Creature Artists

2010-05-23T01:28:00.000-07:00

WORMY MOUF'D DOGGIE

2010-05-13T22:15:00.000-07:00

He's so happy to see you, he will cover you in kisses. ^ _ ^

Here's the original, less cute version:

2010-01-05T04:13:00.000-08:00

Shame on me....shame on me...whouhaaaa.
Posted on the old blog..
hum,nice start i 2010 Remko, pffffff

2009-09-16T06:57:00.001-07:00

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Wight and Elypticlid

2009-07-29T16:10:00.000-07:00

Been style-searching this past week. It's kind of my usual crud, but it's fun trying new things, and I have an idea that I'm really trying to nail. Neither of these are very close, but they kind of represent the mood at least.

2009-04-05T17:55:00.000-07:00

HEY ALL!

WE ARE MOVING TO WWW.CREATURESPOT.COM !

Why move? The creaturespot will be a much easier to manage website with a ton more content for creature lovers to engage in. Please take the time to come check out WWW.CREATURESPOT.COM . Please subscribe to our new site as it will encourage new creature artists to joining our new site.

If you have any questions or concerns about the new site email me at daviblight (@) gmail (.) com

Thanks :)

PS: If any members of this website did not get an invite by accident please email me and i'll set you up pronto!

The Visitor

2009-03-31T07:58:00.000-07:00

I did this pic for Taron's Lifeless Forest challenge on CGHub. I wanted to do a creature that wasn't evil, and wasn't good. It just "was". It needed to survive and so it absorbed the creatures of the forest and in doing so it took on some of the characteristics of the inhabitants in the woods. I wanted this creature to look very alien, and have various materials on it that "didn't quite" mesh, yet still worked. Metal? Feathers? Scales? Wet, dry? Anyway, enough bleh bleh bleh... I hope you guys dig it!

-b

You can see some of my WIP on the competition thread here:

http://cghub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=786

Werewolves!

2009-03-30T13:08:00.000-07:00

Hey fellow creature artists & monster fans X)
I just thought I'd share some recent werewolf designs I'm working on for an upcoming iPhone game. I have a sped up WIP video up on my blog if that interests you :P colour version soon(also adding shredded clothing as per request by the director)

thnx for lookin!
joe

should we post studies of real animals/creatures?

2009-03-26T21:50:00.000-07:00

What do you guys think about posting studies of animals/creatures?

Nap time

2009-03-24T23:20:00.000-07:00

It's been forever since I've put anything up here!

Some creatures i did at DreamForge Entertainment

2009-03-21T17:40:00.001-07:00

The General

2009-03-19T11:17:00.000-07:00

My Dominance War 4 Mini challenge entry.
Finally got around to finishing some of the rushed parts up. I could still work with it but I think I'll call it done! Sketches are on my Sketch of the week:
http://www.vinodrams.com/sketchofweek.html

-Vin

grigg

2009-03-12T11:04:00.000-07:00

Been awhile so I thought I should post something. I had intended to give this a few more passes, but just in case I never get around to it here's a little something from me.
Amazing work here as always guys and gals.

Macropinna microstoma inspired.

2009-03-10T20:38:00.000-07:00

"DOLL o1"

2009-03-07T20:27:00.000-08:00

Another little sump'n sump'n... I've been kinda on a Photoshop bender, lately.

2009-03-04T22:37:00.000-08:00

[ EDIT: I made this one a bit more monstrous, and thought it would be worth adding... ]

Photoshop 7

A bit goofy, regarding the anatomy (In particular, the unnaturally truncated torso), but I rather like this anyways, so...

Here.

Dominance Wars mini contest

2009-03-02T18:09:00.001-08:00

closeup of his pretty lil'mouth

initial sketch: ballpoint pen on small notepad

So I tried to pull of the Dominance Wars "General" min challenge in one night-not a smart move-but time is valuable so it was all I had X)
I'm only including the close up detailed shot of the face since I feel the full image was 'epic fail' hahaha
if you feel you must see the whole thing stop by my blog at http://joevriens.blogspot.com/ or click the image. There's also some WIP's there and a longer description of the Dominance Wars.
oh...I was entering through the CGHub btw.

thanks!
Joe

Goaty

2009-03-01T05:32:00.000-08:00

Great creatures posted since I was here last! Here's a quicky I did recently depicting the god Pan, lord of the wilderness (or my version anyhow)

wait, what?

2009-02-22T22:59:00.000-08:00

errrrr...

Take a left up at the corner, go two blocks....

