C.O.W. #151 Venomous, Pale Blue, Obese Egg-Layer -- Posting WIPs thread

[Michael Jaecks]

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 #151 Venomous, Pale Blue, Obese Egg-Layer

Topic:
Venomous, Pale Blue, Obese Egg-Layer

Creature Description: Venomous, Pale Blue, Obese Egg-Layer -- The creature brief should be pretty self explanatory this week. It can be fantasy/creature or sci-fi/alien as long as it fits the description. It should be visibly venomous, pale blue, obese and an egg layer. Your creature can be other colors besides pale blue, but it should be largely pale blue.

Deadline:
Sunday Aug 9th

Finals go here: http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=164985

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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[acb]

ehh....i think i got it all exept for the ehh...egg-layer o_o ? what do you mean by egg layer @_@ ?

[Michael Jaecks]

ehh....i think i got it all exept for the ehh...egg-layer o_o ? what do you mean by egg layer @_@ ?


A creature that lays eggs.

[Pesmerga]

Meh. This is what I decided to go with. Until I get a better idea that is...

*update*

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/2364/egglayerthumbs.jpg (http://img197.imageshack.us/i/egglayerthumbs.jpg/)

http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/2379/egglayer1c.th.jpg (http://img43.imageshack.us/i/egglayer1c.jpg/)

Pretty random huh.

[Marsch]

Im thinking of : selfish, monoic, bastard, mother, cyan, creature with cianidric, egg-shell cannon.

[jouste]

neat idea! i threw together this girly beast

it's the yellow gutted flabbian! being extremely fertile and full of eggs, the females of the species have been known to unload mountains of eggs creating new eco-systems for countless creatures.

flabbian egg mountains are also a fairly stable food source for a lot of monsters. there is just no way a mother flabbian can keep track of her millions and millions of basketball-sized brood. but if some foolish creature gets close enough to the exhausted mother, she'll totally ruin his or her day with a few chomps from her disgustingly venomous teeth!

the process of laying all the eggs requires small dimensional pockets inside the flabbian and 72 solid hours of laying. this leaves the mother flabbian extremely angry and exhausted and usually results in the eating of all 14 of the male flabbians it takes to coax her into laying.

some works in progress:

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg219/1_jouste/process/cow151wipboard.jpg

and what i got so far:

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg219/1_jouste/process/cow_151_wip.jpg

fun stuff! :D

[MasterStryke]

@jouste: could be much better, looks like a fast version.

but well done idea

[.Elec7ro]

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k426/E7art/Other/Sinttulo-12.png

[Edward B]

Jouste, that is both hilarious and good looking!
Thanks for the steps :]

[Alexjholt]

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k4/Alexjh/Game%20Art%20Stuff/toxicbluegglayer.jpg

May as well post what I have so far, very rough, needs lots of work, though specific crits would be welcome.

[grue]

Quick 10-minute sketches before sleep.

[tokotewhero]

awesome works from all so far!

first time entering something like this but cant wait to start. heres my initial concept while scribbling in bed last night. but i think needs to look a little more like an egg layer. ugh

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd5/tokotewhero/DSCF7450.jpg
im thinking venomous claw on the inner front legs. eh.. well see

chur

[kimliatach]

cool stuff

This is a Foul Fowl
It sleds around on bone ridges using very messy egg propulsion, spits venom.
Will finish it tonight probably.


Edit, thought I was done looking at it again Still some slight adjustments to do.
Doing a bit more diagrammatic bits to visual explain the creature

[theFoust]

well heres mine so far.
I got further with this one already than I did with the last cow where I didnt even post any WIPs! har

attatches itself to the underside of concrete foundations, wherever they may be. poisonus outer goo layer. lays a shit-ton of glowy eggs out of it's "ears".

[AntiMatty]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2560/3784274434_6e551572f5_o.jpg

sketch of my creature so far.

secretes a sort of poisonous sweat as a natural defense mechanism . this is what gives it it's distinct blue coloring. as otherwise its flesh is sort of a ruddy grey.

[gnahz]

Been a while since i drew a creature =__=

[Oritey]

jouste - yours is the bingo !

[Oritey]

i tried to make one too..not sure if i will finish that creature, but still - here it is...as venome that his kids are sometimes running away from him in oreder not to die.
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[kovah]

I'm still working on it, just slapped on some colour to see what it looked like.

[JakkaS]

Just a sketch.. I don't know If I will have time to finish it. Cool topic btw.

[Baron Impossible]

Not sure if I'll have time to enter properly but I did a quick concept of something that might be blue laying an egg

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/5038/bluebastardconcept.jpg

[GoldenSerpent]

I've been stalking the COW forums for a while, and I finally think I might have the time to actually enter so I'm very excited about posting here for the first time :) so hi everyone!

Here's what I've brainstormed so far.

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The one's I like the most are the one's I actually bothered to try coloring. I'm not sure if 6 is obese enough though... and I really like 5 and it's face full of hypodermic needle type mouth parts, 1 is pretty much a dragon spliced with a queen termite and I'm a lot less enthusiastic about it after sketching all the others.

I was wondering since for COW we aren't suppose to make individuals, would that mean we can't make a cast system of creatures with the queen being the obese one, like termites and ants or would that be okay?

[SaintLConcept]

well , simply ignored my sketchbook completely and got sucked to this^^, my WIP dont know if i can finish em

btw Sir jakkass , funny creature there ,its like simply printing over its eggs lol

[MarshallWorks]

jouste: Nice start! I really like the look you are going for! Almost looks like it is diving into the eggs, which takes away from the feeling of its weight, but makes for a cool composition.
Alexjholt: I like what you have so far! I'm a little worried about the composition. It feels very square, in the sense that the dock forms a square very close to the center of the square format you have.
theFoust: Neat idea! Interested to see how this develops. Might add something that makes it clear the eggs are laid from its ears... had to read to figure that out.
JakkaS: Nice! The racing egg layer! Looks fantastic! Doesn't seem very obese though...
GoldenSerpent: Fantastic Sketches! I like 5 the best, even though its long legs make it look light on its feet.

What I have so far... Might be a symbiotic relationship going on in this one...

http://www.marshallworks.com/Other/Forums/COW151_Marshall_01.jpg

[Mr. P Show.]

Ha ha. This week's topic made me chuckle:). I like.

[AhkNemet]

Jouste, I saw your's and LOL'd with the "ptoo" lol
I'm still laughing :P

[njoo]

sounds fun~ i'll try to join! Man you guys are fast, so many sketches up already!

btw why's C.O.W the only weekly activity that's not updated on the main page of CA.org?

[Lege1]

Just a real late night rough........What a fat little seng...only a face a mother could love......hahah:yayca:

[Steve Somers]

Golden Serpent - GREAT designs, definitely follow up one one or more of those. Love the head on number 2, that beak... and the last one, the shrimp horse thing with the larva sac -- beauty.

[wanwan]

Silhouettes and WIP1

A Mother, and Father simulateneously, the creature is a kind, cavedwelling creature but due to it's large size and regressed limbs, 'she' is heavily armoured with venomous spines and fronds which impale predatora causing initially a hallucinogenic effect that freaks them out and makes the 'mother' appear as a violent psychodelic beast. On the young, old or sick predator the injection can cause death however in most cases they are phsychologically scarred and terrified of anything blue from then on.

