C.O.W. - #014: Shadow Producer

[Fozzybar]

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


Round #014

Topic:
Shadow Producer

Deadline:
Thursday, 19 May 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!

[Fozzybar]

MIKECORRIERO picked the topic for this round! GO! :rendered:

[S.C. Watson]

...um..."shadow producer"....

As in anything solid? >:|

[possessed]

...um..."shadow producer"....

As in anything solid? >:|

lol! I like the topic.. have some idea's I need to doodle allready.

[redehlert]

joy of joys....this one is going to be 'deep'.
good topic mike!
cheers,
d

[I.was.ink]

It's basically the same thing as shadow maker right? Not a cast shadow, but a smokey, ghostly type of character right? I know its open ended, but I just want to make sure what the topic is. :)
-ink

[OLSEN]

Got this from dictionary.com:

Producer:
"A photosynthetic green plant or chemosynthetic bacterium, constituting the first trophic level in a food chain; an autotrophic organism."

Let's see how far we can bend this insanely vague, but cool topic.:bashful:

[Banned_User]

Ok to clear this up - SHADOW PRODUCER: This is meant to be somewhat vague/open ended leaving it to your imagination but as far as my meaning of it, is a creature that creates/produces shadows. I leave it at that..and let you guys CREATE.

[Phuzion]

Oooohh... this sounds like fuuuun :perv:

[Banned_User]

updated..reposted at end of thread..

[brokk]

Thanks Mike. I'm afraid to go to bed now.


And I'm almost 20.

[Phuzion]

Well, this is a sketch of mine so far... explanation to come... and maybe a different angle. We'll see.

http://www.artdl.com/Posts/Shadow.jpg

Sweet dreams all ;)

-Daniel

[brkofdon]

interesting designs mike,phuzion. so many of these creatures look at first glance evil or scary. i might try to start switching that up ...try!! i actually have sometime on this one since it just started...i hope i can attempt this one.

hmmm shadow producer hmmmm *clueless at this point*

[kawakaze]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/kawakaze/shdw.jpg

first post here.. heres a quick skethc. its not really supposed to be scary. more like some spiritual soul i guess.

[vaughany_boy]

Cool topic. I love open ended ones, more room for inturpretation.

[Craig Houghton]

The Shadow-Puppet Bug

It's all about the bug booty. On the colonized planet Erg-6 there's a little native inhabitant that comes out when the sun goes down. It's the Shadow Puppet Bug, and it has a unique way of competing for the attention of the females. A bioluminescent spotlight on it's rear bulb flames up. Then, it uses little prehensile wormlike tendrils atop it's head to pose a little shadow puppet. This particular bloke has a rather decent shadow-puppet projecting of a female in the 'accepting' pose plastered against the wall. Judging by that reddish antennea-tip glow, the adoring female is damned impressed by the cast.

http://img283.echo.cx/img283/4863/shadowpuppetbugsframed7yk.jpg

[PHATandy]

my first COW :D. Anyways, my idea ive been working on. Sry if its a little low quality but ive been having some PC problems so its all been done by hand. no PS or Painter :(. IF you guys think its not cool enough thats ok with me.. i just like the idea of it more than my actual Drawing skills.

Anyways:

INFERIUS-UMBRA:

Meaning ' Under-Shadow ', The IU lives and feeds underground. The Open front mouth sifts soil through the large tube like stomach/intenstine digesting nutrients and the odd animal as food. Although a slow process it is continuous as the IU moves through the soil. Large fangs/teeth at the front end work as diggers to plough through the soil while the side arms/legs move the IU through the soil.

At varying intervals (only at night), the folded in tube on its back, erects to puncter through the soil and lay flat on the surface, held still by the fatty flaps that are pumped out to the side. Smaller tubes pump out the special chemical made inside the main part of the IU, that is shadow. The fine gas chemical coats all objects within a large radius and begins the process. When light from the sun passes onto the chemicals it is made colourless and thus normal colour shows through. With the absense of light, the chemicals dry out to form the blackness that is shadow. This effect is of varying amounts depending on light intensity. After deploying, the shadow, the IU moves on.

Yay, got painter working:
http://andy.kgblabs.com/artwork/COW14-BW.jpg

Second Image, Not really important.. the one above counts.
http://andy.kgblabs.com/artwork/COW14.jpg


Any crits and so on are cool. :D.

