C.O.W. - topic ideas - post 'em!

[Fozzybar]

http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=17333&thumb=1&d=1156947666

Please feel free to post some ideas for the COW-activity, which will start very soon! The activity is about CREATURES ONLY!!!

here is the thread for further infos:
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=37349


The topics should not be too specific and give the artist enough space to implement new and fresh ideas...

good example: lava eating creature that lives in volcanic craters
bad example: alien redesign with fur and 3 eyes

stupid examples, but you got the point...

I will pick randomly topics from this list, unless the suggestions don't fit in the above criterias...

enough said, go! :bashful:

[Jackeofi]

an organic space craft / weapon ?

[Thestral]

Life on Titan (that our cameras missed!)

[Carnifex]

haha i literally thought about a cow for a moment:D

maybe "mutant cow" :wink:
ahem...well...i'm not too good with topics:bashful:

[Matt Dixon]

Noctural predator
Beast of burden
Giant from the forest
Pleasure goddess
The garbage eater
Carnivorous amphibian
Cave dwelling mammal
Anal parasite

Hmm...too vague?

[Fozzybar]

HAHAHA....yeah! Anal parasite....one of the best topics yet on ca.org...great, Matt!!! :D

Your topics aren't vague at all....exactly the right balance between specification and space for creativity!!!

keep em coming folks! >:D

[M.D.Kroen]

alien poo! :}

[adraude]

undersea-creatures of Ganymed

evolved sea-anmone (or however they are called in english :bashful:)

er.. yeah. no ideas, today.

[OLSEN]

Anal parasite, lol. Would love to see some different designs on that topic, but would be afraid to google for reference.

Got some suggestions here.

Venomous bird
Swamp thing
Sphinx
Gargantuan herbivore
Astrowale

[Jackeofi]

jack in the box (a new type of creature)

edit...... that has nothing to do with my name ^_^

[Meshead]

1) gigantic space dwelling animal.

2) creature(s) responsible for keeping the core of the earth spinning.

3) If mars once had Dinosaur type creatures on it?

4) Insects that live on the rocks of the rings of saturn.

5) (Branching off of Jackeofi's idea about the living ship) - Animals that are naturaly, while still alive, armour for humans. ie. U could go in the woods and capture a "Gauntlet Turtle" or "Crow Pauldron."

[0kelvin]

Creature that feeds off of stars
Camoflague
Creature that runs on gasoline
A creature with no limbs
A living cannon
Bioluminescence
Undead
The most intelligent species in the universe
End boss



0kelvin

[Zaknafain]

Killer-Ape
werewolf
ghost
Succubus / Incubus
low-tech biomechanoid
A druids pet
something with a really long tongue
squidlike creature
something BIG /m\

[Friso]

/m\ battle insects \w/

[adraude]

biomechanic walking tank thingie... thinking of the hl2 strider stuff etc...

[Chris King]

pleasure goddes

[arghmisfit]

two headed, man eating squirel

a flying snake of some sort

deep sea wolf

flying spider thing

a cross between a bat and a cheetah

satans pet


:bashful:

[TheMuffinKing]

Killer doughnuts

meat hat

"mad max" style cars

"cereal" killers

[Fozzybar]

The Iconoclast
I am not sure, if you're trying to be funny, but you're close to get banned from this forum!

[The Iconoclast]

Oops, I'll try and make it up with a legit post. SORRY! :$ :yayca: And yes, I was *trying* to be funny, but obviously this isn't the place.

Demonic Data (Deadly Information?)
Dunce-but-Deadly-Creature
Center of the Swarm
Light Creature (It can be light or made of light)
Flag Carrier
Suicidal Pest
Creature-made-of-one-body-part
Sound Monster

[Fozzybar]

The Iconoclast:
No prob..it was just the completely wrong thread for this joke, you know...;)

Nice topics from all of you, besides the ones which aren't related to creatures *cough*...keep em coming...

