[cyl1981]

Originally Posted by Zentrope

Hmmm....Anything that can fly is not always a bird.
So Not necessary a bird but any creature with some techno- mech thingy attached and can Fly!
Percentage of deformation is entirely upto your visual thinking and it's your call on that.
Hope this answers your question

Just wanted to double check, does insects count?

[andreasbech]

@white_raven
Thanks man! I really like your fly fish as well! Im sure youŽll get the hole virus thing covered as you go along with the detailing of the metallic parts of it!

@eternalfiresong
Hahah, great idea, looking forward to see more.! And I'm glad I'm not the only one going with a huge animal, its a bit tricky to make the flight of such animals plausible!


Heres a quick update (the bottom one)
I went away from the original design, I wanted to make it a little less solid and more organic.. This will probably be the way I take it since I won't have time to work on it again before monday.

C&C are more than welcome!

[Ogi-G]

Originally Posted by cyl1981

Just wanted to double check, does insects count?

You can go with an insect type creature.


But this goes to everyone; don't just pick an animal we have on Earth, and slap some metal on it (whale/hippo )... this is an alien planet, so the "pre-metal virus" creature should be an original design as well. Also, the creature was capable of flight before the virus as well. Sorry if I wasn't clear enough in the original description :S

[andreasbech]

Ahh, didnŽt catch that part at all Ogi-C, but nevermind, it was fun nonetheless.
I wont have time to do a new one tho, but good luck to everybody

[rob_powell]

That makes things a bit more interesting....
My initial reaction was a mutated earth creature, and I thought, well that's boring...haha

[AlexTLe]

Can i have some help? Which pose should i go with for my vampire creature?

[htkpeh]

ok iŽm in too
is a really interesting topic
@AlexTLe: i would take the upper right one

here are my scribbles,basicly for the mood and a rough shape
the last is the most promising one i think

[Ogi-G]

andreasbech - theres still almost 2 weeks to the deadline, sorry i was unclear in my original wording

AlexTLe - top right, most dynamic and shows off the creature the best i think

htkpeh - i like #4, cant quite make out the last one :S

[chris-chros]

here is my concept

[chris-chros]

sry,this one

[AlexTLe]

@htkpeh is your creature bat-like? Because im recreating my creature and i didnt want it to be similar to yours.

[tyno]

@ Chris-Chros: Yes! Great shape, I'm loving this. I think this could work better, if the wings were even smaller, and posed like they're really feeling the weight of the body. Awesome start.

[Machuna]

Hi, this is my first start of concept.
All critique is welcome.

[Rocu]

Cool theme! I really like the extra, subtle restrictions on these. It really helps to try to narrow things down. I have some cool ideas I've started thumbnailing. Should have some wips up in a day or two!

[eternalfiresong]

Ah, I missed those key points as well, sorry! No hippos for this contest, got it.

Sorry to see you leave, andreasbech!

AlexTLe - I feeling the two on the right more, personally.

htkpeh, I agree with Ori-G - I like the silhouette of the creature in the 4th, but I do like the colors in the last.

Chris-Chros - I love this, really. Great alien insectoid thing.

Machuna - Great start, it's got that whole dragonfly thing going on. The more colorized one on the left has a more organic feel to the thorax - is that the direction that you are going in?


Well, I need to get my brain off of hippos and more original. I shall be back, I hope. This seems like a really nifty thread, especially now that I understand it better!