C.O.W. - #034: Blood Splatter Carnage

[Fozzybar]

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


Round #034

Topic:
Blood Splatter Carnage

Deadline:
Sunday, 15th January 2006




- 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]

Topic idea inspired by suggestion from JakkaS...thanx man! The original idea was tones of blood - some fearless predator...

I will keep this more open and say make it RED !!!

[silentkitty]

Nice. Should be some fun entries this round, looking forward to it. >:D

[darth massacre]

I'm gonna jump in and make this my first COW submission. Looks like Red is the color of the week :D

[grey]

be a shame to miss this one

[redehlert]

i've opted to go with my revised entry - see last page.

[hwango]

Well, that should be...interesting. I only recently learned about the C.O.W. activity when I stumbled across an entry for "Cloud Dweller" in a deviantART gallery, but I resolved to enter the next one that opened regardless of the topic. That'll teach me to blindly resolve things, eh? :wink:

[pr0ph3t]

blood splatter carnage... this is going to be odd

[JeroArt]

Workin on it :P hope this will work out well, my first entry :D
One thing i can tell u already, this work is goanna be one piece of chaos!!

[llothcat]

i think ill hop in on this one too...been sitting around too much lately

[gassnake]

hmm im thinking of doin this one. it sounds neat. i dontknow if ill make it in though, g2get a damn scaner. hopefully ill use one at school and post it.
but yeah. red; blood splatter carnage. insane

[romance]

Nice start Dave! Love it.

Here's my progress so far. Kinda inspired by Puddnhead. :yayca: >:D

Blood Splatter Carnage (http://www.artofromance.ca/ca/projects/COW/bsc_sketch.jpg) - Don't worry, there will be more blood in the finished rendering.

[Chuck,mate.]

i don`t get it.
what creature are we supposed to produce here?

[romance]

any creature that will cause a lot of blood splatter I'm assuming

[Chuck,mate.]

any creature that will cause a lot of blood splatter I'm assuming

are you serious?
this is kinda...well, dumb.
no offense to anyone,
but a creature that kills and maim and "ho-look-blood-lots-of-blood-cool"?
what will be the criteria?
the REDest image takes the cake?

[Fozzybar]

maybe the redest maybe the most brilliant in concept and design...it's up to ourselves...

Also it's not necessarily about creatures causing blood splatter carnage...just make a concept which involves the topic...

[Sept13]

It's actually great idea, since for example many games require conceptartists to design the meanest looking monsters that want nothing else, but BLOOD!

Here's a chance to be original :)

[noche]

lol romance; skulls, stripes and aged/overweighted female bodies mixed into a monstruos shape... you really captured puddinhead there =)

[redehlert]

hey romance, nice concept! out here in seattle there was a play/skit called the 'vagina monologue' - it's the first thing that popped into my head. ;)
cheers!
d

[Bennett]

NIce wips romance and redehlert.

[romance]

Chuck - Just paint something man :)

Noche - Thanks man! Although, I would like to avoid a total rip off.

Redehlert - Thanks. I've heard of the play, and seen some of it on TV. Interesting to say the least. I was thinking of calling the creature Douche Bag, but I'm not sure if that would even come close to covering the spectrum of grossness that is this beast ;)

Bennett - Thank you!

[redehlert]

updated my piece. slow going. :)

[romance]

Dave, that's looking fantastic, I think it's one of your best entries so far and it's not even finished!

[redehlert]

well, thanks rob!
when you take a break and watch some vids on how work is done (e.g. negrotuerto) things start to make a bit more sense. :)
cheers!
d

[Fozzybar]

yeah red, keep it going...great!!!

[Simonl]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v429/SimonPrime/bloodhoundlargefinal.jpg
Mordor Bloodhound

Born from the same pits as the Uruk-Hai, the Mordor Bloodhound is another of Saruman's unnatural creations. Melding wargs with unknown horrors from the deep places beneath the Misty Mountains, Saruman created beasts of unparallelled ferocity as a gift for his dark master.

[redehlert]

ooooh! lovin' it! the toes are a bit lacking (but then again it's a wip)....very sweet!!
cheers,
d

[llothcat]

http://www.llothcat.com/tick.jpg
kinda plastic looking, but any how....

it's a tick...the isidious kind that burrows into living flesh to gorge itself. (i hate ticks even more than spiders...)

[invinciblewombat]

I'll give the C.O.W. a shot, who knows I may learn something while getting beaten down by the pros.

final version, just got plain fed up with it, desc coming later:
https://daapspace.daap.uc.edu/~ariosajj/CA/cow34.jpg

[hwango]

Made it home a little early, so I threw on a quick background so it wouldn't be sitting against a whole lot of boring black. Final version:

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c291/hwango/COW_34_w_jones.jpg

The Saw-Faced Mangler - The Saw-Faced Mangler feeds on blood, and it doesn't mind having to work a bit to get it. The mangler's usual prey tend to be larger animals with thick hides or armored shells. The mangler leaps onto its victim and secures a hold with its wickedly barbed front claws, then uses the spinning blade in its head to saw through the tough exterior. Once the victim can no longer struggle enough to throw the mangler off, the mangler inserts its feeding tube into the wound and drains the creature of blood. It then uses the tube like a flexible, elongated sponge to mop up any blood that sprayed out of the target while the mangler was cutting through its defenses.