[Digisaur]

>:D
-Designasaurus - undiscovered dinosaurs
-Deadly Virus
-Microscopic Monsters
-Xray Results Gone Bad
-Creature From Favorite Novel
-Classic Movie/TV Monster Redesign? :bashful:
-MONSTER SMILIES!
-Dragon-Eater
-Video Game Boss
-Cloned From Toe Jam
-Hatchlings
-"Don't Touch That!"
-Man-Eater
-Hellboy's New Partner
-Ghost in the machine
-creature living in only 2 dimentions
-Crash Landing
-Tripods

[young paddy1]

it lives in your bedroom
it lives in the walls
fire/ice wombat
ballistic herbivore
cloud sweeper
planetary drinker
what would've we been if not apes
asteroid mole
flying mega mammal
biomechs created by an underwater race
creatures living at 10 degrees kelvin
hypersonic creature
cute but deadly (vampire bushbaby and the like)

[Zafio]

· Complex Extremophile plus symbiosis relation (lives in the most extreme conditions of the universe™ ).
· Giant Adamant "Excavator" plus prey creature (lives in half toxic rock half Adamant sub grounds).
· Star eater (a cold giant creature that needs to eat stars to keep its body core warm).
· The creature created by the human race that terminated the human race.
· Creature of creatures (A creature made out of a lot of little creatures).
· Omni eater (eats and assimilates whatever, while swirling).
· Black Hole Creator / Habitant / Traveler.
· Master of Mimetic (in all senses).
· Oldest deep-sea blind predator.
· Intelligent "Cannibal" Vegetal.
· Lovecraft would love it.
· Burning petrol golem.
· Rotten Demon.
· Chimera Fungi.

[Gaither]

~Biomechanical fly
~The Thing
~Deadite
~Fat women
~New tortured Soul
~Circus freak
~Mythical creatures
~Monster Bush (or president of your choice)
~Mad Doctor & creature

[DaddyQBall]

When does the contest start, how do we enter? :wink:

[Scarn]

slave hounds
Hungry buffalo-type creatures
Killer Herbivoures
Gaint versions of smaller animals.
Hell/heaven Hounds
Seraphim/cherubim/Demons/creatures of the end times.
Digger Creatures
Mechanical Biology
creatures that could act like a crane/other heavy lifting machinery
intelligent life forms
Creatures w/o all five senses, or special senses (like infared light detection)
"da cuteness"
animals in a habitat that resemble another animal that shouldn't belong in the habitat ( flying whales/ moles, swimming birds/buffalo)
Elemental Dragons/elemental breathing creatures.
Giant parasites.
Atlantis Guardians

[Baaaah!]

- too many teeth

- cute but bites

- new fangs

- gnash gnash gnash

[DaddyQBall]

I like the cute but bites.

How about cute but deadly.

cute but crazy.

cute but scary.

[Gaither]

Anyone see AVP? How about an adult Alien/Predator hybrid.

[OLSEN]

I might as well post some more ideas here. :)

Interstellar Racing Creature

Oracle Viper

Tooth Troll

Martian Dinosaur

[Xpose]

Part dog part.... the other part the artist decides to make things interesting

[S.C. Watson]

You know, I kind of go in for some of the classic, familiar stuff, redone though. So, while the subject may be boring, it could be spiced up some :wink:


Dragon
Chimera
Orc
Goblin
Sprite
Wood nymph
Banshee
Wyvern
Classic "grey" alien (a Spielberger :^^: )

[REEF]

Death God
scene: innovative futuristic society
machineflesh idea from cgtalk
Culture and gods of a society with descriptions and such

[Fence]

Kelmoush!!(d'know what it means)
Frogger
flying bird

[davi]

A
Amphisbaena

B
Barghest
Basilisk
Behemoth
Bigfoot
Bishop-fish
Black Dog
Bolla
Boobrie
Broxa
Bunyip

C
Catoblepas
Centaurs
Centipede
Cerberus
Ceryneian Hind
Cherufe
Chimera
Cretan Bull
Cusith

D
Dragon

E
Each uisge

F
Fear Liath More
Feng-huang
Fenrir
Firebird

G
Gagana
Gamayun
Garafena
Gargouille
Gargoyle
Giant
Glashtyn
Gorgoniy
Griffin

H
Hippocampus
Hippogriff
Hydra

I
Indrik the Beast
Intulo

J
Jabberwock
Jormungand

K
Kelpie
Ki-lin
Kludde
Kraken
Kulshedra

L
Lambton Worm
Leviathan

M
Makara
Manticore
Minotaur
Moddey Dhoo
Monster of Loch Ness, The

N
Nahuelito
Nemean Lion
Nixes

O
Ogre
Orc
Ouzelum Bird

P
Pegasus
Phoenix

Q
Questing Beast

R
Raicho
Re'em
Roc

S
Safat
Sasquatch
Sea Serpent
Selkie
Simurgh
Singa
Sphinx

T
Tarbh uisge
Tatzlwurm
Tikbalang
Troll

U
Unhcegila
Unicorn
Unwaba

V
Vegetable Lamb
Vilkacis

W
Werewolf
Wyvern

X
None

Y
Yali
Yara-ma-yha-who
Yeti
Yofune-Nushi

[Fozzybar]

O_O

Someone just pasted his own daily-creature research list <3 :dur:

If you have time can you add detailed information about some creatures, for the not so popular ones like: Broxa, Cherufe, Nahuelito etc...?

thx

[Hanuka]

CREATURE WITH TWO SPINES!

do it!