[redehlert]

Hey PHATandy - I've been doing very minor Photoshop work in my more recent COW entries so as to focus on my draftsmanship skills. At any rate, a clean concept rendering a la traditional should suffice.
Your concept is interesting and I think you should keep pursuing it even more. I was told to try to convey it all in one figure and am in turn suggesting the same thing for you - can you anser it all in one piece? Render it up as fully as is necessary to get your message across. Also, I was informed that I should lighten up on my text (as a medical illustrator, I'm kinda 'label' silly) - not saying it's a bad thing, but in this instance I believe your concept copy does enough so you can drop the handwritten material. :er:
Good luck!
Cheers,
D

[End Hits]

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y124/marginwalker/shadowspitter3.jpg

This thing's job is to turn the universe's lights off.

[young paddy1]

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

Filled with the fastest substance in the universe the Shadow caster floats above the vast deserts of Capritz Minor on an actinic blue bed of energy generated at it's core. The giga conductive power of the creature manifests outside of its body as the shadowy overspill which darkens the land, if the creatures bodily waste had continued to spread at its original pace the planet would've been enirely black. However after a couple of months previously unseen species of plants are taking advantage of the lowlevel cloud cover and its cooling effect to start growing. As they grow they seem to feed on the black mist and it thins out until barely visible by which time the pllants have seeded and died back to wait for the Shadow Caster's return.

[PHATandy]

Hey thanks for reply redhelert, will do.. ill get cracking on a more overall picture of the design... although its gonna be pretty damn hard since i have to show above and below ground at the same time.

Also.. interested into the story behinds yours phusion.. looks pretty funky...as usual.

[Uziel]

Redehlert, are you going Fungi style? ;)

[embee]

So far, this is the first cow I'm participating and I hope my bad english wont pretend you to understand my description :)

So this is what i came up with:

http://mitglied.lycos.de/sturm68/grafik/cow_shadow.png

Storm-Bird of the Weka Sands
In the deserts of the sand-planet Weka, there exist a lot of strange creatures, the Storm-Bird is just one of them.
These enormous birds' weight caused their lack of flying abilities, so the only way they can move is crawling very slowly. But this doesnt represent a problem for them, because actually they dont have to move a lot... They dont have to hunt - they just wait for their prey: whenever a swarm of bird (birds are the most commen species on Weka) flies along, the Storm-Bird begins to flutter and to stir up dust and sand. This way it darken the sky to take the birds their possibilities to navigate in the air, so the swarm is forced to come down to the ground, where it is an easy meal for the huge storm-bird... The enormous number and dimensions of the swarms on Weka makes it very easy for the storm-bird to survive...
Some of the human tribes living on Weka learned to use the huge birds for their own protection against invaders. Whenever enemies try to enter a village, the villagers escape into their caves (the villages are often built near the strange rock-complexes in the Weka desserts. Only the "chosen" stay with the village-bird and as soon as the invaders are near enough, this group which mainly consists of children begins to attack the bird with lances. This way, they force the bird to unleash a deadly sandstorm, which kills both, the attackers, and of course the suizide-defender-commando too. The tribes' memebers see this kind of death as a guarantee to get into the nirvana...

Well, i hope that i managed to present my sick thought in a clear way ;)

[Uziel]

This doesn't has anything to do with shadows, it's a sandstorm creature.
Das Thema ist Schatten nicht Sandsturm.

[embee]

well, enormous sandstorms darken the sky, don't they? ;)
ok, i'll change the text a little *g*
Edit: I know this isnt EXACTLY what's expected, but i think it's close enough ;)

[nightfend]

http://www.icondream.com/images/cow/shadow_prod02.jpg

Shadow Producers reside in old abandoned mines and subteranean caves. They prefer the darkness, where their own bio-luminescence is the only light source. It is through this self illuminating glow that it can summon shadowy beast forms and other illusions. And, it is with these shadowy forms and illusions that it can confuse and confound prey that it is hunting.

[Banned_User]

Hey Fozman-
I replaced my image with basically what is (2) concept sketches- to be presented as my final image. If this is a problem, if this is considered 2 entries, then just dont take it to poll.. ill understand ;)
I just know I wont have time this week to render out a painting, so im submitting some rougher concepts.