Introduced into an environment featuring soft-bodied creatures, the mangler quickly discovers that its usual feeding tactic will tear its prey apart in a gruesome shower of gore, and it will have to spend most of its feeding time lapping up the results. Still, if prey is plentiful, the mangler will accept the situation and feed from whatever is available.

[Chuck,mate.]

My COW is going to be a disgruntled israeli that goes postal on message boards because he has sand in his vagina.

NIce wips romance and redehlert.

hey Bennett - go fuck yourself.
how`s that for a nice, big, itchy load of sand in my vagina?

romance - i actually wanted to do something, but then Mr. fuck-face over here
had to get clever. so i think i`ll pass on this round.

Simonl - looks insane man. only crit - the creature seem kinda cut-out from the BG. that`s all.

[Lady Medusa]

My COW is going to be a disgruntled israeli that goes postal on message boards because he has sand in his vagina.
Geez, You don't have to be so bloody rude :\
If Chuck,mate thinks it a stupid idea, let him think so, not everyone likes gory stuff or horror movies/games. You should learn to respect people.

I don't exactly like this topic either, personally, but I will try make something (more decent this time :p) and think of it as a job. You don't only get to do what you like in a real job either :)

Aww come on, Chuck,mate... You got a nice style. I'd really like to see it, and I'm sure Im not alone :)

[Chuck,mate.]

Geez, You don't have to be so bloody rude :\
If Chuck,mate thinks it a stupid idea, let him think so, not everyone likes gory stuff or horror movies/games. You should learn to respect people.

I don't exactly like this topic either, personally, but I will try make something (more decent this time :p) and think of it as a job. You don't only get to do what you like in a real job either :)

Aww come on, Chuck,mate... You got a nice style. I'd really like to see it, and I'm sure Im not alone :)

thanks Lady M.
the matter of fact is i never said bloody topics are bad or that i don`t like doing bloody pieces.
all i said was "Blood Splatter Carnage " seems a bit silly for
a Creature concept design topic,and it offers very little.
"Blood Splatter Carnage " as a topic is as vague and daft as
"cumfest orgie"
"food fight"
"cloudy weather"
"gym workout"
etc.

i never meant to offend anyone, it was only an opinion.
and comments the sort of dear old Bennet`s there just boils my blood.

[Fozzybar]

Chuck,mate.
it's ok if you think the topic is silly, but there is always someone who complains...and we had many topics which were quite typical as a conceptart description, people asked for different kinds of topics....all stored in the ideas thread :)

So, from time to time i will spread in topics which are not on the line...

Feel free to interprete it as you want, just make a ass-kicking entry as always ;)

[Chuck,mate.]

Chuck,mate.
it's ok if you think the topic is silly, but there is always someone who complains...and we had many topics which were quite typical as a conceptart description, people asked for different kinds of topics....all stored in the ideas thread :)

So, from time to time i will spread in topics which are not on the line...

Feel free to interprete it as you want, just make a ass-kicking entry as always ;)

i`m loaded with ongoing work at the office (i`m ACTUALLY risking my job everytime i get online to comment and take part of this here activities..) at the moment, but if i`ll have some time - i`ll post an entry.
and i do apologize for any beef created by me this round.
i just couldn`t let moronic comments like Bennett`s go without a reply. sorry.

[Jonoy]

{edit finished art}
I wanted to go with the bloodsplatter being the actual organism... and the remenants of it gullible prey... an ambush predator as it were...
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a134/jonoy/bloodspatter02.jpg

[Bennett]

i actually wanted to do something, but then Mr. fuck-face over here
had to get clever. so i think i`ll pass on this round.


Chuck: Did not mean to start a flame war here. Don't let my stupid comment stop you from participating.

[silentkitty]

Alright, that's gonna have to be final. :sadcheerleader:

http://www.filelodge.com/files/hdd6/138318/bsg7.jpg
Spear Hound- Hunting in small packs of three to five, these creatures' main form of attack is simply to stab their prey with the pointy end of their hard, bone-plated heads until it stops moving. After the unfortunate victim is dead, the pack proceeds to rip it into tiny shreds with their razor-like teeth to distribute amongst themselves. Hounds are generally nocturnal creatures and have been known to attack humans that venture out into the forest a little too late at night.

[redehlert]

don't go chuck!!!!
we need your creative prowess in here. always inspiring.
some super entries poppin' up already. it's going to be a beefy turnout.
now, where's dixon, bluefooted and fungi.....?

[Sept13]

http://zaba.tiimipeli.net/roskaa/veerda.jpg

Veer'da

During the 1516th a heretic cult of Veer'da imported a mystical creature from the jungles of Africa to the southern Italy. The cult believed it to be the incarnation of their god Veer'da who has come to ease his godlike hunger, hence why they feed it with kidnapped travellers.

