C.O.W. - 131: Sound Creature

[yoitisi]

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/images/cow/cow.jpg

For more infos and details about the rules go here:
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=110879


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Round #131

Topic:
Sound Creature

Deadline:
Monday, 02 February 2009



note: The deadline won't be EXACTLY after a week...it can last up to 24 hours more, i am human and have to work also, you know ;)
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How to post

In this thread you can post all wips, questions, comments etc
However if you are done with your entry, post the final image in the following thread.

THREAD FOR FINAL ENTRIES (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=148622)

READ THE INFO IN THE 1ST POST OF THE FINALS THREAD TO SEE HOW TO POST YOUR FINAL IMAGE!!!

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[yoitisi]

Thanks to davi for making another weird and awesome sound file for COW :)

ADDITIONAL INFO

1. This is a special round. There is no written topic. Listen to the sound file to hear what noises the creature makes and come up with a nice creature design and concept based on the sounds.

2. No individual/character!!! Make a concept of a species!


Click here to listen to the:

CREATURE SOUND (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/activities/Cow.mp3)


Enjoy!

[Janos]

Wow,
Awsome idea and I'm sure in on this one. I am thinking about something swampy and horsy.
Oh god yeah I've got my idea.
Thanks for the awsome challenge and your hard work.

Cheers

[zimfin]

Wow,
Awsome idea and I'm sure in on this one. I am thinking about something swampy and horsy.
Oh god yeah I've got my idea.
Thanks for the awsome challenge and your hard work.

Cheers

I second that! (without having an idea yet though! Lol)

[sticmann]

well that is just weird.
I'm on it.

[DefiledVisions]

squeeling pig.. in the night.. on an alien planet.. obducted by.. big.. hairy..... things?:xpld:

im thinking big bird-like swamp-living creature that likes to sneak around and then charge its prey

[Lander]

yoitisi: Been on a break but as I noticed you picked up the ball where the Muppet (Fozz our hero) left it. I started to think of what I was hoping in the year to come. The sound creatures where the first thing that came to mind.

I bow. And Davi your'e da man

Sounds like a symphony of creatures.

[JBurrough]

Awesomesauce.

Sounded a bit like an aunt of mine.

Here's to it! Thanks for the effort mate!

[TRog]

Heck, if that is a cow doing those noises, I ain't having any hot milk tonight :O
Very nice topic and awesome start, DefiledVisions!

[orchitect]

Count me in. I'll make time between architecture and physics for this; those sounds were awesome.

[JBurrough]

Dev stage done... going with number 3!

[Kasteyrn]

First post, first time at trying at C.O.W., and first picture I've ever drawn in Photoshop.
Today is just full of firsts.

Edit/ An underwater creature sucks for this sound. Starting all over.

Great job JBurrough and DefiledVisions, your creatures are starting to look pretty awesome.
Anyways, here's my quick sketch.

[fury03]

Here a loose sketch... I was thinking more pre-historic creature. Dinosaur/Large bird

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[Wiggers]

My first COW.

[Janos]

So here my idea. I thought of an insectoid dinosaur living in swampy terrain and having a great lung capacity thanks to the giant air sacks at the side of its head.

Here a VERY early wip. The spikes/quills are going to be really glossy black and the skin green/blue. The sacks a magenta colour echoing the colour of some special flowers in the swamps.

[Edward B]

Here's a boaring wip:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/Cerebellum/Soundcreature.jpg

Looking good Janos, love those reddish airsacks

[T_Turrill]

You've heard it, now meet the Greater Cave Frigate.

[DefiledVisions]

Awesome concept so far Turril! really love the original design.

[Tipa]

Hello.

It's my first time here i think :)

This mp3 contains ways too many different sounds, I liked the growling the best.


Please tell me what you think.

[Janos]

a little update on my swampy howler. I am satisfied with how its coming along though I definitley need to work on the trunk area and the whole body. I'll probably add more airsacks.

What do you think?

[siiilon]

Hello everybody, here's my wip

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/7334/swampymn4.jpg

[kingkostas]

My entry WIP :D nice topic
Something like that came to my mind when i heared the sound
Photoshop+mouse

[kingkostas]

Ill finish it here.I still need a lot of training
see ya all :D nice entries

(used photo to add the texture in the rocky areas)

[ChrisG]

Leave it to davi to come up with something bizarre and challenging. I'm going to have to think about this one.

[Heliocentric]

im kinda confused by this... im new here, and am just kinda looking around currently, but i looked at the COW finals and it says #126 was sound creture... and there was already a finalist for it... any one shed some light?