[brokk]

Santa Claws.
Darwin's worst nightmare.
Unique litte one.
What Freud secretly hid under his desk.
Never-discovered trilobite.
A creature that is not part of any of the 5-kingdomes, but an entirely new one.

[fungi]

royal insects
harvester aliens
elite soldier beasts
civilised aliens

yeah...

[dusty imp]

how about an alien head parasite and it's host
futuristic derelict post war automation
retro-steampowered automation
golem

[Form]

a few ideas tossed whimsically from my mind whilst under the influence:::

- A bipedal creature with at least 3 different species incorporated. (Bipedal = two legged). For instance: Head of a wolf, body of a human, legs of a lion. Whey basic.

- Two creatures that live symbiotically on one another and will die if separated.

- A monster that can blend into everyday city streets and not be noticed.

- A beast made from clotted blood that continually flows and cannot be stopped.

- The underwater creature that really sunk the titanic.

- Something discovered in aztec or incan ruins.

- Older than the sun.

Hope these are some fun and fairly open ended ideas. Id like to see one of em done ;) Enjoy and on with the fun!! MOO!

[Bretton]

I don't believe anyone has mentioned :

Chupacabra

or

Kappa

and i'd like to see this :

Hermit Creature (like a hermit crab, anything that shelters itself within something else)

a Pokemon-esque creature (really anything so long as it is little and cute-ified, i would love to see some of the great artists who draw the most ferocious looking beasts do something like this.)

a creature that could survive a nuclear holocaust

microscopic creatures that live in/on humans

[Snookums]

a pod of space whales.

inhabitants of a gas planet.

[bracomadar]

1. A redo of a mascot (school/college/pro sports), or a made up sports mascot of the artist's choice.
2. Undiscovered deep sea creature.
3. Giant Flesh Eating Plant (FEED ME SEYMORE!!!)
4. Next Ice Age's Mega Fauna (today's animals evolved for ice age conditions)
5. Zombie Pet
6. Unique Self Defense Creature (sunk odor, porcupine quills, etc.)
7. Life on Europa (creatures that could survive in the frozen over seas of Jupiter's moon, Europa)
8. Mobile Home (A creature so big that people can build a home on it, or use a part of its body as a livable shelter)
9. Creature that King Kong will fight in the remake this year
10. Scariest Predator (This would have to be the mother of all C.O.W. topics. It would be judged on the sheer nightmarish appearance. It would have to be so scary that you wouldn't even wanna look at it, it gives you the creeps so bad.) :$

[Hamsta]

Carniverous equine
Creature with anti-freeze blood
Creature from the plane of smoke

[N D Hill]

Symbiotic predators.

Living energy source.

None aquatic filter feeder.

Small and cute animal with an extremely repulsive secret.

[Uziel]

- monster in disguise

- when pigs can fly

- a party-animal

- the toilet creature or the creature that lives under the bed.

[Form]

the creature that lives under the bed.

;) DOIT. DOIT.

[iAn]

dang... all the good ones taken up...

uhh...

T-Rex/Frog creature...

amphibious flying creature...

um...creature with no head...?

element based creatures...

maybe like a mythical made up thing, like a magical frog or something. like how Horse is to Unicorn as to Frog is to ___________(fill in blank)

argh. stupid ideas... :dur:

[Crane]

Tank Crab (not anything to do with tanks, just think heavyly armored)
Snow Crab
King Squid (even bigger and tons kooler than giant squid)
Anything with squid!
Heli-bug
Deep sea Whale fish
Sun moth
Insect Monkey
Mimic
Bone collector
Toxic pill bug
Anyone seen 'The fly'? know where she dreams about having that maggot baby? Think about a creature who maniplulates the egg of a newly formed life into with its own sperm or watever ya want so the human (main targets, bigger babies = World dominance)
i guess ya could call it the 'Rape bug' or something