The mystical dissappearences in the area soon caught the eye of Inquisition and the cult's headquarters were discovered. Without proper military resistance the inquisition purified the cultists. The creature claimed to be the incarnation of Veer'da was easily slain by the inquisitors, since it's anatomical deficiencies prevented it to mobilize correctly.

The incident of Veer'da was soon removed from the Inquisition's recordings, since many high-positioned inviduals grew disturbed of such possibility.

[brokk]

Great work so far guys! Lots of wips this round. I'll probably fiddle around with this before the deadline.
EDIT: twitched it up a little
EDIT2: some more

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c399/bksketchb/cow34finn.jpg
Night Rage
These animals are pack hunters, they are on the prowl during the night time. They are about the size of a grizzly bear. Their red eyes is the only thing that can be seen at night in the dense forests. Their way of hunting their prey is to surround it without the prey noticing it, and then shoot blood from their eyes to the prey's eyes. The blood they sprey from their eyes can blind their target, the moment in which they move in for the kill. They will kill by smashing their hammer-like fists at their prey in a berserker frenzy, gradually rendering them to an irrecognizable mound of blood-soaked flesh. They will then feast on this gory mess and wallow around in it, like pigs do in mud, because they like to be covered in blood. Supposedly this attracts their oposite sex.

[redehlert]

another update back on page 1. :)

[Sept13]

Getting it great redehlert, great light values

[infinitemonkey]

Either participate or don't, for crap's sake.

I should be posting something tomorrow night.

[romance]

Here's my happy final. Not really any splatter, but a nice big pool ;)

http://www.artofromance.ca/ca/projects/COW/bsc.jpg

The Flesh Raper
This monstrosity consumes humans and kittens (with the exception of their blood, as it upsets the stomach) in hope to reach a higher state of being, as the beast is only in its larvae stage. After eating a victim, the Flesh Raper takes on features of the last victim and grows a new set of arms. Most Flesh Raper's must consume several victims before being able to transform and project themselves into another plane of existence. Where do they go? Who cares!

[Snarfevs]

Thanks for the nightmare, romance :$
That's in-freaking-sane

Mmmm finally got my inspiration back!

[pr0ph3t]

mhm... I agree with Snarfevs, you guys are such a wonderful source of motivation... time to get BIZZY

[hwango]

Minor update to WIP image in my previous post - decided to go for something a little more dynamic.

[Chuck,mate.]

C.O.W. - #034: Blood Splatter Carnage
despite some Bad Blood(pun intended) in this round,
here`s my entry.

http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/6149/bloodsmall3oh7mc.jpg
Nex Cruento
"....and you will know us by the trail of the dead..."

(about 2 and a 1/2 hours, PS7)


romance - you are one sick, talented, S.O.B... marvelous, eerie, and beautifuly done. kudos.

[Cique]

Cool pictures everyone, I like the last.
Here is an entry by me, It is a joke entry so ignore it if you want or delete it, don't put it in the contest... and don't complain at me... please

http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/6003/imagescopy8hf.jpg

:P

I also realise it is a bit crap, I think it counts as better than the stick man tripod entry that someone did.

[Jonoy]

Stickman Tripod?
::looks about::
er... oh, right... that one...

[Uziel]

Redehlert nice going man. Can't wait to see it in it's bath of red liquids.
Great work Romance & Chuck.

Some of these drawing could use some more blood.

[redehlert]

oh crap!
romance and chuck! hot damn....i've got my work cut out for me. :)
keep em coming folks!

[bluefooted]

now, where's dixon, bluefooted and fungi.....?

But, but... puppet master is due on the 15th!!! How will I finish both?!? Damn the guilt, the horrible, horrible peer pressure... :wink:

And also: Redehlert, that's a fabulous pic!!! Wonderful atmosphere - I can't wait to see it finished and colored. Are you going to color it? I don't know if I want to enter now, considering the competition. I only enter these things to win, ya know :wink:

[Sept13]

updated and finished. :)

[redehlert]

hey blue - yep....will probably hit the color soon enough. ;) thanks for the comment - means mucho to me. peer pressure! -> come on....join in the fun. :)

hey sept13 - that's a nice update, but it's a bit dark - so much that i can't appreciate all the effort you've been putting into it. any chance of getting a bit more time from you in that area?

another update on page 1. injected some color....this is where i slow down. :(

cheers!
d

[brokk]

red, you are kicking butt :)

[Matt Dixon]

Harold

"Hello. My name is Harold. It has been five days since my last feeding frenzy. I must say it's a nice change to see so many juicy humans at today's ruthless carnivore support group. Sorry we've had to switch the venue to this room above the butcher's shop, but that back room in the abbatoir just wasn't working out. I've closed the windows so the smell of fresh meat shouldn't distract us too much. As all you regulars will know, I've been struggling with my problem for several months now; salad and three bean deli wraps just don't seem to satisfy my urge to feel bones snapping between my powerful jaws. Must be a genetic thing I guess. It's not even about the taste, you know? Once I get started, there's not much I can do to resist the sensation of organs bursting against my fangs and the hot fluids running over my tongue. I'm salivating just thinking about it. I'll tell you my favourite thing...it's when you catch a frightened human at just the right moment...that fresh adrenaline in the system makes everything taste so sweet. Come to think of it, a few of you seem to be a bit anxious right now...oooh...I can almost smell the fear. Yummy. Anyway, I...uh...um...grr...GRAAARGH!"

