[@AllyIL]

I've been Found out! Crud 🤣

[@blakemekkerri7715]

Allysa Lott my bby

[@sandraantoniuk4709]

I thought about Northern Starshine, since when it's running in the dark, it looks like a shooting star 🌠🌟

[@baekage7002]

Omg!! The face looks like the pink panther but with horns!! I’m obsessed!! If this creature acts as prankster that would be so adorable!!! 🥰🥰💖💖💖💖

[@rendonor5070]

Your lineart is so satisfying to watch 🥰

[@lottepepplinkhuizen9220]

27:33 was mine.. I was so lazy and unmotivated so I drew that.

[@taitanator1998]

These are like my monthly highlights, basically all your videos are

[@purple_heart_7126]

I thought of a glowing tail. In the winter it helps with hunting smaller animals who get attracted to light sources (strategic fighting style, remember :)) And glowing eyes as an effect of nightvision. In the summer they absorb the sunlight and when the tail is going to glow, the eyes light up and a wave of light just travels through the body until it stays at the end of the tail, kinda like Smaug before he spits fire but backwards... I really like your drawing style though. I love to see how these different animals all merge together... :D

[@mpsensha]

A scarf made from glowing wool would be great for the dark winter months with reduced visibility.

[@beau4612]

It be a beautiful boi, a beautiful fluffy boi.

[@sharpclaws1894]

Glowing slinky is fine in my opinion I love that name

[@elo855]

You are very talented!!I really admire your imagination and creativity!!

[@lulugardens2897]

Shinka for the individual animal? Moon Shinning Dotorea for species? It doesn't live in one specific place, but anywhere where there are summers and winters, but if it were to stay more in one place it would be the plains? But other than that I absolutely love this one! Maybe if it isn't THAT mean I could cuddle with it ! :3

[@mystic-blu9148]

Jerboa's are so cute!!!!

[@ceylonrose5230]

My mind went to maybe its fur glows because it is releasing thermal energy from the sunny months to keep itself warm during the winter months. So maybe people want the fur not only because it glows but because it would make excellent padding for winter jackets.

[@mouhitorinoboku9655]

three days before my b-day! I love seeing your art, so I got excited and had to click. maybe they have a symbiotic relationship with a glowing moss

[@thatsrad4321]

I really enjoy watching these videos! It awesome to see what design you come up with and how you make it all work together! You have given me inspiration to try the way you do this. Keep it up!

[@burnwhore9067]

Am I the only one who really wants to see waffles try this ( also love ur channel and ur art )

[@meltdown2082]

This is so cool!!! It kinda makes me think long-tailed nightlight

[@K0HAKU_97]

Definitely using this random creature generator to do some practice drawings before Inktober!

[@tobincapp3137]

Finally another artist who is done pencil sketches or made me don’t stuff with the pencils are usually take into my drawing app once I’ve got the sketch down and I do it from there but finally someone who actually drawers with their pencil

[@steliosstanis2125]

Perfect Creature Design!!!

[@Miggeamakes]

There!! I'm finally watching!! Glowing... Glowing!? I am gonna have to think long and hard on how to add glowing 😬 *starts researching bioluminescence in mammals and the Arctic circle* I love the eyes on yours, the sheep eyes give it such a distinct vibe. Go eat! Will be fun to try these prompts out! 💜💜💜

[@altsummoner3630]

It reminds me of a sphinx or chimera

[@tamarklein1503]

Maybe you can call it a glowfur? I just think it sounds so cute and fits the theme

[@KatieZebra55]

Maybe it looks more cat like because the nose is short, mink and sheep have quite long noses. Doesn't matter though turned out amazingly.

[@jae4ze]

The drawings of sheep make me realise they have a very similar facial structure to rabbits

[@anukp7955]

Instead of this creature being hunted I would imagine it being like a place’s “sacred animal” or something like that

[@emmajharrington426]

A name for this slinky fella could be an 'Arctic Nox'. No? ok i'll head out first.

[@mossynovels]

Maybe this creature glows in the winter to trick its prey into thinking the sun is coming out and winter is ending. That way they think it's time to start being active again, and they leave their dens. Thats when the creature pounces and gobbles them up!