The eggs are large, semi-transparent orbs that slowly get pushed to the edge of the cave where they then hatch at night, as their bodies are soft and moist and can dry out easily. Sadly only a few ever make it to another damp cave where they too can breed.

[R3u5]

as wanwan said this creature does not fit the description. I kept drawing forgetting the "pale blue" / "obese" / "venomous". Sorry. I will change it. So, here's the wrong w.i.p. :
http://i897.photobucket.com/albums/ac173/R3u5/cow/sketchbook0408091egglay.jpg

[volscalkur]

Figured I'd jump into this round since it seems like a fun topic and I bombed last round so miserably! LOL
Cool stuff already!

LOL @ jouste's yellow gutted flabbian, that's awesome man! :)

Like the composition of your piece so far Alexjholtthe only specific crit I can come up with so far is your creature looks kinda like a giant salamander- which is cool, but why not try pushing the design a bit and make it based on a salamander- but it's own unique species? maybe try expanding on the whole "venomous" theme? Its amazing what you can come up with when you run with a simple theme or idea! :)

Really diggin the colors on kovah's creature so far!

Awesome idea JakkaS ! It's a rolling egg dispenser! :) Very creative!

Great concepts GoldenSerpent! My favorite has got to be #6, reminds me a bit of the ass-blasters from Tremors! I really like the head on #2 as well!

Here is a quick sketch of my idea, already planning on changin it a bit. I think I'll give it an extra set of smaller "arms" -cause after all it has got to be able to feed it's self to become obese right?
I'm also thinking of making the stinger more like an elephant's trunk that comes out of it's face rather then from the top of it's head... I was also messing with the idea of putting the stinger on it's back so it curved up and over like a scorpion tail? What do you guys think?

C&C always welcome and greatly appreciated! :yayca:

[JakkaS]

MarshallWorks - Dig the body shape of your creature but IMO the legs doesn't fit the rest of the creature
Baron Impossible - I must say that your creature look like some grandpa's penis :D Beside that.... love your illustration on ur site. :D
Alexjholt - I think you could play more with the body of your creature. Now it looks too much like this animal: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_blind_salamander
jouste - I like yours. It looks like a dancing egg thrower :D


Art4All - Thanks :D
MarshallWorks - Thanks. You are right btw. I think I have read the topic incorrectly. Instead of obese I have read it as obsessive. That's why I have thought about fast moving/rolling creature that obsessive pops out eggs.
volscalkur - Thanks :)

If my first sketch isn't obese enough, here is my another approach. Let me know what you think guys.

Cheers
Kuba

[wanwan]

WIP2

I think I need to get looser and not get so crisp so early on - who knows!

The oeufs in the background are just placeholders

[Steve Somers]

These are looking awesome , esp golden serpent, and jakkas-- still blows my mind that all these pro artists just draw these things for the hell of it... but I digress.. here's my creature beast so far -- crits welcomed, embraced even... and here's my line of baloney to explain it:
First she squirts out yolkfluid to the trees, and then the egg onto the half dried threads of webby goo. As the goo dries, it shrinks, and raises the egg up into the trees away from ground level predators. When the egg opens, the newborn creature oozes out the bottom and eats it's mother, never leaving that spot.

[Arbinn]

Here's my current WIP. I like it and I have a pretty good idea how I'm going to continue it. :)

[wanwan]

pesmerga: good start, but I am not really feeling the obese factor
marsch: great idea - reminds me of Oddworld
jouste: that is priceless!
.elec7ro: i don't think you've read the brief 'It should be visibly venomous, pale blue, obese and an egg layer.' Yours is beige, thin, and eating eggs.
alexjholt: good rendering but I agree that it looks too much like a salamander
grue: good sketch, lookin forward to the final piece!
tokotewhero: great sketch
kimliatach: I don't know if it breaks the rules but it looks a lot like a turkey/chicken, I do like the idea though
theFoust: nice idea again, like the underground feature - I think the face needs to be a little clearer, more defined
AntiMatty: that is one creepy grin!
gnahz: looks very otherworldy, my only crit would be that it needs to be grounded, it looks like it's floating a little
oritey: looks really unimpressed with it's own aroma!
kovah: looks good so far
JakkaS: I love this, but I think she needs some lovehandles!
Baron: Funky sketch, but I think she needs to put on a few pounds too!
GoldenSerpent: love everthing about these
Art4All: Good start
MarshallWorks: that would burn if that chose to stick it's chompers in your arm! NASTY! (in a good way!)
Lege1: Good perspective
R3u5: Erm... I don't think it ticks the boxes with the brief 'It should be visibly venomous, pale blue, obese and an egg layer.'
volscalkur: good start
JakkaS: Sketch 2 is epic!
Steve Somers: Interesting angle, I like the idea of the offspring consuming the parent then fighting it out amungst themselves to be the next Mum. Just wonder if she'd be able to manoever herself to fire that badboy?
Arbinn: Good start, but looks more poisonous than venomous - venom comes from fangs, fronds, stings etc poison would be for example a secretion or something in the skin of the animal like a poisonous tree frog

..and that is it so far!

I welcome some crits too, I have done a bit more work since the last post but I need to get to bed and an update will happen tomorrow :)

[Arbinn]

Arbinn: Good start, but looks more poisonous than venomous - venom comes from fangs, fronds, stings etc poison would be for example a secretion or something in the skin of the animal like a poisonous tree frog


Thanks for the info. I wasn't aware of the difference between venomous and poisonous. :) I was thinking about the poisonous tree frogs you mentioned when I designed the creature.

I'll make up something venomous for it.

[Labrynthine]

Design sketch idea. I'm thinking something that's flabby and sits in your creek and you accidentally step on when you're running around looking for frogs.

[DeathByChris]

Needs more obesity, but this is what I got so far :)

[lkjhgfdsa]

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a134/jonoy/Speedpaint/lkjhgfdsa_wipblue.jpg

[GoldenSerpent]

MarshallWorks: Thank you, I decided to draw it sitting so it won’t look quite as fast, I’m guessing the legs are there in case of emergency.

Steve Somers: Thank you very much, I find her oddly beautiful too and have decided to focus on #5. I also really like the look of your creature’s egg sack, hmm maybe the creature doesn’t need legs and it just wriggles around like a grub?

Volscalkur: Thank you, I’m glad you like #6 I’m rather partial to her too but I don’t think she is quite right, not obese enough and all. Funny you should say that I thought she was starting to look a little close to Shrieker. :)

WanWan: Thank you very much. :)

DeathByChris: I love the little safari guy in your picture; he’s so tragically unaware.

Okay so I decided to go with my fifth creation, I like the sixth one too buuuut I think I will save her for something else. Here is what I have done so far with number five. Her species lives perched near the top of rocky cliffs. There they sit and wait while their blue, pulsating, glowing, egg-filled bellies attract flying animals. When a victim gets close enough she shoots one of her hypodermic needle like mouth parts at her prey impaling them with one of her venomous harpoons. The venom paralyzes the victim so that its struggling does not damage her and she is free to drain the creature of its internal juices.

I mostly worked on the background at the moment, just started getting to number 5 (I’ll have to think up a good name for her species) so if anyone has advice on backgrounds I’d really appreciate it, I’ve still got a long way to go with environments.

