The Creature Thread

[JoshuaTheJames]

http://www.chrisjanderson.com/joshforum/Ganon.jpg
http://www.chrisjanderson.com/joshforum/orcmaster.jpg
http://www.chrisjanderson.com/joshforum/oo.jpg
C&C welcome...

-Joshua


POST YOUR CREATURE SKETCHES!!!

You can see more here!
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=151984#post151984

[davi]

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=131887&stc=1&d=1177964779

[Sadclown]

Joshua, davi....great work guys. Very cool stuff.

[JoshuaTheJames]

excellent!

davi- some of your best ideas!

StephenC- is that eyeball connected to the creature? neat idea...

-Joshua

[robcamp]

well well! incredible sketches! you guys make it look so easy! if only....

[amphex]

Wow, all this stuff is realllyyy awesome!
Your all so creative =D
Imma go make some monsters of my own!

[Travis_Bourbeau]

hmm sounds good ill give this a try and post here tonight !

[McNallyism]

Hey Josh, and other guys, looking good. I'm sorry its taking me so long to put up some new sketches, but I've been kind of busy lately. In mean time, here are two pieces from Jeff Murchie, a good friend of both Joshua the James and I. Jeff just ended a freelance contract with LucasArts doing concept work for Red Rock RTX. He's been too busy to post, so he gave me the go-ahead to put these up. Enjoy...

-Sean

(and no he doesn't have a website...sorry)

By Jeff Murchie!
http://www.joshuathejames.com/Posting!/Mowhonic.jpg

-Joshua

[MindCandyMan]

These all look totally awesome. What a cool thread!

[zeitgeist]

holy SHITE!

the purplish thing is soooo cool... i tingle with delight

[Coma]

It's a snalizarhumicken!

Heh cool sketches all :D

[Coma]

Wow... Beautiful texturing Smeagol71!!!

[jester]

Smeagol, I've seen some of them before but they are still great! What an inspiration!

Jester

[Fozzybar]

Smeagol...i want to marry you!

[MindCandyMan]

I love these ones. You should do more of these after you finish your robots. You guys should see these in person they look even better. Fozzybar...if you married smeagol that would make me your brother-in-law...no offense but if you look like your avatar I would be embarassed to have you in our family. :D ;)

[Fozzybar]

Hey, if smeagol looks like his avatar, then you should KISS my feet to get me in your family :p :p

[MindCandyMan]

hahahahahahahahah...oh man...if I wasn't at work I would be laughing out loud (supressing joy is part of working at a business I guess)...that is hilarious. The truth is...my dad looks like diablo...and my brother and I just look like hellboy.

[zeitgeist]

i really like the sloth/primate thing in the first one... and also.. i really like your new avatar

[Smeagol71]

Wow...thanks guys! I appreciate the comments. However, I think I'll steer clear of the whole "marriage" theme that seems to be running through some of them! LOL! :D

Joshua...you're so right about the color stuff. I think it's evident that I'm not as comfortable or proficient with color and it's one of my goals in the near future to attack that problem. I'll be on the boards a lot looking for help. As soon as I get my Wacom I will be hitting that with a vengeance. It's an obstacle that looms in front of me but I'm determined to get over. Thanks for the feedback.

Going to see The Two Towers tonight at a midnight show!! Can't wait!!!! Maybe I'll get some more creature ideas from that. We'll see!

[JoshuaTheJames]

thanks zeitgeist!

yo Smeagol71 have fun!!! i'll be seeing it Wed. 715pm booyaw!

-Joshua the Balrog Crusher

[Cyrob]

Hi everyone!...I thought to contribute to this thread with this sketch I had done a few months back...

...enjoy...!

http://www.cyrob.com/Pics/scan_131a.jpg

CyRob

[Fozzybar]

Oh...cyrob...i am going to be a bigamist...

[zeitgeist]

feeb... teh fourth one is amazing..

<3 tentacle mouth

[Smeagol71]

Wow! Lately it seems like my every artist I'm a huge fan of is posting on these boards!!!

Mike (feeb)...I've long admired your work and am a HUGE fan of your pencil work. Very, very nice. Crisp and extremely interesting to look at. I've used your style as an inspiration from time to time with my own pencil work and would like to get into more of the sepia toned mediums like yourself. Can you explain why you like the Verithin brand of pencils? I'd just be curious to hear what you have to say about them. I've tried using ColErase terra cotta but am very unsatisfied with it.

Again, I'm a big fan. Great work!

[Montross]

I know this is besides the topic but how do I post drawings on here and how do I make a picture under my name. If anyone can help please email me or message me. I PM a Art leader but he hasnt replied. I appreciate the help.:evilbat:

[feeb]

...also, one big drawback of verithin, is that they're not very forgiving. Like the scan above of the little assassin (in the girl's hand), you can still see lines I tried to erase (fingers). This is one of the reasons I think that the pencil nearest to perfect, isn't a pencil at all, but a tweaked brush in painter.

-Just an afterthought.

[MindCandyMan]

This has to be one of my favorite threads yet...the work in here is so inspiring and awesome. Great work everyone...you are starting a fire in my belly.

[Theo]

Hey waylander, looking mighty cool. Some of the designs even remind me of Bill wattersons alien creats in Calvin n Hobbes :)

-Theo

[Fozzybar]

WaylanderX, i like it! Awesome!

...i am going to be a polygamist now...:rolleyes:

[Fozzybar]

Montross, you need a webspace where you have to put your images. You cannot post images from your harddisk as you tried...;)

[Montross]

yeah thats what i thought, perhaps you can tell me where i can get a hold of this webspace.tnx. I wanna post some creatuers.:evilbat:

[faB]

a little fun painting I did today,pretty boring monster though :)
http://web.wanadoo.be/def46/img-posts/painter/speed/demon-1.jpg
~faB.

