C.O.W. - #009: Cute But Deadly

[Fozzybar]

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


Round #009

Topic:
Cute But Deadly

Deadline:
09.04.2005




- 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!

[rick_hershey]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v14/grendalmage/baac2d09.jpg

The Octeopathiticus Maximus Poisonator is a deadly marine creature that can live in both deep and shallow waters. It is a dangerous carnivore that must constantly feed in order to maintain its high matabolism. The unique feature of this creature is that it uses a mild sedative in order to paralyze smaller "cute" creatures to use as a type of bait for larger animals. This form of "fishing" is very affective and has proven to continue working through out the centuries.




I hope this entry is better then the last, and if I find time (or helpful suggestions) I'll work on it more.

[arteric]

Sorry I have missed the last few of these. I feel like a small piece of my soul has died.

OK, that's not true, I feel like I have missed 2 weeks of C.O.W., that's about it...

Be back soon, and be critiquing again soon, and be posting again soon.

Love and kisses to all

-Eric

[LegacyPunk]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/legacypunk/SlugCreature.jpg

The striped shade slug is about 4 feet long and usually resides under the shade of trees. It waits for its prey, usually squirrels and small mamals, untill they are close enough for it to strike. It lashes out and either entraps or impales its prey with its long hidded teeth. It then, like some starfish, projects its stomach (tounge) onto its prey and starts digesting it right on the spot, from the outside in, whether its dead or not. It was most recently discovered by an elementary school teacher after noticing that half her class were missing. Over the years the slug has figured out that it can catch unsuspecting children and has developed its cute camoflage and making a purring sound when a child is close. Some of them are known leapers and should generally be avoided.

Hey Im new here and this is my first post, not my best but its just what popped into my head :)

[vaughany_boy]

http://img216.exs.cx/img216/830/buggin2copy4gk.jpg

Concept: Buggin Snuzzle

The Snuzzles once were are civilised species, tribal in nature, living in large family groups. They mated for life and grew close to those around them. Until a sudden evolutionary jump tore the small animals apart. Upon reaching adolescence, the Snuzzles began to secrete a poisonous, acidic substance from their pores. These cursed Snuzzles, called Buggins by their peers became outcasts. Sent to live outside the village, never to return, for fear that they might spread their condition and injur many others. The Buggin Snuzzles however, continued to be born and to accidentally kill off their normal friends until the culture was destroyed. Now the only Snuzzles that remain are the Buggin Snuzzles. The only ones imune to their toxic sweat, they roam the forests and jungles, looking for people to befriend. Emotionally scarred from their being outcasts, they want nothing more than someone to love them and are very freindly. However, whenever a Buggin meets a creature to be friends with, any contact horribly burns them and often the poison kills even the largest of creatures if it enters the bloodstream. As such these animals are doomed to wander in dispair, making and accidentally killing friend after friend after friend.

EDIT: New image added, thanks for the tips below sorry if I'm being confusing.

[Wishes]

Ahh, that's too sad..:( nice story

[Banned_User]

Vaughany_boy@- You sick freak haha, jk. Nice story, the work lacks though. The background could use some depth and variation. The figure is a little stiff and the anatomy could be flushed out more.

[vaughany_boy]

Thanks :bashful: . In hindsight I regret posting it already, too easy to get overly eager. Is it ok to do some more work and replace the picture do you know?

[leckronium]

Thanks :bashful: . In hindsight I regret posting it already, too easy to get overly eager. Is it ok to do some more work and replace the picture do you know?

Sure it is. Just make sure you have what you want entered posted before the deadline.

You have a good start but it does need a little more refinement and adjustments. Look for stuff that could be improved like the side of his head. It's starting to flatten out and could use a small highlight on the underside of his jaw . Maybe it's coming from the reflection of light on his left arm. That would help define the face a little more. Also watch the length of the arms. His right arm is much longer than his left. Great story you have though... :}

[Prometheus|ANJ]

No time for anything serious. You'll have to figure out the discription for this one yourself.

http://itchstudios.com/psg/junk/cockamon.jpg

[abediah]

how is a huge, sharp ended penis "cute but deadly" ?
just curious...

[JeffZNY]

well he's cute, but wait'll you get a taste of his deadly cock! I dunno, he said it was just for fun anyway. lol, is that one of those giant beads of sweat that always pop up in anime? great touch:)

[0kelvin]

Haha! Prom, that rules!

I must MUST participate this week!