[Fozzybar]

Corrieroman, absolutely fine...a sketch from a professional is good enough for this activity :)

[vaughany_boy]

Doubt I'll be doing COW for a good few weeks now, it's Exam season. :[

Nice design MikeCorriero

[PHATandy]

Fozzy ive done the same as Mike, i managed to get my Painter working so i whipped up a Black and White piece, the drawing doesnt have to be included ( If i win which is unlikely since Mike and Phuzion are in.. :nohope: )

[Fozzybar]

No prob, but i liked your first drawing more, it's more authentic...

[PHATandy]

Damnit!!... now im confused on which one to choose... damn u fozzy!!.

lol. Guess ill have to think this one over then i take out the one i dont want. There will be 1 left on there by the deadline.. just use that one for the voting.

[Red_Rook]

only a quick one, and hour or so.

yea here so i tightend it up some more, the one im submitting:
http://web489.login-4.hoststar.ch/Redrook/images/rook_shadowproducer2.jpg


At about 12 feet long this shelled creature, the shadow producer, releases a chemical compound that manages to absorb all the parts of the light spectrumwhen its dense, making for an absolute black, to creatures even who see diffrent wave lengths. The compound has a very short half life, and rapidly decays, but the shadow producer can release it under stress conditions, creating the perfect smoke screen to foil potential predators.

got rid of the old one, cause it was confusin ;)

[mert_yavasca]

it looks great Red_Rook. I couldn't finished my cloud dweller but I will be there. See u.

[OSU_Samurai]

Red Rook that is looking great! My favorite thus far, hope you keep on it, you've got a few more days to make it even better.

[scott]

[jayne]

red book that looks so purdyfull. gj so far :D

[Fozzybar]

Red Rook, i like the design and the atmosphere of your piece very much, but be careful, your concept is rather leaned on smoke than shadow!

[Red_Rook]

Red Rook, i like the design and the atmosphere of your piece very much, but be careful, your concept is rather leaned on smoke than shadow!


uhh is it grounds for disqualification, cause i cant really change it at this point :dad: 8) if you dont go to poll with it its alright. but it is kinda open no?

and thanks for the comments guys, yea ill work on it some more :)

[teyekanik]

I spent 3 days downloading, tweaking, and making my own custom brushes. Makes for alot of fun! Hopefully everyone likes.

MikeCorriero - Man your creature is pretty freaky! I like her maggoty tits! I like the originality of the story. The anatomy is really disturbing, all the suggestions of genitalia, etc. A good quick overpaint, but I hopw to see it fully rendered if you have the time.

Phuzion - I really like how powerfull the creature is looking. It would dominate. You and mike make me want to go back and throw some breasts and a vagina on mine just to be part of the party. haha, jk. Cant wait to see your end product.

Red-Rook - I like this one alot, I agree with Fozzy about the smoke part though. Its very believable with the soft parts underneath the shell. The only suggestion is maybe put a little more time into the mouth area. And maybe define a stronger light source.

Ok, Here's my effort.
http://www.inkmafia.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/leopord.jpg
Basic Desc. : An ancient Olmec Demi-God, the name translates as the "Shadow Sheperd" This god rises and guides the sun below the horizon to make room for the moon. I wanted to go with less of a nightmare creature and more of a fantasy goliath. And also to have a black light look to it.

Ne way, thanks! /m\

[Uziel]

Great work Red Rook but also for some other entries i have to agree with Fozzy; it's about shadow not smoke, storms
I'm working on mine.
WIP: http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=44505
My HD crashed and I can only repair it during the weekend so no finished cow from me this time.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y231/jarrafatti2/shadowmakercol.jpg