[@asiljanijara169]

One name option might be Psyche's mink, in reference to the trial of Psyche, where she has to aquire the golden fleece

[@kiwi4047]

One: why am I getting this 2 days later Two: He's so fluffyyy

[@mjpete27]

I thought of the deep sea fish with the glowing lure that hangs in front of its face, your creature could store the luminescence in the body fur and the tail tip could glow for warmth and light in the dark times, Sheelynx for a name (sheep lynx) I saw the final picture and you can still alter the tail so it glows! I was hoping for the eyes to be larger with big ears too! (From the mouse) Your final picture looks lovely. Keep up the amazing work!

[@littlekitsune1]

I think making the muzzle a tad longer and thinner would have helped it look less cat-like, if you wanted to keep the ears smaller. For the name, I like Noctilucent Horned Mink. Noctilucent clouds are clouds that glow, so it seems perfect for glowy sheep fur.

[@ViktoriaOver]

Brilliant! I love it! I just recently discovered your channel. I enjoying your art sooo much. I currently going through all your videos. It inspires me a lot to draw. Thank you, Dina.

[@emmareiman64]

Mink have a pointier face, sheep also have a somewhat triangular head shape. You rounded it off a lot and moved the nose pretty high in a way that makes the head seem rounder and flatter. Also while sheep have more of a 'two slits' kinda nose, this fusion nose makes it look like a lion nose + The rounded small ears, and kind of a big lower jaw, very lion like characteristics This could explain why it looks like a lion was the base Fluffy fren though~

[@honeycrispps_.]

He reminds me of old European painting of lions. Of course, they didn't see lions so the paintings were quite odd.

[@carlwheezer701]

Yasssssssss

[@lanbab5690]

Maybe call it Luminkshee? I liked the first name you came up with-Minkshee, but you could add Lum at the front of it like referring to luminous

[@thatsweetdemon3643]

I love watching these there so cool

[@EmmaRiddle543]

You really have an amazing talent

[@fuzzydragons]

I need to make the time to design one of these tiny things :) yours is very cute and the digital version def glows (much easier getting a glowing effect digitally)

[@shadypigeon4327]

The lioness look, I think, came from the fact you used the sheep nose (which can look similar to lions) and somewhere along the way you broadened and shortened the muzzle (loosing that canine/foxish shape you commented on). I think it looks wonderful and mejestic ;3 also since the creature is mainly a mink (predator) I could see that during the midnight sun it hunts in glacier burrows of mice and lemmings and uses it's glowing wool to attract, dissorient/confuse them. ^^ another wonderful piece!

[@tairneanaich]

It makes me think of Jason and the Golden Fleece

[@zhenshei9398]

The spider!!! Back in the early episodes, I remember commenting about it XD Anyways, it is an absolutely beautiful drawing; I think the way you weaved the creatures together really worked for this design and the feel. I can just imagine seeing it running across the snow out in the dark Arctic Night with its warm dim glow radiating out of it - perhaps it retains heat as well, lessening the effects of the harsh winter? It makes a lot of sense for the creature to mostly hibernate in the summer too (basically ultimate sunbathing) to charge up its fur, and then being active during the long, dark winter when most predators are in hibernation themselves, so that the glow wouldn't reveal the creature's presence in such an obvious way. In terms of a name, what about "The Golden Vole?" And its quite fitting really if its 'from the north pole' too... cause it rhymes... anyway - cool. ;D

[@GlitterAndDinosaurs]

The Golden-Eyed Minshera

[@voidofdirtyyarn9618]

your art makes me really happy :D

[@cootsnap_wcue461]

I WISH I COULD BE LIKE YOU I CANT EVEN DRAW A MYSTICAL CREATURE

[@irisverouden2412]

Reaaaally loved the video again, such a great inspiration to draw with you, thank you! For the name when you mentioned glowing, yellow wool I immediately thought of the Golden Fleece from Greek mythology and as that was in Colchis (I only lightly looked it up, I know it was retrieved by Jason at some point and at some point it was in Colchis) I thought it would be cool to name it: Colchian Devil (because its head and paws are so dark in comparison to the wool!) or Colchian sheepdog (to make it less grim XP)