[faB]

hehe those are cool Waylander

here's one I did for this thread,
both underwater creatures I guess
it's quite difficult I;m happy I came up with the second one :) it's got a sort of spider web tail to trap things, when it does catch something it 'clenches' the poor thing very hard onto its rear body where there are those spiky (venomous?) things, ouch :P

http://web.wanadoo.be/def46/img-posts/sketch/monsters-1.jpg
~faB.

[Fozzybar]

waylanderX this diplomat is just fantastic and his description is hilarious! Great! :thumbsup:

[feeb]

WaylanderX, I had to save every single one of your critters. They're awesome! This is the kind of stuff I'd love to see more in movies and especially in video games. Basically, they're just awesome to look at. LoL... awesome awesome awesome.

[Octave13]

Feeb, you rock in heretofore unprecedented ways, my man. I have always been and will forever be smitten by, and in complete awe of your work. I mean, just damn...

Anyway, I posted this image before, but it fits nicely, here. I'll even get around to finishing it too, one o' these days.

http://nostr3m.homestead.com/files/demon3.jpg

Another work in progress...

http://nostr3m.homestead.com/files/demon4.jpg

[zeitgeist]

octave, what kick ass anatomy on the second one

[MindCandyMan]

Awesome work as usual octave. I love your rendering style it's awesome!

[Octave13]

Zeitgeist: Thanks, man... I try. :)
MindCandyMan: Thanks again, dude. Maybe I'll actually get around to doing some new stuff, soon.
Feeb: Holy god! Thanks, man. I've been waiting for you to do more to that piece. I saw what you started of it, on your website and it had me drooling even then. There's no reason why you shouldn't be working on the next LOTR movie, right NOW! For God's sake, man, send 'em your sketches, already. You are a towering badass. :eek:
Montross: I like the shading and detail you have in your creature. Draw it from a 45 degree angle, next time, though. The static, side-view makes it look flat. Keep posting.

[feeb]

lol.... I appreciate the compliment, but sadly, the LOTR movies were all made at once. By the time I'd seen my first preview, it was too late. Ah, well, right? I hope to get work in film someday, so we'll see.

:D

[Coma]

Excellent Kress!

[I.was.ink]

Kress, those are awesome. Great stuff you got there.

[N3W8I3]

ok... some great stuff here ill have to post some stuff in the next few days! what did you do that in lono, painter?
ok im gonna go of n do some drawin :D

[JoshuaTheJames]

This thread has become more than I had hoped! Thank you all!

-Joshua

[zeitgeist]

lono... god DAMN, thats cool

the eyes.. the EYES!

[Lono]

thanks a lot guys! maby ill finish it sometime. :)
yah,, its in painter.

good thread JOSHUA!

-Lono

[Gorbay]

Kress, i should confess that these creatures are great .. it seems you worked mainly on teeth ... cong's

[gamoroth]

*tear* i wish i could draw half as well as you guys! i mean hot damn those are awsome! well um heres mine i guess even though i know it cannot compair with any of your guys's stuff

sadly i am almost computer illiterate so i have no idea how to get a picture by itself in this message with the whole IMG button >_< owell um but go here and look at the one on the right i guess..

http://azazelj.tripod.com/azazels_lair/id2.html

[waynespaz]

wow, you guys are amazing. I am hopefully gonna have some artwork on this thread very soon. I have been working hard on some ideas

[Fozzybar]

Kress is krass (krass is a german word and means "extreme", "cool", "blatant")!

Lono is Lana (lana doesn't have any sense at all...the second line should just match the first one...)

Anyway Lono's work is...is...damned...call it Lana! :D

[ODIN SIX]

WOW This thread rocks!!!!!

I'll Get some stuff up in here soon

[MindCandyMan]

Awesome stuff as usual Sean!!!!! There is so much life in these sketches. I love the sabre tooth cat's face. Awesome.

[Smeagol71]

Wow...I am humbled by your kind words Sean. This newest round of sketches you've posted has given me more of a push to blitz on a new round of creature driven stuff. We'll see how it goes. Great work, I especially like the second sketch. Cool face on that guy!!!! I'm definitely going to try and do some more.

Happy New Year everyone!!!

[MindCandyMan]

those sketches are great bro...the one on the bottom right looks like your frankenstein self portrait you painted heheh...awesome

[ZippZopp]

wow smeagol!! those are fantastic! i wish i could do stuff like that

[I.was.ink]

nice stuff davi, and smeagol. Smeagol. I really like that last one. Really nice stuff. Davi, why don't u paint the third one. I really like that face:)

[Sadclown]

http://www.imgmag.com/images/sadclown/IMAGES/ballpoint.jpg

[Raul-Reznek]

Davi and Smea. - FREAKIN good

here's mine, Blobo. any suggestions, do u think i should finish him?

[MindCandyMan]

My brother is the greatest creature designer in the whole world!!!!!!! Ok maybe I'm exaggerating...but this latest one is really cool bro. I like the long teeth/mouth section. That's cool that his throat goes down so far he has two adam's apples. Keep em coming bro...these are looking awesome.

Yes feeb...it's scary isn't it...people talking about you whom you have never met...you are a celebrity

[I.was.ink]

nice painting u go there davi. Killer squid
nice touch smeagol. I like that color! lol @ two adam's apples:)

[feeb]

Whoah! What did you talk about? I want in on this.... I think I'm honored... ?

[Smeagol71]

LOL...no need to worry Feeb, the conversation was all good! We were just talking about and admiring your work and your inking style. Inspirational to say the least, you have much to be proud of! Thanks for sharing your work with us! :chug:

[MindCandyMan]

feeb rules!!! Yeah I just got a set of rapidiograph pens for Christmas and I love using them except I am not so good at it...your precision pen work really inspired me and my bro...as well as the rest of the stuff you have done...it's all awesome.