[Helzon]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/Helzon/LU1.jpg

In fond regards Master Fervidious Lackmoore,
Herein you will find a crude illustration of the subject you were inquiring to purchase through a mutual aquaintance. I fear that this vulgar scribbling by my idiot savant son, Regibeld who I am afraid is more idiot than savant does not do the creature justice. Nonetheless, you will be immediately struck I'm sure of the fine quality and august nature of the beast. We here at Killmagrove Estate ensure that each of our Lactati Umbri meet only the highest standards.
As a high connoiseur of these magnificent animals Master Lackmoore, I am sure your eye was undoubtedly drawn to the beautiful fore pustules of the head that are a hallmark of our attentive methods. You will also note that this yearling is in only her second gestation. The near pristine sack that dangles beneath is opened with the utmost care, whereupon the removal of any offspring is conducted then she is stitched up by only the finest hand and the process of fertilization begins again. In the interim she is milked of shadow a mere once a day. You will know and need no reminding that the longer the shadow steeps and matures within the animal the more sumptuous and reliable the product. It will be of note that her fore teats and vestigal stingers are in high demand these days, these of course will be included for no additional charge. I throw open my services and councils to any of your impositions. If ever you are in need of more specimens I have local warehouses in the Belgwine, and Ickmaven districts. If you have need of more than twenty, please contact our mutual friend so that we may negotiate the terms. If you are agreeable to these terms please make our friend aware so that my factor may call upon your factor.
With only the best regards and wishes of success in your dark arts.
Your ever humble servant,
Philinius Killmagrove esq.

[redehlert]

Hey Uziel - kinda lookin' that way since I'm shroomin' it, eh? I'll post an update later on today, or at least a link to it in my sketcher.
WHOA! Helzon - whaddufukisdat!?! Now that's a juicy critter. Lookin' forward to seein' this all developed up.

BTW - I've updated my post prior to tonal work up in Photoshop - at least, I think I'll go tradigital on it since I have a bit of time. Go to the second page of this thread to see it.

Peace!
D

[possessed]

http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/f61250342b.jpg (http://www.freeimagehosting.net/)

This large worm-like creature exists on a planet called Cibrey IV. This planet is almost completely devoid of water due to the close proximity of two neighbouring suns. Another thing that makes life so hard on this planet is the absence of hiding places, either for resting or to escape from the sun. the only shadow on this world is found near small rocks and .. near the creatures that create it. The creatures that live here have had to adapt under these circumsizes and few have done so with reasonable success. One of Cibreys greatest creatures is called the Umbra snatcher. It's name is derived from the way it catches it prey. The snatcher travels underground staying very close to the surface until it has reached an area where there are lots of rocks (it senses those since much of the rocks are partially underground) When it has found a suitable place it will surface it's head and about 4/10th of it's body length into the sky. It has the same hue and sometimes (especially elder umbra's) the same texture as the rocks around it. All it has to do now is wait. By creating the largest area of shadow around it, the snatcher attracts prey of reasonable sizes (mostly giant lizards who are just too big to crawl under rocks) and waits till their prey curls up in the shadow underneath them. It waits until the prey is completely at ease and then it snatches them with it's toothy maw(which can stretch to considerable size).
The umbra worm is truely one of natures greatest wonders since it doesn't seem bothered by the burning sun itself. The snatcher has special scales that cover most of it's head and most of it's back. these scales bounce off the harmfull rays of the twin suns.

[Rosco]

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y185/rosco44/9.jpg
As the guardian of the all shadows, La Bestia de la Sombra (Shadow Beast) is one of the most powerful creatures on Earth. Living on the highest mountain top, he watches -- he waits. And when night falls, so begins his nightly duty of gathering his souls -- his shadows. Every night he walks the dark streets and collects the fallen shadows. The ones that no one care to notice anymore. The ones that have no life to follow anymore. Back on his mountain top, he rests and regenerates. For at dawn's break, he releases his shadows back into the world. And with each shadow, a piece of La Bestia de la Sombra dies. Each morning he is weakened as he selflessly gives back to the world -- a world in which no one knows about La Bestia de la Sombra. And when he has spent his last morning releasing his shadows, he will pass on something greater than any shadow that he has ever produced. He will give to the world his son. A son that will carry on gathering souls of his own -- so that the world will always live in shadow.

[bwkeough]

good pics in this group, too!

here's mine:

Shadow Thief-- this medium-sized bird, 20lbs on average, dines not on ordinary organic matter, it tears off pieces of shadow cast by other living things and ingests the soul shred attached to the shadow on the metaphysical plane. While generally more cumbersome than two wings, having four can be useful: on moonless nights, this creature is able to slip sideways into the spirit world to dine on lost souls. The second set of wings provides lift for the heavy solid body in the thinner-than air ether of that plane.

