C.O.W. - #007: Creature feeding on lava

[Fozzybar]

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


Round #007

Topic:
Creature feeding on lava

Deadline:
22.03.2005




- for any questions or help go here:
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=37512

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 ;)

Post your creature for this week!

[davi]

http://davivsjapan.com/cotd/cow07.jpg
The regurgitator, an ancient beast who churns the volanco's lava by swallowing and revomitting it back up. This process allows the lava to never settle and harden. The volanco is used by the gods to fordge their weapons for epic battles against evil.

[Fozzybar]

Yay...this was the kickoff for this week! :)

[Pencilator]

And not a bad one either ;)

[redehlert]

Sweet, davi - thanks for the mental push! Reminds me of a cat that eats to fast, pukes, then eats it again.

Cheers!
d

[vigostar]

DAMB you DAVi...( I mean that with the utmost kindness :wink: ).. I think I may have to redo mine now... grrrrr.... Thanks davi!

[Xpose]

I give up Dougbot is probably going to win once more. Here is my finished version of the magnus crane.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/xpose/drawings/magmuscrane.jpg

The Mythical bird thought to be the creator of Islands. Feeding on the lava of volcanoes and dumps it's wastes into the ocean which becomes Islands. You better watch yourself because if this bird shits on your car, you could be in some trouble. So don't shake your fists at this god, he'll throw something back.

[coondoggle]

http://www.dougbot.com/forum/katyLavaEater.gif

[Ostrander]

Thats too funny coon!

[ilustre]

man, I really laugh a lot. Very very nice.

[OLSEN]

hahahha, damn... coondoggle, that's so damn perfect.

[JoBeSu]

Hihihi! coondoggle i love that critter >:D

[arteric]

Awsome man, simply awsome.... the bar has been set incredibly high all ready.

-Eric

[Fozzybar]

Glowing Hump-Cracker



http://www.kidomatix.com/ca/cow/cow_007_lavacreature_fozzybar.jpg

This creature lives in a very hostile environment...a deserted island somewhere in the south pacific...there is nothing to eat or drink, only hot, bubbling lava under the ground. No one knows how this creatures can survive only by eating lava??? Also it's a mystery why the lava doesn't harm its body, when consumed...

Scientists assume that they went through some incredibly mutations during evolution to adapt to this hostile circumstances...There is no way to enter the island, neither by water nor by air...the ground is too thin to land with an helicopter or airplane, they would break into the lava...the sea is too wild to navigate without crashing on the cliffs...

So the only way to analyze the living of this strange creatures is to watch movies, filmed from the air...so scientists assume that the creature uses its claws to dig or break in holes in the thin ground to gain access to their meal. Their lower arms are covered with or even made up of a rock-like material.

Some of this creatures have humps on their necks, which can be filled with lava, so they can glow in the dark...scientists believe that only males have this special anatomy and they think the glowing humps are used to impress females just like birds do with their colorful plumage...

Also a remarkable appearance are that this creature have some sort of webs between the toes...this would indigate that this creatures even is able to run on the lava surface without getting hurt...once a crew filmed a specimen running for a short period over a lava stream, but they couldn't believe this until some detailed shots with a telecam showed the webs on the feet...

This image is an illustration and was drawn by an artist based on the movies...

[Uziel]

In a world of ashes, fire and rivers of boiling lava lives the Lava-ant.
This creature gets its energy from eating liquid lava.
When threatened It defends itself by shooting hot magma out of its rectum.
They built their nest close to lava streams because they need the heat of boiling lava for their brood to grow.
The colony of ants follow every command of their queen mo'm without question.
The queen regent is a fat bitch, complaining constantly about food and offspring.

Fun Fact: If you want a life size statue of this creature just put a real lava-ant in some cold water and tataaa...you'll have a kick-ass souvenir. (if you can catch one without getting burned)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/jarrafatti/lava-ant8small.jpg

This was a difficult one...
If I have some time left i'll redo the backgroundlava ...could use my drawing pad that i left home right now :(

[Tobin]

http://img102.exs.cx/img102/8320/lavaeater19ng.jpg

Thought I'd give this a shot, I've never really created any of my own creatures so this was fun... did it quite quick too.. quicker than i would have thought it would have taken me.

[davi]

hehhee hump..

[SnowLeopard]

I think it's safe to say coondoggle is gonna win this round.