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[GentlemanCrow]

So, this is my first post on this forum, ive looked at the stuff before and was awed by the art. figure i might as well do a little bit of stuff while i have the time :D
I have a question though. What is the best way to post a jpeg or any type of picture on here to get the best outcome. its saying i would have to like super shrink my drawing and make it low quality before its small enough lol.

[lkjhgfdsa]

jpeg at 72dpi, possibly 720x1024 in heightxwidth and about 60% compression should be about 277kb... helps, maybe? also photobucket is free to host images.

[BlkCelebration]

Already some great stuff showing up. GoldenSerpent that's looking great already.

I hope I have time to finish, but I'll go ahead and post what I've done so far. I think I'm going to change the tail part a bit. Still wrestling with the venomous part.
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[Lege1]

Wanwan: Good looks on the perspective bro! I have been conducting alot of 3D graffiti and it has been really expanding my way of thinking in the 3D realms. It's a different way of looking at things you know? And things are not politically correct but what actually is in this crazy life? lol Anyway, thanks again on the compliment...I just do my best and do this for myself mostly, I really appreciate it =]

[wanwan]

you know, I was pretty happy with what I did yesterday then lkjhgfdsa comes along and ugh...that's good, that's really good... what inspired you?

[jouste]

nice comments there wanwan!

man everything is looking great! super stoked to see all the finals.

so i took my dude in a different direction because the first one was kinda crap. but i kept the same idea cause i thought it was funny.

but primarily my lovely girlfriend beat it into my head to do another one. and i was very grumpy and she still kept at it, what a champ! (big loves to shari <3)

here's a description, thanks to all that enjoyed my first attempt!

it's the roe bloat!

positioned on its mountain of eggs, the roe bloat fired out the last few hundred eggs out of her ptoobes. (ptoobes are like tubes that spit out eggs). it's a weekly ordeal for the female roe bloat.

being the most egg-full species in the galaxy, the roe bloat creates eco-systems within her mountainous piles of eggs. these temporary eco-systems are chock full of eggy energy and keep a lot of the natives of the planet fed right up for a few days.

the main problem with the roe bloats is that it takes 14 males to satisfy the virile females. to fix this problem females (like this one here), are equipped with a potent venom that effects all males in the vicinity.

this venom comes out as a fine mist through her pores and once it comes in contact with the perpetually exhausted males, they can do nothing but get back into the driver seat and do 'em all over again.

this perpetual mating ritual has caused countless of fatalities among the male roe bloats, sending many of them running off to a life of celibacy as a space monk.

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg219/1_jouste/process/cow_151_wip2.jpg

[lkjhgfdsa]

you know, I was pretty happy with what I did yesterday then lkjhgfdsa comes along and ugh...that's good, that's really good... what inspired you?
There is a creature that jumps up on my bed when I am in a hypnogogic state- early in the morning and sometimes in the afternoon- I dunno what it looks like and can't remember the aboriginal dreamtime name for it. It is mischievious and likes to nip at me before dissapearing. Other times it jumps around near my head on the pillows; it inspires me as far as I imagine what it looks like...

Otherwise some inspiration is from the chooks I feed and egg-raid every morning and afternoon... makes it hard to eat the eggs though- feels dirty like drinking milk after milking the cow.

[Steve Somers]

lkjhgfdsa - That creature design is so fucking cool!!! I hope someone over in the 3-d area can make that beast into a lifesize sculpt -- that's just such a cool design - can't wait to see where you take it.

Golden Serpent - I think you're right about wriggling like a grub, legs schmegs... Your beast is coming along nicely, has a walrussy weight to it -- as for background just trust the force and your drawing skills -- or do a simple faded background like a scientific encyclopedia illustration...

here's some progress on my beast -- think I'll focus on some backstory side illustrations for it...

[R3u5]

http://i897.photobucket.com/albums/ac173/R3u5/cow/sketchbook0508093egglay.jpg

[dwinbotp]

Great stuff! My humble, unclear layout, I throw into the mix. just a bunch of heads churning out eggs thru their mouths. Just had to do this out of sheer FUN!:)

[njoo]

Here's my egglayer~~ it use to beable to walk and stuff, but it just got too fat.... still working on the description ;)

[wanwan]

abandoning my CotW design; can't polish a turd - back to the drawing board!

[dwinbotp]

Done with mine, some WIPs to show how it changed along the way. My ideas change frequently while I work so it ends up almost and looks nothing like my intended idea. Was pressed for time but was really fun! Comments for others to come after my next long break:) Keep it up people! njoo, loving yours!

[David79]

err kinda late here! alot of cool entrys already :D

here my start! note really obese : /

[bluez3023]

heres my late entry, I dont know if I will have time to color it.

eggs are carried on the back and it has uses the poison tipped barbs on its head to hunt and defend.

[Marsch]

hahaha that idea went shit ,I couldn´t make it work, so now i restart !
Must run, (draw)!

[Arbinn]

Didn't draw much today but here's my current.

Remade the bottom half of the creature. Legs and face need still some work and I'm going to add some kind of tail with venomous stinger(s).

I was trying to make the creature's back look slimy and transparent. Transparency is OK I think but it's not nearly as slimy as I want it to be.

EDIT. dwinbotp's and David's egg layers are real killers. My favourites so far.

[Lege1]

Greetings All,

I rarely if ever post any type of critique of all our members work but I feel like contributing more where I can to the community and know that critiques can help give you all better insight and ideas towards your illustrations. So here goes a little something from me to you all:

Pesmerga: I like your black and white painting approach as that is definitely my favorite approach as of the moment. I see you coming with your own style which is always great to see come from all the artists. If I could recommend a few things it would be to really pay close attention to the values when beginning your work in the black and white mode. Values make or break the image and keeping a set of locked values seems to work great to make convincing form. Watch out for the over saturated colors as well. That is something that kept me down for awhile myself.

Jouste: I really like what you came with on the first page as it is very comical and stylized. I like your selection of colors as well =] I’d personally like to see you experiment with textures more. Just food for thought. Nice second illustration here on the second page. You have a really interesting style no doubt, I can’t say I would recommend stop doing that cause you’ve got something unique and I think you should run with it as long as you’re happy with the over all look of things.

Alexjholt: Pretty cool concept you came with but I think it looks way too much like a typical salamander. The idea here is to create a creature that is new to us all. I like how you worked your perspective to give a below and above the water look. Very cool view on things =]

Grue: I’d like to see you finish your spiny little buddy that you got going there no doubt.

Kimliatach: You definitely have some painting skills no doubt but the concept kind of just reminds me of another bird. It doesn’t really strike me as a creature. Try referencing different random animals, insects, and organisms on google and Frankenstein them together to come up with something more original. It never hurts to put a little imaginative drawing into things as well.

The Foust: I gotta say right off the rip that I love the black and white Mario avatar that you’re rocking. You’re illustration seems to be coming along pretty well. Try leaving the back ground of your image a little less saturated so the creature stands out more. I like how your creature takes on qualities of grub worm but isn’t. Good work and happy rendering =]

Antimati: Your sketch is cool and just make me laugh. Hopefully you go a little further with it.