[@QwertyKatz]

Idk why but this creature really reminds me of a Qilin (a mythical Japanese dragon). So maybe since minks and sheep both can be found in Europe it could be called the European Dual-Horned Qilin (since it is a Qilin maybe it could be a reason for its glowing)

[@altsummoner3630]

Now it looks like a Chinese dragon Golden artic gershink

[@bonesstickle4966]

the first palette (water) looks like a sloth painting :o

[@neighborhoodnimrod3124]

aw man I was hoping it would have large kind looking eyes like the minx lol. Cant wait for this card! Also maybe it glows white in the winter to blend in with snow, since it lives in the arctic yet has a darker color combo. Just a thought

[@ClauClauditza]

Hmmm how about Sherjak it was the first to came in mind combining the animals 😊 Looove your videos 💙💙💙 and your style is fantastic ❤❤❤

[@lexibyday9504]

an arctic animal might only apear to glow just like polar bears only apear to be white. Perhaps, to keep track of each other, this species has evolved the ability to reflect or refract the overhead aroras causing them to apear to glow bright colors. During the day the animal is shown to actually be a mahogany brown.

[@canopyleaf9152]

That is so cute! It reminds me of a meerkcat or just a normal cat

[@natrivera5619]

I believe it should be named the Glowing Tuurngait, after inuit mythology, the tuurngait was a spirit that lured children into the icy waters, and since it glows and lives in glaciers I thought it would be fitting to attract children into glaciers with it's glow

[@levipugh3265]

This is soo cool! Maybe Wooly Ignatius for the name?

[@kayisnotokayo7060]

Yes it made it in again!!!!!

[@Nohzana]

I think that as he is hunted because of his fur, it must be very rare and expensive, so something like Imperial Mahogany Minshee is an interesting name.

[@sweetmelons2645]

Omg this one is definitely my favourite one so far! It’s like a woolly cat ❤️ Maybe as name for this beauty: •Ash Comoros •Sand Phinx •Desert Striker • Clouded gargoyle

[@lilithb6855]

Maybe it hunts with his glowing wool when the night sets, like the sea creatures in the deepest of the oceans. So his prey will come to the glow thinking it is a ray of sunlight to warm up to. - Pangayam Borealis - Pangayam Atacama - Wooly Pangayam - Nordic Pangayam (Zinavi)

[@lunalovefine]

I get so excited when you post these 😍

[@indywebber9008]

Gurōgurumawaru [goo - roh (short sound) - goo - roo - mah - wah - roo] Gurō - Japanese for "Glow" Gurugurumawaru - Japanese for "Slinking around" He looked like a Japanese fictional creature to me (with the golden coat and the long, lithe body, along with the tuft on the end of the tail), and Japanese is always interesting to pronounce. It seemed a little boring to just combine "glow" and "slink/slinky" so the odd word for "Slinking around" seemed much better. I believe he would be related to the weasel, which always seemed like a trickster-like animal to me, so the "slinking around" implements that sort of thief element that comes to mind. Plus, due to being hunted so often, this little guy probably would have had to adapt to being easily seen due to his bright fur, so he'd probably be able to wiggle out of most traps. That, and I imagine he'd be quite good at burrowing. After all, having to live on glaciers, you'd probably be quite out in the open often, especially with glowing fur, so I'd imagine these little guys would make something similar to a network of tunnels in a glacier, which could easily throw off any predators trying to pursue them, as the reflective, slightly transparent quality of the ice would make it hard to follow the glowing coat.

[@haycwon]

*Ermine Neovalis* - *Ermine* = a stoat in its white coat in winter, which resembles the fluff on the animal. Resembles fresh snow glistening in the arctic. *Neo* = Neovison vison is the scientific name of mink. *V(al)is* = Ovis, is the genus of sheep. *Al* = al in aurora borealis, which appears in the northern hemisphere and glows.

[@hel117]

Aaah! I'm so glad you liked my suggestion^^ My suggestion this time around is Golden Fleece Incandescence

[@mareeeeep]

A tiny arctic Shemink 😂👍