DSG 1145: Weirdness: LARVA BABY IN HIS "SANDCASTLE" NEST

[William b. Hand]

[ Although I say "baby", I'm not picturing something that's helpless and unable to move about... ]

[ I'm actually picturing something that has very baby-like body ratios, but that is physically active/mobile enough to build or otherwise produce whatever this "sandcastle" is. ]

[ ...Which brings up the possibility that the sandcastle might be the result of creative intelligent intent, or it might just be the interesting looking by-product of some strange waste excretion process. ]

[ Or a combination of the two? ]

[ :teeth: ]

Weirdness: LARVA BABY IN HIS "SANDCASTLE" NEST
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[Vulgar`]

Aye William, I'd maybe change the topic to "Larva baby in IT'S Sandcastle Nest." Gender can mean the difference between barbiedolls and action figures - you never know.

Beyond that - good to see you'll be able to sketch again.

[subvicto]

i know its cheap, but its all my brain can think of ...


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/subvicto/dsg.jpg

[GreyGhost]

Yikes!!! :O I did an image search on Google with "larva" and it returned this image. The web page is in a language I can't read but, the pictures tell the whole story.

http://www.reptilia.cz/larva.jpg

I hope it brings someone inspiration. Me, I'll try again tomorrow.

[Novacaine]

I did this in painter.
http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/6297/1145larvababyfb7.jpg

[ramonsk8]

yikes... PS I love your new avatar william b. hand

[ashton]

That is a nasty picture, lucky you posted it GreyGhost I was thinking volcanoes and lava. Gah I feel sick.

[Aste]

GreyGhost. Oh man, I saw one of those on Discovery where this woman had one in her skull. Getting that little fucker out was one of the most disturbing things I've ever seen.

[Big_K]

This is a "baby" Lamia hatching from the sandy floor of her cave.

1 Hour. Had fun.

http://www.rainkingdesign.com/DSG/larva-from-the-sand.jpg

[ashashsin]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v709/harwin/DSG.jpg

[Swift (BM)]

very clever ashashsin, very clever

[Hamsta]

The Castle Wasp female will build an elaborate structure on a sandy beach, Place a paralayed insect in it's center, and lay it's egg inside. Several weeks later, if it was undisturbed, the Larva will emerge, and crawl it's way to the ocean.
painter, 45.
http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/9264/1145larvacastlebt1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Vanvalen]

Very Nice Big K...

I fear to scroll to the top of the page...dont wanna see that photo again..shiver..hehe.

Here's a quicky... 30-35 mins..photoshop

http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/4935/larvacastleya6.jpg

VV

[sandworm]

Thanks GreyGhost for disrupting productivity at my office :)
Here's my contribution, sadly I couldn't quite get into the larva thing after GG's post, but I got the baby.

"Only two days old, and the sand dragon hatchling is already showing promise."
http://www.ilidesign.com/art/sandcastle.jpg

[Nibs]

Hello, long time lurker trying to dig in to improving. Yea it's really obvious I have no clue on this things true anatomy and I just hid it with the cave thing he resides in. Ah well... This took about an hour. Really nice work Sandworm, love the color transitions in the sand and water.

http://ic1.deviantart.com/fs12/i/2006/313/0/0/Sand_spider_by_nibs89.jpg

I am new to this, is this picture even showing up? ^^

[sandworm]

Thanks Nibs! For that I used the Dry Media brush set in Photoshop, specifically the Charcoal Flat brush, set to 90% opacity. It's great for creating light texture and slight color variation, while laying down color across a large area. I've just discovered this brush, and with it I've made my last two paintings in about 4 hours each.
I've really been trying hard to shorten my painting time lately, in the past I would have spent a whole day on an image like this.

[Vulgar`]

Recycle the larvas and pray for tomorrow.

Sandworm - I think you just defined your user name through artwork.

[sandworm]

Anyone got any suggestions for making the sand (specifically on the castle) look a little more realistic? My computer locked up last night at 2am, so I stopped there, but I'd like to touch up the sand a bit.

[Vulgar`]

I would suggest a cream-crust coating over the castle. Gaps and crumbles in the ground would also bring out the realer side of beach kingdoms.

[digital_embryo]

Greyghost - dear god... I really wish you just linked that....

Aste - I also saw that discovery channel - that stays with me (shudder)

http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/9242/lavasmlce0.jpg

[digital_embryo]

oh I get it... larva baby... hence all the larvae
:yayca: BACK TO HIGHSCHOOL:yayca:

[Aste]

Haha fun pics!

He's the ugly black sheep of the larva family. Content with building his "castles", they let him be.

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/3868/dsg1145mindreaz0.jpg

[ashton]

the lava rides the mole rat using a hardpatch straight into the brain.
Saw a radio control rat on tv and well here it is.

about 2.5hours during the day. pencil scan and photoshop.

http://www.studiopumpernickel.com/ash/2006-dailysketch/larva-baby.jpg

[Skolld]

this is what lurks below, in the catacombs of the sand castles.

Pencils

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k102/skolld/DSGLarvaweb.jpg

[bestow]

i liked big k's but less artificial lighting would improve it imho :lens:

mine!
http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/145/sandmaggotfx0.jpg

[Vulgar`]

Skolld - Impressive, you should check out the weekly COW Creature activities.

[Skolld]

Skolld - Impressive, you should check out the weekly COW Creature activities.

Thanks, Yeah I'm planning on entering this next COW and putting a little more time into it than the last one I entered.