DSG 417: Creature: GIANT Worm/Slug based MONSTER

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Today's topic is: Creature: GIANT Worm/Slug based MONSTER

[Commander Obvious]

just the first thing that came to mind. I was going to do some big production of this huge alien slug trying to attack a city in Utah (Salt Lake City) but being driven away by the name (or something else equally punny) but seeing as it is way past my bedtime, you may all consider yourselves spared. :D

http://img28.photobucket.com/albums/v83/Russell_Collins/DailySketchBook/DSG417_Slugtastic.jpg

[artistanbul]

http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/artistanbul/worm.jpg

[JSlayer]

Muhahahah a green slug attacking a village with goo!
http://img49.photobucket.com/albums/v149/JSlayer/DSG417.jpg

Commander - hahaha great work! SOmeday u ought to draw out the city ;)
Artistanbul - simple and niCE! Great work as always :) u got a unique and great painting style :D nice n slimy

[artistanbul]

Jslayer thanks. And commander, yours look very nice..
here is another. I have time today..
http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/artistanbul/wyrmfight.jpg

[Jebus]

http://img3.photobucket.com/albums/v12/sigma_atf/slug2.jpg

[beeglebug]

Hi guys! This is my first post here on conceptart.org, so be gentle! :)

This took about 2 hours, and it's some kind of giant slug thing being poked and prodded by some guys...

Any comments and criticisms would be appreciated, I really want to use my time here to improve my skills, so be brutal!

http://www.updownleftright.net/DSG/DSG417.jpg

[artistanbul]

I think you shouldn't spend 2 hours on it. thats the important part. spend around 20-30. think fast, act while thinking.. go for the general idea, general mood you want.. Digital medium is great for this kind of work. Thats just my opinion though.

background is way off. check the slugs trail, check the background then. there is no horizon line. I dont understand where mountains begin. there is no contrast/saturation change on muntains either. and please, dont use effects. put highlights and shadows yourself. try to be realistic about it.

oh and decide. should we be gentle or brutal? :confused: :p

[karma militia]

hey beeglebug. if i were you i wouldent ask for 'brutal' crits on this board. just some advice.

all i can say is the far rope should be inked behind the tower. and it could use some vehicles or a tent or something (im no good at critting).

http://img21.photobucket.com/albums/v63/karma_police/dsg417.jpg


and that second one rocks artisanbul.

[xbiten]

heya guys. Here's my contrib.
around 30 mins painter.
http://members.lycos.co.uk/xbiten/2D/dsg's/dsg417.jpg

[jasonka]

http://img49.photobucket.com/albums/v151/jasonka/worm.jpg
hahahaha....meanwhile....in a quiet surburban city...lol! aniwaex. nice drawin Jslayer, v. cute! artistanbul, both pics are superb!!!haha.

[Bretton]

downloaded this program a few weeks ago and doodled this in it today.. i figured with a name like artrage it would be a shame not to draw like i was heck of pissed.

lines in art rage and colors in oc.

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/slugbitch.jpg

karma police: that is tight! love the little pincers

artistanbul: i love how shiny and kind of clear he looks. the saliva in his mouth is fantastic!

commander obvious: i like the mouth and squinty eyes! they give him a lot of character.

[mingzheng]

hi. this is one of my first few digital... things. all photoshop.

well my monster isn't as big as all the others, but if i found this in my recently discharged pile of shit, i'd make a big fuss out of it.

http://img51.photobucket.com/albums/v156/mingzheng/shit_bug_copy2.jpg

think i should spend more time on it? it was really fast...


oh yea and this my first post! it feels like im not a virgin anymore.. i've been lurking around for a long time anyway.

[beeglebug]

First off, thanks for the comments guys, it's all appreciated. Here's a couple of replies:

Originally posted by artistanbul
background is way off. check the slugs trail, check the background then. there is no horizon line. I dont understand where mountains begin. there is no contrast/saturation change on muntains either.
I thought the monster was more important than the background, I forced myself to stop after 2 hours, so I didnt have time for that. I'll take it on board for the next environment pic though!

and please, dont use effects. put highlights and shadows yourself. try to be realistic about it.

The only effect I used was Blur, and a hint of Noise. Which bit of shading made you think i'd used an effect? I promise I did all the shading by hand, either with a darker tone, or by using dodge and burn.

oh and decide. should we be gentle or brutal? Ha! I never noticed I'd written that... That'll teach me to to blindly wirte my standard 'starting a new forum' intro line!

