047: Parasect

My goodness! Is this a parasect dragon or a velvet worm seen through the bogglingly distorting goggles of a potently hallucinogenic mushroom? This thing is almost too awesome to make head or tail of!

All those sinuous strands of silk webbing between this dragon's spindly, insectine legs look fantastic. I like how you made parasect seem kind of flexible like a worm (or should I say "wyrm"?) yet at points seem segmented in other points, more like a centipede. All those creepy, crawly legs really make this look like a bug dragon, and the claw-wings were a brilliant idea. With the toadstool sticking out of its mouth like a pipe and its long, drawn-out body, this creature makes me think of something somewhere between the caterpillar from Wonderland and a sage, smoke-loving Eastern-style dragon. And I love how the background is an unfathomable mass of toadstools. It kind of fits in with how the completely brainwashed host insect's mind is left with the wishes of the fungus infecting it as the be-all, end-all of its existence. There is nothing beyond the mushroom, so that is its entire world.

Don't think I don't see you creeping around down there, bellsprout. You'd better make sure you don't get eaten. The parasect over here also sure looks cheerful for apparently having its pincers strapped shut like a trapped lobster.

Real skills, man. I'm loving.