[yoitisi]

Heliocentric: There have been two previous rounds that were called 'Sound Creature'. The idea for the rounds are the same, it's just that the sound is different each time. This is a new round all by itself and has no relation to the earlier Sound Creature rounds other than that you're supposed to design a creature based on the sound you hear.

[MoHog]

Here's an early wip; simian creature with a lurvly mane - the body will be more alien/insectoid however.

http://i350.photobucket.com/albums/q429/LouAy/minky.jpg

crits always welcome

Peg: Awesome as always, great style - looking forward to colour

Janos: nice idea which fits well with the sound bite

Defiled visions: obviously a bit sketchy atm, but the way it is carrying its weight is convincing - good stuff

[Heliocentric]

ahhhh..i didnt see the mp3 before thanks! haha my creature was more of a bass sound

[siiilon]

almost finnished

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/696/swampy3no5.jpg

[Heliocentric]

mine's also a swamp like creature,the prorusions in is back are vents t suck up swamp gasses around him which he releases through tunnels in his hands and throug his mouth.. his is thefirst creature ive ever made..so feed back would be nice :D
http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/1316/soundfx2.png

[EdenGotterrCyan]

Ok in my hearing the Creature walks on 2 legs is quick, agile, has a long neck and body is like a hog-lizard-bird :D:D:D
And for the background is a swampy-cave of something like that :D:D
At least that is what im hearing Cooll :D

ok this r my WIPS :D:D:D Coment ???

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww301/edenschildren/CreatureSoundcopy.jpg
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww301/edenschildren/newcreature8copy.jpg
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww301/edenschildren/Creatureprojec.jpg
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww301/edenschildren/creature14.jpg
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww301/edenschildren/Creature12.jpg
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww301/edenschildren/Creature13.jpg

[Kasteyrn]

Ok, this is my wip.
Any advice?
I'm planning on removing the black shadows around edges later and making him seem more of a part of the environment.

[No image.]

[Joey-b]

:yayca: hey guys, tsbin to long!

here i got 2 sketches
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y260/b-yeoj/Hamero.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y260/b-yeoj/howler.jpg

[Wolfentir]

Hey everyone, you all got some fine ass creatures, this sound is insane, ive probably listened to it like 30 times now. Pictured it as a swampy creature sort of like a big newt/dinosaur mixed with fen striders and spore bats and nether rays from WoW :P.
Just got some sketches right now, been trying to work out some colors for them, but nothings really working. Had the idea of purples, blues, blue-greens, and pinks and reds.

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[Joey-b]

Here is update, went for the howler
ow and keep in mind that i havent Photoshoped for almost a year (well exept for one small thing last week)
C&C?
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y260/b-yeoj/COW131wip1.jpg

[Wiggers]

That's me done.

[Bralt Hannicart]

Hey Wiggers, I like your creature! Love the colors and the texture. Not too sure about the glowing green lights on it's butt though.

[Heliocentric]

wiggers what program did you use to color? im new to digital coloring, and am looking for a good program..

[Wiggers]

It was all done in photoshop.

[Bralt Hannicart]

Wiggers, you should edit your post in the finals thread and follow the instructions in the topic on how to present your image. You should enter a name and a description for your creature or it will be rejected in the end, that would be a shame!

[Joey-b]

NVM the old one, I listed to the sound a few more times
Had to go for the other design

here is progress.. some C&C would be nice
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y260/b-yeoj/cow132-1wip1.jpg

[Janos]

Some really nice entries from you guys. It's nice to have this awsome competition, so that you really push yourself.

Here is my progress. I am not sure if the quills look to much like a beard/hair. What do you think? Any thoughts how I could improve the painting, especially the colour? Texture?

[Scotwith1T]

WIP

The Squeeler. Deep in the ancient Cretaceous rain forest a pig like creature survived amid the giagantic dinosaurs that roamed the earth. Two or three males would forage away from the females and babies, always on the look out for the many carnivorous dinosaurs that found the squeelers a delightful snack. Once the male squeeler sees a predator, it lets off an annoying noise, both warning the herd and attracting the predator. On its back, long colorful quills will raise up, adding to the attraction of the squeeler, though offering no other protection. With the predator's full attention, the male squeeler with then run as fast as it can away from the herd, effectivily luring the predator away from it and allowing the herd to get to safety. However, many times this ends in tragedy for the male squeeler, sarcaficing itself for the herd.

http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/4214/squeelercopydz0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Joey-b]

Janos - I like what u got going so far, they look kinda like hair, but it looks good. Maybe some more strong highlights in the "hair" could make it look more like quills.