0kelvin

[Prehistoric]

The Meeplers are the bastard children of an old local legend called "The Wheedle on the Needle". Usually spotted around the Belltown area, close to their ancestral home and object of worship, The Space Needle. During the week they can be seen sleeping in alleyways and under dumpsters, but citizens of New Seattle are warned to keep a watchful eye on the weekends. Starting friday mornings, the Meeplers travel in packs, robbing the unwary for drug and beer money to fuel their "Friday Night Fur Parties", which usually end sometime on sunday and result in the injury or death of at least 25% of the partygoers. Their reproductive cycle is very fast, and needs to be, to replenish their numbers lost in their crazy weekend binges. Few people have witnessed these parties, but those who have are left with troubling nightmares of voilently flying fur that persist for several weeks.


https://home.comcast.net/~zackrubin/meeplers.jpg

[Uziel]

Seadragonus Paralymfis
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/jarrafatti/skippy2s.jpg
This little creature of joy is my pet bubbles.
He has a huge system of tubes and tanks to his disposal to swim to all corners of my laboratory. Unfortunatly direct contact with him is impossible. When touched this little creature can drain all your life-energy leaving you paralized for life or dead. How he does that? I don't know; I don't want to use him in experiments,test of any kind to find out. He eats seaweed and other vegetarian sweets that i give him. He likes to play and doing tricks all day.

[Fozzybar]

Uziel

ok, nice try...but we don't want photomanips here...crop it to the creature only or draw the arm please... ;)

[vigostar]

prehistoris on the right track!

[Dougbot]

but we don't want photomanips here

Really? How come? Llots of artist use them. Good artists too; Craig Mullins, Daniel Docui, Feng Zhu, James Clyne, etc. They're used a lot in concept art. Just my humble opinion.

Oh, on a side note do custom texture brushes and such fall into that? Just curious.

[Elpidio]

Hello everybody,

I am new in conceptart.org.

I have seen your forum and I like your work.

Can anyone participate posting their work?

Thank you so much,

Peace,
Elpidio.

[xia]

Prom>> You win! The Cockamon's great man!

[Ostrander]

Honestly, whats so great? Other than Prom did it? Coming from him I actually expected more. Just my opinion.

[fungi]

it sure as hell beats anything in this thread so far

[Ostrander]

Like I said I guess I just expected more.

[Helzon]

aka The Misery Mongoose
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/Helzon/mongoosecopy1.jpg
"Wee bugger's the most insidious blighter ever set foot onnis isle.."~Crabtriggin Mckugglebuckins, editor of "Behind Plexiglass Magazine"

"Manchestershire Melancholy Mongoose?!?!?!...ehh?? where...Yeeh gods!..where?!!..is it on me man??? GET IT OFF!"~Prunella Derriwinkles, contributing zoologist to "Cornered and Caged Chronicle"

The misery mongoose as it is commonly known was first discovered by a lowly bobby who after sealing off the fifth suicide within a half a block area spied the mongoose carrying it's litter one by one through the pouring rain to the next flat. After many grisly experiments baiting the animal...one was finally procured. Sadly, the entire team investigating the creature took too few precautions and ultimately succumbed to the Mongoose's natural ablities taking their own lives one more gruesome than the next. Eventually it was found that the mongoose produces a pheromone that is odorless to the human olfactory nerve, however, has a potently depressive effect on human brain chemistry. It was further found that the mongoose passes itself as a loving and more than jovial pet. It's curious nature and impish ways deem it a cute and cuddly friend among it's fanciers. However, at the climax of the female's pregnancy the pheromone is released gradually culminating to it's height mere hours before the birth of it's kits. The unsuspecting victim feels the psychotic urges come on gradually and in the end cannot resist them. After the act, the female dips her teats in wading pools of blood where a two way organic valve siphons the liquid in so that the first taste in the world her kits will have will be of their prey.

[Helzon]

I welcome with enthusiasm anyone's suggestion on how to make this tighter...I tried experimenting with some different techniques...I hope it's better than my last entries....and yes, fozzy...I will cross hatch the next one if this one utterly sucks nuts....

redehlert: replying to last PM....same here man!

[Ostrander]

The line art under the paint rocks. Maybe try something like a pen and wash technique. I don't want to say copy what Lukavi is doing but he seems to have the line and wash technique down to a science. Let the beautiful line art carry the piece. You should probably check your size on the pic too, its quite large. I like the concept though, I hope this helps some.

[Xpose]

Oh god! Helzon that's not cute.... That's disgusting! I love it lol

[Banned_User]

The powers of this creature lay within its eyes. The Clown Faced Pookachu lures unsuspecting victims with a potent pheromone which it produces through its mouth. The deadly toxin subdues the victim giving them a short “high” and works as a sedative. Once the victim has been relaxed, the Pookachu works her magic. She stares deep within the victims soul with her lustrous eyes as Soothing mellow songs are hummed. As though it would seem it has only been minutes, she has sucked years from your life, draining every bit of youth and health that you posses, to provide her with ever lasting life.
http://pratt.edu/~mcorrier/sketch/Cutey1.jpg

[Banned_User]

I didnt have time at the moment to finish this. The description was meant to be- but the added "cockamon reference" seemed to fit well so.. ;)

[charge]

http://members.iinet.net.au/~chucky/post/night squirt.JPG
Noxious secretions from the tiny but deadly urban nightsquirt, renders its victims helpless and blind, allowing the nightsquirt packs ,to feed at will,an excruitating death every time.

