Senior thesis

I have finally designed my Kirin character for my Senior Thesis class. 

Since my Kirin's characteristics are strong, powerful and yet gentle and kind, I have been studying fallow deer, elk and red deer for the body structure. 

While the Kirin's body will be more bulked up/muscle, I will animate him similar to how deer move, which is more graceful to give off the gentle aspect.  

For those who do not know, Kirin is a real mythological creature in Asian mythologies. The common description of their appearance is: body of a horse, deer, or ox covered in scales of a dragon and tail of a lion or ox.