Howler Monkey Bags
Description: This drawing was part of my series of 100 animal drawings, used for the Terra Oracle Deck. All 100 animals were drawing with a black felt pen on smooth finish white paper to keep perfect line quality. Using a variety of fine tipped pens, I was able to capture the essence of each animal using layers of tight mark making and expressive markmaking, while maintaining a certain essence of simplicity.
Description: Merihem is the demon of Pestilence and Plague, my version is portrayed as a chimeric beast, he has the body of a blue gourami fish, the head of a Darwin´s frog, the ears of a flying fox, the eyes of a helmeted hornbill, the nose of a howler monkey, the legs of a wild boar, the feet of a Portuguese water dog, the tail of a spiny softshell turtle, the coat of a sun bear and the colors of a chimney swift. He rules spirits of pestilence, inflicting plagues, epidemics, and wasting diseases. He commands aerial demons that unleash storms, toxic vapors, and airborne infections. He used to be an angel back then; now he has become a fallen one because of his destructive and aggressive behavior in heaven, which explains his broken halo.