First post on cow, Will tinker with this some more today and update it this arvo.

V funny Mike.

[JeffZNY]

Helzon--lots of improvement here, dude...leaps and bounds better than last week's entry, me thinks. Still though, as was the case in some of your other pieces, the background is really distracting, leaving the character struggling to grab our attention. I know this is something you've been trying to address, so I'm not sure what else I can say to help you out, but perhaps try isolating your character before gradually introducing some background elements. Also, you might try putting your background and character on seperate layers in photoshop, then playing around with your levels and brightness/contrast settings...If your darkest darks and brightest lights are in the character rather than the background, our eye will naturally be drawn to the character.

[Fozzybar]

Really? How come? Llots of artist use them. Good artists too; Craig Mullins, Daniel Docui, Feng Zhu, James Clyne, etc. They're used a lot in concept art. Just my humble opinion.
It's not fair if one artist draws something with love and effort and the other artist just pastes a photo...that's the point in my eyes...and i am limiting this to C.O.W...


Oh, on a side note do custom texture brushes and such fall into that? Just curious.
No.


Hello everybody, I am new in conceptart.org. I have seen your forum and I like your work. Can anyone participate posting their work?
Yes, anyone can...

[salaryman]

http://img237.exs.cx/img237/6428/ayecow2bi.jpg

The Lowland Midget Aye-Aye (edible) (fig. A) is a rare delicacy indeed.

The creature's taste has been described as being somewhere between dog food and the very manna of heaven, though an entry by Pliny, records: "for verily it tastes like chicken!" (Historia Naturalis)

The piquant of the flesh is matched only by the funk of it's pelt (fig. B), which when washed and tanned is turned inside out and employed as toe mittens by the barnacle crofters on the Lowland veldt.

A word of warning though, the Lowland midget Aye-Aye must be gutted correctly (indeed Aye-Aye chefs are trained for 7 years before they can even touch a real specimen, and only then with the aid of protective trousers). The Aye-aye's Mong Bladder (fig. C) secretes a substance so dangerous it has been known to peel bark from trees at the mark of 50 yards.

Badly prepared Aye-Aye dishes result in the death of at least the consumer, his waiter, the chef and quite obviously the Aye-Aye.

On a lighter note, the bladder secretions can be boiled down and used as a cure for Trench Mouth and Sticky Finger in infants.

[Prometheus|ANJ]

Nice skin rendering Salaryman!

LOL @ Cockamon catcher...

As for photos, yeah they're used in concept art. If an AD tells you to come up with a cockamon you can clonebrush a cock onto some cute hampster or something to get a quick visual. Whatever gets the job done. In many cases concept art has to be done quick.
However, by using photos you are limiting your expression to existing and available things, which probably will result in a weaker concept.

I think what were doing here is to judge both concept AND art, no?

[Fozzybar]

However, by using photos you are limiting your expression to existing and available things, which probably will result in a weaker concept. I think what were doing here is to judge both concept AND art, no?

YEP! :gasmask:

[Matt Dixon]

Bloody PC crashed halfway through doing this, so it's not had quite the time it might otherwise have had. :upset:

http://www.vortex.plus.com/COW09.jpg

The Nooni. This tiny nugget of strawberry-flavoured, squidgy huggability is also known as 'The Messenger of Death' across countless worlds that have felt her limitless evil. Quite how the little creature is able to crush civilisations, boil oceans and extinguish stars remains a mystery as all who witness her arrival are doomed to a painful end. Legend suggests it has something to do with that dimple in her belly...aaaaAAAA-AAARGHTTHHppt.

[strych9ine]

I computer crashed while Painter was saving and corrupted the file... bye bye 5 hours of work. :(

Dixon, that is creepy as hell. Nice pieces Salaryman, and Prom... I'll be back after a few more frustrating hours.

[redehlert]

Awwww....bloody hell! Great concepts are poppin' up already! LMAO! I'll be getting my concept in later - since there is time, but hot damn!

Helzon - amen, bro. Much improved and I think I'd tone down the bg too. Nice use of an eyeball - I'll try to not let my biomed bg take over to critique the anatomy. ;)
Cheers!
D

[leckronium]

http://home.comcast.net/~leckronium/onlinestorage/elooch4.jpg

In the year 2150 mankind has almost perfected genetic engineering. The Northern Tri-tailed Elooch was engineered to be the perfect house pet. With the long ears, fluffy fur coat, three bushy tails, and a pair of innocent eyes, the elooch would bring joy to anyones heart on a cold winter night.