[grimmy]

we keep in in the basement

the thing that would not die

an unwelcome guest

it pathetically tried to use the silverware

small, compact, lethal

the gentle giant

it can smell your fear

crossbred to madness

its love for her killed it in the end

a family secret

don't laugh at it , that will only make it angry

feeding its young

the female of the species is more dangerous than the male

mating season

the doppelganger

and to think, it was just a little boy once

it runs in packs

it requires a living host for its young

the digestion can take up to a week

cyclopean

watching it eat made the guests sick

it devours its young

my father was a great man, to see this as his final creation, is just incomprehensible

the husks of their corpses eventually were made into vast cities, and the titans were forgotten

it feeds on the dreams of children

40 eyes

once the door was opened, no one could close it

it could consume up to 40 quarts of blood a day

in the day, it looked innocuous

with the dawn, came the swarm

the eggs had been laid, it was too late to save her

wearing a human skin was a feeble disguise for this disgusting and stupid creature

upon insertion, it would swell to a lethally huge size

[shadoman]

I hope that none of these have been posted before:

- Sewer snake
- Devourer of planets
- Alien amphibian
- Stone golem
- Plasma lizard
- Water-based lifeform (like in The Abyss)
- Lava squid
- Trash beast
- Living disease
- Fire insect
- Carnivorous fungi
- I thought it was edible...

Hope those help,

Shawn

[fungi]

- Carnivorous fungi


:D i like that one

[Main Loop]

how about: conceptart.org cliche monster!

try to make the most stereotypical creature ever,and put a gasmask on it! :perv:

[S.C. Watson]

Okay, this one is going to need a little bit of a preface:

My kids have their own worlds, "Dragono" and "Eagano". They have come up with, among many, many, many, many other things, the Zap Mighty Electric.

Now, I'm not *entirely* certain what a Zap Mighty Electric *is*, but what I've gathered is that it is some sort giant biomechanical creature used to defend both Dragono and Eagano from the "Debles" of "Debleno", the *ULTIMATE* bad-guys.

Now, Zap Mighty Electrics have got, well, weapons, and more weapons. And they're armored. And have *lots* of limbs to hold all of the weapons. And they sort of look like lobsters. Or crabs. Or something...armored. They are invincible. Indestructable. They can't be busted or broken or damaged. Dust goes everywhere when they take a step (quoting my four year old here...). They're *really* big. Huge. So if you want to draw one close up, you have to use a *really* big piece of paper.

And they have pinchers, too. They hold giant lightsabers, too. They hold different kinds of fighting tools, too, like axes and swords and things. And guns.

They can be different colors. Usually two colors, but *not* rainbow. And dragons and eagles can sometimes ride inside.

[edit]: It' important to note that the dragons of Dragono are six limbed, four hands, two legs. Actually, the more limbs, the better, and tend to be very scientific and technologically advanced. However; the Eagles of Eagano are Bald Eagles, they use their feet like hands, and are noble warriors ;)

[Mr GetDown]

A twist to Gaither suggestion, Animal AVP adult Hybrids, open to any animal>
elephant!
Bird
Snake
Octopus
Whale
T-Rex!!

Or even Hybrids with other film classic creatures>

Jabba the hut!
Godzillz
Abominable snow-man
Mudusa
Mermaid
V
Mike Ver..whatever his name was from Monster inc
:x

[Shamagim]

Well, i didnt know where to put this comment, but here it goes:

" So far, the art seen in C.O.W is really good, some have movement, some a really good pain work, and others are cool ideas, but if i have to say anything bad about it, it would be the lack of reseach to make the concepts ( moust of the research related problems appeared in the symbiosis predator C.O.W), im not saying that is neesesary for concept artist to folow biology perfectly, im just saying that they should be able to undestand the basic concepts(moustly to play with them in order to get even better concept art)..."

So my point is that the next C.O.W s could ask for research fomr the artists ( ridiculous i know) or ( this could be better) this forum could have another weekly or montly contest that could be more related to make a research on a topic( an interesting topic of cource), and then post the results and making them original at the same time ( as i already said, to research doesnt mean that you need to do things with perfect logic, it mean you can play with logic and create original concepts).

As for new ideas for C.O.W, is better to use vague and general words or frases, for example -"flying terror" or " Tricky Beast"..