Wiggers - Awesome, very good orignal design, maybe the green glowing orbs on his behind could be a bit more yellowish green? or better yet not at all, it just seems a bit overkill on "gadgets".

Edengottercyan - That last one looks great, i would go for that one

Wolfentir - nice sketches, gotta love skulls. but remeber its supposed to be a species not a character. :!:

Scotwith1t nice sketch, i think his hips are a bit high up, looks a bit like he's mooning right now haha, also it would be nice to also draw the quills on him, keep at it!

edit - forgot page 1 haha

Defiledvisions - nice work, no crits from me. just wanna c it finished

Jburough - good sketch, like the middle design best

fury03 - i like it so far, maybe he's missing his left wing?

peg - lol i like him :yayca:

T Turill - Ow my, that middle one on the left looks so great, nice linework

Kingkostas - Hey, ur finished one has nice vibrant colours. but maybe it could use some more detail? their is still time left!

MoHog - Hey, its shows very little of the anatomy of the creature

Siiilon - Hehe He looks cute, just minding his own business

Heliocentric - Good sketch, but watch the no human anatomy rule

Tipa - Cant really tell atm, detail it out more please

[Janos]

@ Joey-b Thanks for the advice. I treid the sharp highlights and they were not working for me. When I've aded the background I'll see if I'll paint them in.

Here another little update

[siiilon]

I don't feel to be the right person to give advices, but here are my opinions:

Janos: I like your both versions, although I like the first one much more. It's more varied. For colors I would suggest more different colors for foreground and background. Try to look at any animal which has similar visual equipment that you like to express on this one.

Joey-b: I love the head, so maybe try several concepts for the rest of the body to fit the whole.

Kasteyrn: Interresting concept. I suggest leaving colors and concentrate more on shape. Take your pencil and try different gestures, find good angles, tune the proportions, .... . Good black-n-white is enought for COW I think. Once you feel yourself more confortable with grayscale you could add colors to push it even further.

MoHog: Nice one, but remember, it's about the whole body.

Heliocentric: I like it, but what made those sounds of steps if your creature is moving kinda like snake? >:)

[Meon]

Defiledvisions, i dig yours!!!!

here's a lame profile sketch of what im going to do!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v697/Espengenin/sharex.jpg

[Sapphire]

Hey, all! This is a great topic, I love the idea o using a sound to inspire a creature. I worked out a few designs and think I'm going with this one. It carries its young in a nest on its back.

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww304/SarahMarkley/sixleggedcreatureWIP.jpg

[Scotwith1T]

Scotwith1t nice sketch, i think his hips are a bit high up, looks a bit like he's mooning right now haha, also it would be nice to also draw the quills on him, keep at it!

Thanks Joey, I appreciate the advice. Lowered the hips a bit, changed the small tail so it doesn't look like he's mooning too much. I did want to make it look like he's bent down, like he was foraging for food in the mud. Added the quills, but they need a lot of work.

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/5519/squeelercopynn8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[EdenGotterrCyan]

This is my wip :(:( Coments ???

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww301/edenschildren/Creature13copy.jpg

[BerNo]

Once again I'm gonna try C.O.W. this is my WIP:
http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/9374/20458963il2.jpg:mod:

[Kasteyrn]

siiilon
Kasteyrn: Interresting concept. I suggest leaving colors and concentrate more on shape. Take your pencil and try different gestures, find good angles, tune the proportions, .... . Good black-n-white is enought for COW I think. Once you feel yourself more confortable with grayscale you could add colors to push it even further.

Think I should start over and do a different pose/make some changes?

Here's my creature so far...

[No image.]

[siiilon]

Think I should start over and do a different pose/make some changes?


No, finnish this one. But I think that colors lead you far away from actual creture design. When you have your pencil/pen in your hand, you can concentrate yourself more on essential things like shape, proportions, character, etc. Once something looks nice scribbled on paper you can push it further with more details, tones, colors, background. But the gesture, motion, composition is all within the initial sketch. If it isn't there, nor colors nor background, nor details will solve it.

[Kasteyrn]

I see what you're saying and totally agree with it. I'm relying way too much on the background image to make my creature stand out... I removed the background and flipped the image around some to get a good look at it and it didn't seem all so great as when I had started. So I got out the old sketchbook and did some rethinking and am deciding to take a 'strictly business' approach. As in, it's more about the creature without the eye candy. I think if I carried on with the previous one, I would have just ignored my errors.