What engineers never planned on was the elooch killing thousands of pet owners every winter. The electric charge that builds up from the elooch and it's long fur coat is enough to instantly kill anyone who approaches it looking for someone to snuggle with. Since these outbreaks began the government has placed strict regulations on owning an elooch. However, leave it to the engineers to turn a catastrophic situation into a resourceful one. Engineers have developed a way of using the pet's power producing abilities by developing a wheel that the overly energetic elooch can run in. This carpeted wheel, much like a hamster's wheel, collects the static charge and redirects it throughout the home powering lights and other electrical appliances. This efficiency has infuriated the power companies who have since taken over the breeding rights of the elooch. The government has also jumped in creating the elooch tax as well. But in the end, the elooch survives and everyone is again able to enjoy the love and companionship of the perfectly engineered house pet. :^^:

:painting:

[Uziel]

Matt that Nooni is so cute even my little pet is amazed and wants to be friend with it.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/jarrafatti/bubblesv2mini.jpg

It reminds me a bit of the baby in the MIB...couchycouchycou

[Wishes]

@ Leckronium: love yours, and your story rocks :)!

[Matt Dixon]

Uziel. You crazy man.

[LegacyPunk]

yeah......Ill put more effort into mine next time around. :rolleyes:

[Banned_User]

When i looked at the deadline last night, i saw it as saying April 04 - not 04 as the month and 09 as the day :dur: :nohope: so stupid

Thats why i didnt finish it, guesss i have a lot more time to work on finishing it now.

[Bretton]

Fealt like doing something simple and mostly black and white

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/cutebutdeadly003.jpg

The Little White Whale is as cute as it is hungry. Only as big as a regular freshwater bass this is the smallest whale currently discovered. With an eyeball that makes up about a fourth of it's total length it is quite an adorable little whale. However it is as hungry as it is cute and would not hesitate to eat anyone ignorant enough to try and pet it.

[leckronium]

@ Leckronium: love yours, and your story rocks :)!

Haha, thanks for the comment. It's good to know I have at least one fan with this one so far. Makes the whole thing worth it. :tihi:

[Stokes]

The BlibberBite

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

Since the early 80's scientists have been keeping a close eye on the elusive BlibberBites. BlibberBites usually try and inhabit an attractive human host in hopes that they will be able to lure other humans closer so that the can feast on them. It has also been noted that BlibberBites have very bad taste when it comes to finding an attractive host. This shortcoming often times ruins their whole strategy. Because of this there have been fewer and fewer BlibberBite sightings as of late.

[Fozzybar]

Plutoniumis Boomus

http://www.kidomatix.com/ca/cow/cow_009_cutebutdeadly_fozzybar.jpg

Secret agencies of many many countries tried to abuse the enormously dangerous power of this little creature...it looks very harmless and cute, but inside of this freak of nature there is one of the biggest threads for life at all...

The body is highly radioactive and absolutely sensitive, that's why it's protected by a surrounding carapace...one incautious move and the creature explodes in a nuclear blast...that's why no military power ever succeeded to use the power of this creature...they now live on a secret island somewhere in the pacific, insulated by the US-Army, rumors are afloat that the government still tries to abuse the creature for military purposes, but experts assure that this would be suicide and there is nothing true about that...

However it's strange, that this creature itself is absolutely peacable and anxious to live in harmony with its environment...unfortunately nearly every creature getting in contact with the Plutoniumis is dying after a short period...

cute but deadly...

[Uziel]

@Stokes: Some idea of cute you got there stokes

@Leckronium: can you get me a fluffy one with just one tail?

Uziel. You crazy man.
Thnx Matt, I'm always open for compliments

[Hanuka]

Fealt like doing something simple and mostly black and white

Man, i can't stress enough how much i dig your style. This is so cranky, evil, gloomy and full of dark humor... it's a little burton-esque - only better.

Fozzy, Leckronium, Matt, salaryman: strong!

[leckronium]

@Leckronium: can you get me a fluffy one with just one tail?
Sorry, even though that model is a predecessor to the tri-tailed, it won't be available at least until the early 22nd century. :P

Hanuka Thanks for the comment, much appreciated!

[strych9ine]

http://www.codytilson.com/9ine/9ine-COW9.jpg

With the voice like a lullaby and the face of an angel, you'd could hardly believe on description alone that this rare abomination has ended every life that has had the unfortunate luck to happen upon it. The Becoming is a hideous creature, for sure, but you would never know it in it's presence. From it's sickly mass of tentacles and mangled flesh it produces a face and voice so entrancing that it's victim is emersed in a vision of beauty unlike no other it's seen before. Once the song begins, the face of an angel is the last thing the victim will see. Which is good, because the next three hours that it takes for The Becoming to slowly rend and digest him is a hideous sight.

And it just happens to shit Easter Eggs, something that would have been helpful for me to know last week.

[Dougbot]

If an AD tells you to come up with a cockamon you can clonebrush a cock onto some cute hampster or something to get a quick visual.