P.S. Nice entries everyone.

[fungi]

i think we need a new rule. no gif animations.

[Fozzybar]

This is a valid point fungi...

No offense, coondoggle, i like your idea, the animation and the illustration, but i think we should keep the entries not animated...there will be problems to present them in the winner gallery...even if we could implement the animation in the gallery, i would like to keep the entries for C.O.W. in a classic presentation style for creature-concepts...

[Fozzybar]

Tobin:
Insert an acceptable description text of your concept into the image...i won't take this to the poll at this stage...

[coondoggle]

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y4/goosezilla/lavaeater.jpg
Sucking on the head of volcanoes Magmitites live off of noxious gases. They balloon up when full and float around their firey planet mating in the sky. Occasionally a volcano errupts in their mouths. That's a spicey volcano!

Please accept my earlier post as a work in progress piece.

For future reference:
Are all other mediums, other than drawing tools, out of the question for this forum? Sculpture, etc.

[Fozzybar]

For future reference:
Are all other mediums, other than drawing tools, out of the question for this forum? Sculpture, etc.

I think so...only drawings/paintings are allowed...BUT you can always post animations and sculptures or whatever as a wip in the posting-thread (so just post your deleted animation :))...nevertheless only drawings/paintings are accepted for the poll-thread...thank you for being appreciative for this...

[Ostrander]

Coon, that avatar is hysterical!!!

[evildisco]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/evildisc0/guiwip1.jpg

Furnace Guivre.
Work in progress, ill post the definitive version as soon as I am done.

[coondoggle]

Ever see the Rejected film by Don Hertzfeld Glok?
It is rad!
www.bitterfilms.com

[Dougbot]

http://www.dougbot.com/forum/COW07.jpg
The Kotaki Crab of the Taptara lava fields mainly feeds on lava tube words, sulphur and other small critters. It does however pull some nutrients from the lava it holds within it's body. The lava is primarily a defense against others predators. It can shoot lava almost 50 meters through it's front 'cannon'. Not to mention most animals don't care for steaming lava pouring down their throats after biting into the crab.

The crab is quite slow, and uses it's powerful front appendages to break down mineral towers that form near hot springs. While it does have predators, they are few and far between. The kotaki crab is fairly harmless to humans, except when protecting it's nest and young.

[prostate sunrise]

dope story doug, kinda reaching for some ideas huh? :teeth:

[shadoman]

Dougbot, that thing is crazy!! I love the rendering, especially the inner glows.

[Pencilator]

Ah! Doug I like it, like the idea with a lava cannon :}

[redehlert]

damn, dougbot - that's dope. concept and copy are mingling quite nicely together. i totally want to see this critter in action (perhaps down the road your grace us with this crab feasting on lava tube worms?)....
peas!
d

[brokk]

I don't know how to follow this up. I don't know how to clean it up or make refined details. Any pointers?
Please give me any advice and crits if you're in the mood.

Great posts btw.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v254/bk7600/fire_lizard_lava50.jpg

Fire Lizard
These lizards have a unique way of warding off predators: their body temperatures rise so much that their skin is hundres of degrees high, being calcinating to the touch. They manage to rise their skin to such a temperature by eating scorching lava. They feed on microorganisms that actually live in the lava called archaeobacteria. Once ingested, the lava micro-nutrients are filtered and the lava helps keep their skin temperature high enough to defend against agressors.

[Xpose]

hahaha I'm so fucked now! Damn you Dougbot! lol

[Helzon]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/Helzon/HelingenFinal1.jpg