2009-02-22T00:30:00.000-08:00

A fun sketch that I've just done this afternoon for my brothers birthday.
I'll probably print it and frame it as a gift.

Creature Designs -- Michael Jaecks

2009-02-16T11:23:00.000-08:00

Hey guys. My name is Michael Jaecks. I'm a freelance Concept Artist and Illustrator living in Minneapolis, MN and working for clients everywhere the interwebs can reach. Davi invited me to join the blog and I'm pleased to be here. Here's just a sample of some work. Images 2 and 3 above were for Wolfgang Baur's Kobold Quarterly. Really great work from everyone here and I'm looking forward to seeing and sharing more.

another vegetable

2009-02-16T10:59:00.001-08:00

what the hell? oh fuck I did draw another one....
ughhhhhh

Trijaw

2009-02-14T20:03:00.000-08:00

It's embarrassing posting among such greatness, but i need to get my act in gear and start pumping out more personal work.

Big Guy WIP

2009-02-12T11:36:00.001-08:00

Here's the underpainting for that sketch I posted earlier...
It's a little dark... I'll probably brighten it up as move forward.
Comments and critiques are welcome!

-Vin

DW 3 stuff

2009-02-12T11:22:00.000-08:00

So Dominance War 4 is starting soon. I have no idea if I'll have time to particpate again... I'm going to have some major crunch in March at work. But it was alot of fun (and alot of work) last year so hopefully I can do it again. I was happy with my design for DW3 but I had to turn in an unfinished entry. But I still made it to the top 50 so that was cool!
I recently painted more on the head concept... so here it is and I figured I should post some of the other stuff too!
If only I had one more weekend.... sigh.
Here's the original forum thread if anyone is interested in the progression!
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=234&t=598128

Behemot

2009-02-08T20:39:00.001-08:00

Hi guys,

My name 's Fred Rambaud , I have been working as an illustrator and concept artist for the past 4 years now. Mike was kind enough to invite me, thank you sir ;)

So here is my first post.

This is a concept for a personal project, a mount for an ogre-sized warrior.
This is the sketch or line

and this is the color version

I always like showing both versions because I feel that you lose something in style and also design when it is painted.

Hope you guys like it :)

Fred

plant pplz

2009-02-08T13:37:00.000-08:00

TINY ALIEN BUG

2009-02-08T01:32:00.001-08:00

Some Photoshop.

HAPPY DOG

2009-02-06T22:03:00.001-08:00

Been a while for me, posting-wise, so here is something of the creature type...
A rather grainy snapshot of a painting I just did called HAPPY DOG. ^ _ ^
Is Airbrushed Acrylic.

eat your veggies

2009-02-06T19:50:00.000-08:00

part of a personal project I am doing...more to come

Carisapiens

2009-02-05T16:37:00.000-08:00

Here's an alien scholar, reading a book. A fairly quick and loose sketch, done in pencil then scanned into Photoshop. It was fun.

Athina Thundrafire

2009-02-01T05:52:00.000-08:00

Hey mates!

Here is a dragon, Athina. So much fun doing her! : )

Hope Y'all digs!

2009-01-26T10:50:00.000-08:00

Just some recent SOTW posts. I'm working on coloring the big guy just for fun. The fishman would be fun to render as well. I'll post the colors as soon as they get done!

-Vin

Xenosimias

2009-01-26T10:49:00.000-08:00

Here's a little fella I call Xenosimias. It's an alien monkey of sorts. Elements of marmosets, cicadas, flies, and Drepanosaurs went into its design.

yoppa :-)

2009-01-26T05:35:00.000-08:00

Hi everybody,
Been a while.Didn't have much time lately to do some creatures so here I post some older works I did some time ago.
Hope you like it.
Cheers!

Project Offset Creatures

2009-01-22T12:24:00.000-08:00

Hey guys,
I wanted my first post to be something original but I ended up posting old designs I did for Project Offset. You probably seen them already. It's just been so long since Davi invited me and I haven't had a chance to post.
Great work from everyone, very inspiring :)

Blog Topic: Chaotic Frigid Freak.

2009-01-10T13:41:00.000-08:00

First weekend off for 6 weeks or so, and I made some time to doodle.

hope it is somehow enjoyable!

