I Designed a Werewolf

The second in a series of videos covering the design process of a creature in my world.
To everyone who commented in the vampire video, thank you for the kind words! It made the process of making that video totally worth it!
Special credit to the composer of the music I use in my videos, thank you so much Alex!
Find more of my work at Woolydroidart on Instagram and Cara.

[@jeremybarrett3616]

Man,now I wish you'd draw were-dragons or the Dracopyres from the old flash game Adventure Quest,but that's a pretty big ask. XD I enjoy your art and work Wooly.

[@Woolydroidart]

@@jeremybarrett3616 Yknow I don’t think I’ve ever seen that game but I’ll have a look. Some ways down the line I’ll look at doing a video covering the dragons of Artherome as they are a whole thing 😂

[@danieladamczyk4024]

@@Woolydroidart That weredragon/vampires. hmm Nothing to look at!

[@lonniebeezy9181]

ADVENTURE QUEST MENTIONED

[@nulllex0099]

Holy shit, someone else that knows AQ! It's been years...

[@jeremybarrett3616]

@@lonniebeezy9181 HELL YEAH! Adventure Quest had some wild ideas.:P

[@dylanduplechain8378]

Literally just finished telling my friends that I can't wait for your next video and BAM here you are as I work on my own homebrew world-building lol

[@Woolydroidart]

Striking while the irons hot😊hope you enjoyed the video

[@VRMoth]

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

[@scottyrose9106]

I truly love how do you have hybridized classical fictional and horrific monsters, from our real world's past (meaning creatures that real world people believed in, not creatures that were real... in the real world;lol) with the specific guiding philosophy of your own worldscape. It's actually a rather refreshing concept, and makes me want to go back to some of my old book starter ideas, and redefine the process in which I go about creating such stories. You very well, with these last two videos, have single-handedly influence me to finally finish one of the 30 some novels I have started but never finished in my life. Some ending after only 10 pages, whie others having reached into the several hundreds of pages, before the stories shriveled up in my mind, and my writing hand demanded a vacation. Anyways, it is truly refreshing, and invigorating, to see something both classical and so unique at the same time. As far as I can see, you are an excellent artist; in both the practical, visual sense, and in the internally-logically-consistent narrative, of the world in which you have created. Please, keep up the good work. I cannot wait to hear more of your unique, and fascinating ideas; that, are not only a hybridization of the flesh and blood version of our own ancient mythologies, with the more spiritually ethereal version in your own story, but also the transformation you have made in them. Where you have taken such creatures, from our own mythology, that were in truth, evil by design, and you have transformed them, though truly horrific in themselves, (at least in their visages) into creatures that take a rather positive and sometimes even helpful role in the story. Either as helpful beings, like your lesser vampire. Or beings that persue justice, as in your dread vampire. And even the forms of werewolf you have created, are both defenders of the natural world. All things which I readily find mirroring my own desires and aspirations for the world. I do believe if you turn this into a book series, or even something like a light graphic novel, that it would soon, and I mean very quickly (as in, within literal days of publication) would most certainly become bestsellers. I truly hope such a thing would be possible, for I would love to delve deep into the world in which you have created. I find it both fascinating, and intriguing. More than I have any other fictional work in a long time. And, not to belabor the point, I am truly in awe, of what you are creating here. And I'm waiting with bated breath, for any and all new information, in which you would be willing to share with us, in these rather relaxing and thought-provoking video essays. Again, keep up the good work. And I cannot wait for your next video to release. You should definitely start a patreon. I know many would be willing to literally throw their money at you, for more of this. I know I certainly would, and I am of the financial situation, where this would be the first patreon, that I have ever given money to. That's literally how serious I am, when saying I think you have a winning idea here.

[@Woolydroidart]

@@scottyrose9106 thank you ever so much for this really lovely comment. I would definitely pursue any of the ideas you’ve got written down. As I mentioned in this video, it really becomes a process of iteration where you test ideas and whittle them away until you find that one really special gem of narrative. I think I’ll be kicking up a patreon pretty soon but I just need to work out the kinks. Aside from that I’m well underway with the next video which should be a doozy. Got some fun stuff lined up. Once again, thank you!

