[absorbentghost]

i'll get back to it in a while,im currently woking on the "Swamp thing challenge".great practice

Originally Posted by Ogi-G

show us your progress, its part of the challenge so you can get comments/crits and get better

[Keenir2]

Originally Posted by absorbentghost

here is what ive started earlier on
]http://img805.imageshack.us/img805/7030/phabhelpoisson111.jpg[/IMG]

that looks like a very nicely-made creature....though it strikes me as being quite bilateral.

[Brynn_Metheney]

Originally Posted by Keenir2

the tricky part of this assignment (imho) is making something with an even number of limbs, asymetrical.

but its definately worth trying.


(now I need to make sure I left room internally for bones)

It's mostly the camouflage fused and placed onto the body that makes it asymmetrical. The creature itself could be symmetrical. I'll update the prompt to make it more clear, Thanks!

[Keenir2]

Originally Posted by Brynn_Metheney

It's mostly the camouflage fused and placed onto the body that makes it asymmetrical. The creature itself could be symmetrical.

oh.
I should probably start over, then(?)

I'll update the prompt to make it more clear, Thanks!

happy to help get something clarified. thank you.

[Keenir2]

Originally Posted by Brynn_Metheney

It's mostly the camouflage fused and placed onto the body that makes it asymmetrical. The creature itself could be symmetrical. I'll update the prompt to make it more clear, Thanks!

just in case...

I got the idea from the twisted feet of echidnas and the "fused jaws" of the seahorse family - four of the eight stubby limbs are fused in pairs to form crude jaws. (but they're still recognizably limbs)

Not sure which sort of warts to use...ones that border on the bubbles and flags of Leafy Sea Dragons, or more like the clustered goosebumps I did in pencil a few posts ago. Thoughts? these would be the way sticks and stones are held against the body.

It wasn't until I did the gillbones, that a thought occured to me: that the gillplate could be much longer, and the underside could be coated with a feathery, moss-length bed of gills...but that's a level of detail I haven't reached yet. maybe after a few assignments.

[Keenir2]

colored pencil.
(the body looked more purple-red when I was using the pencil)

the blue color around the rocks and vents, is from a chemical being produced by the vents. (and naturally the camera magnifies it)


not sure what color to make the shellbone on the dorsal side of the body.

[SARDEANIE]

Did a quick sketch on the iPad I thought I would toss up here. I imagined this critter resting within a burrow of the hydrothermal vent gathering most of it's energy from that. It supplements it's diet with prey, specifically choosing a species to supply its current nutritional needs. This monster masks its face with the carcass of a "bait" fish. It explodes from its tunnel to strike yet the cold water effects this hot creature dramatically and it may take many hours for it to return completely to its home where it slowly absorbs it's prize.

Some good ideas going. Wallasaurus I'm digging the way you are thinking this out. Very cool.

[absorbentghost]

Here is an progression wip,as u can see it's still in the early stages im goin to take a day to finish it up so is what i have so far.the name of my creature is "Phabel poisson"

[absorbentghost]

be sure to to get in the details when u start the actual painting, i love the idea of the particular creature.

Originally Posted by Keenir2

colored pencil.
(the body looked more purple-red when I was using the pencil)

the blue color around the rocks and vents, is from a chemical being produced by the vents. (and naturally the camera magnifies it)


not sure what color to make the shellbone on the dorsal side of the body.

[joelhustak]

Here is my WIP.. crits are welcome

[Keenir2]

Originally Posted by absorbentghost

be sure to to get in the details when u start the actual painting, i love the idea of the particular creature.

thank you.

tiny question - painting??

[Keenir2]

Originally Posted by joelhustak

Here is my WIP.. crits are welcome
]http://www.joelhustak.com/forumimages/layinginwaitwip1.jpg[/IMG]

a very nice evoking of the deep-rift ecosystem. (and the variable visibility down there)

[absorbentghost]

Have u started the art work based on ure sketch???
looks like a great concept bro,make sure u finish it on time.every artist here has some thing to offer us all,

Originally Posted by Keenir2

thank you.

tiny question - painting??

[Brynn_Metheney]

Awesome work so far everyone! I'm worried about time. Would everyone benefit from a small extension?

[Keenir2]

Originally Posted by absorbentghost

Have u started the art work based on ure sketch???

it has to be a painting?