DSG 1344: Creature: GREEN, ELEPHANT-SIZED, HERBIVORE W/ YELLOW MARKINGS + SHORT-HORNS

[William b. Hand]

[ Please include a simple human silhouette/icon near the creature to communicate scale. ]

Creature: GREEN, ELEPHANT-SIZED, HERBIVORE W/ YELLOW MARKINGS + SHORT-HORNS
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[PowerAnimal]

Sorry I'm not really following the COLOR part of this, was at work and only had paper and pencil. Anyway, I'm starting to draw again and this is my first attempt at a DSG in a long time... so be nice... :-p Looking forward to see what everyone comes up with.

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f12/PovverAnimal/Artworkz/DSG1344-1.jpg

Cheers!

[Optimus-Rhyme]

The stripes are crap and I just wanted to put down basic colours and not spend alot of time on it colouring in. Took about 20-30 mins I think.
http://i26.tinypic.com/1z239r9.jpg

[Ninja9]

IMAGE LINK (http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g245/thompso7/CCI00007.jpg)

Took about 1 and a half on and off. Colouring was a bitch.
Couldn't get the hind legs right as much as I tried so in the end I left them.

[Hamsta]

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/6136/1344greenelephanteh4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Lechri]

I really enjoyed doing this.Took me about 1 hour and 30 min.
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj177/Lechri/green-elephant-sized.jpg

[Fenster]

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a47/bobslider/garbor.jpg
Got a little carried away, spent about 2 hours. I forgot the little scale guy, but I imagined a person would come up to where the legs meet the body, making him about 10-12 feet tall and about 20 feet long.

[Jin Takamatsu]

arrrrggggghhhhh finally managed to come up with something that isn't completely sh*thouse. having a rather frustrating day at the wacom, think that little pile of dung sums it up :P

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/rach3/230308-1.jpg

[T_Marasà]

Trying to come up with a desigh I liked took half an hour so the BG had to be sacrificed to the autoimposed time limit (1 hour circa)...
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n169/d_ren_2006/greenherbivore-1.jpg

[chaosrocks]

been a long time since I was in here

[Anthis]

Nice topic.
Wish I had more time for a digital try.
And I forgot the human silhouette for scale ;|

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb12/Anthis_/sketches/herbivoredsg.jpg

[chaosrocks]

oops I forgot the people too

[iambanana]

Just under an hour.
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc46/fluffeluff/greenbeenz.jpg

[Mabus]

Here's my go.

45 min.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/Kahhon/dsg1344.jpg

[multadroit]

http://pics.livejournal.com/multadroit/pic/0000caky

[Edward B]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/Cerebellum/green-herbi.jpg

[IanStrandberg]

Howdy Ya'll.

You're a sneaky devil, Hand. Forcing me to use color and such.

T_Marasà: Nice pose, great sense of form. I feel from this image that I can understand the three dimensional shape. Love the whimsical markings too. Crit: the arms don't seem to agree with each other. One is very meaty at the top, the other seems spindly to me.

iambanana: I like the broad color choices. However, the disagreement between the perspective on the creature and the man is detracting from the image. Also, the markings look like an afterthought.

Fenster: LOL--nice personality, great style. I wouldn't know it was elephant sized from this rendering though.

Below is my entry. Normally I do a few sketches before committing myself but this time I ran with my inital concept. Is it working? How does the form read?

Thanks!
Ian

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii218/donx_album/DSG1343_big_herb.jpg

[PsiBug]

http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/9178/greenul6.jpg

[Rarebit]

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii305/Emmettdem/beastie2.jpg
I realize now that i messed the light source up, if i was to take it further id fix it. Here is the beastie by itself.
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii305/Emmettdem/beastie-float2.jpg
1 hour :yum:

[pjartist]

Nice work!

[insertinanename]

Different sort of yellow markings :D

http://media.nodnod.net/ca/green.jpg

[reversenorm]

Woot,
Simple straight forward design about 30 min total.
http://www.reversenorm.com/concepts/green-elephant-creature.jpg

[Racasdorph]

http://photos-415.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v182/247/43/55707415/n55707415_34150785_1186.jpg

Had alot of fun with this one!
What size canvases does everyone work with? I feel like mine tend to be to small... this was a 7 x 5

[ibrahx]

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd102/ibrahx/dailysketch.jpg
this is my first stuff in conceptart.com!! :sungod:

[Tommoy]

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t19/Tommoy/DSG1344Dk.jpg

[johnn]

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o302/johnnewall/DSG1344-johnnewall_green_herbivore.jpg

[CuBixxx]

Heres my attempt, just quickly gave it some colour.