[ELEK]

http://www.planetquake.com/tertiary/pics/creature.jpg

Live long and prosper...

[MindCandyMan]

hey cucaracha is there a story behind this one? I'm curious as to what inspired you to do this.

[cucaracha]

there was a female artist called "Naomi" (or so) who drew such bright colorful images; i liked them and tried myself.
and i thought an airship would be cool :) (just like a mix out of "treasure planet" and old "final fantasy" games)

[MindCandyMan]

cool man...I loved the old final fantasy games...they are awesome...good work man.

[hurricane]

a colored sketch of a dragon

cant belive im posting, i might edit my post :)
aaaaaargh, here we go
http://130.236.144.46/~hurricane/LoD/LoD_hurr_drag.jpg

*hides*

great creature sketches you all !!

[Fozzybar]

hurricane, what's the matter? This image is great...*pulls-hurricane-off his-hideout-and-slaps-him-in-the-face*

smeagol71, i have to think of landmate's brainfart as i saw this big brainy creature...oh man...i don't want to finish my thoughts...:bash:

I don't want to say "hey, your creatures are cool!", so i am writing it: "hey, your creatures are cool!"...the monkey looks as he doesn't like that you drew it in 15 minutes..."c'mon...gimme some more effort, you suck...i'll blow you away..."....things that happen, when you're drawing laser-guns instead of bananas in small monkey hands...

...time to sleep...i'm babbling...

edit: hmmm...at a second glance...ok, maybe it isn't a monkey...who cares...sleeping time... :rolleyes:

[Prometheus|ANJ]

On d's request, here's some creature stuff.

http://home.swipnet.se/zebes/myth/prey6c.jpg

http://home.swipnet.se/zebes/myth/prey2c.jpg

I spent 15-30 minutes on each. More fantasy animals and other stuff in here:

http://home.swipnet.se/zebes/myth/


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...and from my metroid post:

http://www.itchstudios.com/psg/metroid02/motherbrain-c4.jpg

Dir listing:

http://www.itchstudios.com/psg/metroidstuff.php

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Thunderdome creature and other stuff I haven't bothered to link to my site yet:

http://www.itchstudios.com/psg/tdome/tdome17c.jpg

IE JS gallery:

http://www.itchstudios.com/psg/gallery2.htm

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- EOF -

[Smeagol71]

Hooray! Prom, the master of PS painting has come to the creature thread! Man, I love that stuff, can't get enough of it!!!

Question...how much reference do you use for the physically real, more "familiar" animals you do? It seems you draw from a variety of different animals for each. Is this from memory or drawn from several pics you have in front of you or in mind?

Love the Metroid monster, really cool. That last one looks like Jigglypuff on crack! LOL!

[dingobloo]

shiet prom that last one is freaky... almost makes me wanna get up and actually paint a creature.... almost

[davi]

those green ones rule!

[Prometheus|ANJ]

Smeagol & others > Thanks! They are thumbnail size pencil studies from an animal book. I warped and combined tho.

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Simple saturation brush experiment

http://home.swipnet.se/zebes/myth/seahead.jpg

[Prometheus|ANJ]

Had to speedcolor one :G

http://home.swipnet.se/zebes/smeagolbird.jpg

[MindCandyMan]

That is awesome prometheus!

[Smeagol71]

THAT IS SOOOOO COOL!! WOW WOW WOW! Man, if you could see the smile on my face right now Prom, LOL LOL! That is the best!!! Thanks for making my day! That is really, awesome!

Nice job too! You're definitely one individual that I would put complete and total trust if wanting someone to color my work. One of these days I'll get my act together and do a "coloring blitz" with my stuff. Thanks so much for the inspiration!

[Deth Jester]

Prom. GORGEOUS! That is my favorite thing you have ever done!! WOW! In awe! thank you for the inspiration..

thank you.

[I.was.ink]

I can't believe how awesome that is. I love your style. U r a photoshop genius! great stuff! would u please take a look here (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2764) . I tried to paint using your technique. Of course it doesn't look as good as your stuff, but i try!:p

I would love it if you were to paint over it, could you? Anyways, i thank you and great work everyone on those creatures!!!:thumbsup:

[ODIN SIX]

Rockin Prometheus|ANJ !!!!!

Reminds me of my most favorate Movie "The Dark Crystal"
:thumbsup:

[JoshuaTheJames]

a fruit filled Scepsy!

[zeitgeist]

hah

thats awesome smeeeeeagol

love the backbone

[texturez]

What would I love to see! I would love to see a color build up step by step on one of these quick creature colorings you do- The style is abousolutelt beautiful- very concept- you should be drawing for the movies- great stuff- so how about another quick tutorial on your quick coloring of one creature- please please please! Brad

[Smeagol71]

Thanks for the encouragement guys! But...

:bow:

I am not worthy! I am not worthy!

Sheesh Targete, that stuff is awesome, and your site has some incredible work on it too. Great job!! From this post in paticular I especially like the 2nd sketch of the Marauder. Are those pen sketches colored with marker and gouache?

Thanks for posting! These are great!!!!

Oh and texturez, you and me both! Not to give excuses, but I'm saving up for a tablet and most likely will go on a coloring blitz when I get it. Maybe I'll try and do a few with the mouse. We'll see...

[Charon]

Oh my...you guys are so awe inspiring!! Here is my little contribution

http://sanjistar.port5.com/dwarf.jpg

By the way I'm new here..this is my first post :p

[Dominus]

this is my first post, great works guys, I really apreciate the work of Smeagol, Vali and Prometheus, GREAT WORK!


PS
How do i post here some of my work? I have no option for that! :confused:

[MindCandyMan]

The knight lunging forward with the sword is awesome dominus...there is a really great sense of motion and it is rendered quite nicely. The helmet looks a lot like the blizzard warcraft 3 helmets. Awesome work man do some more and post em!

