Akashita 赤舌 / Komainu 狛犬

New concept: I draw faces of Yokai and other Japanese folk creatures, with a traditionnal japanese tattoo style. Depending of the direction you are looking, you can guess two different yokai faces!
We have today two different yokai. On the first direction, you can see the Akashita 赤舌, a yokai who hides in the clouds, with a red tongue and sharp claws.. He brings the bad omen on the harvests as a heat wave. His name, Akashita 赤舌, means red tongue btw. On the second direction, you have the Komainu 狛犬, the stone lions statues found at the entrance to temples in many asian countries. They are always found in pairs and protect the entrance from evil spirits.