The role of the Helingen pronounced (HELL-IN-JEN) in islander life was manifold as was discovered and written extensively by traveling missionaries in the eighteenth century. It was held as the most revered god in their vast pantheon. First and foremost, it was seen as the god of all fertility and life upon the planet, but also as the god of wealth and luck. The Helingen imagery could be found ubiquitously in nearly all the island cultures, from combs that decorated hair,small carvings that were worshipped within homes, to larger life sized versions for public display.
Only after many years and subsequent analysis of documents has a clearer understanding of what crucial role the Helingen played in the early formings of a more mature ecosystem.
These creatures belied their rather odd and rather brutish looks with extreme gentleness. They simply had little or no natural sense of aggression. (The leading theory was that they reproduced asexually. The male would release a packet of "sperm" through his cooling vents, a female eggs..and high aloft within the clouds fertilization occurred. In several weeks the juvenile Helingen would fall with the rains on the leeward sides of the islands and thus begin their terrestrial lives.) Feeding on the freshest lava that spewed from the summits of the highest domes and within the deepest calderas of active island volcanoes, these creatures seemed impervious to the blistering and hellish heat. It seemed also that they possessed a blood composition of liquefied Hydrogen. The molten rock and metal they consumed was ingested then lifted by capillary action through great "pipes" that protruded from the durable hide where reaching the top of each was sufficiently cooled then fell back toward the center where the "digestive" system broke down and extracted vital nourishment in the form of dissolved metals and minerals. There was however, a substance that the Helingen was most intolerant to and which proved its wiping from existence...and that was gold. Their systems simply rejected it and was therefore deposited in vast quantities within their dung. Beurgoning colonial powers of the time learned from their missionaries of this extraordinary feat and soon without much forethought Helingen were rounded up to the last and shipped back to mainlands..where without their lava to consume could do little and quickly perished.
The Helingen's ability to eject vaporized water and other small trace elements from their cooling projections were thought to have seeded the first clouds hundreds of millions of years ago and thus ushered in the more modern atmosphere.

[Helzon]

arteric: dude thanks for the crit and praise...I agree with what you said...too cluttered and truthfully I was really unsure as to what to do with the fore, middle, and background and it showed...I also think that it wasn't the most dynamic pose for the creature either...again thanks...

dougbot: dude...kickin ass again? huh?....killin me...just freakin killin me...:) One day you will have to just have to post for us a friggin tutorial..to put us out of our misery. Cheers dude!

[Dougbot]

Hey thanks Helzon. I sent you a pm, make sure you check it out.

[Helzon]

Hey dougbot...got the pm and replied...
still astounded and in disbelief....too friggin cool!

[Xpose]

Hey man I want a tutorial too! PLEASE!

[magicgoo]

Dougbot, that's cool! The idea and the colors and everything! Nice work!

[redehlert]

Yeah, don't hold back on us Dougbot....
Tut us!
Cheers,
D

[leckronium]

http://home.comcast.net/~leckronium/onlinestorage/lavaeater3.jpg

This mythical creature is believed to be related to the volcano gods in ancient times. Going by names of Lavadile, Magmagator, or Magmacroc, stories describe these creatures as being a rare site and a prediction to devastating eruptions. The ancient people believed that if you were lucky enough to take one of these creatures into view and live to tell about it then you were a chosen one who the volcano gods favored. Other stories reveal that these creatures were fire-breathing guardians and that sight of one meant you were intruding into that gods space and would soon be punished. Most stories reveal however, that these creatures were only seen near active volcanoes and that they needed to feed on lava to survive. If it strayed to far from its lava source it would cool and turn into volcanic rock which returned it to hibernation until the next releasing lava flow.

:confident

[xia]

Damn Bot! That crab shit is Dope! Always pulling off this topknot stuff.
Yeah, tutorial I second that.

BTW: Taptara Lava field is already copyright, pay up!

Bah! I gave up...
http://www.angelfire.com/wa2/xia/images/speedpainting124.jpg

Official Name:
Balialbub RusputinaChikigawaraZhexigogounaDougletAdaWilliams 'sNumuroUno

Reside: Hell Kitchen

Favorite Vacation Spot: Underneat Yellow Stone (considered to be super valcano area fill with yummy lava and variation of gas)

Description: Balialbub is the head chef in hell. His recipes are quite delicious to him, as they all involve piping hot lava. He loves eating lava. In fact all the demons love his cooking; they of course all love to eat lava though. To those sent to hell, his meals are awful. Each lost soul gulping down lava every breakfast, lunch and dinner burns at first, but after a few millennia those souls just want some salt and pepper to flavor the bland lava. At times the lava cools in the souls gut, making it very hard to do the 300 jumping jacks required every morning in hell. Not to mention the quarter sized kidney stones produced by eating lava.

[S.C. Watson]

http://sketchforums.com/uploads/post-11-1111208491.jpg

[coondoggle]

That one is Awesome Xia! He's a big bwarfing beast! :)

[brokk]

Oregano that looks awesome, love the presentation!
Just a crit, the image looks great, the design idea is great, the only thing is that it looks a little "plain" maybe you could add some lens flare nah just kidding but maybe a border around the image, as if it were a screen maybe.