[Dominus]

thanx, actually, the 'warrior' drawing was inspired from a warcraft 3 trailer.
I do not have a scanner at home, so it is very hard to post here when I wish.. :o

[Lono]

NICE TARGETE!!!


-Lono

[ODIN SIX]

MindCandyMan,,, That is a neat little Eye Thinga bobber...

Targete,,,, WOW,,,You have some Awesome Talent!!!

[ODIN SIX]

Saw the 2 Towers Today...........

"WE" are Cool......:cool:
http://www.mdss6.com/files/OC_sketch_5.jpg

http://www.mdss6.com/files/OC_sketch_6.jpg

[ODIN SIX]

We can Not Sleep!!!!!:mad: :bash:

http://www.mdss6.com/files/OC_sketch_7.jpg

[JoshuaTheJames]

nice stuff TARGETE

[McNallyism]

Whoooo! Smeagol, Prometheus, and Targete, you guys rock! Targete, you have beautiful technique, and your finished stuff has great color. Prometheus, your work is inspirational as always, and Smeagol, your creatures are just plain funky. And I mean that in a good way. Great stuff guys. Must...draw...more...creatures...

[ELEK]

A couple attempts...

http://www.planetquake.com/tertiary/pics/elek.jpg

http://www.planetquake.com/tertiary/pics/skell.jpg

http://www.planetquake.com/tertiary/pics/vonesque.jpg

[Smeagol71]

Jens: Thanks for the kind words. You may be right about the front legs. I was going for really narrow shoulder blades and kind of a spindly look there. You're right though, it does look a little weird. To answer your question, the subject size is like 5"X6", so not too big. I usually work right around that size when sketching these characters.

Targete:
Boy would I love doing creatures full time he he. You and me both brother!!!! That is my dream job. I appreciate your encouragement. Coming from an individual such as yourself doing such high quality work I feel very humbled! Thanks!

McNallyism: I've been a long time fan of your work McNally. I will continue to try and BRINK 'DA FUNK! :p

[toma]

Hi all,

This thread is absolutely amazing...
Thanks a lot all...you're a great source of inspiration : could spend the whole day 'feeling' aevery drawing... I wish I just could participate this !

toma.

[rubygenesis]

hahaha! sure start a sweet thread soon as i lose my host site! really great stuff everybody excellent imaginations, More More!

i should learn how to spell...

[ZippZopp]

damn smeagol, how the hell do you come up with all this stuff! its mind blowing that you've come up with this many character concepts!

what materials do you use to do these? do you bring them into the computer and clean them up?

[andreasrocha]

Some amazing work displayed here. Since this is a community, I would like to contribute with some of my own work. You are all a true inspiration!
http://andreasrocha.no.sapo.pt/gfxartist/Creatures.jpg

[MGH]

Smeagol71
Very nice. Love to see more of your stuff.

[MindCandyMan]

Good job bro that winged creature is one of your best ones of late...looks awesome. I really love that outcropping you put him on too.

Zipp - they look that clean in real life...he uses just a green pencil...it's sick...I watch him sketch them all the time...makes it look easy.

andreasrocha - This is a nice concept I really like it a lot. I like the rendering as well great job!

waylanderx - That kicks total butt...I love the texture on the alien on the left and one on the bottom right. Who am I kidding...they are all great...awesome job.

Elek - I love that pen one...the first one...rendered really well...pen is so hard and you have done a great job.

[TARGETE]

Beautiful as usual Smeagol, my only comment and minor it is would be to slide his shoulder/deltoid a tad bit towards his neck but keeping the rest of his arm in place..that way he will look like he has more bone structure. Sweet my man keep it up.

J.P.

[JoshuaTheJames]

WaylanderX!!!

sorry I forgot to meantion your stuff!

I love it! Its really nice to see so many different takes on creatures!!! I wouldn't mind seeing a lot of your's on a Saturday morning cartoon!!!! God knows we need a good one...ahh whatever happened to Saturday morning cartoons...

thanks for posting everyone!

-Joshua

[Smeagol71]

Thanks for the comments everyone, they're very encouraging and encouragement is something I always could use!

Targete: I see exactly what you mean. I'll think I'll go back and rework that shoulder per your advice. I was trying to accentuate the bone structure a bit and that would help I think. Thanks for your gracious comments as well, they are much appreciated!

ZippZopp: Thanks! For these last few sketches I've worked with a green col-erase pencil, scanned it into Photoshop, and adjusted the levels a bit to clean up the look. That's about it. By the way...your painting of Minas Morgul is fantastic!!!!

WaylanderX: Always been a fan of your work here and on your site! What great creature concepts, keep posting!!!

And last but certainly not least...thanks bro! See you on Monday if not before! :fruit:

[Dusty]

Thanks! Its a wide range of date on these, though.....and only the mermaid and the red-balsac creature are even remotely recent, unfortunately. I need to get my ass on some personal projects. ;) hahahaah

There aren't any models here, FYI. ;)

-Dusty

[Fozzybar]

Dusty!

This red one is fantastic! We, here at conceptart, call for more recent work!!! And colored like the red one...i love this piece...:love:

[andreasrocha]

Lukias...another ruler of the arts. Great sketches. Stunning, man!

[Smeagol71]

Lukias...your work is fantastic. I love the sense of atmosphere and action your sketches have, especially 2nd one, the phantom. Very nice.

I hope to see more!

[andreasrocha]

Waynepaz...pretty cool. But it would be better to use the link feature so we can all see the image here directly at conceptart.

Being continually inspired by this kick-ass thread I am posting another piece.

http://andreasrocha.no.sapo.pt/conceptart/creature2.jpg

[Dusty]

Yeah, the red one is my most recent actually.......last year was kind of a wash for me, so that's why nothing more recent. Too much freelance left for almost zero personal work.

