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Bake-Kujira is a ghost whale or whale skeleton that haunts Japanese waters.
"Long ago, a mysterious sea creature known as the bake-kujira (lit. “ghost whale”) used to appear at night in the waters around an island in Shimane prefecture. The thing looked like the skeleton of a giant whale, and it was usually accompanied by a flock of strange birds when it came drifting in with the tide. Later, when the tide started to recede, peculiar fish would become visible in the water around the monster. Fisherman trying to catch the bake-kujira claimed their harpoons passed through the creature as if it were not there."
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Japanese mythology has some of the most bizarre critters out there. This one's not even that weird by comparison!
Yep, I made it a flying ghost sort of creature so I didn't have to draw the sea... I'm a piece of shit...
You still got the usual swirly clouds though! you'll always gonna get those!
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That skeleton is startlingly accurate. I know this is old, but this is awesome!
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Sometimes this is known to appear as a swollen carcass, with clouds of flies obscuring clear view of it's appearance.
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That's really cool! I love the idea of this creature, makes me want to draw it too.
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nice stuff, i actually saw it as underwater til i read your comments, i've seen photos of the ocean floor around japan and this looks pretty accurate
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i love all the dead fish where it's belly would be if it were alive, great concept!
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