But yeah, thanks man. I'm thankful for all help as I'm new here and a fairly new artist.

[dwinbotp]

First time to join here, lotsa good stuff going around, very inspiring:) Here's what came to mind when I heard the recording. I call him the Honker or just a big crybaby.

[ssickles]

First time post. Quick sketch to Final

[Joey-b]

Sickless - im missing discription and a name in the final thread section
its not gonna be exepted like this
crits - its a bit blurry and background is to dark imo, i like the look of the hair, nice work

[fylth]

A crreature that haunts the deepest, darkes areas of the world. It attracts prey to it with the glowing masses on its body. While completly blind it has excellent hearing, and is quick and agile.

If standing up strait it would be just taller than an adult human, but prefers to scuttle in a crouched manner.

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f31/eviled11/soundcreature.jpg

Really need to get photoshop or GIMP working again to make a pretty version of this thing :S

-Fylth

[Franna]

Hello. I'm new here. this is my very first post :^^:
Thought i'd join in on all the fun you guys seem to be having here.
Sooooo... here'e my sketchy wetchy...for now.

http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww252/GenusRhizopus/cow-wip1.jpg

[ssickles]

Thanks Joey-B. Fixed it.

[Janos]

Need some help here guys. Tonight is the night I'll have to finish it as I haven't got time tomorrow. I might just manage to add some background. Any critique I can change so that the composition gets better?
Much appreciated. Thanks.

[DefiledVisions]

Thank you for all your kind words :)

more progress

[Scotwith1T]

A bit more progress. Still debating on whether I want the quills to be that large or not.

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/740/squeelernr1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Wolfentir]

Hey everyone, I finally sat down and did this damn thing, I'm quite pleased with the results.
I like Espenboi's creature a lot as well as Joey-b, the head reminds me of shadow of the colossus


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[scorge]

What an awesome mix of sound and ideas thus far.
Thanks to Davi for another trip down acid lane.

WIP

[dwinbotp]

small update on the wip, Having the mother or parent creature coming out to help its offspring, don't know if i can finish on time though but will definitely give it a shot, C&C are always welcome.

p.s. although the sound from the recording didn't sound too awful to be a weapon itself, it did sound like a cry for help, hence the bigger creature to the rescue, big stomps and all:)

[dwinbotp]

update, I apologize for posting consecutively. Got some colors down and will move on to some detail work, thanks and c&C are always appreciated :)

[Meon]

wip time :

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v697/Espengenin/wipa.jpg

[Joey-b]

Scorge, nice design
Espen Boi, the pose is a bit awkard, action packed but awkard, his torso is twisted in an awkward way, i do like though :)

here is mine till now
plz any good last minute crits??
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y260/b-yeoj/cow132-1wip3.jpg

[Sturnus]

DefiledVisions, scorge, dwinbotp - awesome creatures, cant wait to see them finished.

Wip

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa297/sturnus/COW-131wip01.jpg

[dwinbotp]

Submitted my final, here are the wips...for those who commented, thanks guys :)

[Joey-b]

Dwinbotp - that is most awesome.. i LOve the final one, good work

[Arthur-gl]

Espenboi: welcome to the forum.glad to see you here. =P jk. I guess it was about time for me to registrer at this forum too. I should try practicing more at speed paintings anyway. great dynamic pose on your create. lovely composition as well.

dwinbotp: Such a cool painting. I like the idea with those airsacks.That's what I had in mind too when I heard those "bubbly" sounds in the begining^^ like a frog

Wolfentir: really cool design!

T_Turrill: those sketches are awesome. so many great shapes in there!


I just found out about this topic today, so here's what I've made so far.
after the sound clip I was thinking, swamp, "froggy airsacks bubbles", heavy creature. Felt it wouldent fit well with just a pure heavy chunck of creature
so made long thin "lightweight fireflies tentacles" to fit into the highpitched sound you hear in the beginning.

http://www.comlock.net/drawings/painting.jpg

http://www.comlock.net/drawings/sketches.jpg

http://www.comlock.net/drawings/concept.jpg

[ssickles]

KingKostas: Nice. I like your color palette

[Fabian Roth]

Hi there,
really awesome stuff around...

I went pretty straight forward: Snarling Noise & scream = Strange, multiple nostrils & big, overlapping mouth
Person running away= Predator

And this is the result...

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h162/Finstar_one/SoundcreatureFinal3Kopie31000.jpg

Concept:
The only hint at the origin of this predator is a myth told among the Nibuuru Nomads:

"Long time ago the daughter of a tribe chief had a serious wound infection from a dingo's bite on her hand. The chief ordered the tribal shaman to heal her. The shaman, doing the best he could, managed to heal her with his herbs and potions. But the infection had already done serious damage, so in order to heal her he had to amputate parts of her hand.