[@scottyrose9106]

@@Woolydroidart 😁😁😁 Just glad to encourage another creative. Especially over who, as far as I can see, had an idea that would be great as a book series, an anime series and hell I'd play that videogame! 😁😁😁 Oh yeah, by the way, it would be really awesome if you could do another video, on the more, broad, generalized setting information about your world. I'm so fascinated now, I just want to dive in, and swim in the details. Lol. I believe that would be the oc, of my ocd. At least this time it's outpacing the add, of my adhd. LMFAO!!! Also, your vampire video really struck me. I guess because I really really enjoyed the Harry Dresden files series, where they did so many strange things with vampires. Kind of like how you're doing, even though yours is an entirely unique, completely different kind of way of doing vampires then Dresden completely different way of doing vampires. 😁

[@jakkaljakobie8774]

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!

[@Woolydroidart]

That’s the long term hope😁 it would be wonderful to throw these all together into a single account on ethereal spirits.

[@jayvillemin]

The idea of supernatural entities acting as balancing forces in the world is a very satisfying idea to me, it nestles quite nicely with some of my own storytelling habits and favorite themes. I’m very much looking forward to hearing more about artherome and seeing its development. Thank you for sharing!

[@Eldagusto]

Well done these mono toes really grew on me, though half the werewolves break the rules by not having feet! Very intriguing world with instigating a manifestation as sort of a war crime

[@Woolydroidart]

Thank you! And yes, as people have learnt about spirits and how they form, they have also found ways to exploit them and use their limitations for their own needs.

[@Wencby]

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.

[@bungaobungus5599]

You always say that this is your secondry world? Is the first revealed?

[@Oyster_Man]

I think thats in reference to it being his world building project. As in a world separate from our own, a secondary world.

[@dylanboczar999]

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.

[@westongarner-qo2ez]

85th like!👍 Awesome video!🤘 Keep up the awesome work!🤘😎🤘

[@TechpriestMagos]

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.

[@Woolydroidart]

@@TechpriestMagos that is very much the case 😊 when I get onto my redesigns of Gosstokk and Sothnokk I’ll get into some detail about werewolf curses because there’s a few different kinds and they work very much as you’ve described.

[@bebejebe]

the way you utilized a hyena body at 5:04 was super cool

[@Woolydroidart]

@@bebejebe I had done a quick animal study and honestly, studies are a great jumping off point to start generating quick and easy concepts. With tools like mixer brush, the study does half of the work for you.

[@Stratelier]

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...

[@evmarekaj]

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.

[@Darkangelnum1]

Looks like a calicothere

[@Woolydroidart]

Honestly I’m sure that was an unconscious reference😅

[@sharmanner6239]

Absolutely incredible work the wear wolves especially have given me great inspiration for my own work. I can’t wait to see more about these creatures and your world in general

[@jaisharp5975]

I beg you please draw a flying vampire

[@morrokhai]

I cannot begin to describe how wonderful this is. You've outdone yourself!

[@Woolydroidart]

Thank you for the kind words 🙏 glad you like it 😊

[@alfiewhitestone8676]

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

[@purple_guy1984]

12:05 This is the BEST werewolf design I have ever seen and I have seen a lot, it really kicks into the supernatural aspects of the myth. Quick question: do you plan on adding a bat/vulture like supernatural dragon (It maybe oddly specific but I WANT IT.)

[@Woolydroidart]

Thank you for the kind words! It’s taken a long time but I’m finally satisfied with how these creatures look. I will cover dragons at some point, however at least for the moment, I’m slowly working through the ghosts of the setting, and there’s quite a few 😅

[@purple_guy1984]

@@Woolydroidart GHOSTS? HELL YEAH!

[@pixelatedpixels7823]

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

[@liveinamber1307]

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.

[@nulllex0099]

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.

[@9_headed]

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 :)

[@AletheaPedley]

Lisan Al Gaib

[@insectostrich4407]

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.