BLOOD! SPLATTER! CARNAGE!

"Buurrrrrp."

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

[Fozzybar]

is it an illusion? Mr COW is back!!!

Good to see you again Matt...aaaahhh......smells like good old COW in here now... ;)

[0kelvin]

The Return of Matt Dixon! Hoorah!



0kelvin

[redehlert]

ask and ye shall receive! the hello kitty bib is hysterical!
prepare to be jammed, matt.....i'm breakin' out the rasberry!
yet another update back on page 1....have mercy on my soul.

cheers!
d

[romance]

Thanks guys!

She's a beauty Matt!

[Banned_User]

Looking good so far guys

[hurricane]

LOVE all the entries so far !!

http://www.bjornhurri.com/sb/06/Jan/coq_done_s.jpg
LARGER VERSION (http://www.bjornhurri.com/sb/06/Jan/coq_done_l.jpg)

This leech demon hunts humans and their souls in a very violent way, using the flesh of its prey as add-ons on its body and the souls as fuel inside its body...The special thing about this demon is that it has a highly develpt hunting technique. It disconnects from the its body or "ball" if you may and hunts the humans and the "ball" hovers in place. The more humans it hunts the larger body it gets...

cheers!

[Banned_User]

http://pratt.edu/~mcorrier/portfolio/bloodsplatterweb.jpg
Bloodsplatter Carnage
This sinful construction of hell can't get enough of the taste of blood, so much so, that it goes to the lengths of cutting its own flesh just to get a rush off of the pain and a little taste of what it craves.
They grapple on to their victims with 3 tentacle barbed limbs that give it a flexible amount of mobility, and using it's long mutated forearms it digs it's thin sharp needle-like fingers deep inside puncturing the heart, and then it begins to feed.

[deschamps]

I really love how that piece is painted Hurricane! There are some really nice subtle nuances. Cool design as well.

[brokk]

:$

voting is gonna be a bloodbath!

[redehlert]

i just shat myself rotten, baby, yeah!
hurricane, mikec - wow!!!!! right now, hurricane has my attention though. can he be beat?
and it's only wednesday.....
cheers and by GOD keep them coming!
speaking of which....where's negrotuerto and salaryman?
[and why do i keep asking for the pain to be brought upon me]...
;)
d

[BlueJackal]

Chuck,mate, I love the cute little bloodpuppy! Awesome work :)

[JakkaS]

Simonl, romance, Matt Dixon,hurricane, MIKECORRIERO, yours so BLOODY good...
...I think, I smell blood in the air....:D

Jonoy, nice concept but I think the text on image ruin it.

[Sept13]

As always, great entries Hurricane and MIKECORRIERO.

[Chuck,mate.]

Chuck,mate, I love the cute little bloodpuppy! Awesome work :)

thanks mate.
but i think we can all see huricane`s piece is just TOO GOOD. no competition here.
we might as well move on to the next round people.

damn you Huricane...damn you to heck....
:nohope:

Matt D. - a pleasure, as usual.. crazy man. :)

[Jonoy]

Jonoy, nice concept but I think the text on image ruin it.
Damn, and it cost 20min of my life to write that up and position it... bah, a Good excuse for another update.. .heh heh

[vigostar]

OH, boy this weeks round is going to be super tough....

[redehlert]

another bloody update....pun intended.

[hurricane]

thanks alot guys for the kind words!! im not worthy!

YAY, DIXON IS BACK

[cgfuller64]

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c188/cgfuller64/bllodbatycopy.jpg

My WIP

[yAdam]

Awesome stuff going on! I havent done, or even had a look at any activities for a while until today. I had to have a go at this..

Final Entry...

http://www.filelodge.com/files/hdd6/138549/bscarnage6.JPG

This unamed creature hordes the intestinal tracks of everything it kills. Once every year it eats the whole pile in order to satisfy its hunger and to hibernate after mating. Its metabolism is so slow it takes 7 months for the food to digest. The amount it consumes is large because it cannot move under the babies weight, but is neccesary for providing nutrition for the offspring and itself. Because it eats only once a year a chemical reaction within the body causes its own bowels to haemorrage until a short while into the feeding.