Gnahz: I really like your form rendering skills and color palette. I don’t really care for how your character looks so cut out from the back ground. Maybe try painting your character and back ground together so they all look part of the same image. Also, I’d really like to see some texture on your creature as well, along with some possible rim lighting from the electric green back ground you got going that just may be a little too over powering.

Oritey: You got an interesting form of stylization going here with your creature but the image is really hard to read. Maybe consider refining things a bit more to make the image more clear and allow the concept to breath and read visually.

Kovah: You definitely have an interesting creature going on here no doubt. I like the overall look of it. I like how you rendered your form and textured the creature. I would suggest getting into a little more lighting and shadowing play because all although the head of the creature looks good and has 3dimensional qualities the middle are of its body looks very flat in comparison. Also consider making the creature look more like part of the back ground and not so cut out. Soft brushes seem to aid the artist well in blending so maybe consider that for the edges of your character to blend with the back ground better =]

Jakkas: I am really feeling the first concept that you came with as far as the concept itself is concerned but I really don’t care much for the actual creature. It reminds me too much of something I would just see in the ocean. The second creature concept that you presented is much more favored by the likes of me and really pushes your dope rendering and painting skills that I am used to seeing. I am big fan of your overall paintings painterly look.

Baron Impossible: Cool sketch although very broken up but I like where this is going. I would like to see where you will go with this.

Golden Serpent: It seems all your lurking around here has paid off cause you definitely know a thing or two about what you are doing. The concept thumbs speak for themselves. I like how you rendered everything out in blue, looks really nice man. I personally like concept 2 but you do what you do cause you’re doing great. I see the latest up on the second page and think that’s pretty cool. I not a big fan of the tiny little legs on such a fat creature. It just doesn’t make a lot of sense to me as far as concerns of commute go.

Art4All: I think you’re off to a good start with your creature. It reminds me a bit of the dinosaur known as Anklysaurus but that’s cool. Do your think man. Maybe consider doing the black and white painting before jumping into color.

Marshall Works: I just like how your creature looks alien and evil as hell. Definitely cool concept and the only thing I really dislike are the legs. They just don’t seem to be powerful enough to support and transport that fat fella. Nice colors in your image =]

R3u5: I think this is a good attempt but I would really consider going back to the drawing board with this one. Also, the creature is pale blue, so what’s poppin with all those crazy colors you got going on there? Anyway, nice attempt….I see the revision with the blue on your second post. Getting warmer in the right direction no doubt.

Volscalkur: That’s a different concept you got going there. I like the idea of the stinger coming off the top of the head like some devilish santa claus hat or what not. I think the anatomy of your creature is interesting and it’s a very odd set up to hold it’s weight. I would love to see you imitate how this thing walks. lol Nice sketch.

Wanwan: I think you have something definitely different going on. I am not a big fan of how nice it is but that’s all you. The colors are a bit to saturated if you know what I mean but I suppose that just may be the style that you are going for. In the overall, your illustration has a nice vector graphic quality to it. I was inspired by the usual like snails and slugs, toads, octopus elements, pit vipers, you know, just all that crazy shit that can be thrown together in ones imagination to make something different and in relation to the crazy topics that we cover on here.

Steve Somers: Very cool how you setup your break down of process like a comic book. It was really enjoyable to read. I am not quite grasping your concept of how this fat creature got that huge egg up in the tree, but from what I can see it looks pretty cool. The ass end of that creature looks gruesome like an old cow rump,lol.

Arbinn: I know you’re early in your process but I really like your 3dimensional work on those eggs. Please do get rid of that black out line around things as it seems you are more tan capable of making nice images without it. The colors are a little to saturated but the overall image looks pretty cool. Great up date by the way….

Death by Chris: This concept is pretty cool. I suppose that hiker thought he found a nest full of eggs and little does he know from behind him comes hell in the form of a tongue. Very cool. I looks forward to seeing more work on this one and lots more detail especially on the main focus of the illustration, the creature.

Lkjhgfdsa: Your concept is coming really hard no doubt and I know you’re good about putting a good finish on your paintings. I love how the fat just drools off your character around it’s belly area. It reminds me a little of the cartoon character The Tick in some strange parasitical funk. Cool wips tough.

BlkCelebration: Very interesting idea indeed. We’re just going to have to see where this one goes.

Njoo: I am a big fan of your work and like this manga type style that you’ve been coming with lately. Definitely cool stuff. I look forward to seeing the finished work as always. =]

Dwinbotp: Not bad for a quicky,lol. I think I really would have liked to have seen a head on this but I understand what being strapped for time is all too well. I stay up to the wee hours to participate the little that I do on here but to me it’s totally worth it. Nice painterly style with your rendering and cool colors on the creature. This creature seems like something that would have been featured in the movie the Labyrinth in the pit of everlasting stench.

David79: I like the idea of things and details of your creature but I can’t say I am a big fan of such a dark in contrast image. I would recommend definitely lightening things up some. Your midtone values are what really build form and all I am really seeing here is alof of black and over saturated colors. I love that predator style mouth on your creature. Mad ill!!!

Blue3023: That is an obese creature if I’ve ever seen one. I think you should get recognition no doubt for having the fatest creature. I like where the sketch is going, now lets see you paint it =]

Marsch: Cool idea! Very Beetlejuiceish….Let’s see some values thrown in on that thing.


Alright so I hope that sorta kinda helps everyone out, and if not really, then I tried. The
up-most respect to everyone for just participating. We couldn’t have a COW without you all. BIG ups to Mike Jaecks for being King of the Wild Things =] Rock on COWsterzzzz….

[SIME]

hey everyone, some great stuff going on in here! this is my first time posting in here so would love some c & c. need to do a bit more work on it before i decide to add colour!

[Ragnj]

Some really disturbin shit goin down here, I love it!

[Lege1]

Sime: Very cool work! I love the angle on your creature =] Really nice b&w paint build up with the forms. I don't get how this thing gets around though with the way the legs are.

[lkjhgfdsa]

the critter from my previous post is described in a book by Mary & Elizabeth Durack called 'way of the whirlwind'.
... and has very little to do with this weeks topic! heh heh...
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a134/jonoy/Speedpaint/lkjhgfdsa_wipblue2.jpg

[SunRoamer]

lol, njoo, your creature looks so happy, the expression is one of pure bliss! Makes me kinda happy myself, just looking at its face ^.^ Really love it :>

[GoldenSerpent]

BlkCelebration: Thank you very much. Your creature is also coming along very nicely, I like the idea of having a stinger on it’s head, maybe the stinger could be larger and more apparent though? Also the tail looks a bit to heavy for it to be supported, otherwise I think the idea for the tail is good, maybe just scale it down in size.

Steve Somers: I’m really liking those swirling patterns on your critter! I don’t know if it’s too nitpicky but I’m noticing her right eye is a bit higher than the left one.

njoo: WOW, awesome critter it looks so happy too. I feel a bit sorry for the poor rat though.

Lege1: Thank you, your right about the logic of such tiny legs being a problem, I’m thinking the concept might work with them being a vestigial left over before the females of the species got so bloated, sort of like queen termites still have a relatively small upper body and tiny legs in comparison to their swollen bodies because they start out relatively normal looking.

Lkjhgfdsa: I really like the segmented head on your creature and those touches of purple really make it pop.