Anyways it looks really cool.

[Dougbot]

Hey thanks all. Here's a quick tutorial for that image. It's a big file, so I'm just gonna' link it here: http://www.dougbot.com/forum/cowtut.jpg

It's a process I've developed over the last year here at Arena.net. So many concepts so little time ;)

Enjoy.

[Helzon]

dougbot: Brilliant! Just bloody brilliant!...nuff said :)

[Xpose]

Thank you! SOOO much man I really appreciate it!

[arteric]

That tutorial was great to see.... and it is a kick butt process to go by. Man, 2 HOURS??? An image like that would take me a week. To quote Napolean Dynamite.... "You've got skills."

I really hope to turn in an image this week, I haven't missed a C.O.W. yet, but man it is going to be tight with how busy I am in the next few days. Although good news, I took the plunge today and bought a new computer along with painter IX and a drawing tablet. You should start seeing much more finished and, hopefully, professional looking work from me in the next 2-3 weeks once I get it and have a little time for the learning curve.

Later, I gotta go draw lava....

-Eric

[Matt Dixon]

Bit of a rush job - not much free time this week. Nice stuff so far. ( Especially from Doug. Wow! )

http://www.vortex.plus.com/COW07.jpg

The 200ft long Sulphura Titan feeds by trawling the crust of the lava fields that it inhabits with it's long prehensile arms where it gathers microscopic lifeforms that live on the surface. These arms also contain ducts which allow the creature to breathe in volcanic gases, which are stored in a vast 'lung' and allow the creature to float safely above the burning magma. These giant beasts drift silently amongst the thermals produced by the lava, steering with the aid of their dorsal 'sail' and their arms, which are used as rudders in the molten rock below.

[GomenNasai]

I've been a voiceless fan of CA for a bit of time, and It is mainly this forum that gave me the motivation to try drawing again. I've been away from this world for a bit of a time now, and it shows... anyway, since I've drawn it , I post it :

the silver butterfly

Its internal chemistry is tailored for living in a high temperature environment : it's body is a crystalline alloy of titanium and carbon, and its blood is based on silver. Its 'wings' are in fact the only way it has to stabilise its temperature. Using the permanents air currents in its environment, it sends its blood to cool as far as possible from the lava. It always have to modulate it's wings length to avoid a solidification of its blood (it harden under 300°C). It feeds on metallic gases that it absorbs with it's trump. Its feet allow him to keep the least body surface in direct contact with the lava

If the lava is cooled down quickly enough under a silver butterfly, it'll freeze instantly, and if cooled down enough, its wings can be harvested for silver (the locals use silver butterflies wings as a ritual jewelry)

http://homepage.mac.com/karimc/silverbutterfly.jpg

...sorry...

I had some free time, made a try at a BG :scribble:

[S.C. Watson]

Oregano that looks awesome, love the presentation!
Just a crit, the image looks great, the design idea is great, the only thing is that it looks a little "plain" maybe you could add some lens flare

Lens Flare, huh? \w/ /m\ :perv:

Anyways it looks really cool.
:bashful: thanks!

[Dougbot]

Oh my lord Matt, that so friggin' kicks ass. Great colors and cool design. Nice work.

[JeffZNY]

Now if only Matt would post a tutorial like Doug did, I could rest in peace.

[Phat-T]

voting this week is gunna be friggin impossible

[Uziel]

Can you do a rush job like that every day Matt?
Than we could start creature of the day,solo, by Matt Dixon.

[JeffZNY]

Didn't think I was gonna have time for an entry this week, but I found time today. I might be pushing my luck with the humanoid thing again, but I had an idea and ran with it. I don't know why my entries have been so silly thus far...I promise one week soon I'll whip out something a little...scarier.
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The undying thirst. It burns in the throat of every tortured soul in the depths of Hell. Inquenchibus, the barkeep of the demon cantina serves 100 different varieties of boiling lava to his customers, who willfully endure the seared flesh of their tongues in order to relive the memories of their Earth-bound existences, even if for but a moment.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v470/JeffZNY/lavabartender.jpg

[Xpose]

LMAO Jeffzny that is awsome! I'm ready for the next COW lets go!