I'll see about some new stuff here this weekend. ;)

-Dusty

[Dusty]

I disagree with that, actually. I love the little guy's face. He's tiny! He's doesn't need to look like his brutish friend. The way you have it.....it looks like they are of the same planet (same idea for the ears and the "antennae" coming off their heads), but obviously of different origins.

You kept the design scheme throughout them both, but made them unique.

keep it. ;)

-DUsty

[Fozzybar]

Finally all of you've done it...to kick my butt and make me draw a sketch for this thread!

It's some kind of an alien diplomat...

http://www.cleverfool.de/ca/diplomat_fozzybar.jpg

[feeb]

Dusty: After seeing your first two creatures, I knew I was in for a trip. I kept thinking to myself, damn, this guy is so friggin original, and I was pumped when I reached the bottom of your post to find my name mentioned... and what's more- you called me original.

Made my day, dude.

[I.was.ink]

WOW!:eek:

that is some amazing rendering skills you have. He's got the whole city in his eye. Really nice piece as aslways. I'm glad that you came to conceptart!:D

btw, how long did this take you and how did u use the sandpaper?:confused:

[Dusty]

Thanks feeb!
The feeling is mutual, I assure you. :)

-Dusty

[JoshuaTheJames]

ahh ...the 200th post!

-Joshua

[foster]

no wonder this thread has five stars! absolutely beautiful work by all the contributors! Wow!

jon

[nacho]

so much great stuff... awesome thread. keep em coming!

here is my poor attempt.
http://www.arcor.de/palb/alben/99/3563899/6338386332643262.jpg

[Ari]

Critique welcome.

http://crispata.com/images/overlord1.jpg http://crispata.com/images/overlord2.jpg

http://crispata.com/images/overlord3.jpg

[I.was.ink]

Nacho, Ari, and Lukias> Great stuff u guys got there. Really great and boy...what an inspiration! thanks!:thumbsup:

[JoshuaTheJames]

dang Smeagol,

I'm really diggin the first one! I love the mushrooms!

-Joshua

[MGH]

Fantastic stuff on this thread.
http://homepage.mac.com/mark_harris/.Pictures/party%20goerLR.jpg

[cagle_kristopher]

I'm a new member, I see alot of talent here, I would like to post as well, but my user CP wont let me post attachments, why?

[DachBleddyn]

Wow! There is a lot of great drawings here. I am gonna get busy and draw a sketch to put up on here. Great job you guys. You are all very talented!

-Dach Bleddyn

[Dusty]

They probably have attachments turned off....so you will need to find your own webspace and post it yourself by typing in the URL after clicking the "IMG" button when making a post.

-Dusty

[davi]

http://conceptdesign.ath.cx/aaronstg/c001.jpg

sorry for the size of the image.

[mcotie]

cagle_kristopher

I'm a new member, I see alot of talent here, I would like to post as well, but my user CP wont let me post attachments, why?

Check that piss water beer you drink. It's joggling your noodle. he he

Mitch

[I.was.ink]

Good job there Smeagol and Davi. I like the first mushroom guy you did. I like the face on this guy davi.

I'll post some stuff on here once I get better!:)

[ozimandias]

Some awesome stuff here, please keep posting.

This is a inked "chaotic" monster I did time ago for a fanzine.
http://invis.free.anonymizer.com/http://www.geocities.com/ozimandias2003/victorend.jpg

[Landmate]

http://www.doublemoonproductions.com/tdome_marker.jpg

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[davi]

yeah... it's a mountian giant with a stone, kinda boring as a "creature". Been reading The Hobbit.

[davi]

hope this makes up for my boring giant.

[zeitgeist]

davi, this is really cool... and personally, i loved your giant.. you have some really amazing linework

[Octave13]

Still tryin' to come up with what'll probably end up being a non-humanoid body, for this guy. Very much a work in progress.

http://nostr3m.homestead.com/files/siamen.jpg

I feel so naked, having posted this amongst such talented people.

[Beer Baron]

Mr. Milligan, is that an actual concept drawing from Ginger Snaps 2? I understand they are making a sequel to the first one. Either way, the drawing is awesome! Looks like he/she's about to attack. Great job.

[Dan Milligan]

hey B.B.

Thanks for the nice remarks.

That is an actual drawing for the movie,infact they're making one more movie after this one.

[Beer Baron]

That's some great news! You're not going to get in trouble for posting this image are you? I sure hope not because I would sure as hell like to see some more. Please post some more if you've got any laying around. Do you work for an F/X house in Canada?

Also, did you happen to catch a copy of Bernie Wrightson's Creatures Featured III?
http://www.budplant.com/prod.itml/icOid/10354
I'd say 80% of it is dedicated to his werewolf concepts. Some good stuff there.

[Dusty]

Nice wolfie!

Loved the first movie a HELL of a lot.

-Dusty

[Dan Milligan]

BB
Here's some storyboard frames from
a scene. I'm a freelance storyboard artist. I tend to work more with directors than F/X companies
Dan
http://homepage.mac.com/danmilligan/.Pictures/concept%20images/frames.jpg
Don't want to give to much away.

[DachBleddyn]

Dan Milligan: I can't believe they are making a Ginger Snaps 2! I liked the first movie. Hopefully the second will be as good, or better. I loved the Wolf concept art, and the story board. they are both coO!

[Ostrander]

Here comes the spiderman...man
G

http://members.cox.net/gloklund/spiderman.jpg :chug:

[Octave13]

Gloklund, that rocks. Post more. MORE, I say.