[juicy_fruit]

hey guys id just like to give u a little idea since im back.. try looking at Tremers they have movies n series all over scifi and like 4 movies and its like about worms n how they evolve or somethin really awesome really famous movie.. try looking and thinking over that maybe when u create your sketch//picture :D

[Jebus]

Originally posted by beeglebug



The only effect I used was Blur, and a hint of Noise. Which bit of shading made you think i'd used an effect? I promise I did all the shading by hand, either with a darker tone, or by using dodge and burn.


Darker/lighter tones are much better than dodge/burn imo. Ow and my comment about your drawing is that the beast could easily break the sticks it has been tied to. The sticks look a bit weak.

I like commander obvious' the best for now.

[Osmus]

heres what i made. hopefully i will calm down enough to finish it. sometimes it just doesn't work and you have to delete 3 layers.

http://img7.photobucket.com/albums/v18/osmus/worm-monster.jpg

[artistanbul]

bretton, nice teeth. reminds me of some glenn fabry work. and thanks for letting me know about artrage. this thing is sweet... heres what I've done with it just now. And sorry for posting this much :P I told you I had time today...

http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/artistanbul/wormwow.jpg

[beeglebug]

Thanks again for all the comments guys, that's why I signed up after all!

Anyways, I took some advice on board and did another one, this time I only spent 35 minutes, and I kept it as free and loose as possible, with extra attention on lighting.

This time it's more of a tapeworm thing, I know it's supposed to be giant, but I ran out of time before I could add anything for scale purposes. See what you think, C&C's appreciated again...

http://www.updownleftright.net/DSG/DSG417b.jpg

[dCepT]

Trying to get outta the slacker-zone I've been in lately. Here's what came out of it:

http://img35.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/DSG417.jpg

Nice work everyone!

Commander Obvious is my favourite today.

d-C

edit: I think I compressed the image too much. I'll post one without all the compression later.

[djstoker]

nice stuff today ppl!

heres my completely unoriginal slug thing. about 30 mins color and 10 min sketch. painter 8. plz comments and critique, its much appreciated! but go easy on me, im only 15...
http://free.one.picturehost.co.uk/slug1.jpg

sorry if its stupidly large, tell me and ill resize.

[beeglebug]

djstoker, thats real nice, the only thing i'd say is it could maybe do with a bit more dark in areas like the inside of the mouth, or the base of the tail where it comes out of the rocks, to add depth.

Sorry if i'm spamming a bit on my first day, but here's my third picture. I just had to try that ArtRage after seeing what the others had done in it, so here's my silly little 20 minutes worth out of it... (its a nice program too, don't you think?)

http://www.updownleftright.net/DSG/DSG417c.jpg

[young paddy1]

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v19/youngpaddy1/giant_slugworm.jpg

there's somethin' about this topic that makes people think of big lumps of snot with lots of teeth, must be dune and tremors and H.R Giger and beetlejuice and every other show that ripped off the sand worms

[Mr Man]

Again great work everyone!!!
This is the largest pic i have done on computer.
Didnt have time to do a background.

Does anyone know any good techniques for colouring in, because using the fill tool looks messy (and gets messy).:D

http://img21.photobucket.com/albums/v63/mrswoman/slug.jpg

[Bretton]

artistanbul: your newest one puts what i did in artrage to shame.. so i tried again..

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/wormbitch.jpg

whats cool about artrage is that you have to make art like you dont give a fuck!

youngpaddy: nice. i love the multiple circular rows of teeth and pissy squinty eyes.. i dig the claws and slime sticking to the pavement. very good.

osmus: tight!

[Railboy]

@beeglebug - Good lord, you're versatile. Or at least you take suggestions well. Personally I see nothing wrong with dodge or multiply or whatever helps you to get the effect you're looking for. In fact I make a point of experimenting with tool setting & filters to make sure I don't end up in a rut. Digital art already gets a lot of flak for not being a "true" medium... no sense in being purist about what elements of the medium are worthy of utilizing.

Fun topic today. I can't wait to make a submission...

[Agrajag]

Great work everybody!

Young Paddy, that's excellent!