Shown here, the mother bird produces a piece of this zoologist's shadow in reguritated form for her young hatchlings.

http://photobucket.com/albums/y220/bwkeough/shadow-bird86.jpg

[0kelvin]

Actually, I don't see a problem with Red Rook's piece at all. Technically, the smoke isn't the shadow. The smoke absorbs the light, creating a shadow inside the cloud.



0kelvin

[Red_Rook]

Actually, I don't see a problem with Red Rook's piece at all. Technically, the smoke isn't the shadow. The smoke absorbs the light, creating a shadow inside the cloud.



0kelvin


\o/


seee seeee! *points* o____o


btw nice one bwkeough, i like it :D

[Steph Laberis]

Helz - so well written and utterly depressing... makes me think of how they use pregnant mares to harvest hormones for birth control pills... [/PETA] *bows* Congrats on a solid concept :yayca:

Rook: Well done with the explanation of the shadow compound (YAY for bio-dorks!) and this is one of my favorite pieces that you've done... next to the Scorpion Base naturally.

Will comment on the others when I have my lunch break ^_~

[redehlert]

Helzon,
Concept copy alone wins you my vote thus far. Geez, that's a disturbing image....great job, bro!
Peace,
D

[Helzon]

Redehlert,
Thanks man! But you know as well as I that the big dogs are waiting...and I'm getting that weird heebee jeebee chew toy feeling.
*Squeak* yep..there it is...
Can't wait to see the shetock!
Salut!

[Eshara]

Decided to stop lurking for once and actually post something. :^^:

http://thehgl.com/rebecca/pictures/shadow_producer_finished.jpg

Description:
Derived from the dragonfly, this creature is about 12 inches tall. It flies from one being to the next creating shadows for each and every one of them. It spews forth a shadowy fog from its tail. The fuel for its shadow producing tail is its head. Its head is a huge lightsrouce which can be seen from a mile away.

Edit: I updated it a little. :)

[leckronium]

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

In the Southern Banahrian Desert on planet Bauhk, one can witness a truly unusual and amazing event that occurs once every Alk cycle (once every two Earth years). The desert is very unforgiving here and not too many species can endure the heat that is produced during summer seasons. But a few have adapted in a way, such as the K'dohl, that enables them to cross the desert in the summer and reach their mating grounds by season end. They achieve this by traveling with the only species that are not affected by the heat, which is the Dhonk. The Dhonk's long feathery "skirt" acts as an umbrella to block the harmful Alk rays and cool the desert ground enough for the K'dohl to walk across. If the K'dohl were to attempt this otherwise they would quickly dehydrate within minutes and perish. :^^:

[Helzon]

Eshara: Welcome to C.O.W.!....glad you're not lurking anymore. More the merrier.

[redehlert]

I did a bit of an update to my concept - it's on page 2 of this thread...hope to finalize it tomorrow.
Cheers,
D

[Phuzion]

I'm loving the posts so far! Helzon and teyekanik, you're rockin' it. And of course Mike :wink:

unfortunately, I don't think I'll be able to finish mine. I've had a... rough week... to say the least. And making my rent took the front seat to C.O.W. :[ But we'll see... maaaaybe I can whip up something tonight... If not, I'll be there for the next round.

Keep rockin' the spot everyone! Peace

-Daniel

[teyekanik]

I wont even ask what you had to do to make rent man, but I''m in the same position. I had to do a goddamn powerpoint presentation for my brothers company this month. Fucking POWERPOINT DUDE! Thanks for the props! Hopefully you'll get yours done, if not... ease your mind with the fact that this site is back up:

http://www.gamersgallery.com

Keep it up!

Matt

[BrainBug]

Here's my first entry to the COW,
Can't spend more time on it but i didn't want to get my description to waste
crits please

http://www.mythforums.com/files/Brainbugshadowproducer2.jpg

Phoenix of shadows

This little creature, the "phoenix of shadows" is all around us, flying just above the surface of every solid object. The thing that makes it so special is that it can only survive when hit by a strong enough lightsource. This light energy will also make it transparant, that's wy we never notice it.

If the phoenix is hit by indirect lightning, it dies and "melts" into a gray/black transparant substance. This very light substance (it's just a bit denser then air) drops due to gravity but is also attracted by almost everything because of the big weightdifference (basic way gravity works in case you didn't know).

This way, almost every spot not hit by a direct light will be covered and look a bit darker then the surrounding area. A phenomenon we humans call "shadow". When direct light hits the substance again, it vaporizes and clears up again, the "shadow" dissapears.

