Hey everyone!

Let me introduce you Tristan, the very jumpy monkey-lizard hybrid. He will be one of the main protagonists in the upcoming Tree of Life comic.

When I came up with his design, I wanted to make him as the combination of two species, and I was wondering if there are any combinations that are very rare. So I thought I never seen a monkey lizard mix before.

To be honest, it was very hard to work out how “animal like” he should be. At first I made him walk on four legs. But I wanted the characters to be more unified, like none of them are too feral, and they all walk on two legs. So for me it would be really weird if a two legged creature would have a relationship with a four legged creature.

Anyway, I'm sure you can already see that Tristan isn't the embodiment of courage. Not yet at least. So he's always kinda jumpy, a little stuttery, and it doesn't take much to oppress him. So he really has a long road ahead to be a hero.