[Banned_User]

edited both my image and description ;)

the work for this round is kicking ass, glad matt is back,
hurricane very cool man.
romance that's slick, reminds me a bit of puddenheads work- that's a compliment ;)

[0kelvin]

Wow, have I really missed 10 COWs in a row? No way I was missing this one!

http://www.whereismyeyeball.com/images/CA/COW/COW34.jpg

Big Blue Blood-Blistered Blabbermouth
The Big Blue Blood-Blistered Blabbermouth (or Beebeebeebeebee) is a begrimed, bilious beast whose body breaks out in bulbous blood blisters because of it's bawdy, blasphemous behaviour. The blisters balloon up with blood until they break open and bleed or burst with a bang, bespattering the brute's blighted blood over the barren beaches and babbling brooks of Baldwin Barony. The blood of the Beebeebeebeebee bears billions of bugs and bacteria, and any bloke with the bad break of being bathed in the bloody spray of a bloated Beebeebeebeebee blister better bid breathing bye-bye.



0kelvin

[mybutterflyiris]

Ok, here we go: first COW entry... and now I shall cower in the corner since their are so many wonderful posts here... :^^;:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/mightyevilbunny/carnage.jpg
concept:Carnage
A forest dwelling creature who stalks it's prey from high in the trees. It is a nocturnal creature whom the local villagers fear to an extent where they will not leave their houses at night. So far all attempts at killing the creatures have failed. The Male of the species is far more visious than the females. They are larger and seem to not only prey for necessity but the enjoyment of the hunt.

[Banned_User]

Ok, here we go: first COW entry... and now I shall cower in the corner since their are so many wonderful posts here... :^^;:

For a first, it's not bad.. it would be more interesting next time around if you gave it more dimension, like a 3/4 view instead of a profile ;)

welcome to c.o.w.

Mike C -

[VegasMike]

Wow! Great work guys! Its an honor to compete against such talent...:yayca: Here's my creature!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v52/Vegasmike/BloodyDone.jpg

This is a Slaytoris a predator who dwells in the lush jungles of a distant planet. Slaytoris preys on herbivores but is also adept at taking out other predators. The creature uses cover to get as close as possible to prey before it pounces from the shadows slashing away at the victims jugular vein with both tooth and nail. It will often release the prey, following the trail of blood and devour the meal in a matter of seconds. It is a verry messy eater, often blood will be splattered for dozens of yards around the feeding area.

[cognition.sb]

Wow, great entries. Mine was originally gonna be a hack n slash monster, but then I decided to try making him stand upright... I'm not sure whether this concept takes it too far from 'creature', but anyway;

an initial sketch:
http://www.cognitiondesigns.com.au/other/cow-bloodsketch.jpg

final:
http://www.cognitiondesigns.com.au/other/COW-blood2sb13jan06.jpg

Illaian:
This species' evolutionary process and high intelligence has led, for the most part, to a more civil way of life. As individuals, they can choose to pursue an active role in community. Dr Paxeau, pictured above, is a surgeon.
However, unlike human surgeons, he's only allowed to work for the last 6 months of every year, as bound by law. This is because during mating season, January to June, the Illaian become highly aggressive, reverting back to a more primitive mindset.
Unfortunately, during the past 6 months business was slow, and to maintain an indulgent lifestyle he's been forced to work from his basement.

[hwango]

silentkitty - sorry to see you starting over again - I liked your first version just fine. But the new one is spooky and looks like it will also be nifty if you have time to finish it.

VegasMike - now THAT is my kind of critter.

...and I made actual progress on mine and updated back on page 1 - only 3 limbs to go! ...though I see shrinking it down obliterated lots of detail. :( Maybe it will look better in the final 600x800. I sleep now.

[Cique]

VegasMike, very cool, I love.

[silentkitty]

Thanks Hwango, I liked my original one too, but unfortunately it got smote by god himself (file got corrupted when the power went out during saving) and I discovered I couldn't work very efficiently at a 300px200p size, lol.

:sadcheerleader:

[Fozzybar]

http://www.kidomatix.com/ca/cow/cow_034_bloodsplattercarnage_fozzybar.jpg

Agony And Nightmare In The Jungle - Caused By Unknown Creature

"Oh my God...Oh my God...Oh my God..." that's all Eleanor is saying. Since 1 1/2 hour.

Sometimes with a long break between, sometimes rapidly in quick succession.
Finally she stops shivering and begins to talk.

"I was looking for a rare butterfly, deep in the jungle of Guantemojala...", Eleanor is an entomlogist on the University of Santa Suerte "...as i prepared my equipment for numbing the insects on the treetop and catching them in bins on the floor, suddenly i heard the warning screams of monkeys nearby. I ran to the place where the sounds were coming from. As i arrived, my brain was thunderstruck...
There was a huge creature with tentacles next to a huge tree covered with blood, the creature was shaking the tree with one of its tentacles. I've never seen a creature like this before. I looked up to the treetop. I saw the hell going on. A group of 20-30 individuals of Woolly Monkeys were on the tree. Some of the jumped right down to the ground from 20 meters. But not all of them landed on their feet, some hit the ground with their head. As if they didn't know what to do. I saw a mother covering her baby with her arms and running between the branches, she tried to escape and save her little baby. Then suddenly she stopped, took her baby and ripped its arms apart from the body and began to eat her own baby...it was like hell..."

Eleanor cried hysterically. She needed a few minutes to brace herself again.