Thats all i think ;)

[S.C. Watson]

Well, i didnt know where to put this comment, but here it goes:

" So far, the art seen in C.O.W is really good, some have movement, some a really good pain work, and others are cool ideas, but if i have to say anything bad about it, it would be the lack of reseach to make the concepts ( moust of the research related problems appeared in the symbiosis predator C.O.W), im not saying that is neesesary for concept artist to folow biology perfectly, im just saying that they should be able to undestand the basic concepts(moustly to play with them in order to get even better concept art)..."

So my point is that the next C.O.W s could ask for research fomr the artists ( ridiculous i know) or ( this could be better) this forum could have another weekly or montly contest that could be more related to make a research on a topic( an interesting topic of cource), and then post the results and making them original at the same time ( as i already said, to research doesnt mean that you need to do things with perfect logic, it mean you can play with logic and create original concepts).

As for new ideas for C.O.W, is better to use vague and general words or frases, for example -"flying terror" or " Tricky Beast"..

Thats all i think

Not to be an ass, but I have a hard time taking a post about lack of research seriously when it's so chalked full of typographical errors...

As for the research aspect, Fozzy is the final say, but I think this is more about imagination. Obviously, if someone puts more scientific research into their piece, it will be better, depending on the subject. But it's really up to the artist.

And regarding your last point - "As for new ideas for C.O.W, is better to use vague and general words or frases, for example -"flying terror" or " Tricky Beast".."

...*what* :?: That doesn't even make sense. Is this a question? Are you stating something? I'm sorry, I just don't understand what you are saying here...

~Shane

[Shamagim]

Not to be an ass, but I have a hard time taking a post about lack of research seriously when it's so chalked full of typographical errors...

As for the research aspect, Fozzy is the final say, but I think this is more about imagination. Obviously, if someone puts more scientific research into their piece, it will be better, depending on the subject. But it's really up to the artist.

And regarding your last point - "As for new ideas for C.O.W, is better to use vague and general words or frases, for example -"flying terror" or " Tricky Beast".."

...*what* :?: That doesn't even make sense. Is this a question? Are you stating something? I'm sorry, I just don't understand what you are saying here...

~Shane

Im sorry about the typos, i did the post kinda fast and all :dead:(really sorry about that), but you dont need to get mad at me, i wasnt attacking anyone, as for my point, i did say that i wasnt talking about specific knoledge, i was talking about basic concepts, such as "symbiosis" or "predator" ( i wasnt saying that you should know the quemical composition of the chitin armor)

Also i wasnt saying that C.O.W should be about research, i actually did say my own idea was ridiculous, and then i said that it would be nice if we had another weekly contest beside this one, and that one could be about researching concepts..

As for my last point, i dont think i need to explain it, cause is not that important.....

Sorry again :(

[S.C. Watson]

Wasn't mad - my apologies if I gave that impression :bashful: I was just trying to figure out what you were driving at.

Btw: quemical (Chemical) :wink:

Cheers,
~Shane

[novac]

- Beauty of beasts.
- Uglyness.
- Anatomy of strange creatures.
- The most ridiculous moments of important politicals.
- Your mother.
- Big noses.
- Chinese culture.
- Dalí and his mustache.
- Usefull or extremelly useless new invents.
- Claustrophobia.
- Sexsymbol of zoophile people.

[Bennett]

I haven't read all of this thread, so I might have few repeats...

Hibernation
Mating rituals
Rite-of-passage ritual
Evolution
"The Queen"
Living Fortress
Lives in Bubble
OBESITY!!
Slavery
Giger-tribute
7 deadly sins (or several wrapped into 1 creature)

I'll start contributing to COW once my skillz are up to par.

[Jaleho]

Ancestors (Chose two previous COW winners, and determine a common ancestor they both evolved from - go back as far as needed)

Generalized (Like the first rodents which spawned bats, whales, and horses - something unique which is bound to change and spread into every niche)

Environmental Transistion (A water species evolved to deal with a drought, a herd species evolved to deal with an agressivly expanding forest, herbivores begetting a carnivore)

Motherly Love (Reproductive forms not using traditional eggs or live birth)

Metamorphosis (undergoes change from infancy to adulthood)

Sensation (Senses the environment with something other than sight, smell, sound, etc)

Good Eats (Domesticated creature raised for food)

Migration (Creature designed to travel long distances)

Tethered (Never moved more than a few feet from it's birthplace)

Tool Inspiration (Beavers make dams, birds weave nests, paper wasps make hives. What natural activity of your creature gives its sentient neightbors an idea for a new technology?)