[Ostrander]

Awesome entries so far! It was a tough topic this week. I changed my idea too many times and in the end ended up with this piece of crap. I almost didn't feel up to it. But, I've done them all so far so I figure I should at least get an award for perfect attendence... or maybe a cookie. :)

http://rhinohidestudios.com/images/magmahounds.jpg

The Magmahounds scavange the barren Ashen Plains of the planet Noenazdak for fresh molten lavapools in which to fill their bellies. Tasty! :blahblah:

[GomenNasai]

needless to say, doug and matt entries leave me speechless... and that quick tutorial is an eye opener, thank you doug!

for my part, I was so engrossed by the concept that I kind of forgot the visual aspect! :/

thanks to FozzyBar for the threads ideas, and all the logistics behind :)

[Johann de Venecia]

Wow. Great entries, you guys. Matt, that is superb. Why do I even try :nohope: Hehe, well, here's what I cooked up...

Cold Fish
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y52/deceptant3/devenecia_lava.jpg

[Creature: Cold Fish] The Ith or 'Cold Fish,' as they are fondly called by the English-speaking settlers of the planet Kazlam, are best described as walking popsicles. Their abnormal hypothalamus keeps their body temperature on a perpetually frigid base of -273 degrees Celsius. The Ith can literally freeze themselves to death, as proven by the numerous ice-cold corpses scattered all over Kazlam. That is probably why these docile creatures are often spotted wading in the lava lakes that crown this fiery planet. They submerge their subzero bodies in the hot goo enough to raise their temperature to a livable degree. Lava is ingested not only as a more efficient way of distributing heat to their body, but also for food. They have mouth filters similar to that of a whale which allows it to sift through the molten soup, collecting yummy cosmic algae in the process.

[brokk]

Dougbot that is a great tutorial, thank you so much for taking the time sharing!

[Fozzybar]

Matt, you better take down the pics from the thunderdome, your bandwidth is exceeded all the time :)

[Kadza Neon]

I have been watching this forum for a while and there is a lot of awesome work that
comes out of here. But one thing that bothers me is the lack of equality. To much
ass kissing. I think it needs to tone down bit and
focus more on the art work and less on someone you
THINK might give you a job If you kiss their ass.
Because their are people who have posted great art work and
no one has commented on them. could it be that they are just average
people in which the "Ass Kisser" can't get anything out of, such as a job.
This forum looks like a high school lunch room in which the cool kids sit and talk
only with the cool kid and the nerds are with the nerds, I mean come on people
that's just plain childish. Now don't get me wrong there is a lot of great art work
and I am not saying that its bad to indulge people with good complements, but
I also think just commenting on someone you know or someone you can get something
out of is wrong. Share the kindness because after all everyone likes to get motivated
weather it be by a good comment or a constructive crit.

[Fozzybar]

Kadza Neon,

basically you're right, but this is a contest and you're currently at the thread, where people post their entries (it's not the first address for c&c when someone is looking for this)...look in the poll-threads, where the finished entries are...you will see a lot of crits and comments on ALL entries...

[Fozzybar]

btw lukavi
lovely creature there, but you might desaturate the background, so the creature pops out better...currently it's mixing up...

[redehlert]

Kick ass work all! Matt Dixon and Dougbot - slayer work. Prostate!!! Where's your entry!

http://www.cognitionstudio.com/conceptart/redehlert_COW7.jpg

The Helminth Devouring Element, also known as the Lava Leech, is a parasitic inhabitant of active volcanic bellies. The Helminth requires the nutrients in the lava to survive, wrapping around lumps of blistering liquid without any harm unto itself, thereby squeezing and sucking the molten life force from the lava until it cools. After that, it moves on to the next region of active lava. The Lava Leech can reach sizes up to 20 meters as recorded during excavations of several dead volcanos. Apparently, this parasite dies if its host dies.

Cheers, Dave

[Genital Eclipse]

http://www.angelfire.com/wa2/xia/images/COW7LEVI.jpg

The Emere lives on the lava tundra outskirts of XanTipple. Where it can be found suckling up the red-blistering lava through it's four outstretched tentacles. The Emere cycles the lava through it's digestion system producing steam which powers it's heart and locomotion.

Emere's have a very tight knit supportive social community. It's very common to see other Emere's on high ground connecting to the exhaust pipes of lower emere's for feeding purposes. This web-like connectivity can keep thousands of Emere's living off of a single Emere who has found an opening to the lava on the bottom floor.

On a side note, Emere's have absolutely no nipples of any sort, leading to harassment from various other nipple-sporting lava creatures.