Here's what I've gotten done today, I think it's almost done, just a few final touches and of course if you you guys catch something wrong with it let me know. I'm not sure about the stars I sort of mashed them on at the last moment to see how they looked, if I keep them I'll probably go back and make them look more accurate.

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[Lege1]

Golden Serpent: That looks incredible man! And this is your first COW? Looks like you've been doing these things for many years. Awesome work! I get what you're saying about the legs. I love the lighting and contrast of this image.

[Labrynthine]

WIP for the night. I need to get my rear in gear for the values and such.

My weird noseless underwater fishblob thing, whose name I have yet to come up with, grows to massive obesity until being rendered unable to move, so it reproduces.

Crits would be great and loved.

[NickTrip]

Hi everyone, I'm new to COW, this is my first real attempt (I tried to get involved in last week's but I kinda didn't start till the last day). I've gotten myself in a little over my head here, so I'll probably not finish this one in time either.

Here's what I've got going:
http://www.tripiciano.com/files/Hosted Images/NickTrip - COW151 Sketch.jpg
The idea is for this little lady to be very small, less than 1mm in length. After mating her abdomen swells and doubles her length. She's laying her eggs on a leaf among the trichomes of the plant. She also has venomous fangs that she uses to ensare small aphids and mites.

This is about as good an image as I can make so please feel free to crit as tough as you can!

[Arbinn]

Here's what I've done so far today.

The creature itself is better now but I don't know about integrating the transparent and slimy sack on the back with the rest of the body. I found my last WIP's egg sack to look better than this new one.

Opinions?

I have to join the meaty things around the eggs to the rest of the body or it'll look stupid.

[MEMPER]

Heres mine. Still working out the "venomous" aspect of it. This is gonna be fun.

[bluez3023]

Nicktrip: can't wait to see that finished

[Pesmerga]

Damn, your concepts are incredible!

My favorites so far are njoos and GoldenSerpent (very nice thumbs on the first page also).

Looking at what you guys came up with makes me want to start over again! I don't know if I'm gonna have time to finish in time though if I draw a new one. But I'm not quite happy with my creature right now as it lacks that obese factor. I could add fat and make it an obese bird but that wouldn't make any sense (how can a fat bird that weights 100 tons be flying like that?). As soon as I get home I'll start doodling something new and see where it takes. It's gonna be rushed though.

Thanks again for the comments and suggestions.

[Steve Somers]

So I got on this forum this morning and I was biting my nails thinking "Fuck, these are so fucking good -- I am so jealous!!" then I regained my composure more or less -- so here's a few that are making me bubble over in jealous fury..

SIME - The tonal study is looking right on, the lighting is really bringing out you design, finish that baby up> Is it on a smooth slimy floor? If not, that would look cool, with the reflected beast....

Njoo - Holy crap. Once again your linework is KICKING MY ASS, it's just so damn elegant!!

lkjhgfdsa - Booty Betty Thickalicious, shake it like she's fearless! The rendering is coming along quite nicely, that whole segmented top is really interesting, looks like a real slimy egg factory of a creature.

GoldenSerpent - Wow. In just a couple days you have developed an outstanding piece. The coloring is working out so well, I can totally tell where it transitions from solid flesh to glowing translucence -- nice cast shadows, that slight discoloring on it's funis, or spigot, or whatever's on it's tail works so well. And that little space bat it's skewering is a great beast bonus! I can't wait to see what other beasts you invent down the road.

Nick Trip - That's a really solid drawing so far, and I can't see why you shouldn't finish her up. Maybe fatten up some of the foreground lines for some depth -- or if you have time to color, start real basic, just solid colors and let the linework stand out. The environment is very cool, love the way the segments tile around the area revealing the surface.

Arbinn - Those eggs erupting from the skin look very convincing, almost like polished stones, and the transparency under the skin is looking good too... I would say work out the rest of the body before getting too caught up in the smaller details -- you might figure out a technique that makes the rest of it click.
Labyrinthine - Solid start, unique design, different than other approaches. Would be a shame not to finish that lil' bad ass up.

MEMPER - Nice start, that flaccid snout birthing tube and the exhausted look on it's face -- priceless.

David 79 - That's a pretty sick beast, very venomous. Not really obese, but that's not a big deal, the other stuff keeps it interesting.

Bluez 3023 - Great drawing -- the expression on his face has a quiet determination coupled with a certain pathos that most come from excreting eggs from it's back.

As for my own I was geeking out on the backstory for it, having MUCH fun. Maybe my little blue buddy ain't the fattest, but he's coming with the thickness.

[bluez3023]

update *edit

[wanwan]

ok, i lied - didn't redraw but got a spark from somewhere!

Not my best but crits <b>NEEDED</b> so far!

[Arbinn]

I'm done with my egg layer for today.

Remade the slimy part, added some textures, integrated the meaty stuff around the eggs to the rest of the body and made some random overall improvements. The tip and base of the tail need more work.

What do people think about the slime part? I have never drawn anything slimy so I don't know if I'm doing it right. I think it looks OK though I'm sure it could be improved somehow.

[GoldenSerpent]

Lege1: Thanks! Yep first COW, but I have been drawing creepy critters and beasties for years. I pretty much just draw critters for myself, so I thought it might be more fun and beneficial to get involved in COW and be able to create some stuff with fellow artists. I also love seeing all the different ways people interpret the same topic.

Labrynthine: Your nameless fish creature looks like it would be very painful to step on, like a stingray or stonefish lying in wait. I’m interested to see it all rendered out.

NickTrip: Amazing amount of detail, I hope you get enough time to color this.

Arbinn: Looks pretty slimy to me, unless you want to try to look for some reference pictures of some slimy frogs or salamanders and do a quick double check on the slime I don’t think you need to worry about that part of your creature anymore. Just finish up the rest of her. : ) Oh, you could have some trailing slime from her body onto the ground, that could help.

MEMPER: I really like how expressive your creature is.

Pesmerga: Thank you, maybe you could turn it into an obese flightless bird if you’re dedicated to a bird like creature. You could always try drawing a new critter and if you can’t get the new one done in time enter the one you already made. :)

Steve Somers: Thank you again, I’m also very excited to see where the future rounds of COW will take my imagination. By the way that life cycle chart of yours is great! The creature’s crossed eyes on C as she’s about to lay her egg are a funny touchy.

[skodone]

Hello everybody :)

as i realized there are a lot of new guys this time ill try myself too...
First COW ever...
after watching Njoo and Mr. Jack for a long time now on dA i got here and hey
thats totally what i was looking for :P

so heres my creature....
its been the first time i was thinking about anatomy and muscles and stuff when i started drawing this one...

When i read the desription lots of ideas came up to my mind...and i ended up with some dragon-bird mix creature... i also did not pay attention to the "obese" first cus i didnt know the word...

still have to work alot on it...crits and comments very welcome!!http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/5633/wipss.jpg

[Arbinn]

Okay, my last WIP before finishing this later today.