When the chiefsman heard about this, he raged because a crippled tribal daugther was not worth enough to be married anymore. He punished the shaman for not healing her in time by letting all of the shamans fingers being cut off and buried somewhere in the dusty bushland earth, so he could not find and perhaps heal them with his magic.

The shaman, full of anger due to this injustice and his crippling, spoke a silent curse.

The next full moon, fromt the buried fingers grew bony creatures crawling out of the earth. Ever since then, the Bushland Stalkers are following the Nibuuru Tribes to feed upon anybody leaving the camp at night alone."

But who believes in myths anyway...?

I especially like dwinbtops (altough at the first moment I thought it was coming out of a giant wave of Seawater, which looked great) and wiggers

Edit: Used the exta time to pimp it a little...and there I was promising myself not to do glowing eyes anymore...next time, I swear...

[Tipa]

Here Joey-b, I added more details. I'll be glad if you could comment.

[Joey-b]

Tipa, looks better, try starting of in gray scale to get your values right, or even better do it with pencil first (not just sketch but shading also)
anywayz, to little time left now.. try concentrating on the next and start with pencil on that one

[Tipa]

Meh, I try to convince myself i didn't want any shading really, but I did dropped some.

By values you mean only shading or also something with the colors?

thank you!
I wonder if I'll have time for the next one, the exams are starting :S

[zimfin]

Damn, I am cutting this fine. Sorry to be posting so late. After listening to the clip, I was sure the creature was not one I would want to meet under any conditions. Therefore, after doing some thumbnails, I chose the most ferocious looking of the three to continue.
These creatures produce a blood curdling howl before attacking. Unfortunately, that usually means you are the one in the way and soon to be devoured. Not much is known about this species as they have proved far too dangerous for serious study but from what we do know, they are smart, very fast and extremely territorial! They inhabit the marshlands and swamped forest regions of Thrakar Prime and since that planet is mostly forest and swamp, they are the top predator for the whole planet.

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee272/zimfin/creature-samples.jpg

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee272/zimfin/creature.jpg

I still have some details to work on and to decide if I want to do some sort of BG.

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee272/zimfin/creature1.jpg

Went for the BG.....obviously. :-)

[scorge]

Another WIP. Gonna try to finish it by tonight.

[Sapphire]

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww304/SarahMarkley/sixleggedcreaturecolor.jpg

I think this'll be my final, but if anyone has any crits that would be fantastic, as I could work them in last-minute. :)

[yoitisi]

There're some great entries already, and I assume there's still a few to come :) Just a little heads-up for all those still working on something, I'll close this round in about 24-26 hours from now. Make sure you've posted your finals in the finals thread before then!

[Joey-b]

Sapphire - The background is a bit boring and the reflection in the water is wrong.. dont think we would be seeing that high up of his body.. more like the eye n stuff like that

[Sapphire]

Joey-b: Thanks for the crits! I'll work on those today. If you've got suggestions on what would make the bg more exciting, I'm all ears. I want to add more foliage, I'm thinking.

[DefiledVisions]

thanks yoitisi, was too hungover yesterday so didn't paint anything.. rushing it tonight

[siiilon]

Sapphire: I like this idea, maybe the best idea of this whole round for me (no matter it does not fit the sound). Look where your horizont might be and use it for your benefit : those grass hangings on the trees must points down (perfectly perpendicular to the horizont line), the perspective of the mirrors in the watter yield this as well(since the surface of still watter is perfectly horizontal). I don't say everything must be perfectly precise within linear perspective but when it's very inacurrate it pops out. I hope you could fix some of those till deadline. Good job though, keep up >:)

[darkly]

looking good everyone!

Well I decided this morning to do this challenge. So it was a real push. I just kept listening to the sound file (btw thanks Davi!) and it was so cool that I thought that I'd better give it a try. Here's my creature and the enlarged thumbnail that I chose. Threw the finished piece in the show thread as soon as it was done ; ). Hope you all likey! I likey yours!

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/1360/swampcreatureky4.jpg

[BerNo]

I just posted my entry on the finals thread, thanx for the extra time Yoitisi.

My Deviantart Account (http://berno666.deviantart.com/):mod:

[yoitisi]

This round will close within an hour or so, so please make sure you've posted your final before then!

Edit: Round is closed now. The poll will be up in a minute :)