That's not what I meant. I've used photos tons, even in this contests. It's an easy way to get texture. I'm thinking more like these: http://www.vancekovacs.com/jpgs_big/n02.jpg and http://guildwars.com/images/jpeg/concepts/concept-007-page.jpg . Is that still allowed? Again, not starting anything, just curious :confident

[GomenNasai]

The common furry woodlouse habitat covers almost 50% of our planet, with 2,623 subspecies like the legendary hraldic tiger and the edible big pink. It measures 1.5 to 2 ft. from end to end.

The woodlouse feeding habit predates on our hughug instinct, by purring and looking at us reproachfully with its wet eyes. Even knowing that it is lethal, once one look into its eyes, the hughug response takes place, and the victim take it on its breast. The woodlouse then use its claws to maintain its prey, and dig its teeth in the victim's breast, without once loosing its cute expression, and start feeding. The victim dies about one hour after the first look, emptied of its fluids.

http://homepage.mac.com/karimc/CUTENDEADLY3.jpg

[Xpose]

What's up with all the humanoid ones?

[JeffZNY]

Might tweak this before the deadline...or I might just be sick of tweaking it :dur: Either way, here's my entry!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v470/JeffZNY/cute3.jpg

The Tooth-tail Tamarin represents a bizarre evolutionary tangent. The primate's skull lacks a jaw and the creature instead ingests food through a mouth located in its tail. Do not be fooled by the Tooth-tail's giant adorable eyes; it is a vicious predator and a master of deception, luring its prety with its cute and cudly appearance before striking out with its fanged jaws.

[Xpose]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/xpose/drawings/pinkponyfromhell.jpg
Finnaly got a wacom tablet =P. Still trying to get the hang of it though.

Through out time Horses have been used as transportation. Well Evolution has benefited a speacial breed, the Virefist pony. With a fierce temper and meat filled diet this creature is a force not to be tested. "Hey mom I wanna ride the little pink pony"... yea that's what was said right before the Virefist pony bit off her little head....

[BlkCelebration]

Ka-ninoh:
Not necessarily cute by earth standards, the Ka-ninoh originates from the dark planet and is the pet of choice for young dark world inhabitants (also known as "darklings").

This little fellow uses the light atop its head to light the darklings' path as they search for eggs in their anual "egg hunt."

While they appear harmless, their vicious nature comes out when their owners are threatened by the Gü-Evoh (COW #008 ). Many darklings survive the egg hunt with the help of their trusty and deadly Ka-ninohs.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v141/depecheboy/anamel13.jpg

[Fozzybar]

That's not what I meant. I've used photos tons, even in this contests. It's an easy way to get texture. I'm thinking more like these: http://www.vancekovacs.com/jpgs_big/n02.jpg and http://guildwars.com/images/jpeg/concepts/concept-007-page.jpg . Is that still allowed? Again, not starting anything, just curious :confident

what you did is ok (at least for the creatures)...it's a tightrope walk and hard to decide what is allowed and what not, it depends on the individual viewpoints...in my eyes the important thing is to implement the photographic elements in a way the viewer doesn't notice or if he does that at least the whole piece looks consistently - drawing and photo must build a visual unity.

Also i think the main part of the entry should not be the photographic part, since the contest is about design, and you can't expect compliments for elements you didn't create yourself...

[Sinix]

Alright, I came up with an idea I liked, so I threw this together.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v483/sinix3/COW09a.jpg

The Japanese man-eating hexapus. A curious looking beach dwelling creature, the japanese hexapus is known to immitate the look of an innocent child's doll. But it is far from innocent, as any unknowing child who gets to close will quickly find out as they are snatched by one of the creature's 6 tentacles and quickly pulled into it's trapdoor mouth. The small human victims are usually still alive as they are slowly dissolved in the creature's round and decoy-like stomach. A most agonizing death. It's estimated over 2,000 children die each year to these strange and rare creatures.

(notice the little hand prodding at the inside of the decoy eye, bwahaha)

[Fozzybar]

What's up with all the humanoid ones?

I made a statement over here:
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=37512

[redehlert]

Sinix - that's great! I'm digging the concept copy and the bloody hand print on the right eye (at least, that's how it appears to me).
Great entries all! I'll get mine in....sooooon. :bashful:
Cheers!
D

[Shamagim]

Well, i wish i had more time to finish this one, but im running out of time :) ...

Here it is http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/shamagim/snowbobcat.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/shamagim/snowheadcopy.jpg

"Bladewing cat"....

This medium sized feline lives in extremely cold emviroments, for that reason he must eat around 6 to 7 ponds of meat and blubber every day. His digestive system burns calorys rapidly to keep the body warm enought, witout keeping any body fat.

