the maw is a theme i started playing with about a year ago. it stemmed from an old old character from my sketchbook. it was a large fat man who ate smaller versions of himself, but he had no true head. atop his shoulders was just a gaping opening with rows of teeth and a huge tongue. over the years he's been in he back of my mind though he's never left my sketchbook.

the maw is a weird evolution of that, but it's more animalistic. fur and claws got thrown into the mix, along with the gaping maw. and a little bit of a backstory emerged as well.

the maw is an anomaly, an evolutionary aberration. it can strike any species at any time altering each species in different ways. in every case though the telltale signs remain the same: coarse fur, long claws, and a huge mouth full of teeth. in most cases creatures stricken by the maw do not live long. they are hunted and exterminated once they are discovered. some have tried to tame them only to be ripped apart. people have tried to study it for centuries, but it is as mysterious today as it was thousands of years ago.

it is ruthless, it is uncontrollable, it is hungry. it is the maw