Zenoth, the alien from Jupiter

2009-01-09T06:08:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone,
this is my latest personal project, I know that almost everything has already been said about aliens, but I just wanted to share my personal view about them, or about one of them. When we think about aliens we tend to ask ourselves "Are they good? Or evil?" but I just wanted to shift my view from this clichè, I imagined them as creatures, nor good or bad, just living beings. As a predator like a lion, it's not bad because it kills other animals to eat, it's just its DNA. This is the same for Zenoth, he comes to Earth to eliminate humans because they need our planet. Just for this reason. No chances to communicate with him, he just doesn't care about us as we doesn't care about ants. He's not curious, he doesn't feel anything, his mission is to eliminate us. And he's not bad because he kills humans, and there's no reason to eliminate us because of something wrong we did as human beings. We're just in the wrong place
Think about earth as an old garage that we need, we just clean it, clean out the spider webs, sweep away little animals and we have our cleaned garage. Do we feel bad about those little creatures? Are we evil?

Hope you like it!
Bye
Fede

Invader

2008-12-30T20:56:00.000-08:00

I was on the computer yesterday when suddenly the idea came to me to paint an old school, pulp magazine, raygun-toting, bug-squid hybrid alien invader. So, I sat down and painted this guy in virtually one sitting. I think it's the best creature rendering I've yet done, and I'm pretty happy with it. I even gave him some halfway decent-looking technological devices, as well.
As far as creature concepts go, this is a highly intelligent alien species native to a low-gravity world with a warm, humid climate and at atmosphere rich in carbon dioxide and chlorine. It evolved from mud-dwelling ancestors that looked somewhat like crosses between sandcrabs and cuttlefish. It is omnivorous, with three sets of powerful mandibles to process its foot. Its eyes are set atop dark stocks on the upper part of its carapace, while its ears are those crater-shaped structures near the mandibles. Its olfactory and respiratory organs are located on the back of its carapace, and in this image are covered by a gas filtering apparatus designed for traveling in an alien atmosphere. The three pairs of limbs can function as either arms or legs, interchangeably. Though these aliens can communicate by sound, they prefer to communicate by sight. Their wide, black eyestalks can shift to any color in the visible spectrum, and this ability has evolved into a highly complex visual language. The device attached to the eyestalk of the individual pictured is a communicator: it allows information in this visual language to be sent long-distance and fed directly to the aliens' visual centers. They can also communicate through the use of chemicals and pheremones.
I wrote a much, much longer natural history/short story about these creatures in my Deviantart gallery: link. I enjoy writing, as you may be able to tell.
Also, some alternate color schemes.

2008-12-29T01:28:00.000-08:00

Hey, I'm still alive as well %D Man, what a busy xmas, I'm glad it's over! Too many cute angels everywhere... You all posted so many great monsters meanwhile, kudos to you! It's always so much fun checking out this blog =)

Here are some creatures I've done a while ago. I'm sorry, over the past few months I had just a few chances to do monsters... Hey, happy new year to everyone!! =D

2008-12-28T12:32:00.001-08:00

I got zero free time right now but squeezed in a doodle for christmas - I'm still alive dammiT!

some sort of wierd bug again - wow, that's not getting old already! :D

Merry christmas and happy new yeah to all!

Frost Fairy

2008-12-25T16:41:00.000-08:00

Happy Holidays!
Think of this little guy dancing around your car covering it in ice...
Makes cleaning your car off in subzero temperatures much more fun! Right?
RIGHT?
But to be honest I actually did this guy last year, I got to busy this year to do a Holiday card...
-Vin

Gishagul - Ice Demon

2008-12-25T15:35:00.001-08:00

Here's a festive creature done for Warstorm that just happens to fit well for Christmas. Hope everyone is having fun and enjoying the holiday. I had my fill of good food, company and presents.. time to relax ;)

Gishagul: Ice Demon Warstorm CCG

Snow Cameleon

2008-12-25T12:58:00.000-08:00

Bithkin - Imp

2008-12-23T21:00:00.000-08:00

The Final Imp card I produced for Warstorm. Bobenlik, Badial, Bevus and Bithkin. These little guys were all a lot of fun. I went back to most of these cards to fix and adjust the value levels, add some details and put a little extra time into some where it was needed. Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas guys n gals.
Bithkin: Imp

Badial & Bevus - Imps

2008-12-21T20:01:00.000-08:00

Hey guys,

Once again here are some cards done for http://www.warstorm.com/ these were two of 4 Imps I did. You already saw one "Bobenlik, oddly enough they all start with a "B". These two are complete opposites, you've got your Fire Imp Badial and an Ice Imp Bevus.

Badial: Fire Imp

Bevus: Ice Imp

Monster Stuff

2008-12-18T15:27:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone.