[Octave13]

Decided to paint my alien guy...

http://nostr3m.homestead.com/files/siamen2.JPG

[I.was.ink]

I like the design of him, Octave 13 but IMO he looks to clean, it looks like every single little bulge is really bright and perfect. The light sources are weirds, unless he has lights coming at him from like 6 different places. Sorry for that crit, its just that I like it and i think it has potential to be a nice piece. He also looks like the predator which is really cool!:cool:

[Octave13]

iwasink: Yeah, I know what you mean. I'm pretty new to painting, still. I've gotten similar responses to yours, on another forum. I might do a repaint. Thanks, man.

Raul-Reznek: Thanks... I like your pencil shading you got goin' on, there.

[Blackhawk]

Quicky, about 45 minutes. I rarely draw from imagination anymore, so this one was enjoyable for me.

http://members.cox.net/spagina/snake.jpg

[rubygenesis]

Holy Crap! simply awesome stuff guys, keep it up! I luv character concepts..

[Dan Milligan]

just having some fun.
http://homepage.mac.com/danmilligan/.Pictures/concept%20images/creature01.jpg
Painter 7 40 mins

[MindCandyMan]

These last two are really great. Dan your style is awesome! I love it. And Raul-Reznek your rendering style is really nice I like it...I love the tail wrapped around the tree...awesome.

Blackhawk, that face is good...the structure is really good you should practice from imagination more often hehe.

Octave - good as always although I agree it could be more gritty but you know that. Still rocks though. Love the design.

and of course jull and gloklund your stuff is awesome.

[akuria]

hey blackhawk that rindition of your lover under the bed is pretty good. i like it. keep it up blackhawk dawg. oh and to let the others know blackhawk is my pal so i can beg on him.









akuria

[MGH]

Nice one Dan.
Any chance I can borrow him for my Hellmans animatic?
He does look hungry, after all.
Cheers,
Mark

[EVIL]

Man!, how in the world can a new artist create something original when there are guys like you guys around that limit the new artist's creativity. I see so many cool and original creatures here, how we provide new and refreshing stuff. I HATE THIS!!

DAMN YOU ALL!!:evilbat:

[nacho]

50 minutes oc doodlin. he's some kind of alien baron....
http://www.arcor.de/palb/alben/99/3563899/6334366631303437.jpg

[Raul-Reznek]

too good Nacho! :D

[Kev Crossley]

:confused: okay, so that didn't work, you'll just have to look on my site until I find my smart head and figure out how to post up images..........;)

[MindCandyMan]

One word...fantastic. That monster at the top is awesome...scary. These are great.

Kev Crossley - the stuff on your website is awesome...I love your interpretations of lord of the rings...cool stuff

[Ion]

damn, thats cool as hell Cos

[davi]

vamrilla!

[MindCandyMan]

Wow feeb...fantastic...I am speechless...wow...I must practice

[Ion]

i love the colors in these Feeb, especially the last two. and the character design of the first one is insane... nice job

[feeb]

cos: I totally bow to you. these exemplify what i try to get out of my paintings, but fail miserably. best kudos to you.

MindCandyMan & Ion: Cheers!

[I.was.ink]

Cos is such an awesome artist! He's my hero!:jump1:

Feeb: those look pretty damn cool to me. Good thing that you have progressed enough to think those suck.:)

O!

[JoshuaTheJames]

some oolld ones...

http://www.joshuathejames.com/Posting!/cp.jpg

http://www.joshuathejames.com/Posting!/8182002.jpg

http://www.joshuathejames.com/Posting!/decay!.jpg

http://www.joshuathejames.com/Posting!/wierd-thing.jpg





-Joshua

[cos]

feeb : Nice of you to drop a comment, glad you digged them! Tho I can't see what you find failing in your own, look great to me dude.

Iwasink/JTJ - Thanks!

[jester]

cos, those b/w one remind me of a great thread on sijun from last summer - did you post there, too? Seems that the old posts aren't reachable any more, what a pity!

Jester

[I.was.ink]

Great work everyone. Especially you davi. I love to see that progression in your own creations lately. I love the poses of both the guys and I love your style. You make it look so easy! You often inspire me with your creatures. Thanks to these guys, I will draw a creature of mine tomorrow.

Thanks once again davi:D

[EVIL]

ARGH.. i hate GAMES!! if i wouldnt play them i would post some stuff of my self here.. but i cant get away from those cool games (:'[)

[davi]

looking good man.

a crit on the females ass, you should bring the darkneed buttock down more. I would work on doing some very basicly anatomy line drawings. very geometric shapes with planes. The shoulders on the male seem a bit large. The easiest way to learn the arm is learning the arm muscles as big ovals and pretend you are drawing them as clay cause they stretch.
Keep it up though, these are great!

[I.was.ink]

Thanks for the hints there davi. Will do and I'll post my results a little later on!

[akuria]

oh and hey davi your shit looks awesome. i gotta give you some props on them. and iwasink you stuff is the shit.

[PzYcHe]

Wow... I'm speechless. The talent on these boards is incredibly amazingly unbelieveable. This is the most I;ve ever been inspired.

Heh, and after seeing everyone's drawings, there's no way I'm posting mine. I've got a LOT of practicing to do...

Nice work everyone! :D

[JoshuaTheJames]

300th post...

I just looked over all this stuff again... I must say there is some really GREAT work in this thread.

thanks for sharing everyone!

-Joshua

[akuria]

wow brass that last one is really cool. i like it man dude.

[ceenda]

brasshorsekiller: Those are awesome! Kick-ass!

[Blackhawk]

A few creatures from imagination. Not much thought went into these, they were more just screw around fun than anything.

http://members.cox.net/spagina/Creature1a.JPG

http://members.cox.net/spagina/skeleton.jpg

http://members.cox.net/spagina/Elephantitis.jpg

Great work guys.

[pazshadow]

holy.....shinanigans brass horse, the first one is killer!i love it! you never cease to amaze wit your amazing monsters:eek:

[JoshuaTheJames]

S13Drifter
thats a pretty interesting design...

