Seraph said

I might be weird for saying this, but that fairy nymph is still cute even with all those teeth and the glint of hunger in its eyes. I kinda want to coo at it and see if it'll giggle…I really love healthily fat, little babies are all kinds of cute. Also, I dig the life cycle you have for the fairy.

Thanks! I often aim for a balance between the appealing and the unappealing.

I pretty much straight ripped of the life cycle from honeybees, so I can't take credit for that
Always love insectoid traits in my fairies.

I've grown rather fond of this species now. Here's a member from the Hunter caste:

And a redesign of Sir Awesome's Wastelander

Thanks to AMS for the brilliant pose.

Thank you, Dionne Jinn! Glad to see you posting here. I'm a huge fan of your work.

Näck
The Näck is an aquatic humanoid predator that makes its home in the freshwater lakes and rivers of Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Northern Germany. It is distantly related to the Oceanic Merfolk, but lacks their fins and gills, giving it a deceptively human appearance.
Näcks are rare but extremely dangerous, and should they be spotted it is advisable to immediately report them to the proper authorities. Not only are they stronger and faster, both on land and in water, than the average human, but they are also quite cunning. Their most lethal trait, however, is their ability to emit infrasound, capable of causing a paralyzing effect in their victims. The Näcks are then able to leisurely drown the pray for later consumption.

Artistic rendering of the Näck that was spotted and shot in the Norwegian Glomma River in 1983. The Näck is traditionally portrayed with a fiddle, as its calling sounds similar to the instrument.

Artistic rendering of the Näck of Store Gribsø, Zealand, Denmark. The creature can be linked to at least seven deaths since 1955. A number of attempts to capture or kill it has been made in vain.

Scatman said

I loove the steampunk elf!I really would love to try this whole steampunk stuff,Ah,maybe when I get up the nerve

Thank you very much!
I've actually found steampunk to be way easier to use than I thought. I just throw a bunch of techy, clockworky, leathery stuff together and hope for the best, and usually it works fine.

Dionne Jinn said

Yeah, we do. I'm not that good with Finnish mythology either, to tell you the truth, but Näkki (Näck with Finnish spelling) I do know about.

Well, I feel I have neglected Finnish mythology here. Here's a massive sea monster to make up for that.

Iku-Turso
This beast, thought to have been the last remaining specimen of its species, could be spotted in the Gulf of Bothnia off the Finnish coast until the early 18th century, when it died and washed ashore near the city of Oulu. While it wasn't nearly as hostile as the sailors of the Baltic sea used to claim, it did destroy at least four Swedish, six Finnish and two Polish vessels, presumably out of pure curiosity. Large portions of the creature's skeleton have now been lost, but most of what remains is kept at the Finnish Museum of Natural History and the National Museum of Finland, both in Helsinki.

Thank you!

I'm not having that problem, but I've noticed that darker images can appear very differently depending on the screen one's using. So thanks for telling me.

Here's a slightly brighter version:

Glad you like it
He was a blast to make, and researching him made me want to read Kalevala again.

Thanks, Trekkie!

Continuing the Finnish theme, here's Louhi, queen of the frozen land of Pohjola.