C.O.W Creature of the week #14

[JohanL]

Last weeks winner: SirHappy666! Great job!

I didn't explain further what the topic is about this week, because I figured you get what this one is about anyways, and you get to do your own interpretation of the topic poisonous.

At the end of the week there will be be voting! This means I, or someone who I choose thats up for it, will create a topic where everybody can decide a winner for this weeks c.o.w. Let me know if your interested in doing voting-threads!

Ok, that's all for now, good luck! ;)

[Siggles]

I could'nt make the last one, so heres my WIP:

[Zach]

At 2/5/07 12:40 PM, JohanL wrote: Last weeks winner: SirHappy666! Great job!

Well done Sir Happy!

I didn't explain further what the topic is about this week, because I figured you get what this one is about anyways, and you get to do your own interpretation of the topic poisonous.

I was thinking of some sort of bug, with a bag on it's back with toxic smoke coming out. I'll probably do some sketches of that but I've also got another idea in mind, I want to start putting in more detail though, and complicating the creature so it looks less like anything else that already exists.

At the end of the week there will be be voting! This means I, or someone who I choose thats up for it, will create a topic where everybody can decide a winner for this weeks c.o.w. Let me know if your interested in doing voting-threads!

I would volunteer but I think I'm going to be in Paris next week, not sure yet though.

[JohanL]

At 2/5/07 03:04 PM, Zach wrote: I would volunteer but I think I'm going to be in Paris next week, not sure yet though.

It would be great if you could help me out, since you've been around for most COWs. If the person who helps me is not able to post, then I can always hold the voting for one week or two.

[Zach]

I'm sure someone else will be up for it.

This is my WIP, it's probably not going to develop into the final image, but more of a sketch to help me work out how to draw the final.
The basic idea is a land walking reptile which has a fin (if that's the right word) along it's back, the fin is made of hard skin with veins of poison. When attacking it can either lower it's head and charge, using the fin as a horn, or it can bend the skin over it's legs and in a rolling motion create bubbles of poison but this is more of a defensive attack.
I need to make the skin look more spherical and I want to complicate the creature more, with a detailed face and scales, any suggestions for things to add in? Like pours on the belly that release air to fill the inside of the bubbles, or anything else you can think of.

[AwesomeSaurus]

Congrats SirHappy! I think yours had alot of creativity in it! Great job to all though!

I like this weeks theme, i think it is much more flexible for us to create something totally different.. If you need help with the voting situation, im sure ill be around to give a hand!

Zach, I like your creature WIP, it reminds me of that spitter dinosaur from jurassic park for some reason, even though it looks totally different! I think you may be better off doing that view you have shown in the bottom right, however! Looking forward to your piece!

Volit0, yours is nice, but i fail to see how it is poisonous.. perhaps give it more of a body, or venom inducing appendage.

time to get to work!

[Zach]

At 2/5/07 01:24 PM, Siggles wrote: I could'nt make the last one, so heres my WIP:

I think the tail looks 2D compared to the rest, it should be facing forwards more, other than that just get the colours to blend well so it doesn't look like sections of blue, green and brown.

At 2/5/07 04:25 PM, AwesomeSaurus wrote: Congrats SirHappy! I think yours had alot of creativity in it! Great job to all though!

I like this weeks theme, i think it is much more flexible for us to create something totally different.. If you need help with the voting situation, im sure ill be around to give a hand!

Zach, I like your creature WIP, it reminds me of that spitter dinosaur from jurassic park for some reason, even though it looks totally different! I think you may be better off doing that view you have shown in the bottom right, however! Looking forward to your piece!

This weeks theme is good, it's the right balance of not being too open and not being too restricted. I can see what you mean about the Jurassic Park look of my creature, it's the stretchy skin that does it. I think my main view is going to be half way between the top and bottom left pictures, giving you a good enough view of the inside and outside, I might also include the creature while walking but I'll see how it goes.

[Siggles]

At 2/5/07 04:41 PM, Zach wrote:

At 2/5/07 01:24 PM, Siggles wrote: I could'nt make the last one, so heres my WIP:

I think the tail looks 2D compared to the rest, it should be facing forwards more, other than that just get the colours to blend well so it doesn't look like sections of blue, green and brown.

thanks for the advice :)

i'm trying to make it overall a more solid color like yours

[Insanical]

At 2/5/07 04:25 PM, AwesomeSaurus wrote: Zach, I like your creature WIP, it reminds me of that spitter dinosaur from jurassic park

Exactly what i thought.
I can't believe i was too busy to finish my one for last week, ah well.
As soon as i get an dea for this one i'll start it, good topic.
And Johan check your PM's.

[silverblade1]

...i fucking hate corel...soooo much...
problem 1: had to move the head and didnt realize that now the entire square used to move said head would be white until i finished my background
problem 2: was going to erase background when i accidently slid my eraser size to the max and corel just shut down on me, along with my fucking cow for this week

to pissed to redo it, i'll just skip this week until i no longer hate corel.
oh and a suggestion for you, prehistoric creature, great idea for a cow

[JohanL]

Alright, Insanical will be doing the voting threads for me! yay :D

Cool ideas so far, I will start on mine as soon as I get time. I'm also doing a picture for the Tentacle monster contest, so it might take a while.

[RandomationNation]

here's my submisssion!

[theXtraordinary]

my tablet broke so have sended it to the factory :(( really missing it.
Anyway i tried making something with my mouse it didnt turn out as bad as i thought, well here it is!