[Xpose]

The singing creature

[leckronium]

Wow this list is getting long. Too long to remember what's been said and what hasn't. I thought of a few I wouldn't mind doing. Not sure if they've been mentioned or not. How about:

Rock creature (think of all the different rock formations there are)

Lava or Magma creature (something that lives far below the Earth's crust)

Splitting Creature (a creature that splits into two non-identical creatures when it reaches adulthood. basically a spin off of Jaleho's motherly love)

[magicgoo]

Extremely Dorky Ideas:

Hot Chick Machine Creatures (Still not humanoid, but must resemble females in someway: facial features, eyelashes, metal boobies, etc.)

Cutest Creatures in the Existence of Time (Soooo cute, they'll threaten your sexuality!)

Meanest Insect-Like Creatures (Creatures with exoskeletons!)

Mutant Mistakes (When science went wrong on experiments)

Hooves and Horns (Badass herbivores)

[secndhevn]

Wolf in Sheep's clothing...........not literal, but a creature which uses this concept.......

How about a creature used as a weapon??

[Salvadorcoran]

how about:

Electrical creatures:
ones that use or create their own electrical currents to kill/stun prey...

Shape Shifting Creatures:
one that can take on two (not multiple forms) to disguise or hide from prey/predators.

Summoning Creature:
One that re-animates dead cells with an enzyme to do ...whatever it wants.
(ie. zombie-like effect.)

Speedy Creature:
one that can move at astonishing speeds. (w/o flight.)

Sound Creature:
One that emits a high pitched note, for mating, luring, stunning other creatures.

Stealthy Creature:
One that has amazing evasion/hunting skills.

Most of them start with the letter "S" I guess i just like that letter. :teeth:



tell me if you likey.
~Orco~

[Slash]

Manic depression manifested.
"It came from the shower/bathtub drain"
Extra-terrestial dung beetles.
Technology-eater.
Man-eater.
"Hey, this is no branch/twig!"
"not even a mother could love it"
flying/gliding mammals.
Hatebirds. (as opposed to lovebirds)
Messageboard troll.

[leckronium]

We did the lava creature this week. How about an ice creature for next week? :teeth:

[redehlert]

Ah hell....I proposed this at our local sketch jam on Saturday night:
Militant Mutant Jester

Have at it....
D

[GomenNasai]

parasitic mammal

cephalopod with an exoskeleton

flying crustacean

balrog without wings (wonder if it can be done :thinking: )

that's all I can think of now...

[klinesmoker]

In memory of Napolean Dynamite, how about a Ligre?

[coondoggle]

Pillow Snatcher

Big Birds Retarded Cousin

Sugar Snorter

Gardening Blob

[Matt Dixon]

btw please feed the topics thread a little...By your command...

Hive mother
Bioluminescent lifeform
Arctic predator
Deep sea crustacean
Lurker in darkness
Tentacles!
Cloud dweller
It came from the deep
The loneliest creature
Tropical reptile
Ass face
Haunter of Dreams

( Didn't sift through the suggestions above - apologies for any repetition... )

Dougbot and I did 'Haunter of Dreams' for a Thunderdome challenge. It's a pretty open-ended topic, so it'd be interesting to tackle a second time, and see other people's take on it. I'd also like to suggest throwing in an occasional open round just to mix things up a bit.

[Zaknafain]

cthulhu creature
fleshgolem
mechanic beast
deformed human anatomy
mixture between several animals
tentacle thing
cocoon

[Matt Dixon]

Actually, how about just suggesting the name of a creature, and see how people interpret that? There have been some quite creative / humorous names for creatures conceived in the concept descriptions already. Might be an interesting change of pace and probably better than a completely open round...who knows quite what a Frizbongular Tappit, Cornswoggler, or Heaving Multrassian Fitch looks like?

In fact, why not fun it up a bit? Wouldn't some of our usernames make for interesting creatures? Just scrolling quickly back on this thread produces some interesting ones - Zaknafain, Salvadorcoran, Magicgoo and even Fozzybar ( :x ) all suggest fun stuff in my head. So, I suggest...

Creature named after a ConceptArt.org member

' Shut up, Matt. ' OK, brain.

[Helzon]

Here are my crappy thoughts..
-The non-human species that will replace homo-sapiens as the dominant presence on Earth

-The last species left in the universe before the last star goes dark....