During nighttime or on moments and places when the phoenix' vaporised body isn't getting any light energy at all, it will rise again from it's "ashes", just like the legendary bird that gave his name to the object under discussion. Nighttime is also the only time you can photograph them, using a high speed camera you can make a picture of them. But you will also kill all the surrounding ones because of the flash and the indirect light on certain places that is connected to it.

TRIVIA: When looking at a lightsource, some phoenixes will be between you and the source, difusing the light you see and because of their transparancy, like if you watch the glittering of a diamond. The word generaly used for this phenomenon is: "lensflare".

[shadoman]

Blindness Beetle
http://www.shawnadomanis.com/images/cow/COW14_ShadowProducer.jpg

The Opticus Voraxelus, or Blindness Beetle, is typically found in the plains of Iowa's cattle pastures. They can infect any human body that work on these ranches. The eggs are transmitted by a fully-mature and winged adult that flicks its young into the ear canal of the human as it swoops down. Once the eggs are in place they hatch. The larvae worm their way through the outer ear canal, into the head of the unsuspecting host, and finally resting in the regions behind the eye socket where it attaches itself to the optic nerve. It will feed on the optic nerve for months until it is a fully grown pupae.

As the creature feeds, it literally drains the eyesight from the infected host. It does this by permanently damaging the optic nerve and rendering it a network of impairable, dead nerve cells with its hundreds of small, razor-sharp teethlets inside its spongy mouth parts. The teethlets have a numbing venom that is transmitted through to the optic nerve of the host, as to not arouse suspicion.

The Blindness Beetle is nearly extinct due to the difficult process it must undergo to become a fully grown imago. It must squeeze itself out through the easiest passage, which is usually the nasal cavity. If it manages the tough descent down the duct inside the nose, it is usually discarded by a good sneeze or an ordinary clump of wet snot. Once outside the host, it cocoons into its final stage of life, where it will grow its wings and follow their destiny, and therefore reproduce to cast more eternal shadows upon its helpless victims.

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I had a completely untraditional approach to this topic. Hopefully it works.

[mert_yavasca]

It's finally finished. Everyone's work very good. Good luck to everyone.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y32/mert_yavasca/shadow_producer.jpg

GULYABAN
They are completely harmless. They cause shadow illusion that many people meet. Its body can imitate every object it sees and protect these forms in its constitution. You cannot see them, they are too small. The light that put out from their bodies, coludn't be seen by human eyes. It can imitate the shape what it wants and make the shadow. Ithink one of them lives in my room. A shadow of a woman came in sight on my wall and disappeared. I looked for it but I couldn't find. Their being harmless calms me down. :wink:

[redehlert]

Blindness Beetle
The Blindness Beetle is nearly extinct due to the difficult process it must undergo to become a fully grown imago. It must squeeze itself through the eye socket of the host and out through the tear duct, to cocoon into its final stage of life, where it will grow its wings and follow their destiny, and therefore reproduce to cast more eternal shadows upon its helpless victims.

Hey Shadowman - your critter looks great but then it loses strength with the rendering of the fellow in the background. Rather than seeing the entire face, perhaps a zoom in on just the eye socket region is all that is truly necessary. The less detail the better when you zoom in - don't want to take away from the yumminess of your creature.
BTW:
eye socket = entire space housing eyeball, muscles, vessles, fat, etc. = fairly large.
tear duct = tiny hole openings on the lower and upper lid near midline of face with respect to being on the eyelids (aka inferior and superior lacrimal papilla and puncta). :blahblah: I won't even ask how the critter maneuvers into the lacrimal sac to get out. So I'm saying all of this cuz I don't get the size relationship between eye socket and tear duct.
But if I had to offer up a cool idea it would be that the creature would worm its way down into the nasal cavity by way of the nasolacrimal duct and evacuate when the host sneezes. Do a google image search on this duct to see what I'm talkin' about. Sorry, bro...I got all biomed on you. With respect, of course.
Cheers!
D

[shadoman]

redehlert - Damn!! Thanks for the very valid points, especially the anatomical aspects of the eye area. Would you mind if I used the nose idea? It would make more sense on a proper scale.