I've been invited here by Mike Corrier0. I'm a big fan of your work Mike, thanks for the invite.

I am indeed in good company. I feel very privileged.

My name is Colin Shulver & I'm a creature effects artist in the uk. I've been doing this monster stuff now for about 20 years.... which is 20 years of fun.

Here are a few pieces of my work. I'll pop by again & post some more stuff soon.

Oh... Have a great Christmas & all the best for 2009.

goblin boss

2008-12-17T12:30:00.001-08:00

This was for a weekly back on conceptart.org and I never finished it because of work and school... So I put a bit of polish on the front view while procrastinating studying for my art history final...

click for a larger view...

Yauba: Demon - Bobenlik: Imp

2008-12-14T19:19:00.000-08:00

Here is another Demon from Warstorm.
This guy was left completely open and although I hadn't seen Hellboy 2 yet, there was definitely some influence from the Death Angel in that film. I just changed a few things and added some minor touch ups tonight from the original used in the game. I had fun with the idea that the demon really had no ears, eyes, nose, or mouth though it's slightly indicated. I think this guy was one of my favorites from all the creatures I painted.

Yauba: Demon Breed

Bobenlik: Death Imp Breed

Random Creature

2008-12-14T10:24:00.000-08:00

Hello there fellow creature lovers!
I haven't had a lot of free time lately but here's a creature I did today.

I hope you guys and girls will like it!

Cheers
Bjorn.

Warstorm Creatures: Challenge Games

2008-12-13T19:37:00.000-08:00

Well, I'll start by explaining that these are done for an online CCG game called Warstorm. They just released a load of new cards for their latest expansion. The game itself is a free based online game that anyone can register and play without paying a cent, and it's addicting.
If you want to check it out go here: Warstorm.com
Here are three of approx 26 cards I've done. I think around 12 or 13 of them I'll be able to post here concerning their level of "creature" based designs. So here are the first few, more to come.
Agmog: Fire Demon

Gishagul: Half Giant - Orc Breed

Auzubaal: Death Demon

A lot of the cards I produced were New Hero cards and some new infantry. There are now Imps, Demons, new Undead, new Orc and new Human cards too. Each of these were painted in approx. 5 hours, so I finished the painted portion in a day sometimes 2 a day. The details will be seen at an aspect ratio of around 216 x 300 pixels and much smaller when you actually play the game.

Snapper

2008-12-13T15:33:00.000-08:00

After a long delay, here's a little something from me. I've had the idea of a creature with enormous jointed jaws for a while now, so last night I just sat down and painted it. I painted pretty much the entire thing in one sitting, which is unusual for me. All I did today was tighten up a few details, mess with the contrast, and colorize it. I was strongly influenced by the work of Rich Doble and by some images of creature design demonstrations from the ConceptArt.org New Zealand workshop when creating this.
As far as the concept goes, this is basically just an alien predator with big jointed jaws. The outermost teeth are specialized for grasping prey, while the inner teeth slice prey into small pieces. The three dots on the bump on the side of its head are its eyes, while the orifice to the front of that is its nostril/heat sensing organ. Bristles on its jaws and on its back detect airborne vibrations, while its sensitive feet detect ground vibrations; it has no true ears. It has no real toes, just rough pads for traction, and uses the single claws of its forelimbs to hold onto prey and to climb over obstacles. Being more of a broad, barrel-chested creature, it does not chase down its prey, but rather lies in wait before launching a short, explosive lunge. Though rarely exceeding seventy pounds in size, due to the sheer size of its mouth and its habit of bursting out of the underbrush unexpectedly visitors to the planet Naraka should consider the snapper extremely dangerous. The snapper reproduces ovipariously, laying eggs in the roots of trees (or the Narakan equivalent of trees). The young exist as wood-boring larvae for a time, before emerging and constructing a cocoon on the outside surface of the tree. Months later, a small but fully-developed snapper bursts out, ready to terrorize the general area.

I'll probably update this image later with some diagrams of its life cycle, its mouth movements, and its scale next to a human.

Kappa

2008-12-13T08:32:00.001-08:00

The Kappa is a Japanese water spirit, part frog and part turtle. It is given great strength by the liquid it carries in its bowl-like skull. If you should meet a Kappa you must bow to it. Being very polite, the Kappa will return your bow, thus spilling the the liquid from its head and enabling you to make your escape whilst it is still weak.

Thanks for looking!