-The first new species after the next big bang.....

-A creature that must annihilate matter for sustinence

-A creature that thrives at absolute zero.....

-A creature with multiple brains

-A creature that can only survive on massive magnetic fields

Sorry if they are a bit cheesy or cliche...

[Fozzybar]

Matt Dixon
I like the idea with the fantasy names as a base for the open round...

[redehlert]

Actually, how about just suggesting the name of a creature, and see how people interpret that? There have been some quite creative / humorous names for creatures conceived in the concept descriptions already.

In memory of Napolean Dynamite, how about a Liger?
Amen to the idea of a name converted into a creature....and what better way to start it than with a Ligre. I second Klinesmoker. GOSSSH!
Cheers!
Dave

ps. There should be a Napoleon Dynamite icon in the Smilies section.

[S.C. Watson]

Actually, how about just suggesting the name of a creature, and see how people interpret that? There have been some quite creative / humorous names for creatures conceived in the concept descriptions already. Might be an interesting change of pace and probably better than a completely open round...who knows quite what a Frizbongular Tappit, Cornswoggler, or Heaving Multrassian Fitch looks like?

In fact, why not fun it up a bit? Wouldn't some of our usernames make for interesting creatures? Just scrolling quickly back on this thread produces some interesting ones - Zaknafain, Salvadorcoran, Magicgoo and even Fozzybar ( ) all suggest fun stuff in my head. So, I suggest...

Creature named after a ConceptArt.org member

Me like :needle:

[Xpose]

sex fiend creature
meat eating plant creature
Insane Feline creature

[talbot]

Just some more ideas. Haven’t read the entire thread so if some of these ideas were already suggested, just ignore ‘em.

- Organic communication device

- Animals doomed for extention (i.e. "The Bubble Wrap Shelled Tortise of North America.") Never had a chance. :dead:

- Grave digger for deceased mythological creatures

- Animal mascots from alien worlds

- Uncredited creatures that changed history




* And thanks for putting all your time and energy into this Fozzy! It's a great exercise and hope it becomes a mainstay of CA.

[Phat-T]

Reality Warping creature

flourescent forest or space creature

Creature used as a writing tool

What humans would look like after 120 million more years of evolution

Living clothing or furnature

Creature that serves as a home

All-Seeing Observer creature

The Super-Brain

Self-sufficient creature

The boogeyman

The Abominable snowman

[REEF]

Draw your own god or deity

Let everything on the picture represent something that the god stands for or represents

[Ptree3]

I see lots of fun ideas here, sometimes I like topics more specific and other times I like them more general, I think we should mix it up. Example, St.patrick's day just passed, what if the only suggestion was "green Creature", I think it would be alot of fun to scroll through a thread where all the creatures were totally different designs but all shared one visual attribute, in this case the color green.

[Fozzybar]

Ptree3
Nice idea...i think we could do this...



btw what's a Ligre??? :\

[redehlert]

GOSHHH....a Liger is a half lion, half tiger with magical powers. :confident
too damn funny....

[note: I see that I transposed my letters in "liger" to read as "ligre" in an earlier post...I just passed my hooked on phonics online course and am still leanring...er...learning how to type what I sound out]

cheers!
d

[Android]

KILLER SPERM

truth is always stranger than fiction
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2372/is_n1_v35/ai_20746731

[leckronium]

how about...

"It came in through my window!"

"It wanted to have a tea party!"

...man I need to just go to bed already.... :zzz:

[xia]

KILLER SPERM


YES!!!!!

[Hyver]

haven't read through all the previous idea's, so at risk of being not really original:

a Conceptrat

in honour of Hamsta's typo on IRC

[oracrest]

Beholder!

[redehlert]

Not a topic idea, per se, but mr. dougbot's tutorial gave me an idea. What if the winner of a COW then posts a 'how I did it' tutorial? This could be added to the winners circle or in a new thread (e.g. winner's how to tut). I may be on crack, but dougbot's timely addition helped me big time.
Peace!
D

[Sok N. Wett]

yes good idea Dave, great way to get some tutorials from pro's

[Fozzybar]

hmmmm....i don't know....this could deter members, who don't have time or just don't want to do tutorials...if someone wants to do one it's ok, but it shouldn't be something like a rule...

We want to keep the gate as open as we can...