He is one of the moust succesfull predators in the ridge, capable to even hunt the biggest prays, and defend himself from other predators 3 times bigger than himself. This is because he haves one extra set of lims, in wish theres one falange that became extremly hard and edgy, like a blade.....but, this "blade" rotational capabilitys is limited to a 120º swing abobe his head starting from the back, so he doest use it to strike directly ( unless he start rolling toward his enemy), instead he jumps to his pray´s neck, and stabs him with his blades from the bottom, to pierce the main veins while he uses his teeths to cut trought the spine.....

[JoBeSu]

Here is my c.o.w

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

/Joel

[Stokes]

Fozzy Id settle down on all the rules. Its all for fun. Plus this week yours is looking pretty humanoid to me, but it still turned out great.

[Banned_User]

I think Fozzy is doing a good job of keeping things in line. There are good reasons for his being strict. It's to push creativity, to push professionalism in EVERYONES work.
The dsg- is fun and all, but too many people don't take it all that seriously, so you get a lot of 5 minutes drawings, and oh I found this in a batch of work I did 3 years ago and it fit the topic, or some other kind of excuse.

It's all in good fun, but it helps to lay down rules so the hard work shows.

[Fozzybar]

MIKECORRIERO
Thanx for the backup Mike...it's really hard to do justice for everyone...i don't want to hurt anybody's feelings, so mostly i don't say a thing, even if i think there is something which doesn't help the activity to grow...

Stokes
See, that's what i meant with "interpreting "humanoid" is very individual", for example i thought my creature is more looking like a turtle, which is far away from being humanoid...

It's not only the humanoid thing it's more what Mike said...we (me also!!!) need to find new forms, new shapes, new creatures...acquiring from existing creatures but not being led by them (i am sure this sentence makes no sense at all)...

For example Xpose: He drew a pink horse with blood on the mouth...the activity is not about "what creature on our earth could fit to the topics description"...i want to push the creativity...i for myself am also trapped in my horizon...

We must try to feel like a god, who is taking a clump of clay in his big hands and thinking of the creature he wants to create...hmmm....what could be the creature doing this? or feeling that? How does it move? What is it feeding on? etc...

So, i say this to you and to me:
You are the god of the planet called your mind...Pick up a new clump of clay and mold a new creature no one ever saw, mold YOUR creature!

[strych9ine]

D'oh...

I realize I may have went too far in the humanoid direction, but to be honest with you I was more thinking of the idea I got from the topic suggestion. I thought it may be a cool creature to paint, and I love this activity because of the motivation I get from it. Plus Painter crashed and destroyed my file twice during saving, so I finished it more out of spite for that goddamn program then anything.

Stokes, btw, I really dug your concept and execution. One of my favorites so far for sure.

[Prehistoric]

well, i thought we weren't discussing this stuff here so i posted my 2 cents here: http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=37512

[0kelvin]

http://www.whereismyeyeball.com/images/CA/COW/COW9.jpg

Majestic Foxbearhttp://www.whereismyeyeball.com/images/CA/COW/footnote1.gif

The Majestic Foxbear is about the size of the average housecat and is a close cousin to both both bears and dogs. When the Foxbear was first discovered the first thing biologists noted was its extremely fire retardant hide. Scientists struggled to figure out why it would develop such an odd characteristic, until one day Dr. Amos Griftenson, noted biologist and asshole, made a particularly nasty comment towards the creature. The scientists were amazed to see the creature's feelings seemed to be hurt. It began to cry and the pieces of the puzzle quickly came together. The Foxbear's tears consisted largely of ethylene glycol dinitrate, a substance over 160 times as volatile as nitroglycerin. The resulting explosion wiped out over 2 and half million dollars in equipment, roughly 40 other rare species housed in the same lab and the entire team of scientists. The Majestic Foxbear was relatively unharmed.

1. Originally known as the Miniature Weeping Honey-Dog, the creature apparently didn't like this name and began to tear up until a scientist frantically proposed a name it could live with.



0kelvin

[Banned_User]

I've reposted a new creature because well, the last one sucked :P
Hope its ok.

[Prehistoric]

mike, i don't think your first version sucked.

this latest one has cooler painterly effects and textures, but the first one was cuter.

[Genital Eclipse]

I agree with Burt Lancaster on both subjects: humanoids and use of photos in submissions.

[Stokes]

Sorry Fozzy I didnt understand you were just responding to Xpose's comment. My bad.

[redehlert]

Enter the Gas Mite. A creature so adorably cute and yet unequivocably deadly. Allow me a chance to explain: this furry fiend stands approximately 1 foot in height and 2 feet in length with lush long hair, a button tail, a cute as a button heart-shaped nose, and what appear to be pleading puppy-dog eyes, but don't let this fool you. That tail - well, that's its noise maker - when it shakes a whimper sound comes from it to draw prey closer. And those eyes are just surface markings evolved out of necessity to further lure its prey. As the prey stoops down to pet this cuddly wuddly creature, the Gas Mite reaches upward as if needing your love, but it wants so much more. That cute, heart-shaped nose is really a tube opening that expels a silent but deadly gas reaching upwards of 6 feet. This gas is a serious olfactory assault rendering the victim with no motor capability thereby falling to the ground, helpless. The Gas Mite is then able to slither on top of the immobile victim and consume alive. Guess it should be called a Gas Might -because dey be cute but DAMN dey be deadly stinkee!