[@VileHusk]

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

[@joshuawills7643]

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.

[@therustmonster]

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!

[@mrmaxwell346]

I get serious xenoclash vibes I dont know why.

[@ChefPiers_]

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

[@Woolydroidart]

Thank you piers, that sure is the plan🙏❤️

[@apostatecactus5355]

You are very rapidly becoming one of my favourite KZbinrs

[@Woolydroidart]

Thank you 😊

[@KamikazeWarBat]

I have to say, beyond the art being obviously great, your general video production quality is really, really good! These past two videos have been an incredibly strong start and a really good first impression! Also, as a bit of an idea to possibly recapture some of that traditional werewolf lore with a different spin, perhaps some folklore claims bale werewolf spirits possess the bodies of those close to the earth, violently changing them from the inside to make them into tools of vengeance for the earth? That way, when werewolves begin to attack logging camps or factories, it retains that air of suspicion and tension between neighbours that werewolf stories also often pull from?

[@Oyster_Man]

I really love your art and lore. Such amazing new takes on old concepts!

[@SteveHolden440]

Another great video ! Even better than the first. Great drawing skills on show here .. really looking forward to seeing more of your work .. well done !

[@kurtismolvik1988]

How about a Manticore or something similar to it 👍

[@plannedtripod42]

Wow 2k subs already your doing great

[@Alexander-b9b6u]

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

[@parrisxsummers]

The second Wolf is very wendigo

[@quagsire413]

loving thais series so far. hope you make more

[@Woolydroidart]

Certainly will be 😁

[@Claymorrrr]

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

[@LawBroEnjoyer]

My prayers have been answered! Thank you!

[@Woolydroidart]

Your welcome 😁

[@RaximusPrime19]

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

[@Woolydroidart]

@@RaximusPrime19 nah I totally get what you mean. As I mention in the video, I am trying to preserve my experience of what these creatures are in essence, and then translating that with all its difficulties into my setting. It totally comes down to personal experience.

[@Dabantam]

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

[@Woolydroidart]

So at least for the moment I’m only covering the ethereal spirits of the setting as I think they serve as a nice intro to the rest of the world. There are other broader topics I will get into eventually, including dragons which are their own kind of weird.

[@RicardoAlmeidatm]

They look like entelodonts, i like that.

[@cordak_Blaster]

Love to see more of your content, I wonder tho, are thwre dwarwes in your setting?

[@Woolydroidart]

@@cordak_Blaster kinda-ish. There are a few dwarf proxies.

[@cordak_Blaster]

​@@Woolydroidart YIPPEEE

[@Nomadtheus]

Oh shiz this came out faster than i thought

[@theunboxer9687]

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

[@Woolydroidart]

@@theunboxer9687 there is something equivalent to thay which I hope to get into soon.

[@b00mtrap83]

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

[@Woolydroidart]

Thank you! I’m mostly satisfied with these drawings, however shortly after uploading this video, I went back to the werewolf drawings and began to clean them up some more. Now I’m kicking myself about not working on them longer before uploading 😂

[@sekhna2272]

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

[@Woolydroidart]

Golems and automatons are actually a very important part of the setting and definitely something I’ll be getting into soon enough.

[@cursedelementAu]

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

[@Woolydroidart]

@@cursedelementAu some certainly have. Many have tried unsuccessfully, whereas others have succeeded.

[@ShiroDawn]

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.)

[@Woolydroidart]

I think that’s a fantastic idea. So when the werewolf manifests it would take on qualities of the creature whose population has been endangered. That would work very well, and I agree that it would nicely tie in the theme of transformation. Wonderful idea.

[@Banished-rx4ol]

Undead or dragons next?

[@_TheeZarcosuchus]

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.

[@LynetteTheRogue]

These look so cool

[@jackhe760]

draw the fae

[@oanfitras4915]

Very cool!

[@Swarbie8D]

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.