-Joshua

[HruntheBarbarian]

I just want to say: AWESOME WORK BY ALL OF YOU!
Personally I've only concentrated myself on humanoids but this post makes wanna draw 6-legged beasts with 4 arms...

...and a tail :D

[davidheijl]

ok, so it's a classic humanoid, but I don't think it's worth a separate thread so I'll dump my latest effort here ;)

whaddaya think?

http://users.pandora.be/sienar/concept/gnoll_web.jpg

[Fozzybar]

Hey, Aveh, nice to see you posted somethin'! Keep it up!

[cucaracha]

I think he had two layers, the line art on "multiply" and that nice DaVinci background.
Is that right? I love it :)
cu

[Severith]

Ohh thanks god, and I thought it would be 2 guys who are noting like davinci on this forum...

you can guess who the 2nd one is hehe... :p

[davi]

http://www.creatureone.com/s/dd17.jpg
from a DSG, but i'm posting in hopes to keep this thread alive.

[davi]

:coughs:

thx

[MGH]

When the going gets tough, the tough go shopping.
painter 7.
http://homepage.mac.com/mark_harris/.Pictures/creature1LR.jpg

[Aaross]

MGH:
Rampant consumerism played a major part in their extinction...
Nice work.

[MGH]

Thanks Aaross. Maybe there's a life lesson in there for all of us.
On the other hand my job depends on rampant consumerism...

[Moro Turkey]

Wow, what a great dinosaur!! (It is like a parasaurolophus but not.)
I am going to post these here so people will see them.=p (If that's not allowed, someone can delete it.^^)

http://www.moroturkey.com/minisphinx.jpg
This next one is my first all-digital pic.^^
http://www.moroturkey.com/boobymonster.jpg

[MGH]

Thanks M.T.
Actually I didn't intend it to be any particular type. Kind of like that Johnny Cash song about building his own cadillac. I did use 'Dinotopia' for colour ref though. Guess I should have mentioned that.
Oh yeah, took 45 min. to an hour to do.
Your second one is definitely creepy.

[BlkCelebration]

This is a great thread, I wouldnt mind it being around past next year.

Here's somethin' I did earlier today.

http://9doublebass.homestead.com/files/newart/stelladiver.jpg

[MindCandyMan]

awesome work kress these look great! The guy screaming with the octopus on his head is my favorite...awesome! You work is inspiring as always.

[Atomick]

The critter thread lives on! Well, toss another one on... giant monkey tree frog meets longtailed skink...sorry bout the super-quickie background!

http://www.atomick.net/conceptArtForum/timberfiend.jpg

[Atomick]

Gaahhh...just re-read the entire thread. OMG, just amazing. Great job, every single poster!! So inspiring...

Oh, and I NEW I had put these sketches -somewhere- ... here's more critter grist for the mill!

http://www.atomick.net/conceptArtForum/creatureSketch1.jpg

http://www.atomick.net/conceptArtForum/creatureSketch2.jpg

[Smeagol71]

Well, as far as I'm concerned Davi, that's my most favorite pic from you yet. That is fantastic!!! Nice job with the design and the paint job. I'm glad you left him without too much gear, makes him seem more wild.

Great job, very cool.

[Runcible]

Davi, that bear rocks! Nice job!:D

[JoshuaTheJames]

dope pic davi...

If I could use that bear in a game I would LOVE to beat the hell out of enemies with that club!!! :D

-Joshua

[Kaylon]

I loved the WIP of that bear, real nice style Davi.

And Bee, that wee dragon is soo cute, hope the cute remark does not offend :).

Kay.

[davi]

Http://www.creatureone.com/s/sp-009.jpg

[Wolvie]

wanted to post some creature...

http://www.darkhosts.com/ingunn/lich001.jpg

[Grendel]

I was ink- its mechanical pencil on sketchbook swarthmore. recycled

[davi]

whoreable, cool stuff but you need crop your images better.

[Maxx M.]

http://bbnk.dhs.org/~mmarshall/DeadCowboy.jpg

http://bbnk.dhs.org/~mmarshall/Plague.jpg
http://bbnk.dhs.org/~mmarshall/crabbypatty.jpg
http://bbnk.dhs.org/~mmarshall/skullhead.jpg

some old school creatures what'chu ain't seen!

-maxx

[feeb]

Interesting style, Maxx M. You got your own thing going there.

That bug-like critter, which is so full-rendered, looks awesome, but really "flattens" because of the values. The legs get lost over the torso, and things like that, because you have the torso darker than the legs. Remember that things that are closer have more contrast... brighter brights, and darker darks. Keep this in mind on your next insane render.

Keep developing this cool style, Hoss.

[Maxx M.]

Hmmm....

feeb... (never having gone to art shool)
I'd never heard this before....Seriously!!!...
really?!?!?
I've been working on so many things lately,
thank you sincerely for the tip. (i hope it helps)
i'll try it!
once again thanks!!!

-maxx

I hope i'm not comming off sarcastic.
i really never heard this before.

http://bbnk.dhs.org/~mmarshall/Treepimp.jpg

[davi]

http://www.creatureone.com/c/012.jpg

[BlkCelebration]

This one's great Davi, I'm lovin' the coloring job on it.

Great pics all around~! I'm gonna get crackin' on a new creature pic.

[SploogTheTerrible]

here's a couple pages from the ol' sketchbook.
http://www.et.byu.edu/~mem224/DWQP.jpg
http://www.et.byu.edu/~mem224/Grolm.jpg

[Hunger_Artist]

my concept for a snake-archer :D


http://www.members.tripod.com/carlbeu/585ebe10.jpg

[Maxx M.]

I had a dream that this was my kid...
but noone cared how creepy she was....

http://bbnk.dhs.org/~mmarshall/daughter.jpg

-maxx m.

