DSG 1382: Creature • CRUSTACEAN ELK

[William b. Hand]

[ Create a roughly elk-ish beast that is not mammal, but crustacean. ]


Creature • CRUSTACEAN ELK
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[Tommoy]

With help of the dictionary I came to this.

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t19/Tommoy/DSG1385k.jpg

[Gail_Blitzy]

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j136/Gail_Blitzy/DailyChallange.jpg?t=1215624142

can't quite get a hang of the whole image manager, etc - apologies if it's wrong
crab legs with a normal stag top! what'cha think?

[Arteater]

great topic

Tommoy: I like your elks fat belly :D
http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs32/i/2008/191/7/e/dsg_1382_by_arteaterproductions.jpg

[prepsage]

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/6130/shrimpelkrh8.jpg

[bluez3023]

nice stuff prepsage

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v256/blue3023/Untitled-1.jpg

[Gorgoleon]

Nice stuff everyone! I especially like yours Prepsage both the creature and the perspective is beautiful.


http://picsor.com/pics/7599ea8af5efe0d6c437d94e6c7853ff.bmp

The Crustacean Elk or reef crab as it is more commonly known, lures its prey with its two horn like growths.

[bombchu]

The Crusty Elk uses large pincers on its head to capture prey! On land it looks a lot like a backwards lobster which is why it spends most of its time in the water.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/lilcutietanya/crustacean.jpg

Somehow it ended up this way! It barely looks anything like the original sketch... But at least I think I'm getting the hang of my tablet.

[erniesthings]

Lobster/Elk

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg154/erniesthings/dsg1382.jpg

[Attic]

http://dirtyattic.dommel.be/rrtt/dsg-crustacean.jpg

[goran]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v17/smogyboy/CA%20sketchbook/cruselk.jpg

[Kolpar]

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/7308/jhjhhhd8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[jhgoforth]

I found this idea too funny to pass up. This prawn had decided he wanted to be superior to his kind and so he donned coral-horns to become the King Prawn Elk of the sea. Fear his powers of looking silly. Photoshop CS3. about 2hr sketch.

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j241/joe_iguana/dsg1382kingprawn.jpg

[Nightblue]

Weird and difficult topic, but using references helped jolting the imagin-ma-nation :P

http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd214/lxc2000/DSG1382.jpg

close to 1 hour in photoshop. Gotta leave now, will comment later.

[burrito]

http://entervault.net/img/npb_dsg_1382.jpg

[dabble]

What a fun topic. A nice way to unwind from work with a little dsg before going to sleep. Nice work peeps, here's my addition.

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x18/dabble21/ConceptArt/DSG/elkCrust.jpg

[schram]

its my first post on conceptart.org... :-)

heres my sketch

http://lh4.ggpht.com/bwschram/SHZ_36jiKZI/AAAAAAAAAn0/FblbyzUZeGo/s400/1382-crust_elk.jpg

[Hamsta]

http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/8163/1382crustyelkcs8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[silentbrain]

http://venimarolka.com/dump/071008-dsg-crustaceouselk.jpg

Tommoy- Hah, that's cute!

[Nightblue]

Hamsta: I really like the motion and perspective in your entry. In fact, a lot of your DSG entries have really good colors, composition, and energy. I also think a lot of your entries could benefit leaps and bounds if you fill in a few details near the focal point using a small plain round brush.

burrito: Interesting design! I like how the front and hind legs are completely different. Very creative there.

Gorgoleon: Beautiful texture work and colors. It looks like a real creature. Funny thing is we do tend to name sea creatures after land creatures they only partially look like, if at all, so I can totally see someone uttering "Elk Crustacean!" when they see your monster.

prepsage: Your entry reminds me of, well, evolution. This just might be where the first elk came from. Love the form and perspective.