Cheers!
D
http://www.cognitionstudio.com/conceptart/gasmite_cow9.jpg

[Helzon]

redehlert: dude...scoped the sketch on this ...loved it!, especially the texture under the creature...I think it would still look good in your finished piece as well?...I think that it would add depth....Any reason for the drop?

[Xpose]

I know mine was lame.... I went through soo many though... I had this goatish looking kangaroo with 4 arms but decided not to go with it and then I had this winged bug but didn't go with it either. I'll try to do better my friends.

[redehlert]

Hey Helzon - I dropped it so as to allow a bit more focus on the creature and not the surroundings, but I'm glad you liked the creature in my sketch book! I tried a little bit of Prom tutorial work on this piece - rushed it in the end, but I think I learned a few things. :bashful: Tool, Perfect Circle and Chemical Brothers came in handy on this one. Thanks for the music assist!
Cheers!
D

[Negrotuerto]

http://www.carloscabrera.com.ar/images/ca_foro/earth-grasshopper.jpg


The earth-grasshopper is one of the worst predators in the deserts of south america. Most of them come from eggs produced by the adult female every eight years. Only two eggs from almost forty five live for bring new eart-grasshopper to Chaco, a small province in Argentina. Since water is so scarce, most desert animals get their water from others animals (their food) they eat, but not the earth-grasshopper; this kind of creature obtain its water provision from human childs due their fragile structure and lack of resistance.

The earth-grasshopper has a "tricky ending" tail wich uses for haunting purpose hidding the rest of his body in dark structures such as underground galleries. This creature can wait for its prey even for three days without moving at all.

The earth-grasshopper paralize its prey with a scary scream coming from the sweet little creature atached on his tail. The scare is so strong that paralize the entire muscles of its prey for about seven hours while the earth-grasshopper slowly eliminate the skin of its paralized prey until it reaches the muscles.

This creature has almost eliminated the young chaco poblation leaving abandoned old mens and womens.

[Hanuka]

hey carlos, welcome to the boards.

great stuff! very professional-looking and concept-telling illustration.
your use of color and focal points is outstanding.

this week ill have a hard time chosing my favourite from all these...

[Prehistoric]

ok, i updated my work in progress to a final image.

some really good entries so far. looking forward to seeing the voting process. this is my first, but definitely not my last C.O.W.

[young paddy1]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v19/youngpaddy1/rabbitmeister.jpg

with most of it's body underground the giant angler snail choose a plot usually close to small burrowing animals, not so it can eat the little creatures themselves but rather their predators, using it's fair approximation of the local wildlife it sets up shop and waits for it's prey.

[Ostrander]

http://rhinohidestudios.com/images/cbd2a.jpg

The Gren Shite Wodum is an amazing mutation of a species of dung eating wodum. This cuddly little creature will feast on the waste of nearly any creature that defecates. Gorging itself on the toxic turds, the cute and loveable wodum becomes so lethal and deadly from ingesting the foul feces, no one in their right mind would bother touching it. Less seals their fate.

[Sapphire]

(may tweak later)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v35/Sapphire8400/Kiffit2.jpg


The Common Kiffit

Kiffits have long since been domesticated, kept as a popular pet for apartments and households with young children. The fur of the domestic version is often much brighter and more varied in terms of color and pattern than its wilder cousins. Otherwise harmless, the kiffits, wild or domestic, have an instinctive attraction to bright lights, and will heedlessly dart into the path of an oncoming vehicle, especially at night when they are most active (or have gotten loose from their homes). Drivers are frequently thrown into devastating accidents because of trying to dodge these sweet little critters who are just stupid enough to throw themselves right in the way. Frequently aired on TV are ads warning the public to simply run over a kiffit if it does this, but this is easier said than done when you see the little guy in your headlights.

Kiffits, thousands of years ago, had eight, fully functional legs. As they have evolved throughout the centuries, however, the back six have shriveled and become only small, vestigial remnants. Breeders have long since tried to fully reduce the leglets, and sometimes in show animals, these are simply cut off. Its feelers and large eyes make it an exeptional hunter in the dark.

[Johann de Venecia]

My venomous bird was lonely, so I thought I'd make him a wife...

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y52/deceptant3/bokbok_devenecia.jpg

Bok-bok

The Bok-bok Bird may look fuzzy and sweet but it can turn into a psychotic killer if you ruffle its feathers the wrong way. Like its cousin, the Bakulaw Bird, the Bok-bok is very anti-social and just wants to be left alone. But silly humans fall for pretty colors quite easily and find themselves wanting to cuddle the feathered spitfire. Add to that the rare flower that only grows on top of its fungi-encrusted scalp, and it becomes completely irresistable. Many have tried to get up-close and personal with the Bok-bok only to be shredded to bits by its 4-foot long bony claws.