Changing the sky from blue to orange was a major improvement. :)

[bluez3023]

WIP

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v256/blue3023/COW151WIP.jpg

[Lege1]

Golden Serpent: I came here to CA for the same reasons you did,lol. I used to always draw crazy things in general on my own time all the time and then worked into making money with all that I do. I just realized I wanted to be affiliated with more because being an artist can become real isolating. I participate here whenever I get the free time away from work which isn't as often as I'd like but once in awhile is better than not at all. I always joke with my girl and few close friends that if I ever won the lotto that I would just marinate here on concept art all day, haha. It’s a great site and I too love seeing everyone’s different interpretations of the same topic, it’s like we are able to see into one another’s mind on the cause no doubt. Anyway, great to see you on here, your work is very very impressive. You should be proud =]

Skodone: Welcome lord of the ash riders! The wip is looking good. I see you using a flay coloring method it reminds me a bit of a guy named Bobby Chiu and the way he paints. Go ahead and peep the link and see if it gives you any ideas. Bobby has great advice as he paints but pay attention to his process of painting as I am feeling like its similar to yours =] Hope that helps a little. It’s the idea of at least having three values to make a three dimensional form and any number amount of values over that will just make the image all the more. I personally like painting with 4 values. They are dark, mid dark, mid light, and light. This seems to work well on all painting approaches =]

Bobby Chiu Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beM99eFb76c

Arbinn: That image of yours is really coming out great. Don’t let your head get too blown up but your way of rendering almost looks like something out of the zbrush program. Very 3dimensional. I agree that the orange sky did all the world of justice to your image. Great work!

I’ll soon be posting an update myself. I have been a bit strapped for time. I work as a graphic designer and illustrator for a community college out around my way and then in the evenings Iam a tattooist, then I run with a graffiti crew a couple days a week working on a legal project in Miami and then I commission out anything and everything I can in all the different areas of the arts that I work in. In short……..I AM A BUSY GUY!!! lol

[SIME]

Ok think im gunna call it done, hope u guys like it.

[Lege1]

Arbinn: I just wanted to add a quick comment in making a cool slime effect. If you make a selection to an area that you would like to be slimy, and then desaturate that selection, you can then go ahead and run the "plastic wrap" filter which will yield some interesting results if tampered with correctly. Just a little pointer and to anyone who doesn't believe in filters you can kick rocks cause in the digital realm everything goes as long as it is applied correctly and doesn't look cheesy.

Sime: That creature really looks great and I love the lighting play you have going on. My only bitches are that I would like to see more texture in your creature and a little better care of the back ground. The BG looks a little too slapped together if you know what I mean.......but if you're strapped for time wellllllllll.........I know how that shit goes,lol.

Here's a little update from me...:yayca: Doin the best I can and comments and criticism are always welcomed.

[Arbinn]

Thanks for the tip Lege. I finished my piece yesterday though so I'll have to try that next time I draw something slimy.

Yours is looking good already and you haven't even added the highlights yet. I like how the creature looks like it's about to grap that guy in its mouth. :) The lower jaw looks too long compared to the short upper one though and the upper teeth aren't the same size (dunno if it's intentional).

It's coming along nicely. :)

[skodone]

Thanx Lege1!
as my internet seems not to be that fast...but ill try to watch the video!
my coloring method i think i try to color in digital as i do in traditional...
i did a lot of graffiti and when i draw digital artwork i just act like i got a spraycan in my hands :P

arbinn i now like your picture! the lightning and the new sky were a real improvement! as mentioned the work on the eggs just looks awesome! looking forward to the final version, with a stunning background!

bluez3023 i like the linework and the monster...but i miss some more contrast...
i think it'd be more eye catching if you add some dark stuff and harder color contrast ^^

Lege1 i like the fish style look of the creature...just like some dark sea monster...

so i watched that chio video right now...and its quite interesting...besides me being much more complicated than him you were right lege... i color like that... just couldnt follow him in the end when he did that mask stuff...im not that familiar with these photoshop options...nobody ever showed me ^^

but thank you for telling me... i think im inspired now ^^

cheers

[Arbinn]

Sorry to disappoint you with the background skodone, but it's not that stunning. xD I left it bland in the back for purpose because I thought the picture would be too full of details. The foreground has some more details in it but I can't draw mud properly. :S

Thanks for the like skodone. :)

Ah. Guess I just post it here too. It's been in the FINALS- thread for a while.

[skodone]

im not disappointed :) the background is still nice! as you did not put too much detail in it its not distracting from the creature... it looks good as a complete picture !

/edit:

here i go with another WIP... i HOPE to finish it tomorrow...gotta go work again now... :s
tomorrow too so i rly hope to have some time
http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/5633/wipss.jpg

[JakkaS]

No time to comment, but I like few entries already. This will be good round.

Here is my almost done entry....

[mythril_golem]

:O jakkas man that's awesome

i wish i would stop stumbling on these so late but hell i'm gonna try and do something for it anyway
here's me sketch

[DeathByChris]

Damn Im really liking the slimey texture on yours Arbinn very nice.
Jakkas yours is coming along nicely aswell

[Lege1]

Arbinn: You’re very welcome for the tip man, I figured it was something worth putting out there if you or anyone else may be interested. Definitely give it a whirl and if it works out for you then so be it.

Thanks for the compliments on my illustration as I always appreciate that. I am really trying to spend my time with the midtones to work the form as best as possible. I am having an interesting time with the cast shadow that falls over the creature so this is something interesting indeed to paint from the mind. I definitely wanted the creature to kind of have a googly look to it as it’s an egg layer and it’s going after my little guy there for interrupting the process of what it does on a daily.

I am feeling you on the jaw and was trying to for a distorted dislocated snake look. You’re super right on the teeth. I got so caught up in the painting that I totally over looked that small but very important detail. Definitely not intentional on my part. I am glad you feel things are coming along nicely though, I am just having fun with it and learning.

Skodone: Glad that you were able to watch that video bro and from one writer to another I know all about the frustrations of converting from the traditional to digital media, especially on the spray paint behalf of things. When I started painting digitally Mike Jaecks and a few others had to regulate on me for painting with soft brushes all the time. I didn’t understand the concept of hard edges and soft edges cause of always working soft with the atomized paint. Anyway just keep with it and keep doing best man. If you ever feel you could benefit any advice from me always feel free to hit me up bro.

Jakkas: I am a huge fan of your painterly painting style man. What do you use to get this fantastic look man? I always look forward to your illustrations on here man. Fucking powerful concepts with a super fresh look. Tight work!!!

[tmyohlaing]

Great topic and great sketches.
Here's my pencil sketch so far for the creature. Will finish it on tomorrow.

[DeathByChris]

I hope I can finsh soon.

[theHaggard]

i should be sleeping

[Arbinn]

skodone Your creature has some really cool texture but it looks flat. Finish that last part, add some depth and it'll kick ass.

JakkaS Wow. Just... wow.

mythril_golem The lineart looks awesome. I really want to see it finished.

DeathByChris Wonderful textures. I can really imagine how the creature moves its tongue by rotating it. ;)

theHaggard Nice concept but the picture is too bright. Make it darker and you'll gain deeper shadows and leeway for highlights.

I thought the deadline was last friday like in the last COW. As it wasn't I tried the plastic wrap- filter on my crawler and it looks pretty cool. :) I'll make that one my final.

I post the original here too for easier comparison as it's on the previous page. I also played with the hue a bit and found blue colour to look pretty awesome. :D

Many thanks for the tip again Lege!