[aryul82]

http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/9626/1382webvs9.jpg

[Hamorhage]

this is a cool idea, quite complex and needs some research

[jan3ll3]

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b151/janelleill/shizzy.jpg
this is the first thing i've ever put on here before- not even sure if im doing this right (: but it seems neat- i love the weird stuff you guys draw ..i wann do it too <3 i drew out the little guy in a couple hours then photoshop painted over it to make it clearer.....i <3 shrimping & having a crawdad fry~ k , bye(:

[Hamorhage]

so here's mine then..again no color, but I have a stiff neck now for 2 days so trying to avoid hours of photoshop painting for now.
http://www.nightgig.com/oneminute/MYTH/dsg1382.jpg

[Hamorhage]

so here's my reactions then:
tommoy: love the goofey design, it's real fun!
arteater: love that, looks like a cool monster for some rpg game.
prepsage: this is the second image I saw from you and it rocks again.
it's just epic. can't believe u just pull that out of your ass :)
bluez3023:it's simple but I like the style of drawing crisp n clean.
gorgolean: there's almost no elk to be spotted anymore but your play with light is inspiring. nice.
bombchu: that's just cute ^^
earniesthings: you couldv added more depth by adding some grass in front of the creature.
attic: that is one crazy drawing
goran: love the atmosphere and darkness, awesome
kolpar: good lineart just would've made the horns a bit more organic.
jhgoforth: how the hell did he get that string around his ears?
nightblue: thats just awesome, lovely design, awesome colors.
burrito: again, awesome. love the organic flow and soft shading.
dabble: apic pose and light, nice one.
shram: haha, its like one of those disney baby versions :D
hamsta: interesting that you put two into play, the design is a bit vague but there's nice sense of life through that piece.
silentbrain: that's just evil, ncie textures. it makes it look like a deepsea creature.
aryul82: looks more like an elephant with the horns below like that.
jan3II3: nice dreamy, fantasy like, a shame most of teh creature is hidden..but I guess it adds to it's mystery.

come to think of it, mine looks overweight :D

[ashton]

http://studiopumpernickel.com/ash/2006-dailysketch/DSG-elk-crustacean.jpg

Hamsta nice work

[snorkz]

http://snorkz.spb.ru/images/illustrations/121578648611.jpg

[cw]

happy with this (first thing in ages ive done that has been satisfactory for me)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v90/chrissdawaller/dsg_1382_1-ii.jpg

finally closing in on my goal of getting quicker. just less than an hour for this, i'm sure I can go faster, but the main thing is that it felt quick to me to do and I wasnt labouring over it or noodling in the detail too early - my biggest habitual error.

will crit later, headache coming.

[Hamsta]

ashton Reading this is a little hard. Both ends of the thing look pretty similar, and the appendages don't look quite functional.
I like the graininess and of the background, the colors and the small detail work.

Hamorhage Your elk does seem overweight :P
I don't see crustacean though, more of a freaky dark Gothic gigeresqe sort of deal. What's with the skull face.

Nightblue I know what you mean, I really have to find some way to put that extra detail in.

I love the colors, very fitting for the family, and they pop right out of the bg. Good sense of form, but the "horns" seem out of perspective.
It's also a little bland. Maybe a more exciting crop is in order, or something more in the bg.

[prepsage]

wheee! there's a lot of great ones in here.

[cw]

@hamsta - i think you critted me there - thanks - i agree on all counts about the horn perspective and lack of dynamism - I shall concentrate on dynamism next dsg.

cheers! :D

[idiot-monarch]

A friend advised I do some grayscales to get a better understanding of colour and all that.

C&C would be lovely.

http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs31/f/2008/194/a/5/Crustacean_Elk_by_idiot_monarch.jpg

[niyama]

my rough
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j243/simboo/dr15.jpg

[Ryoken]

http://www.ryoken.net/web/sea_elk.jpg

Couldn't resist using spore for this.

[Sudsy]

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn191/SudsySutherland/Daily%20Sketch%20Group%20Sumissions/DSG1382.jpg

[Lien]

Excuse for the lack of printer paper and some photoshop
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http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c184/AT1992/Pictures/drawings/my%20drawings/elkcrablobster.jpg

Fierce eh, exactly what sounds do elk make.. clip cloppity clop..

[ConCrete]

cw - Good use of perspective to achieve depth...

[TomFruize]

Elba the Elk was just minding her own business when out of the blue *ATTACK!* she didn't know where it came from, and it was gone just as quick as it came (no pun intended)

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y147/TomFruize/art/ELkify.jpg


But at least it did have the decency to send it child support checks a few months later. nonetheless the child suffered from an poor upbringing. you see the mother would never admit who his real father was, and this troubled the poor lad.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y147/TomFruize/art/Elkified0001.jpg

[MiniGoth]

ROFL Tom - you're sick! Love it!