Murgasi Sketch

2008-12-11T11:03:00.000-08:00

A character design sketch for Shard Studios. They're making an RPG with anthropomorphic animal beings. If your wondering the winged beings like this bat lady surgically cut their wings so they can wear and use things like belts/straps etc. Kinda like body modification but.. for practical purposes.

I'll post more on this project as they get done!

-Vin

Joe's 1 hour monsters

2008-12-10T12:07:00.001-08:00

grendel
bird demon

montauk monster

thumbnails

Hey everyone
2nd post here woohoo!
I thought I'd post my 1hour monsters here-they're quick warmups I do before work...it's the only way I have time to get some fun drawings in-and what better way then with some montsters!!!
there's a more detailed writeup over at my blog if you're interested in what it's all about :)

Sketchbook pages 2

2008-12-08T11:49:00.000-08:00

Two sketchbook pages of some fictional prehistoric inspired mammals and other creatures. Was just looking at Musk Ox, Rhino's, Tapir etc..

Sad Dragon....

2008-12-08T01:33:00.000-08:00

Well, The Hulk porn well was running dry, so I returned to that old standby, the Dragon.
Can't go wrong drawing Dragons really. Like retarded moon Dinosaurs with wings, they're cool no matter how you look at it.
Ok, so this one doesn't have wings, gimme a break already.
This was for Daniel Maghen again and will be published in Volume 3 of their L'univers des Dragons Tome.

Krugg- creature sketch

2008-12-07T00:20:00.000-08:00

Been a bit busy, but I found time to draw this hefty fellow in my sketchbook. I must admit to getting lazy around the legs, but otherwise I think this might be a fun guy to paint up at a later time.
Thanks for looking! -s.

Reproductor

2008-12-06T04:31:00.000-08:00

Hi all, I'm very glad to be part of this blog, many thanks to Davi! The quality and the quantity of awesome works here is astonishing! Right now I can add just a sigle work to the "bestiary" but hope to find the time to create more good models in the near future.
This is a personal work I did in my spare time, hope guys you like it!

Caruba Demi Demon

2008-12-01T12:14:00.000-08:00

A demi demon, based on a small thumbnail. He bares no clothing or armour and only wields a make-shift club from construction metal. Though he is a demi-demon he has little to no supernatural ability but has super human strength. His body is thick skinned and tough, filled with magma, fire and ash. With more of an animal-like nature even with his humanoid body structure, he is more of a wild destructive creature than an intellectual being. A sort of mindless soldier released to cause havoc and chaos amoung the mortal. Though hunched over, he stands at approx. 8 1/2 ft. upright.

Bear Spirit

2008-11-26T10:53:00.000-08:00

Been swamped at work lately so I'll just post another oldie!
(..It's not that old just from earlier this year..)
Another creature from Inuit Mythology. A Bear spirit that digs up human corpses!
Just in time for the holidays!

-Vin

The Gift

2008-11-26T10:10:00.000-08:00

Hello good creature people! Loads of awesome stuff uploaded since I was here last. Here's my own contribution. Hope you like it :)

Theracian Rider

2008-11-21T11:04:00.000-08:00

A page from the ole-sketchbook.. Just fooling around with an alien reptile based humanoid and his insect inspired beast.

I had sketched something similar to a post made by Wallasaurus, also inspired by moles in certain design features. Though I had drawn this without seeing his mole dragon I thought it was cool that we had some similar ideas about the evolution of the wings and nose. I had actually opted to remove the eyes completely and make him more of a forageing creature that spends a lot of time in the dark, in caves and underground.

Sthorz!

2008-11-19T05:22:00.001-08:00

More WhiteHole characters, some lizard-inspired aliens!

This time, penciled by Raku and coloured by Wox.

We hope y'all enjoy!

Broadmore versus Dragon

2008-11-19T01:00:00.000-08:00

I don't usually draw Dragons. I usually draw still life flower arrangements and fan art of gay sex porn between Half Life's Gordon Freeman and the Incredible Hulk.
But recently, for a lark, I drew this for a French Publication L'univers des Dragons Tome vol 2
It's published by www.danielmaghen.com

The Gaoler

2008-11-08T19:49:00.000-08:00

Hi all,
This is my first post. Thanks to Davi for the invite. Lots of familiar names and some new ones too. Tons of kick ass monsters. I feel fortunate to be included in your ranks.
I guess I'm officially blogging, even though I don't really even know what the fuck that means. So, here's a guy I did for the most recent Imagine FX. The Gaoler, he is called, and he's, well, a self contained jail. I always really liked that spelling for some reason.