Beeglebug, I like the last one best. It has a tortured/evil quality. =)
Yeah, ArtRage is really cool. I have trouble controlling the media though. But that's probably because I just don't know what I'm doing... =)

Here's my pic now. PS Elements 1 :rolleyes:
http://people.freenet.de/tb44/dsg417.jpg

[beeglebug]

Haha! Love the "he's behind you!" picture Agrajag...

Thanks a lot to those people who've commented on my work today, it's all greatly appreciated.

I must say, I'm really getting inspired after joining this forum, it's been too long since i've just drawn rapidly and daily, this DSG idea is going to help me no end. Nothing beats just throwing out the quantity does it?

[Mr Man]

Thought i would post another one.
My first looked abit too subtle
15 min

http://img21.photobucket.com/albums/v63/mrswoman/worm_thing.jpg

[PeSTeN]

Hi all, heres mine.
http://membres.lycos.fr/pesten/hpbimg/DSG-417.JPG

[eygji]

well, this is my first post on this forum. i've been watching the DSG for a while now and decided to join in finally (i also just borrowed my bro's drawing tablet)

so, here it is: (15 mins)

http://openshoebox.com/images/255336

[Railboy]

http://www.atomicagedog.com/art/dailysketch/slug.jpg

@ artistanbul - Your last drawing is my favorite. Great unexpected colors.

[Jebus]

OMG railboy, the horror! Very nice!

[xbiten]

another one. around 20 mins.
http://members.lycos.co.uk/xbiten/2D/dsg's/dsg417-2.jpg

[Bretton]

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/wormbitches.jpg

edit:
http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/wormbitchescol.jpg

a lot of people have been real productive for the dsg today :]. Good topic.

Railboy: (!!!).(!!!) that looks great! It looks completely fantastic and disgusting and its what made me want to do one more.

pesten: a fuzzy worm! thats scary! looks great.


Agrajag: thats pretty damn cute. well done too.

[DraigAthar]

Here's my quickie slug monster. Guess he's not very scary, but hey, he COULD be huge! :)

http://thirdroar.com/dj/2004-04/dj325-slug.JPG

[dagreengo]

http://img52.photobucket.com/albums/v159/dagreengo/dsg417.jpg
my first one, not satisfied

http://img52.photobucket.com/albums/v159/dagreengo/dsg417b_copy.jpg
my second on, happier, might color it


I really like osmus' and pesten's ... its pretty hard to be original with a slug!

[Matt Smith]

Here is my slug. I decided to go for more of a dark cave setting. His name is sluggy.

http://www.mattksmith.com/sluggy.jpg


Artistanbul- Your first slug, I dunno why, but I want to give him a hug.

Railboy- It does scare me.

Draigathar- It looks nice and slimey, especially the slime that is oozing out underneath.

I will try to comment on more later. Though good work by everyone so far.

[DV8]

A quick one (and little).... it was too nice a day outside to spend all day inside painting :).

http://www.mikephillips.ca/dsg/dsg_417_giant slug.jpg

[dagreengo]

DV8 - I love it!

[Defunct]

Holas a todos,
wasn't feeling very tired so came here to check on the action and did a really quick (messy) dsg.

http://img8.photobucket.com/albums/v28/Defunct/submerge.jpg


A quick one (and little).... it was too nice a day outside to spend all day inside painting .
That's what nights are for ;)

Railboy - Nice, cool concept!

[dagreengo]

i dont mean to flood the forum with my posts :P but i colored it

http://img52.photobucket.com/albums/v159/dagreengo/dsg417b.jpg

[nBT]

http://www.mattijsart.com/dsg/dsg417giantslug.jpg
mine

http://www.mattijsart.com/dsg/dsg417gr1.jpg

http://www.mattijsart.com/dsg/dsg417gr2.jpg
my brothers

omg railboy thats the best!
im checking out this artrage too

[Commander Obvious]

the pun is too delicious! I can't pass it up any longer!

The scourge of the giant slug finally ended today when the army called in an aerial assault.

http://img28.photobucket.com/albums/v83/Russell_Collins/DailySketchBook/DSG417_SlugPun.jpg

[djstoker]

^ haha....quality :p

[dagreengo]

HAHAHAHAHA
Commander Obvious lives up to his name yet again

nice once

Dammit! Why didnt I think of that!