"The monkeys became insane...just insane...they had no control over their mind, no control over their bodies, they didn't know what they were doing. Some of them tried to escape, others hunted their conspecifics, just to rend them in pieces...they were dropping from the tree one by one...it rained monkey bodies...some of them already lacerated from other monkeys...blood was running down the tree trunk...it rained blood...really, it was literally raining blood...then i saw one monkey jumping down, he was in sound condition, he tried to run away, but the creature impaled the monkey with the spear-like end of its tentacle...the monkey looked into my eyes and screamed...screamed...screamed like i never heard before...it was the sound of pure agony...and i will never forget this monkeys mean of agony...my God..."

Eleanor explained that she made a photo just at this moment...she couldn't remember doing this, but the picture on the cameras film proofs it...i stopped the interview. Eleanor wasn't in the condition of suffering the memories of this nightmare. She went to sleep.

The next day a group of scientists travelled to the location where all this happened. We found a few carcasses, totally dried out, as if something sucked all the blood out of their bodies. The tree still was covered with dry blood. It seems that none of the monkeys could escape this carnage.

The next days me and my colleagues made autopsies on the carcasses. After the autopsies and looking on the photo we came to the following conclusion:

The creature seems to have organs which produce a chemical substance. By exhaling the substance which is highly toxic and causing insanity, nausea and disturbance of equilibrium it starts the act of hunting its prey. The monkeys had no chance, they fell down one by one, the only thing the creature had to do was picking them up with its tentacles or killing them if they weren't already dead. It seems that the creatures interest was only on the monkeys blood. We assume that it was consumig the blood only by getting in contact with its body surface. Something like osmosis. From what Eleanor reported and what we can see on the photo, this creature seems to have a very hard rock-like skin. This makes sense, since dropping bodies can't hurt it, in fact the speed of their fall and hitting the hard body surface guarantees a breakup of the prey, so blood can run out of them. An ingenius and never seen system in the world of nature. Anyway it seems that anything involved in the creatures hunting system is perfectly designed to get as much blood as possible for consuming. The victims are ripping apart themselves when getting insane, so they are already "opened" for the creature to get their blood.

An interesting fact is, that the gas affects only creatures with a certain level of intelligence. The reason could be that intelligent beings have larger brains and also a bigger size, which includes more blood to gain. So we can talk of incredible luck that Eleanor had wearing her respirator mask then, because at that time she was preparing the arrangement for catching insects, which also includes toxic gas.

Now, you see, that's the point which is the most amazing detail of this incredible story. Eleanor has to realize that the creature which was responsible for the most terrible experience of her life was using exactly the same methods to get its prey from the tree as Eleanor does for her scientific researches. Amazing.

[JakkaS]

Fozzy, nice painting and very interesting story.

[redehlert]

HAHAHAAHAHAAAAAAAAA!
Nice Foz!!
VegasMike - you two man....bravo!
I'm going to go saturate the hell out of mine today...I took it a tad to far. :)
More entries....more!

[JakkaS]

I'm going to go saturate the hell out of mine today...I took it a tad to far.
IMHO, the first one without colors was the best!

[redehlert]

For real? Any other takers? Thanks for the input Jakkas!
....color is difficult for me to pull out of my arse versus doing studies from life. I tend to overkill.
I've created a thread in the critique center - by all means feel free to drop in here and give me your input!
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=59462
Cheers!
D

[noche]

simonl, your monster is looking pretty good. heres something that cold help it: i think the texture on the walls rivals the texture on the creature.

[redehlert]

i agree with noche - my thought was that the rocks looked to much like the creature - soft, not rock-like. you really created a kick butt creature, the folds rule.
cheers!
d

[VegasMike]

Hey redehlert I thought the black and white was more appealing too. I tried out some of the techniques I saw in negrotuerto's vampire tutorial too and I always have a hard time applying color to a grayscale image. I'm more comfortable starting it all in color but I love how much faster you can get things going with the grayscale method...Anybody have some advice on applying colors over grayscale? What layer styles or tricks do you use? I used the overlay and multiply for the most part...

[JakkaS]

So many good entries and I have only ……. Mickey Mouse redesign. :mouse: Hehehe

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http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a314/JakkaS/cow34jakkas.jpg

The Great Animal Encyclopedia of Planet Gobb
Volume 13, Chapter 11 Parasite - Heart Rose

Heart Rose
This small parasite is the most dangerous organism on moon Mortis. Why they are so dangerous? Because they use their telepathic skills to control the host. When they are born they live in wet environment like lake or ocean's shallows. They usually drift or wait hitch on to water flora. They wait for a host. In this early stage they are very small, they have only few millimeters, so they can very easily get into host's organism. At first stage they just feed and grow up, but in few months/years [it depends on how big is the host] they start to take control over host. They are not intelligent enough, so they only put images into host's mind. For example: food, water and... food? They can force the charmed organism to eat or go to a place where they want to go. They use images from host's memories. When they are adult, they force host to find some water reservoir. When they get there, they leave host's body. And this part is the most horrible. They just inject some chemical substance to the host's organism, and all the blood, skin and even bones vanishes in a few seconds. Water change the color into red! Organic matter form the host, become a food for offspring and another parasites. When they lay ova they are going to die...