[Dougbot]

On a side note, Emere's have absolutely no nipples of any sort, leading to harassment from various other nipple-sporting lava creatures.

LOL Awesome Levi. Cool pic too.

[strych9ine]

Genital Eclipse, Dougbot, Dixon, Xia... damn! Wish I would have got off my lazy ass and participated this week, but it looks like you all would have wiped the floor with my ass anyway.

And special thanks to the Bot of Doug for that kick ass tutorial...

[Uziel]

Kadza Neon,
If you want an extra big red ass you have to go to deviantart. There they will kiss your ass 'till it hurts even if you really stink. I don't come here on COW for the C&C I think you can learn a lot by yourself, by watching other peoples work,short toturials and other topics. There is always some critique that you can learn from, even when it's not about your own work + there's always arteric's giant post of critisism skipping no one.
And if you go to the voting topic it's normal that you see some adoration, we have to explain our vote.
It takes a lot of work and observation if you have to give a good C&C to everybody(+/- 30 entries)
Don't get me wrong it would be nice everybody getting constructive crits from everybody but I know that's just impossible so I don't really care.

[stormeffex]

whoa...whoa...whoa....great stuff this time around. damn it's gonna be a hard decision. there's so many that i like, dougbot, genitaleclipse, mattdixon to name a few. wow. here's my attempt at the creature.

This is the Lava Larvae. It is a large red dragon larvae that spends its juvenile years basking in the heat in volcanoes and eating the lava to maintain its hue. the lava larvae is at home in the lava and can swim under it as easily as it can in water. After a hundred years or so, when the larvae reaches adolescence it causes an eruption in the volcano, emptying the lava into the ocean where it will migrate inland to begin it's cacoon stage where it will emerge into a fearsome red dragon after a period of 7 years.

http://stu.aii.edu/~th361/lavafinal.jpg

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[arteric]

:yayca:

I am very impressed by the quality in the entries this week.... spent so much time giving critiques to digger creatures that I am now rushing to get my lava creature in.

I do have until Tuesday Midnight, correct?? (Give or take a few hours due to how hard workin Fozzy is...)

-Eric

[Dougbot]

Is it every Tuesday? I thought it was 12:00 am Monday.

[Fozzybar]

arteric
keep cool, i plan to close this thread at wednesday evening...that means you will have time until wednesday (23.03.) 14 o'clock New York time...or even a few hours longer...

Dougbot
the deadline is always 7/8 days after the kick-off...

[redehlert]

damn....and here i thought it needed to be done today. that serves me right. i'll be sure to read the due date for the next one. :yayca:

cheers!
d

[Johann de Venecia]

Fozzybar

Thanks for the tip. Toned down the bg a little. :teeth: I appreciate it.

[JoBeSu]

The Chimney-hat lives in volcano areas and loves it!.They feed on lava but their digestion system only takes up the metals in the lava..that gives them a metalic skin witch make them resistant to the extreme heat.Its a pretty lazy creature and not verry agressive since they are the only creatures living in these areas. >:{

http://jobesu.se/ForumPost/Feeding_on_lava.jpg

/Joel

[redehlert]

whu....? no double nipples, jobesu? come now...this creature begs to continue the double nipple from cow 6. :tihi:
sweet work, man!

d

[redehlert]

Hey thanks all. Here's a quick tutorial for that image. It's a big file, so I'm just gonna' link it here: http://www.dougbot.com/forum/cowtut.jpg
Many thanks!!!!
Always good to see process....your's makes a ton of sense - gotta check out that glow brush.

Cheers!
D

[Xpose]

I take it you guys use Painter?

[fungi]

bit of a late one, had fun with it though.

http://www.misterfungi.com/sketches/magmawormdone4.jpg

Magma Wyrm

The Magma Wyrm was once thought to have been a god of some sort, when it reared out of its volcanic home worshippers would gather around the smouldering pit and throw themselves in as sacrifice. little did they know that these creatures were quite common, they live way beneath the earths surface in lava chambers gorging themselves on the molton rock. they only appear at the earths surface by chance or when there is an eruption. although only a dozen have been reported seen in the whole of human history scientists are well aware of theyre presence. the last magma wyrm spotted rearing out of a volcano was recorded to have reached over 60 feet into the air, the average size of a magma wyrm is over 200 feet long according to scientists.