[davi]

http://www.creatureone.com/p8/test01.jpg

[davi]

http://www.creatureone.com/p8/test03.jpg

[Neox]

http://neox.gfx-scene.de/public/gekritzel/young_tahoro_overkill.jpg

http://neox.gfx-scene.de/public/gekritzel/Tahoro_burn.jpg

a yound and an old version of my character Tahoro, don't know but i kinda like hard contrasts and colors :)

[bellas]

ciberpunk rulez
http://www.iespana.es/bellasart/unimonio_tinta.gif

[Erik]

Hey Neox those are great!

Don't ever go running around saying you cant draw shit nomore! ;-)

Good thread this is.

[grey]

some creatures I did on commission -

a plague-bearer
http://www.greystudio.com/images/gallery/bw/plagueling.jpg

a rock hopper
http://www.greystudio.com/images/gallery/bw/ghul.jpg

and a dangerous rabbit
http://www.greystudio.com/images/gallery/bw/desert_hare.jpg

[Pixelfrog]

Hi all, first post at conceptart.org

Awesome site, Great message board, increadible thread and Amazing talent. All very inspiring, definitely glad I found it!

http://www.pixelfrog.com/images/trogsm.jpg

Hope the Trog shows up, here goes....


Pix :D

[Wynd]

Something I doodled up from a pose study. So much good stuff in this thread! O.o

http://wynd.teamanime2k.org/sketchbook_p2detail1.jpg

[Teyon]

http://members.lycos.co.uk/teyon/Images/2dcolor/merman.jpg

[MindCandyMan]

awesome teyon!!

[Teyon]

THanks. I fudged it and put a higher res version at first. Thought I was going to get banned for a sec! lol. All better now. Glad you like it!

[Teyon]

BIg ol' dump.
http://members.lycos.co.uk/teyon/Images/sketches/creatures1.jpg
http://members.lycos.co.uk/teyon/Images/sketches/creatures2.jpg

[Teyon]

One more. :)
http://home.att.net/~teyon.25/sketches/minotair2003.jpg

[Moro Turkey]

Those are cool, Teyon, especially the Mer Guy.

[Moro Turkey]

This is just a quick one.^^
http://www.moroturkey.com/fiddler.jpg

[ploboyko]

I was originally gonna post these in the demon thread, but i think these guys have more of a creature vibe. This is a collection of 3 to 5 minute sketches on yellow post-its or scrap paper I did at my day job last year to ensure that I drew something everyday. Bring on the little monsters!http://www.image4u.org/patloboyko/lildemons3.jpg

[Teyon]

Wow, some really nice stuff from you three. This is why it's great to be here.

[Teyon]

That's a cool little critter.

[Guild Navigator]

Cool.
http://www.prism.net/z0mbi/images/bb_alien.jpg

[Wynd]

http://wynd.teamanime2k.org/sketch_cyberwere.jpg

[Summer Pudding]

Top notch stuff.

Easily the best on this thread.

The loose brush strokes reminded me of Frans Hals the legendary Dutch Master.

[OneBigCelt]

http://www.macnider.org/artwork/creatures/9.jpg

[Big-Dave]

Guild Navigator: Is that Bob from Commander Keen in the second picture?

[Guild Navigator]

Well, I'm aware of Commander Keen but I never played it. It might be possible that I saw a picture of "bob" once and it registered subconciously with my head meats.

[MindCandyMan]

Iwasink!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DUDE! I gotta get goin...this page just shows how much you have actually improved...fantastic is the only word dude...wow. Man I need to get crackin hehe to catch up.

[Dan Milligan]

Just goofin' around

http://homepage.mac.com/danmilligan/.Pictures/concept%20images/creature02.jpg

30 mins Painter 8

[MGH]

You inspired me to get going on something, Dan.
http://homepage.mac.com/mark_harris/.Pictures/alien.jpg

[I.was.ink]

GReat post guys. MCM...you better catch up man......

[darkcult]

Octopunch.... :drool:


i love this one!

[incognito]

I especially like the first three.:chug:

[davi]

http://www.creatureone.com/s/dd127.jpg

http://www.creatureone.com/s/dd121xx.jpg


SSSSSSSSPACCCCCEEEE RATTT
http://www.creatureone.com/s/dd121.jpg

http://www.creatureone.com/steam/plague05x1.jpg

[Rhomb]

Charismatic monsters here guys. Davi, from yours I especially like the animal based designs... my recurrent nightmare is that my wife's gerbils are exposed to excess amounts of cosmic radiation and become something like your horrendous space rat.

[MindCandyMan]

Did this one while on the train today

I was thinking of a Goblin Demolitions Expert...some sadistic little goblin that loves to blow things up:


http://www.mindcandyman.com/jons_uploads/bound sketchbook 113.jpg

[Ninja_ASSN]

I hope that nothing is wrong if i put that piece on a background...

http://freeweb.siol.net/porenta5/model.jpg

[Jan]

http://people.freenet.de/INsektjan/beeing.jpg

Did it with brushpen/markers.Maybe some ghost or something like that.

[rubygenesis]

really nice stuff guys, i was surffin this thread on my lunch break and i got a brain fart and drew this up, no refs so its wonky but meh...keep it up!

http://www.bluealpha.com/demongoddess/sketchbook/images/toad.jpg

[Phuzion]

These are actually my renditions of what I think a Trolloc might look like. Sketched them a week or so ago... I think.
http://www.savagesunarts.com/Galleries/beasts.jpg

[Creativefx]

http://www.characterdesigns.com/pages/Sketch_Monster_Faces.htm
http://www.characterdesigns.com/pages/Sketch_Demons.htm

or just www.Characterdesigns.com

[los]

heres my 2 cents
http://www2.freepichosting.com/Images/55509/3.jpg

[fungi]

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/a.facey/final%201.jpg

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/a.facey/sketch%201.jpg

meeh!