This is for the myth skin contest and is of a Kappa from Japanese folklore.
This was all drawn by hand.

This link gives a detailed excription of the Kappa:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kappa_%28folklore%29

Brief description:
The Kappa is a Japanese water beast that lives in lakes and rivers. When people walk past the Kappa will try and grab their angle and drown them. People can trick them by giving the Kappa a deep bow, Kappas are extreamly polite and will bow in response, emptying the natural bowl of water on their head and freezing them in place, as the bowl must be full of water while they are on land for them to move. They also have a great love of cucumbers and Kappa can be lured away from people by offering them some.