[Arbinn]

My last picturespam in this thread. I promise.

I thought that the creature might look cool if the eggs on the back weren't visible but under a transparent membrane like the side of the crawler and tried it. It didn't work because it overdid the amount of slimy skin on the creature.

I settled for redoing the skin between the eggs and the rest of the body and doing some overall improvements. I dare to say that NOW I'm finished and satisfied with the picture.

[skodone]

yay me finish :D

Arbinn
ok i liked the version with the eggs free more...

also thx for the critics...i tried to add some depth to the image and more contrast using the burn tool... i usually dont use this tool that much but im quite satisfied how the creature came out at the end...

it feels good to do some more painting actually :D

lege1
yeah i know that problem ^^

deathbychris
your concept came out pretty cool too!
i like the idea of it living like a larve under the earth waiting for somebody to come by...
i just think it might would look good if you would add some texture to the eggs...they look a bit like as if theyd be made out of glass...maybe some scratches or small holes would look good

thehaggard
ok what we have got here...
i actually dont know whether this creature lays eggs or not... one cannot see
also harder contrast would look awesome
i like the stumps on its side...they look like back-evoluted legs

so heres my final picture...pity i dont have more time :s

http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/221/4/b/COW151_by_sKodOne.jpg

[Pesmerga]

Arbinn: Love the rendering on yours. Looks pretty cool.

Lege1: Haha! Thank god you went fishing style. I was hoping to see something else than reptilians for a change. He has a funny look on his face. :)

Golden Serpent: Yours turned out really good. Like some others have already said, the colors and contrast is stunning!

Jakkas: Wow! I didn't saw yours. It's amazing!!! Man, I wish I could paint like that. Great expression on the creature's face. Do you have any tutorials available either on your site, or on here?? Maybe a DVD or a simple video download to see you paint. I'd like to see that!

Damn, you guys make me realize how much I suck at this. I also realize how much I need to study and practice textures.. As well as greyscale values. And err pretty much everything else for that matter.

Well, like you can see in the finals thread, I decided to stick with the bird theme just for the sake of doing something different than most. It's also rushed but I don't have time to work on it any further.
http://conceptart.org/forums/showpost.php?p=2381473&postcount=17

Good work everyone.

[BlkCelebration]

I just posted my final and wanted to say that this was another great round and I'm glad I got to finish it. Great ideas and drawings all around.
Thanks to GoldenSerpent for the advice, I think it looks better now. Your final looks great. I'll post more comments in the finals thread.

I'll sixth the comment about Jakkas being awesome.

[MarshallWorks]

wanwan: Thanks! I'm thinking about re-adding some offensive arms in the front.
Lege1: Yeah, legs were no good, so I did a redesign of them that I'm posting up now. Thank you!

Week has been crazy, but finally had a chance to rework this a bit. Still some time from being finished, but hope to get this in for some last minute feedback!

http://www.marshallworks.com/Other/Forums/COW151_Marshall_02.jpg

[JakkaS]

I have posted my final. Still there is few things I would like to polish, but I don't have time. Btw, I hope my description is clear enough. I had problems becuse of my English..

mythril_golem - thanks :)
DeathByChris - thanks.
Lege1 - thanks man! I am working with Photoshop, mostly with regular brushes. I think the painterly style is easy to get but you have to avoid "drawing" - using contours and lines. U have to use stains. It's harder as it sounds... at least for me. :)
Arbinn - thanks
Pesmerga - thanks. I am afraid I don't have any video tutorial. And believe me there is lots of people on this forum which paint far better then me. And I would like to paint like they. It's normal, that every one (or most of us) think like that. But if you will paint alot, you will see that your year or two years old painting will look funny to you. It's natural process I guess. Just keep working and you will get better :)
BlkCelebration - hehe, thanks! :) Btw, I like your entry, the creature looks sweet...

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theHaggard - Dig your sketch, nice design.
MarshallWorks - are the legs mechanical? They looks like that...
Arbinn - I think the purple version looks the best.

Cheers
Kuba

[CharReed]

I kind of decided to enter at the last minute :)

Here are my WIP's!

This creature, like the platypus, appears to have different animals cut and pasted together. The nose and mouth of a hippo with the poisonous fangs of a snake, the skin of a reptile and the claws of a mole. The venomous, pale blue, obese egg layer. The Venemous Blue Egger (VBE, as it's known) only becomes obese during the mating and egg laying season. The comparison sketch of the creature shows it's normal weight during the rest of the year. The females start packing on the pounds in order to lay the 100-400 eggs that they will guard with their life, much in the same way as a female crocodile. Thought to be extinct, the VBE was recently rediscovered in it's native habitat along the riverbeds of... where else?... Australia.

[GoldenSerpent]

DeathByChris: great to see that your creature is coming along so well, definitely have some nice texture work on its skin and a very interesting looking head. I agree with skodone though that some texture on those eggs would probably be a good idea, maybe even reuse some of the texture you used on your creature. Hope you get this finished in time!

Lege1: Great advice about the plastic wrap, I’ll have to remember that tip too. Edit: gah almost forgot, your creature is looking great, love the shading on the eyes and it's little front flippers are looking really cool too. I'd expect it's gaze to be following the little man running way from it though, or is he not really there except for a size comparison?

Arbinn: Looks like the plastic wrap effect helped, I really like the last one with the gooey texture flowing in-between the eggs. I’m also partial to the purple-blue variant to some degree it’d be interesting to see what your original would look like with the purple-blue picture placed over it and then adjusting the opacity and maybe layer style (multiply, overlay, color etc) too see what interesting combinations come up.

The membrane over the eggs is a bit much as you pointed out, but I’d definitely remember the look for a later project because I think it looks rather cool.

Pesmerga: Thank you again, even though you stayed with the bird creature it looks like you explored it’s look a bit more and I definitely like the how your final turned out, your critter seems to have developed more of an attitude since your first rendition.

BlkCelebration: Glad to have helped, I definitely like the new tail you have on yours.

MarshallWorks: Your beastie is looking really cool, but I’m a bit worried about those new legs and attachments around it, they look rather robotic at the moment, I’m not sure if you’re trying to go for that look or it’s just at an awkward moment in-between rendering etc. I personally didn’t mind it’s original legs; the addition of a pair of front attack legs might be cool though.

CharReed: Looks like you have some nice textures started on your critter and I like the addition of a bit of mud splatter on its front paws. I’d emphasize the mud splatter and maybe try some harder edges in there for a few highlights or dots of mud.

This might help if you get time, here’s a picture off of google of a pig in the mud were you can see how some of the mud has smeared and how there are also very harsh edges to were the mud splatter ends: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_94wNHPlREU8/Sjj3QeN4flI/AAAAAAAAAEs/7Ghc9pPy8qI/s400/muddy+pig.jpg

Best of luck to everyone in the finals and I hope everyone who is still finishing up gets enough time to post! :D

[acb]

well heres my idea :

http://i30.tinypic.com/2d84d1y.jpg

i wish i could work on it abit more (or change it cuz the arms look terrible and some other things too T_T)
C&C are always welcomed ~_~
and great great entries everyone :yum:

[Arbinn]

CharReed The texture made your creature much more lively but it's really flat. The light seems to hit it similiarly at every spot as if the light was coming from the viewer's eyes. The very first WIP had better lighting than the latter ones imo.