I was rushing to get the face done last night and had actually thought of detailing the eye area only, but ran out of time. If the poll doesn't close by tonight, I will try to fix it. It would be a much cleaner way to handle the piece overall.

Thanks for your help and knowledge.

[redehlert]

By all means - have at the idea! Happy to provide anatomical doo-das. :er:
Cheers!
D

[BlkCelebration]

Some great entries once again.

Didn't work on mine as long as I'd like to (busy with work and all) :(



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

Oscuro:

This tortured creature's sole purpose is to form shadows from the light its body produces. It cannot move from its place because when the Oscuro are born they are to remain in that spot for all their life (their lower body fuses with the ground). The method by which they produce shadows is reminicent to that of playing with dough.

[redehlert]

"Shadow owes its birth to light."
Midnight Shetocks give birth to approximately 200 younglings, known as Shadow Caps, under the twin moon's nourishing light on dark side of planet Red13 . This peaceful, asexual race nurture their Shadow Caps in an outward widening circle in a peaceful almost meditative state and never venture beyond the dark side of their planet.

http://www.cognitionstudio.com/conceptart/redehlert_cow14.jpg

Or something like that....
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[shadoman]

Image and concept are updated above. Thanks Redehlert for your suggestions. I went with just the bug due to time and effort... not feeling very well today.

[Fozzybar]

http://www.kidomatix.com/ca/cow/cow_014_shadowproducer_fozzybar.jpg

[Banned_User]

http://sketchforums.com/uploads/post-11-1116566230.jpg
SHADOWLESS:
A life form now known only as the shadowless have been watching us for quite some time now, recording our every move, step, thought..
The Shadowless are the producers of all shadows- these dark replicas of all matter,life forms, objects watching over us, mimicing our movements. Have you ever felt like you saw a shadowy form walking in the night? yea..thats right.. a highly evolved technological monitoring device known as SOP (Shadow Observer Probe) created by the shadowless to fool us. The SOP is capable of moving independantly and when the Shadowless are interested in further observing a subject, the SOP will grab its victim and return to the Shadow Producers.
The name Shadowless is derived from the fact that, these life forms would be shadowless due to the fact that shadows only exist on a life form being observed, or hidden in areas of observation such as trees, and all other inanimate objects.

[Banned_User]

I decided to start a painting about an hour ago..and not sure if ill make the dealdine since its12:30 after midnight here, so i figured i would post what i have. I'm workin on it more..

[Craig Houghton]

Mike - Man, that thing is trippy :)

I've comments for everyone on the way, but in the mean-time, now it's time to relax.

I updated my wip post on the first page with my entry. http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=478918#post478918 From the beginning I'd been trying to think of a totally different use for shadow production, and I'm hoping I managed that. Been a hectic day all along, and now my brain is totally fried from staring at painter for the last few hours.

Anyhow, comments forthcoming.

-Craig

[Banned_User]

Thanks Craig- Just updated it with the final version. eh.. nothin like waiting til last minute to bust something out my ass..

[mert_yavasca]

Mikecorriero, u rock as always. And I like Fozzybar's creature a lot. See u.

[shadoman]

Mike, that thing is very kewl. It seems like a deviation from your normal style too, which is always a nice thing if an artist does that from to time.

Fozzybar - That is a nicely handled concept. The bug looks really nice and clean.

Redehlert - I think that this has been my favorite so far. It's sketchy but clean at the same time.

[redehlert]

Great entries all! Happy voting when it comes.
Thanks for the comment, Shadoman! BTW - Shado -- good update - your concept copy tells the rest of the story allowing the viewer to be a possible 'victim' rather than a simple onlooker.
FozB - the clean white of your concept is refreshing and you took a nice graphic approach to it. Something odd about the " " marks surrounding Shadow Producer in your concept copy. FYI.
MikeC - sweet dude.
Cheers!
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[redehlert]

Did Fungi give up a new topic for COW 15? In essence, can we get to votin' and move on to the next challenge?

Peace.
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[fungi]

i pm'd the topic to fozzy earlier today.

[redehlert]

sweet. thanks fungi - lookin' forward to your topic idea!
cheers,
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[fungi]

lol i bet everyone will hate it

[Sok N. Wett]

lol i bet everyone will hate it


It has to do with shrooms huh.....come on now you can tell us :)

[Fozzybar]

VOTE!

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=485003