Nice to meet everyone. See you in Hell,

Jim

Yes we DID!

2008-11-07T11:10:00.000-08:00

I'm super happy about the Obama win. I had to do something for my site so here's a little beasty guy that's pretty happy about the change!
http://www.vinodrams.com/sketchofweek.html

Creatures 'n' monsters by Joverine

2008-10-27T00:35:00.000-07:00

I was trying to hold off posting here until I had some original content for this blog-but I just couldn't wait any longer!! I had to be a part of such epic awesomeness :) I honestly get excited when I see a new post in my blogroll and immediately click my way over! I would love to say I'll post my original 'creatureartists' art soon-but seeing as I just got slammed with work I'd be lying X(
thanks for lookin'!
Joe
http://joevriens.blogspot.com/

hello there

2008-10-26T18:13:00.000-07:00

I hope none of these are too humanoid for them to be 'creatures' :o
Some things to get me started here ;)

Big Babies smell funny...

2008-10-23T02:15:00.000-07:00

... but you won't tell them, will you ?

2008-10-22T21:18:00.000-07:00

Didn't think I was going to get to post another image so soon, but after finishing up some work I started doodling a bit and this little fellow was the result. Still pretty sketchy and unresolved in alot of places, but it was fun at least. Great work everyone - s.

Tupilak

2008-10-20T23:43:00.000-07:00

This guy is called the Tupilak. He's made up of mud, bones, sticks etc. After you create him you say the correct prayer and off he goes to do your bidding!

These are also for Inhabit Media. Inhabit Media is re-imagining the Inuit mythology to help preserve it for the Inuit peoples.

Bud

2008-10-20T06:53:00.001-07:00

Bud has an odeaur of a strong asparagus piss, rotten cheese and crib sauce. He/she multiplies asexually. Has to.

Woots!

2008-10-19T12:12:00.000-07:00

First post here...hi everyone! :)

Hi

2008-10-17T20:38:00.000-07:00

Glad to be a part of this blog. It's humbling and motivating all at once. I'll post some oldies just to get me started, but I'll try and get as many new creatures in here as possible. These are just some creatures I did for myself:

Doberas

2008-10-17T17:03:00.000-07:00

This is a concept I did for creatures I would like to use in one of my next illustrations.
Still not a 100% convinced by their legs and would still like to try other possibilities.
C&C very welcom.

It are some kinda vampire guardian dogs for rich evil man.
Very faithful to their masters but very, very difficult to dress it impresses a lot other living beings if you have one.
Being vampirelike creatures they're capable of smelling blood(even al warm inside your body)from far.

As most of vampirelike creatures, one of the ways to kill them is to pierce the heart with a wooden stick.(or was it a silfer one?)
That's why the central part of the body is so well protected.
These protections and the materials used to make them shows very well the financial health of his owner aswell as his importance.

Their legs are often used to open the victims thorax, so they can eat the heart directly.
They've got a funny, almost ridicilous way of moving around..very jumperly, almost kangaroo like.

2008-10-17T04:00:00.001-07:00

little joke :-)

Cockatrice

2008-10-16T13:35:00.001-07:00

Here's the dino-bird design I was telling Mike Corriero about. This painting's purpose is twofold. First, it satisfied my desire to paint a blunt-headed reptile, which I've had ever since viewing this dragon design by Carlo Arellano: http://chainsawart.blogspot.com/2008/03/dragons-and-demons.html. Secondly, it gave me a chance to experiment with new textures and techniques. The textures on the cheek, snout, and legs are photo overlays, but the rest of the textures are hand painted. A reference image of a turkey was particularly informative for rendering the wattle and the feathers of the chest.

The Madagascan Cockatrice, first described by the Greek zoologist Gallinicus in 503 BCE, is a medium sized non-avian theropod. When standing in its usual semi-erect position, it measures about four feet in height, and is about forty pounds in weight. It is the largest predator on Madagascar, except for the Nile crocodile. A quick and intelligent predator, it feeds on anything it can catch. Madagascan Cockatrices are normally solitary, but come together to breed around late August every year. The showy males are more brightly colored than the females, but females grow 25% larger than their mates. Both males and females take part in the raising of young, but infant mortality is high nevertheless.
Because of poaching and habitat destruction, the numbers of the Madagascan Cockatrice are dwindling. Along with the steppe Ceratopsians of northern Eurasia and the marsh Hadrosaurs of Argentina, the half dozen or so species of Cockatrices are the only surviving non-avian dinosaurs. We must take action to save these relics of a lost age.