GoldenSerpent Thanks. :) The filter really did wonders. I didn't think about putting the blue hued one over the original and change opacities/erase something from the topmost layer. Gonna try that. --->

EDIT. They're negative colours. The work turned grey. Haha. :D

EDIT2. Erasing with low opacity does create some whacky looking colour schemes but I think I stick to my current final.

[CharReed]

I edited my entry based on the comments from GoldenSerpent (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/member.php?u=148850) and Arbinn (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/member.php?u=113139). Thanks for the input! I think the piece turned out better because of it.

[GoldenSerpent]

Arbinn: >_< Oops about the negative colors, at least low opacity did some interesting things for you. Well it works sometimes when they aren't complementary colors.

CharReed: Glad to have helped, definitely like what you did with the mud!

[Michael Jaecks]

Hey guys, just a reminder. Today is the deadline, so tomorrow is poll time. Get those entries finalized and submitted as soon as you can. It's going to be a busy day for me tomorrow, but I am still shooting for noon CST, USA time to set the poll up.

[DeathByChris]

Arbinn- Im so glad you noticed that about the tongue cause its kinda of what I was going for, thanks for the feedback.
GoldenSerpent and skodone - Thanks the texture on the eggs was temp I was planning on doing more with it today, but I dont think Im gonna be finshing this one in time, Ill definitely be back to vote though.

[Lege1]

DeathByChris: I think your illustration is coming along really great! Nice color selections =]

The Haggard: This looks great. I really think that the color rendering keeps up with the sketch something fantastic. Great job on this and very interesting style.

Arbinn: Your illustration has really come along way and what a lot of work you have put into it. Great job and I am liking the color shift with the purple.

Skodone: Really great attempt and you’re already moving up in your skills. Just keep with it and eventually you’ll get where you want to be.

Pesmerga: I am glad you’re liking that fishing style no doubt. I figured I’d bring a mudskipper like esq to the table with this creature. I purposely wanted to have a funny look on that creatures face. Kinda video gamey……

Jakkas: You’re very welcome! That’s dope that you’re just working with photoshop. I would of thought you were using Painter more than photoshop by how non digital your work looks. Do you find yourself smudging often. I am feeling what you’re saying about not drawing. I don’t ever really see you starting anything by sketching it out on here. This staining that you talk of would be similar to glazing techniques in oil painting and the idea of building the image up gradually?

Golden Serpent: That’s great that the plastic wrap tip helped you out. I find it useful in certain areas as long as things aren’t over done. Thanks on the compliments of my creature. I am definitely liking that you like the eyes and the flippers. I am not done with the illustration so the little guy there is just kind of there. It is good in showing size comparison.

Alright everyone, so I tried to get things finished up here but I really can't finish this weeks entry. I learned alot from what I was able to do though and that's what counts. I look forward to seeing everyone else's finished entrys in the polls. It's going to be hard to vote on this COW.

[Steve Marworthy]

WIP the big blue egg dropper

[Arbinn]

Hurry up Steve. I think you have some hours before the poll's up.

[Mr. P Show.]

I almost forgot to post up my WIPS:

[Mr. P Show.]

WIP the big blue egg dropper

"LOL". Yours made me chuckle--especially upon seeing the final piece:).


Jakkas: Just an amazing piece. Just and awesome use of your custom brushes. Brilliant:).

[wanwan]

ugh... didn't get my sub in :( not been well over the weekend, blast you boyfriend for giveth me your "manflu"*


*it is just a stinking cold but I did just sleep for 13 hours.

[Michael Jaecks]

ugh... didn't get my sub in :( not been well over the weekend, blast you boyfriend for giveth me your "manflu"*


*it is just a stinking cold but I did just sleep for 13 hours.

You still have a bit of time. If you are close to finish and want to keep working, the poll is not scheduled to go up for another three hours as of this writing...

[NickTrip]

I decided to start over (that painting process was quite a pain in butt), but unfortunately I have to go to work now so I won't be able to finish this in time. Would it be ok if I posted the final in this thread when its finished tonight?

Here's what I've got:
http://www.tripiciano.com/files/HostedImages/NickTrip - COW151 Sketch2.jpg

[Pesmerga]

I'm afraid tonight is gonna be too late my friend. Very nice pencil sketch nonetheless.

acb: Aha, I really like yours! One of the funniest for sure. He has a good attitude now you gotta respect that!

Steve Marworthy: omg I saw your final submission. That's just wrong dude. :wtf: But it made me laugh a lot. :)

[skodone]

thanx lege1 :)

it really is one of the pieces im kinda satisfied with...which i ususally tend not to be :s

ill take COW as a huge motivation boost and i really think its great fun :D

looking forward to the next round!

cheers

[theHaggard]

thanks for the crits and comments. great work everybody

[MasterStryke]

yeah there are so many awesome entries this time, amazing!

[NickTrip]

Hmm... I figure since the poll isn't up yet its ok for me to put my finished drawing up in this thread. I know I'm way passed the deadline here, I hope this doesn't bug anyone.
http://www.tripiciano.com/files/HostedImages/NickTrip - COW151 Sketch3.jpg

***Edit***

Color?
http://www.tripiciano.com/files/HostedImages/NickTrip - COW151 Color.jpg

***Edit***

Color changes
http://www.tripiciano.com/files/HostedImages/NickTrip - COW151 Color v2.jpg

[Lander]

Why don't you just post it in the finals thread?
Hurry!
I have now uploaded my baby :)

Man I luve painting. Anyone wanna gimme a job? Cough cough.
Many cool entries. You have all been busy thinking fatness.

[skodone]

very cool nicktrip! came out well!!

*waitinforthepolltostart*

[Arbinn]

Agreed. NickTrip's bug looks awesome. :)

*spamming F5 for the 2nd day*

[Pesmerga]

It looks more green than pale blue though. Maybe you should change de hue a bit on photoshop (or add blue overlays). And add green or purple saliva to make it look more venemous. I think it also lacks a little bit of strong highlights here and there (like on the eyes). And adding a bit of poison fluid on the egg that's coming out would be cool also. But that's just my opinion of course. Good job on the rendering, texture and details. I like the traditional style. :)

[Michael Jaecks]

I was just about to set up teh poll. You gonna finalize and submit NickTrip? I see you online. Make the call and post it. :)

[NickTrip]

Thanks, Jaecks. I've got my image up now.

Pesmerga: Thanks for the advice. I appreciate the tips. I changed the color and worked the highlights just through selective leveling. I added some drops of venom to its fangs to help show its venomous qualities.

[Pesmerga]

Still no poll? What's up with that. Is Michael Jackson dead or something?

Haha, sorry about that.

[Mr. P Show.]

Love the mood of your piece NickTrip:).

[NickTrip]

Thanks, Mr. P Show

[GoldenSerpent]

Is this long of a wait normal between the Final deadline and the poll being put up?

[Arbinn]

Well if I'm not mistaken the poll is usually up in 24 hours after the deadline so that people in every time zone have enough time to finish.

[Steve Marworthy]

Wasnt the deadline on the 9th?

[Arbinn]

Yeah I think it was. Michael was about to post the poll yesterday but something must have drawn his attention. :P