[Dougbot]

Oh man Fungi, that's way coo'. ZI can just picture cruising around the inside of a lava pool. Nice work.

[strych9ine]

Fungi, dude... this is wicked.

[GomenNasai]

fungi, I love the feeling of unfathomable ancientness that comes from your creature, and its coolness in spite of its environment... the godlike look (Shai-Hulud?) is awe-inspiring too...

( after having said that, I'll drop dead if your concept states that it's a tiny hyperactive worm that lives just the split second needed for its reproduction :D)

[prostate sunrise]

http://www.kekaikotaki.com/pics/COW01.jpg

the Giant Douggle is virtually immune to heat of any temperture. Making it ideally suited to living on the volcanic islands which it is found. Lacking a common food supply the Douggle will often eat raw molten lava. The extreme heat doesnt harm the Dougglet, but lava will harden around the areas which the it touches lava the most. Making gaunlets on its forearms, and a extruded jaw. What it gains from eating lava is anybody's guess.

[Dougbot]

YEAH! Awesome Cake. Glad you did one. I was afraid u wouldn't.

PS Are you calling me fat?

[prostate sunrise]

nope, what i am commenting on is how you wear gauntlets and a jaw brace around work. :wink: :teeth:

[Fozzybar]

whu....? no double nipples, jobesu? come now...this creature begs to continue the double nipple from cow 6.

It's not the nipples which are double...



This will be *again* a tough choice...great entries... :D :D :D :teeth: :teeth: :teeth: >:D :) :rendered: :blahblah:

[Fozzybar]

btw please feed the topics thread a little...

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=37440

[Mike Corriero]

Just wanted to say " I'm seriously impressed guys". nICE tURN oUT

[Helzon]

I think the words for me would be "bloody overwhelmed!!!!"..
*Dribble Dribble*Yep......in fact the portion of my brain that will decide at voting time just oozed out my ear and is now making a rather rancid, stinky, little puddle near my foot....
:nohope:

[Pencilator]

Har Har, Argh :pirate:

So much treasures, this is just so yummy :} Can't wait for the voting.

Fungi: that's just wonderful, it feels so epic :D Your style is so detailed.

[xia]

Are you calling me fat?

Um... :bashful: I just got my self a new signature. ha...

[Pencilator]

Hahaha! Nice Xia :D

[redehlert]

Wow! That's quite the brain box on that wyrm, Fungi! Awesome colors - especially that area of cool. BTW - sweet mohawk!
Prostate!! That's great how you incorporated Dougbot into the naming, at least...that's how I'm taking it! Sweet as well! I think I'll just go and doodle in my corner.
BTW - all of the entries have shown me how to proceed forward with my work...I'm looking forward to COW 8.
Peace!
D

[Sapphire]

If you'll excuse the pun... holy cow! These entries are fantastic. I especially love fungi's (it has this quality to it... hard to explain, but there's real character in the face, and the delicate way it was rendered makes it that much more realistic), and also Genital Eclipse's makes me happy. I think it's the only industrialized creature in this thread, and I love the grittiness to it. The background could maybe use a bit more refinement, like on the cracks, but I really like it.

I'm not gonna submit one this time, guys... don't have enough time and I don't wanna rush it, because it's never good when I submit a rushed entry. It'd be embarassing after all of these!

[Red_Rook]

here we go, props to dougbot, for his awesome tutorial on eatpoo (BTW post that over here if you havent)
edit: ow ya posted it in this thread even :perv:

Just trying out your brushes and techniques, ive discovered vine charcoal :D its amazing :) Hope its not to similar :O
Also hope its not too late, but it doesnt seem like the deadlines up yet so here:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/Redrook/Rook_Cow_LavaMonster_web.jpg

Having evolved past its fellow 8 legged species, the Yellow crested fire octopus has adapted to a very unique high temperature environment along tectonic plates, feeding off hot underwater springs and volcanic eruptions.
The lava it consumes is excreted as the plates along its back, the further away they get from the body the harder and more britel they become eventually breaking off. The very light allows it to keep its balance relativly easily, with the help of the hot water and gasses it consumes. It uses its long snough like projection, that is a very specialised hollow tongue to dig and root around in hot spots trying to get near more lava that it can consume to sustain its high body heat and mineral intake.

[JeffZNY]

fungi's had a bunch of kickass entries, but i think this might be the week he takes home the grand prize. great work as always, man...you are definitely on my long list of artists I'd love to see make a tutorial. too cool.