[Zach]

This didn't turn out as poisonous as planned, so I'm going to consider it a WIP and try to make a new more venomous one sometime this week. The fin on the back should really have a 60 degree gap, and I just change the proportions or something to make it less lizard-like..

[JohanL]

At 2/6/07 04:23 PM, RandomationNation wrote: here's my submisssion!

Great! I love the pose and you did a great job with the poisonous theme. But again, the only thing I'm missing is a background.. well keep it up ;)

At 2/6/07 05:52 PM, theXtraordinary wrote: my tablet broke so have sended it to the factory :(( really missing it.
Anyway i tried making something with my mouse it didnt turn out as bad as i thought, well here it is!

I like it, the fog around him looks cool. Maybe you could change his legs a bit though.

At 2/6/07 06:03 PM, Zach wrote: This didn't turn out as poisonous as planned, so I'm going to consider it a WIP and try to make a new more venomous one sometime this week. The fin on the back should really have a 60 degree gap, and I just change the proportions or something to make it less lizard-like..

Looking good as usual, but I agree with the lizard-likeness.
But It's cool that you post unfinished stuff so we can see your original ideas, etc.

[RandomationNation]

hopefully i can still enter with this...

[Mogly]

Little poison man.

[fuzz]

At 2/6/07 06:03 PM, Zach wrote: This didn't turn out as poisonous as planned, so I'm going to consider it a WIP and try to make a new more venomous one sometime this week. The fin on the back should really have a 60 degree gap, and I just change the proportions or something to make it less lizard-like..

Thats pretty neat. Really good colouring again. I love the greens and purple :)
Good job on that and its great your having another go, the texture is pretty good and i love the way you colour in photoshop, im going to have a go at colouring from scratch in photoshop. It has a certain style i like.
Anyway, good job on the colouring and i cant wait to see your next one :D.

[Temariix]

This is the first time I actually ever finished a COW XD it didnt come out exactly as planned either... but that's ok :P

Can you tell which creature is poisonous? (smoke, or fluff?)
http://denvish.net/ulf/1170899791_Poisonous.j pg

[TurkeyOnAStick]

At 2/7/07 08:59 PM, Temariix wrote: This is the first time I actually ever finished a COW XD it didnt come out exactly as planned either... but that's ok :P

Can you tell which creature is poisonous? (smoke, or fluff?)
http://denvish.net/ulf/1170899791_Poisonous.j pg

Hehe like the dinky little pink dude! I bet the rose is poisonous ;)

[Mogly]

At 2/7/07 09:17 PM, squeakytoad wrote: Mogly's and Zach's are a little too animal-like, don't you think?

Hmm yeah you make a good point. Have a penis-bat. Dam did it again :(

Women never really faint.. and villains never blink there eyes

[Zach]

At 2/7/07 05:15 PM, Mogly wrote: Little poison man.

That's really cool, it looks so slimey with that lighting

At 2/7/07 09:17 PM, squeakytoad wrote: Mogly's and Zach's are a little too animal-like, don't you think?

Mine is a WIP, it was going to be similar to the first image I posted, but getting the right angle to show both the outside of the ball and the inside was difficult, every time I drew it the body would be too hidden.

At 2/7/07 10:05 PM, Mogly wrote: Hmm yeah you make a good point. Have a penis-bat. Dam did it again :(

Women never really faint.. and villains never blink there eyes

It'd be good if he was just leaking a little bit of poison out of his penis, and if you do that then fade the 4 black lines on the left wing, they're too strong.

[McJesus]

I'm postin' despite it's <5 minuteness.

It's as big as a house.

[SirHappy666]

Long Legged Turtle

This creature stomps around the woods eating leafs and small incest. It can also use its large claws to crush smaller animals such a rabbits and foxes although it wont eat them. It has a scaly shell on its back to protect it from bears and large birds and its Long Green legs secrete a strong poison which will paralyse any animal stupid enough to take a bite of them.

I tried to keep the background simple on this one because normally I ruin the picture with a busy background. I enjoyed adding the scaly texture to the body and I think its turned out quite well. I think it would be nice to do an unsymmetrical creature one week.

[JohanL]

At 2/8/07 09:32 AM, SirHappy666 wrote: Long Legged Turtle

Niice :D I love the texture on his body, it makes it so much more detailed and sharp. Really good job.

[AwesomeSaurus]

At 2/8/07 09:32 AM, SirHappy666 wrote: Long Legged Turtle

This creature stomps around the woods eating leafs and small incest. It can also use its large claws to crush smaller animals such a rabbits and foxes although it wont eat them. It has a scaly shell on its back to protect it from bears and large birds and its Long Green legs secrete a strong poison which will paralyse any animal stupid enough to take a bite of them.

I tried to keep the background simple on this one because normally I ruin the picture with a busy background. I enjoyed adding the scaly texture to the body and I think its turned out quite well. I think it would be nice to do an unsymmetrical creature one week.

wow, this is great stuff! I have to say, i have some similarities with mine, as it also has long long arms and claws! Doesnt matter though, because i like turtles! Great job again sirhappy!

[Novelty]

I really feel like a newbie here with all these amazing life-like creations everyone is churning out. Regardless, here's one-

[JohanL]

Here's my entry:

[Zach]

Quicky, no real concept except it clearly has a poison bag and a snozzle to distribute it to the world, and it's red/purple/green, the national poison colours..

[JohanL]

At 2/9/07 02:00 PM, Zach wrote: Quicky, no real concept except it clearly has a poison bag and a snozzle to distribute it to the world, and it's red/purple/green, the national poison colours..

Really cool, it looks more poisonous then the last one, and I love the light coming from behind with the purple on the front. Good job! ;)