"Goob's Daily Network Magazin - 20016.09.07
"The rivers turn red!"
...one of the eye-witness said: I just woke up. As usually went to the lake - fishing of course - and I found the lake red. I thought, that me and my cousin drinked too much last night but... the smell and the color were so familiar - I am working in the butchery - and I couldn't be wrong. The water changed into the blood! This scared me to death... man... really... now I can only fish in my aquarium."

"Goob's Daily Network Magazin - 20016.09.13
...how to fight with that thing? I don't know... but if you have strong feelings that you need to go swim or take the shower, even if u did it 5 minutes ago, better go and see the doctor... it could be... IT"

[redehlert]

that is messed up, jakkas - cannot wait to read the concept behind this critter. oy!

[walnut]

That's a cool err, thing you got there Jakkas. I've no idea whatsoever what it is, but it definitely is intriguing. Kinda reminds of James jean in all its weirdness.

[pr0ph3t]

omg these entries are amazing, chuck,mate, vegasmike, romance, and a couple of others I really like... Maybe I will go work on something

[pr0ph3t]

omg these entries are amazing, chuck,mate, vegasmike, romance, and a couple of others I really like... Maybe I will go work on something

[romance]

Some great entries this round! Keep em coming!
Some favorites so far: JakkaS, Hurricane, MikeCorriero, VegasMike, Redehlert, Matt Dixon, ChuckMate....the list goes on and on and on and on...

Pr0ph3t, JakkaS, Redehlert, Uziel, ChuckMate, Snarfevs - Thanks!

MikeCorriero - Thanks man! I had just finished watching my Techniques of Puddnhead DVD's when I did this up. I guess one could say they're very inspiring!

[Simonl]

Final posted back on page 1!

Good work everyone. There is an abundance of talent on display in this week's activity.

Jakkas, I love your critter in particular. I think it is the most original in the thread, and very nicely freaky. Mega thumbs up!

[redehlert]

I got some great advice in the critique section but just opted to go bonkers in a new direction....here's my new version..not sure i'll keep it, but wuhduhfuk, right?

Shrivel Nosh
In the still of night you hear them ripping into flesh left forgotten on the battlefields. They're carrion devourers, flesh eaters. Burrowing into exposed wounds or cavities of fetid, steaming corpses, they devour their way into the core of their host feasting, spawning, and moving on to the next.

http://www.cognitionstudio.com/conceptart/redlrt_cow34final2.jpg

[hwango]

To all - I'll be away from my tablet nearly all of this weekend, so I put up what will almost certainly be my final version, back on page 1. Comments and criticisms welcomed. Glad to have been a part of the wackiness, even if it was a bit rushed at the end.

silentkitty - Ouch. Sorry to hear your first version got eaten. Good luck with #2.

[pr0ph3t]

Dont Close It Yet!!!!!!! Fozzy!!! I Came Up With Something And Its Lovely Ill Have It In By Noonish My Time I Promise!!!!

[yAdam]

Redehlert, I think thats quality. Your first one looks like it might want to cause some carnage, but this one is a brutal killing machine..

my final version is up now..so there's no confusion.

[Lady Medusa]

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y18/vrd/CadesCorporis.jpg
Cades Corporis
Recent discoveries have found out that its claws contains a highly poisonous substance that would kill an elephant in a matter of minutes.
It is likely to dig its way to the heart before its prey dies.
After devouring an elephant, it will rush to the sea to eat sharks and piranhas while washing off the blood to avoid being eaten by another cades corporis.
They will often hide inside a carcass to lure vultures, lions and hyenas as well.
The 14 cm tall hunter is found out to weight only around 8 kg although all it do is eat and drink
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Might re-write later if I get time.

Red, I really liked your first enty a lot, but yAdam is right, the new one loos like it could make more of a gory mess :)

[pr0ph3t]

HERE IT IS:

C.O.W. #34
THE SLILTCH

This beast lives on the plains of Araydia in large underground holes it digs. These holes are used almost like a trap, whereas the Sliltch will cover itself completely with sand and wait for an unknowing Gwolv or Zaggerbat to walk by(or the rare human). It then rises out of the sand grabbing the prey with its tentacles. Using it tiny hook feet it holds the meal still while it inserts the central sucking tooth into the most blood filled area, draining the prey completely of all blood. It stores the blood in large pouches behind its head which are similar to thick balloons. These are also used for storing water as the days in the Araydia desert can be harsh and dry. The roar of this massive beast can be heard for miles. A low but loud gutteral growl that shakes the sand and freezes the heart.

5 years ago an overpopulation problem of the Sliltch occured in the Zahr region which led to the Zahr Massacre. Several hundred Sliltchs attacked every town and outpost around and in the Zahr region killing everything they could find. Some said the sand in that area still has a red tint to it. Special forces were called in to control this problem. Scientists are still trying to find out what caused this incident.

http://www.pr0ph3t.com/site/special/sliltch.jpg

[Carnifex]

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/bloodcarnage.jpg
"red dust is rising. the leggoarg has fed."

tried a different technique.hope it doesn't look too sketchy.