[Dinger]

got a bit carried away on this one as my mate finally lent me his scanner/wacom I havent posted for a long while on here but I felt that I should :)

2 - 2 1/2 hours aboutish in PS Using custom Brushes

http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/dinger/bigslug_copy.jpg

http://www.skard.cjb.net/
http://www.phels.co.uk/

[Railboy]

http://www.atomicagedog.com/art/dailysketch/slug2.jpg

I had to check out this Artrage thing. Personally I like all the ways that digital painting ISN'T like traditional painting, so this program's sort of a throwback for me, but it was fun messing around with it.

[Matt Smith]

Dinger where did you get that diablo 2 icon, that is awsome.

[SlugMan]

ok, nothing special. todays was a nice day to be outside so i didn't spend all too mcuh time trying to be original :) i might color in a sketch of a slug-like monster later.

http://www.mythforums.com/files/SlugManslug.jpg

[shadoman]

Railboy - You never cease to amaze me. I think both of them are good, especially the first one. It seems to be puking something. Very well done my friend.
Dinger - I am just trying to figure out the scene. It's a little hard to distinguish. Overall it's good, but the monster is hard to determine what plain he is on. I think if you nailed that down you got it.
Commander Obvious - Good way to start out the day. I love the second sketch. Tasty morsel. I wanted to make a giant eating a giant escargo (spelling?), but no time today.
Defunct - Very nice colors. And the background being so out of focus and low detail shows a lot of depth and scale.
PeSTeN - Nice concept, action, and show of scale.
DV8 - Since it seems like we work in the same town, I know all about the good weather today after 5 days of gloom and cold-dampness. I, though, didn't get to do a drawing today. Good sketch you did, I love the cartooniness of it. Cutsie.

[DV8]

DV8 - Since it seems like we work in the same town, I know all about the good weather today after 5 days of gloom and cold-dampness. I, though, didn't get to do a drawing today. Good sketch you did, I love the cartooniness of it. Cutsie. [/B]

yea, it was great- supposed to nice tomorrow too. It has been a pretty lame spring so far- I cant wait for summer. Glad you liked my sketch. So what part of MD are you from? I am just north of Balt. (north of Hunt Valley).

Mike

[Osmus]

O.K. i attempted to do color with the same idea but with a different worm..but still really similar worm. i enjoyed seeing multiple worms from the same people.

http://img7.photobucket.com/albums/v18/osmus/giantwyrm.jpg

[lil'candy_angelceres]

http://img50.photobucket.com/albums/v153/lilcandy/Slug_attack.jpg
this is so crapy... wadever!!! sighs....
-Lil' Candy-

[JABAJAWOOLU]

wow gonna have to try out that artrage thingi. those images all turned out great. im sure its mostly in technique but same thing happened with painter. hadnt heard of it, saw great things come outta it, downloaded it and now im an artist (sarcasm) lol. gotta try it out. really awesome work everyone.

[Morr]

I love them all :)


http://img1.photobucket.com/albums/1003/Morriperkele/speed82.jpg

[OtterFrenzy]

http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~jzanevel/images/

[OtterFrenzy]

oops.

http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~jzanevel/images/12_Ghost%20Worms.jpg

[H.Evans]

http://astro.temple.edu/~hillaryl/giant%20slug.jpg

improving i hope...

[=^_^=]

http://www.palegolas.se/saltakatt/giantslug.jpg

lil'candy_angelceres: I think it have very scary eyes =)

[0kelvin]

http://pluh.com/members/baldy/DSG/GiantWorm.jpg

Emphasis on the word GIANT, I suppose.



0kelvin

[silentbrain]

It came from the desert!

http://venimarolka.com/dump/041904-dsg-giantworm.jpg

Damn, nice turnout today, excellent quality! (I thought it was against the rules to say "I suck" tho... :( )

[H.Evans]

good job all!!

[E.A.S]

http://img41.photobucket.com/albums/v127/chalizz/slug.jpg 15min sketch it's just a slug i guess..:rolleyes:

[ZeFFe DucKiSlatE]

http://www.free-webspace.biz/IH8U/mask.jpg

.... simple.. yes... but i like it!! =P

[goran]

This one from me.Cheershttp://img7.photobucket.com/albums/v17/smogyboy/roughs/worm.jpg

[ZeD]

~5mins - Open Canvas

http://www.netpar.com.br/zed/imagens/Pviolencia.jpg

I luv worms !!!