[BlkCelebration]

cuervo de magma

It emerges from active volcanos filling its body with lava and slowly digesting it over a period of seven days (this one seems to be gargling lava).

It possesses no limbs, so it relies on a seal-like method of locomotion.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v141/depecheboy/lavapin12.jpg

[Johann de Venecia]

BlkCelebration: Cool design! It really looks like it eats lava for breakfast.

[arteric]

Usually missing a COW is a good thing, it means less damage to your car... but in this case I am disappointed that I will not have enough time to finish an entry and get it in this week. Partly, this is due to a good thing, I am getting a new computer. (Drawing tablet and Painter IX here I come... finally!)

I WILL be doing my usual Upside/Downside critique later on towards the weekend, and if it is OK with Fozzy, I am going to add my illustration into my post when I do critique, I have put some time into it and I like the idea so I do want to at least show it and get some feedback.

Deciding who to vote for is going to be a tough one.... people have stretched their creative wings this time and come up with some killer images. It might just come down to who's Avatar I like the best. Or who pays me the most money.

:rolleyes:

-Eric

[Johann de Venecia]

Arteric: Hurry up and finish! Didn't Fozzy say its until Wednesday night? maybe even later than that. (I would quote him but I'm too lazy to scroll back). You might make it still.

[AmishCommy]

i can't believe how awesome all these enteries have been so far

[Fozzybar]

arteric
It's ok to add your pic into your crit-post...it seems that i will close this thread at 5 pm New York time...

[Stokes]

Awesome work everyone. Glad I finally got mine done. Hope you guys like it.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/DrDocker/StokesCOWLavaFeeder.jpg

Gerald Mortonavich is the only known creature that survives completely off of lava consumption. He just loves the stuff. Oh look at the time. Stories over, time for bed. :yawn:

[Jull]

Smoker sea slug lives near volcanic zones where undersea eruptions occurs very often. The smoker sucks the recent lava, in search of minerals and bacteria attracted by the heat of the lava.
http://photobucket.com/albums/v162/zafio/forum/cow/jull_cow_007.jpg

[Hanuka]

xia, jull and whoever forgot their descriptions:
do it!
we wouldnt want to see your stuff disqualified:S

[Dougbot]

Stokes that's awesome. Those legs are wicked cool. I'm glad you did one too.

[arteric]

Pretty cool stuff guys... my heart bleeds dispair which spills across my post like an overturned ink bottle. A post as barren and empty as the badlands in July due to my lack of Lava Eating Creature this round.

I am frustrated!
:frustrated:

What's this? Badland raiders attacking me!!!
:uzi:

Arrrghhh... they got me!
:eyeloss:

I am murdered by them and left to rot in the sun.

:skull:

But at least I am off to a better place.

:angel:

And that better place is to go and draw my next C.O.W. entry with my new computer and drawing tablet.

:teeth:

(ahhh, the fun of smiley faces.)

-Eric

[Fozzybar]

You know what arteric? After reading your last post i think it's really better for you, for us, for humankind, that you didn't post an entry this round :perv:

[0kelvin]

Mine's not as finished as I'd like it to be (I finally came up with an idea last night), but I'd rather submit something not quite finished than nothing at all.

http://www.whereismyeyeball.com/images/CA/COW/COW7.jpg

The Hairless Alpine Gibbon lives in cold volcanic alpine regions. Unlike most other creatures who adapted to their cold environments by growing a thick coat of fur, the Hairless Gibbon keeps warm by finding fissures and steam vents which he reaches deep into with his long arms and fishes out red-hot volcanic rocks. It then stores the rocks in a pouch inside of its cheek to keep itself from freezing to death. They are generally shy creatures, although people have spotted them sneaking around alpine villages. These sightings are usually followed by numerous reports of missing oven mitts.



0kelvin

[Horus]

....or you'll have to change it to creature of the month. How is it going to look when you have to start giving out COM awards?

[Pencilator]

...missing oven mitts...

This just made me crack up :D

[Ptree3]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v350/ptree303/lava-golem.jpg

Just a Lava Golem

[Fozzybar]

....or you'll have to change it to creature of the month. How is it going to look when you have to start giving out COM awards?

What are you talking about man??? :yawn: :nohope:

[Fozzybar]

Go and vote:

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=41075