[al-x]

http://www.alextornberg.com/art/concepts/cute_but_deadly.jpg

The Stinky Baby Eater

This critter lives in the jungle. It feeds on diffrent baby animals, but prefer the human child. It's cute and colorful just to attract children and scare off grown ups. When it has lured a child close to it, it will release a deadly gas. The gas is released from the rectum of the critter. The child will die instantly and the critter will carry the deadchild to it's nest and feed off of it for several weeks.

[redehlert]

Hey Fozzy, et al.
Made a minor adjustment to my entry as well as updated my copy. Just an FYI. Had a few minutes.
Inspiring entries everyone!
Cheers,
D

[Helzon]

redehlert: Well thought out and presented on the description. I'm also liking the reflection. It's not overpowering or distracting. I find it just about right in my humble opinion.
Cheers man!

[Craig Houghton]

first C.O.W.

http://img116.exs.cx/img116/5918/trunkwormmod9sn.jpg

The Over-ended Crooner from the Plane of Limbo

In the everchanging soup of Limbo there are few pockets of good hard earth. But, where there are, you might find the loveable Over-ended Crooner. Carrying for miles, many travelers have followed the deep, sweet sound of these crooners to a safe chunk of rock amongst the chaos of Limbo. Unfortunately, many travellers mistake the melodic business-end for an affectionate muzzle. The creatures are quick to cuddle, and they mean well, but sadly their deadly back end breath is too much for even the sturdiest of souls.

-Craig

[redehlert]

Thank you humble Helzon. I didn't want to tinker too much - I'm really good at killing a piece by overworking it and am learning to just leave it alone, learn from it and apply findings (+/-) and crits to future work.
Cheers!
D

[xia]

http://www.angelfire.com/wa2/xia/images/speedpainting130.jpg

Name: Georgio Belefonte

This poor little fella is a by-product of early Viagra animal testing. After being nutered at birth scientists were curious if their wonder drug would be able to re invigorate this once flaccid excuse for a pet. The experiment worked wonders on the little guy’s sex charm and Georgio was back in business. Some say he once dry humped 2,354 legs in a single month. Sadly though, after years of continuos dry humping he rubbed off his reproductive organs. Now the frustrated Georgio has a bad habit of eating his legs owner after he’s finished.
As experiment goes on, they know how dangerous Georgio itself can be, but they need more Georgios because of financial reason (Just like any bad Sci-fi movie)...long story short. A horrifying incedent worse than anyone's nightmare occured during the orgie trial of six Georgios (so-called "SixOrgieGe"). Frustration during their orgie session, they mutate into one gigantic man-eater Georgio Belefonte.

Great work everyone!

[Aberrant]

Rush rush... shit... sigh...

http://142.165.246.187/ca/05apr-cute_but_deadly.jpg

The gliding skullfucker is found in heavily forested areas of asia. The sexes of the species are very different, the male is pictured and has a large penis made mostly of bone and cartilage as well as a flap of skin connecting arm to leg which allows it to glide short distances. The female is larger, fatter, with longer hair and strange genitals also made mostly of bone. When the two mate the male's member is sharpened to a razor edge between two rough spines in the female. Not having much nerve endings doesn't make for enjoyable sex, so females are mostly disinterested. The males however have a very high sex drive and spring time confusion can lead to fatalities in humans with particular hair styles.

[dogfood]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v328/dogfood411/dogfoodCOW009.jpg
The honor of naming a new species traditionally falls on its founder and in this case it was neo-xeno-naturalist Major Tarquin "Stubby" Gustavus after his surprise discovery of the Dun Pet Th'fuckin' Bunnay, while setting up camp on Festus IV. A trapper, the creature waits for unsuspecting predators to mark an apparently easy meal, then snaps it's four foot diameter talons into the startled foe and procedes to consume it. The internal organs rest in a conical shell which lay in a shallow hole, allowing the talons to rest hidden in whatever grasses are around.

[Uziel]

Xia that looks like a some great thunderdome version of lilo & stitch
http://www.todocine.com/img008/img00691.jpg

I like it...

[Wishes]

@ Xia: Love your concept! Real cool!

@ Abberant: That's too cute!

No more time to post more, sorry, I'll try to do that later..Nice pics everyone!

[Bennett]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/jbennett304/pingu.jpg

Decroded Shmegmite: Bigger than a breadbox, extremely venomous, and cute as a button. The DS is 2nd in deadliness only to its far superior cousin the Pap Shmericus Palamite.

[Fozzybar]

thread closed, go here to vote for your fav entry:

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=42203