ColdFear monsters

2008-10-16T02:40:00.000-07:00

Some monsters created for the Videogame "COLDFEAR" (Darkworks/Ubisoft).

Terror Birds and Dinosaurs

2008-10-14T12:31:00.000-07:00

All fictional creations, none of these are actual dinosaurs or terror birds. Some of what I was doing here was mixing the idea of terror birds with the link to bipedal dinosaurs. Kind of filling in a small gap, and just playing around loosely with some ideas of dino-birds containing featherless vestigial wing-like limbs. Along with some fictional Biped Head/Busts of some Herbivore designs.

'nother n00b!

2008-10-13T16:33:00.000-07:00

Looks like I'm in line for first posts. Davi invited me to be a part of this some time ago, but I took too long to post anything. This is a profile design drawing. I didn't intend to get caught up in the details of this, but I found myself having too much fun with it to stop. I'll see about putting this guy in action soon. I've been taking too long to get around to it, so I'll just post him as-is for now.

I want to say how impressed I am with everyone on this blog. I'm more than a smidgeon honored to be in with the likes of all of you. Cheers.

no more rats

2008-10-12T01:25:00.000-07:00

HI all, Thanks Davi for inviting me on this extracool blog!Viva el creaturos.
I'm really glad to discover great work and artists.
Here's my first little creature.Did this for fun and hope I can do some more household creatures soon.
Greetz
Remko

First Post!

2008-10-10T08:53:00.001-07:00

Hi all.
Davi invited me to the blog. I'm super impressed with the stuff on here! So hopefully I can keep up... But I have a passion for creatures like the rest of you. So I'll try and post frequently!

This is for Inhabit Media. The Kukilialuit. (Have fun pronouncing that!) It's a Yeti type creature from Inuit Mythology. Inhabit Media is re-imagining the Inuit mythology to help preserve it for the Inuit peoples. It's a non-profit company from Canada.

Fauna Plant

2008-10-09T03:18:00.000-07:00

A personal concept.
Something which reminds me of a pachyderm (that was not expected, but why not ^^).

2008-10-05T17:17:00.000-07:00

Nooblets first post, Hi everyone!

First Post

2008-10-02T12:09:00.000-07:00

Hi Guys, i will try to contribute regularly. Really inspiring stuff in here.

Here are a couple to get things started.

Arrival

2008-10-01T03:21:00.000-07:00

It’s my first post here, happy to discover this blog and many great artists ! Thanks again Davi Blight for inviting me to come here.

My name is Veronique Meignaud, aka Marmotte ; I'm french freelance artist. I’m a bit busy at the moment, so I’ll post old personal concepts, before doing some new stuff.
Good day for all !

Yos, a very old concept, 2006.

Boneman

2008-09-28T22:07:00.001-07:00

I wasn't too crazy about the lighting or posing of this piece, but I thought that the design was kind of neat. I love creatures with bones showing or huge tusks! I love tentacles too, I had to stop myself from adding tentacles to this thing.

-Bart

2008-09-28T15:16:00.000-07:00

The Mole Dragon, scarce and rarely seen, eats a diet of giant subterranean arthropods and scavenges during times of scarcity. Has been known to cause havoc on eccentric wizards' lawns when population numbers rise every few decades.

Been busy lately but this was an old sketch I wanted to paint. :) even though its sketchy I hope its ok!

BioMagneton

2008-09-25T08:05:00.000-07:00

BioMagneton is an African beetle god. She creates around her a magnetic field so powerful it attacts living matter. When visible she can be seen moving across the open plains in a whirlwind of dust and animals, holding her mighty breasts and laughing.

Some Halo Wars creatures!

2008-09-24T17:06:00.000-07:00

I was recently asked to add to this awesome creature blog. I love to create creatures and I think that this is a perfect forum for doing that. Some very inspirational work out here and I'm really flattered to have been invited. Anyway, I've been pretty busy and haven't had a lot of spare time so for now I'll post some "oldies" that were conceptualized for Halo Wars but I'm really excited about contributing here, so I promise to have some new images to post in the next week or so. In the meantime, I hope you guys dig...

thanks,

Bart

Water Based Weevil + Crustacean 2

2008-09-24T12:08:00.000-07:00

Based off of "tiny" rough thumbnails, here is one crustacean-like critter that very loosely resemble "Metroids" while the other one is a kind of bipedal water based weevil of sorts, a bit of an elemental. Just playing around with the color on that one and the watery texture and highlights.