[DeepFried]

Hello, as a long-time, part-time lurker, this drawing would be my first post. This is somewhat unresolved in a few areas but I will try to make time to update tonight.

http://www3.telus.net/pixelz/bloodbull

Bloodbull – a carnivorous bull-like creature with large horns and many smaller horns chaotically spursed throughout its face and back. Initially thought to be just another hoofed beast - it turns out this rare breed has evolved quite differently than its poorer cousins. They have a slow metabolism but once hungry will eat anything that moves. When this creature has captured its prey, it’s powerful neck violently thrashes its head ripping and tearing into flesh. Traveling in small packs they can even attract other large carnivores on the plains looking for meals, even baiting themselves by feigning injury and using other clever tactics to draw in their quarry.

[JakkaS]

I finally added text to my entry ...

[redehlert]

that's disturbing, jakkas. i love it!
but why the eyeballs, mate? they're taking away from your piece, me thinks.
but it's just me thinks....who knows what other peeps thinks. ;)
cheers!
d

[JakkaS]

that's disturbing, jakkas. i love it!
but why the eyeballs, mate? they're taking away from your piece, me thinks.
but it's just me thinks....who knows what other peeps thinks.
cheers!
Hehehe....i left them becouse they looks good [me thinks...] and becouse you can see how big is adult parasite.

[redehlert]

ahhhh....makes good sense! nice touch.
i too have included my sense of scale and vow to not touch my piece any more.
too much mental masturbation, me thinks. lol
cheers!
dave

[Banned_User]

I think this was an interesting topic, definately turned out some great pieces and got Mr. C.O.W back
Looking forward to next weeks topic :)
Mike C -

[Bennett]

Carnal Meat Shredder

Measuring approximately 25' long from tail to head, the Carnal Meat Shredder acts as both predator and scavenger to all things made of meat. It's bony appendages spiral wildly while opening and closing vigorously to shred, tenderize, desecrate, and or kill its prey. Considering it's massive size and carnivorous nature the CMS has no natural predators or friends. The CMS doesn't eat its veggies.

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

[Drawler]

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e139/drawler/cow-bloody.gif

[bradz]

http://chimeras.co.uk/pics/gorebeast.jpg


Bloody fervent goreland sucker.

Vast stinking fields of open sores, aching hills of torn muscles and supping fields of tendon grass, are the home for the goreland sucker, their harsh cries (like someone draining the dregs from a glass of lemonade with a straw) echo across he sticky land, they roam in squelchy packs, plunging the hollow bone fingers on their 6 stumpy arms into a well of gore and drink deep, and chowing down into the suppurating flesh biting and tearing until they are fully gorged.


It has been a while since i have posted, i missed a few deadlines, and chrismas was a deadzone.... but its good to join in again, esp for such a fleshy subject!
excellent posts, i feel belittled.
my faves so far are ... chuck mate, fantastic creature, and i love the style..
romace's is lush too, mr mikecorriero, nice masochistic monster, but so far my vote has to be going to.....hurricane, its just lovely, i want to take it home and cuddle it.

all good stuff!

[darth massacre]

I couldn't get this up on time. And I am a bit behind on schoolwork (plus the damn ChOW took up the weekend). Gotta give this a miss even with the sketches and all done.

But I honestly won't be able to match the amount of creativity found on the entries. Hopefully the next COW would be my first entry.

[Mitze]

Great pieces so far all around. Heres my one.


http://www.geocities.com/mekese2000/monster33.jpg

The Blood splattered carnage lives on planet Blat-blat and is the most fearsome predator on the planet making nearly all other creatures extinct it has eight eyes like a spider but is not related in any way. It also has a external rib cage protecting its soft belly the only vulnerable part of its body. All in all it is about as popular as a cock flavored lollypop.

[Fozzybar]

I think this was an interesting topic, definately turned out some great pieces and got Mr. C.O.W back
Looking forward to next weeks topic :)
Mike C -

yeah me too :)

now, that's we are talking about Chuck,mate. you know ;)

[grey]

dammit I got too busy finishing up a project this week -- what a topic to miss!>:{

great entries all 'round, voting should be interesting

[sephone]

Hey Guys I dont know if it's too late, but I have had a really bad weekend so far. I at least wanted to post my image that I was working on earlier this week but didn't quite get to finish his environment. If I'm too late that's fine.

The Krullmanbrood- A vicious creature said to be dwelling in the deep jungles of Brazil. Natives believe they are demons who were awaken to find those who were responsible for the murders of the inoccent. These creatures will hold on to their victoms and begin feasting on them little by little trying to keep them alive during the whole ordeal.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v651/seph001/blood_gore_web.jpg

I just wanted to add there are so many great entries this week. It's going to be rough.

[Fozzybar]

poll is on:
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=59639