[@smiles9882]

With nature being so heavy-handed in maintaining balance, how will an interesting story take place in this world beyond short stories. Since its seems nigh utopic

[@smiles9882]

Nvm just finished the video, people can exploit this act of violent balance to destroy others, as it isn't so all powerfull

[@Woolydroidart]

@@smiles9882 exactly😊but also, as I will get into in other videos, the ethereal spirits won’t always appear, it’s a bit RNG, and they can go wrong. Not to mention people have begun to learn how and why they appear, meaning in the modern day, people have figured out clever ways of preventing them from manifesting.

[@BlueBotBlues]

The way I see it, the werewolf here represents the transformation of man even still into something dark or unnatural. When man dreams dark dreams of growth and industry, when man sees fit to use nature as their own and neglect to do their duty to protect it, then they manifest a warewolf, who exacts upon them the very thing they once brought upon the world; callous destruction for little gain. Really love these guys! I'd seen your work before on Insta and always wondered what the story was behind them, I'm glad you've shared it here! I also love how the wolf looks as though it's made of animal parts, does this change depending on the nature of the crime? Like, would overfishing produce wolves with whale-like lanugo? Would burning the woods create wolves of charred-black flesh and bone? I love the mammalian look, so when I imagine "non-mammalian" wolves I'm very much picturing less fish-beast and more caliban, Also, and this may be a frustrating question for a fantasy worldbuilder so feel free to ignore it, but why silver? Outside the classical connotations of werewolves and silver, is there some quality of silver that is magical in this world, some trait that wolves are chemically vulnerable to? With creatures like this it's fun to imagine that perhaps they're simply vulnerable to silver because it's believed by all involved that they are. I'm so sorry to bombard with questions, and I totally understand if you want to leave them vague or for future work, you just create such compelling imagery, the kind of thing that makes me want to bust out the almanac and read for hours... And a one week turn-over? That's crazy awesome, but don't burn out! Really excited for what comes next!

[@SNIPERjeffO_O]

Doggos

[@donovanarredondo2293]

This is just blood starved beast.

[@Woolydroidart]

@@donovanarredondo2293 that was a big inspiration on the rorkian werewolf, the draping skin is such a interesting and unique visual

[@lazykid0904]

I can't wait to see how you expand your Universe like with other creatures like fairies mermaids goblins trolls

[@lazykid0904]

It's like a skinwalker Wendigo all-in-one I love your designs they're so far different from anything I've ever seen for a vampire or a werewolf❤

[@crazebanana6432]

Am I mistaken or did you explode from like 85 subscribers to 1.5K subscribers?? Very much deserved, your love for your craft in storytelling and design is very apparent, and your effort aswell. Excited to see where this channel goes

[@crazebanana6432]

Also, I’d love to see designs for a mermaid/merman/siren I feel like your more monstrous and spirited designs would work amazingly well for a sea humanoid.

[@Woolydroidart]

Yeaaah, it kinda caught me off guard 😂😅 especially when I’m tryna reply to everyone’s comments. Thank you for the kind words!

[@Woolydroidart]

@@crazebanana6432sirens, mermaids and selkies are very much a thing, although some aren’t necessarily spirits but something a bit different.

[@crazebanana6432]

@@Woolydroidart oooohh, excited to see them when we eventually get to em!

[@roblox_bedwars_content]

nicccce

[@Troilder]

❤

[@Corvus-Xoriat]

Do. Dragons. Now.

[@Woolydroidart]

I’m working towards them, I’m sorry 🥲😅😂

[@Corvus-Xoriat]

@Woolydroidart this is fine. Quality over quantity. Don't get crowd pressured, KZbin expectations are crippling.

[@draconicgaming6759]

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?

[@Woolydroidart]

Theoretically yes. I would say that most people in the setting have run ins with spirits reasonably often throughout their lives depending on where they live. However, this tends to involve friendlier and nicer spirits. The chances of a spirit manifesting isn’t too high and so there is an element of RNG to it, therefore the chances of a person being targeted by multiple more deadly spirits isn’t too likely, as one should be enough. However should such a thing happen, it would not be good. Many spirits are intelligent, and so they could work together.

[@draconicgaming6759]

@@Woolydroidart that’s super interesting! Thanks for the reply!