It lives in the green mountains where it uses its strong nimble, finger like front feet to roll over rocks so it can eat the juicy roots of the rock plants growing from underneath. The armour on its back is to protect against falling rocks.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a215/CuBixxx/greenbeast.jpg

[orkaboy]

First post in DSG, and only second on CA. Hope you like!

45 mins~ openCanvas, wacom.

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll106/orkaboy/dsg_1344.jpg

[IanStrandberg]

Wow, this has been a popular threat!

orkaboy: Nice form, cool outline. Looks more like a predator to me though. The rooting snout, the forward facing eyes and the overbuilt upper body contribute to this impression.

CuBixxx: Your size reference guy better watch out if your creature decides its time to "drop anchor." The tasty morsel on the ground looks like an upside-down bird with crinkled beak :) To me at least.

johnn: Ahh, nice to see riskier takes on the design. However, I think the front shoulders are anatomically under developed. Of course, there is nothing to say that this creature has anything to do with terrestrial anatomy but it might read better with a scapula and some connective muscles in there.

Tommoy: Ha ha! Love it--are those birds on its back? The back legs don't seem to agree with the walking posture of the front legs.

Rarebit: I like the impressionistic style.

PsiBug: Looks like it should be an illustration in a textbook. "The seemingly docile and slow moving Simptubara may appear to be gentle, but when provoked..."

Cheers,
Ian

[ping_the_pirate]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/ping_the_ph/DSG1344.jpg

hmmm. first time i've tried drawing anything not covered in spikes, in recent days.

I've gotta start working in a higher res -_-

[Kizashi]

Hy guys,

This is my very first post here! :P Hope u like it!

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t62/jinn-metal/DSGkizashi.jpg

[Dustman321]

IMAGE LINK (http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/7164/greenherbavore2be3.jpg)

Why wont my image show up?

[IanStrandberg]

You need to embed the fullm direct URL in tags:

[IMG]Your URL here

Your direct URL, btw, is "http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/5893/greenherbavore3be6.jpg"

[Dustman321]

[QUOTE=IanStrandberg;1700112]You need to embed the fullm direct URL in tags:

[IMG]Your URL here

Your direct URL, btw, is "http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/5893/greenherbavore3be6.jpg"

See it working below:



Thanks alot.

[theta-ix]

awesome work guys! I think Rarebit's and Tommoy's are my favorites so far

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/3901/greenherbivoreqh5.jpg

[Kaizer]

IMAGE LINK (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v735/kaizerblkh/1344-post.jpg)

The hut is supposed to be about as big as a one-story building.. >.>;

I spent like.. an hour on this. I'm not good at drawing straight into photoshop yet.. I apologize. D:

[Uberslug]

Sup guys, first post.

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/3717/creaturemq3.jpg

[Batim]

ahh drat, no horns forgot. Can I get some advice, as I'm untrained, if people couldn't already guess on what development I could make, particulary colour theor and contrast, Cheers
UPdated: just no stripes
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j211/batim/dsg1344_2.jpg

[Wiggles]

Well here's 2 hours worth of drawing and coloring and it's not 100% done. I would of loved to of had it done today, but seeing that I don't have a better version than Elements 3 at home and I can use CS3 every other day in school, I wait for tomorrow to finish this.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can improve this guy? I really like him! :)

http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/1128/greenmonstercopybo7.th.png

[Wiggles]

Peg: I really like your creature! :) It looks humanoid and the position it's in is very dramatic.

IanStrandberg: When I saw your picture I chuckled a little. The creature's design itself is really organic looking and I love how you made it look very believable in it's detail.

Kizashi:: Hey awesome picture! I too just started posting and so far I'm liking the outcome of several of my drawings.

theta-ix:: Very cutsie looking. I enjoy how you incorporated the chub it's body. Just something I have to saw "Aww" too. :)

[Batim]

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j211/batim/dsg13442.jpg
redo

[Arteater]

http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs28/i/2008/087/3/e/DSG_1344_by_arteaterproductions.jpg
Horns horns horns, I forgot horns :(

[shiNIN]

here's mine:
http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh287/shiNIN666/gfx/shinin_dsg1344.jpg