Green Beast

2008-09-21T13:40:00.000-07:00

Don't have too much to say on this one, it is what it is!

Crustacean + Sketchbook page

2008-09-20T14:17:00.000-07:00

An upright Crustacean-like creature based off of hermit crabs. Based on a very quick, small, rough sketch and playing around with a swirl of color found within the exoskeleton. There is also a page worht of creature thumbnails each with a real world animal kept in mind when having designed them.

Some sketches and ideas.

2008-09-20T13:47:00.000-07:00

Nothing special, just some digital thinking. I hope you guys like it.

Ugly and horsey

2008-09-19T07:17:00.000-07:00

Until I come up with some new beasts here are a couple of older ones

Medusa was the snake-haired slapper decapitated by Perseus on account of her ability to turn people to stone at a glance.

The Kelpie or Water Horse is a Scottish spirit that hangs around streams and lures travellers to their deaths.

Dreamseed

2008-09-14T11:04:00.001-07:00

Hey everybody - thanks for the invitation, it's a big honour to share my art with you pro's =D
I'm starting here with Dreamseed Concepts for the postapocalyptic RPG "Engel". The drawings are about one year old but I still like them. I'm a pencil fan!

Sonagama

2008-09-13T14:30:00.000-07:00

Here's the latest image I've made for Creature of the Week on Conceptart.org. The topic was "Feeds on Sound."
The complete description that I wrote to accompany the image:
It has been known sense prehistory that sound, especially voice, holds special powers in our world. Indeed, many scholars believe that our ability to manipulate sound at a high level of complexity is what allowed our race, when it was young, to triumph over all other species of animal and attain civilization. Through sound, we not only communicate and use language, but also cast spells, charms, incantations, and make use of any number of other Vocal Powers.
In early days, it was believed that man alone had the use of the Vocal Powers. However, in this new age of science and exploration, it has been discovered that many other creatures have magical abilities, though few are as well-developed in their use of these powers as man. One creature with surprising magic abilities is the Sonagama. Lean, quick-moving reptiles as large as a small man, the Sonagama has developed an ability similar to the magical power known as soundleeching. Using this power, it draws all sound in its environment towards itself, just as a powerful magnet attracts metal objects. Using its fantastically enlarged cheek-flaps, this sound is funneled into its mouth, and through a number of both physiological and magical adaptations this sound is converted is converted into pure energy, and it is this energy on which the Sonagama lives. The creature literally eats sound.
Now, let us discuss the natural history of the Sonagama, as far as our current state of knowledge allows. As mentioned, the Sonagama is a reptile, specifically a lizard related to the agamas, hence its name. It is large, with long, muscular limbs that allow it to both run at great speed as well as rear up on its hind limbs to nearly the hight of a man. Its skull is highly modified, with long quadrate bones allowing it to achieve a terrific gape when opening its mouth--the large the mouth, the better ability to consume sound, apparently. Its enormous cheek flaps--the most remarkable physical characteristic of the species--are supported by highly modified palate and hyoid bones, which swing outward from the jaws to hold the flaps rigid. When the mouth is closed, these bones are folded against the sides of the head and neck, with the cheek flaps hanging like curtains around the throat and shoulders. The cheek flaps themselves serve two functions. Firstly, they assist with funneling sound into the creature's throat, much like our ears funnel sound into the skull. Secondly, they make the creatures seem tremendously larger and more intimidating than they actually are, a useful tactic both for establishing dominance within the species and for frightening away potential predators. The Sonagama shares its habitat with a number of species that have rudimentary Vocal Powers. These creatures seem to be the preferred "prey" of the Sonagama, for magical sound obviously contains more energy than normal sound. However, in a pinch, any form of sound will sustain the Sonagama. When the Sonagama deploys its soundleeching powers, the world around it grows suddenly silent, with even the loudest noises seeming to become muffled and distant. Vocal Powers become useless when in the presence of a Sonagama, for the sound is absorbed before it can have any magical effect. For this reason, tamed Sonagamas have become popular guard animals for those who wish to protect themselves from malicious Vocal attacks.

Ba' Boyla

2008-09-07T21:54:00.001-07:00

This is another concept for a friend at work.
Ill be drawing up orthographic views of the creature soon but wont be posting them until his model is done.

Hope you all like it :D

2008-09-01T16:26:00.001-07:00

getting back to soome painter last few days. a non bug pic follows - jughead ape, fond of fermented fruits.