[redehlert]

That's cool - an 'optional tutorial' sounds good. Thanks for considering it. :yayca:
Cheers,
D

[fungi]

i hope the next topic will be better than the last 2 :[

[Ostrander]

I second that

[Fozzybar]

the better the suggestions are the better the chosen topic will be... :dur:

[Sok N. Wett]

underwater land creatures
Illuminating Night creatures

[fungi]

how about:

sirens
ancient temple guardian
flying behemoths
battle yeti
abyss giants

[Peepers]

"If the readers of conceptart.org were granted god powers and one day all came upon a planet, with climates similar to our own, on which they each decided they would plant their own species to develop it's own culture, nation and eventually inherit the planet for themselves, your would-be dominant species would be:"

[leckronium]

how about:

sirens
ancient temple guardian
flying behemoths
battle yeti
abyss giants
I think sirens would be interesting to do. It would definitely be challenging but if we don't challenge ourselves then we will never learn. To be a little more specific how about "Sirens of the Deep"?

[fungi]

sirens dont live in the deep.

[Xpose]

Creature of the desert

[strych9ine]

sirens of the desert

[leckronium]

sirens dont live in the deep.
I think this can be taken many different ways other than the mythical creature. It might even be more interesting to do if you look at it as a warning siren. A creature that creates a warning siren or song for others in the deep whatever. Deep could be water, space, caverns......it's up to you.

[arteric]

Just brainstorming here... forgive any duplicates from this or past posts.

"Bladeface"
Mouthless Creature (how does it get food?)
Undead Creature
Tracking Creature for Alien Police Force (Like a Bloodhound)
"Gaurdian of the Gate"
It Lives Under the Cemetery
Swamp Scavanger
Warbeast (A creature used in battle)
Summoned Creature (Brought forth by magic)
Boneless Creature
Feeds on Nightmares
The Ultimate Hunting Trophy
Planet Eater
When Species Collide
Leviathan Killer (What hunts the giants?)

OK, these are just a few... will try to come up with some more as time goes by.

-Eric

[Prehistoric]

Darwin's Trashbin.

creatures that didn't quite make the evolutionary cut. :wink:

[Kaoki]

how's about you choose a selection of the suggestion (6 or so) and we get to vote? so many choices have been dissapointing :S

[Fozzybar]

It's a nice idea, but i don't live for organizing polls...C.O.W. is taken up so much time currently, i can't add another feature...

[ATOMICsizePENCIL]

How about a creature birthed from human ignorance...

I dont know how it would have spawned..maybe on a metaphysical level, but in any case, its primary functions would include things feeding on ignorance of course, and in the process eating the sensibilities of its vicitms leaving them devoid of motivation, dreams, and energy.

It would reproduce by completely taking over a humans ability to function, which would spawn a new 'nignog' inside the humans soul. Can also affect other creatures, except for the fact that other creatures generally tend to have strong instincts, which do not allow the breeding of 'nignogs'. However, dogs are one exception

:}

[ludwrathjd]

-A creature that catches prey with saliva
-creature with best hearing on earth
-creature with best sight on earth
-its main diet is house pets or domesticated animals.

I also support Dixon's suggest names of creatures idea... and here are mine:

-Two toed beatle eater
-South American canopy leaper
-Flying kootchoo
-Eastern Mountain Wazzo

*edit- deleted previously posted idea

[Chia]

Dream eater(s)
Intelligent creatures
Decaying/barely alive beasts
Dis/Graceful beings

I'll try and see if I can do something for this week's CoW though. Though I probably won't have a lot of time. >_<

[Knight of the Cross]

A manifestation of the thoughts, desires, and emotions of an individual. The depths of the soul made real. Different traits/characteristics of the creature can represent the feelings and desires of that person whether voiced or not. As in those secrets you keep hidden inside formed into something that is yourself and yet separated from you...

I don't know. It sounded sort of cool... If it might help then great.

[young paddy1]

a creature that pops in and out of existence to do your bidding
a creature to gamble on (like dogs, horses etc. but not obviously)
organic avatar
it pees the best drink in the world
it craps diamonds
love bug
insects as technology
tree eater (all of it, not just the leaves)
brain sucker
massive, moves fast and eats slow
superfast predator/prey
gas giant cloud dweller

[skullsquid]

-Speed creatures/creatures built for speed

-Abyssal predators/deep sea

-Tropical prey bird

[Kent Caldwell]

A carnivorous plant would be cool, although I'm being completely unoriginal in my suggestion....

[xia]

Here we go:

"The Death"
"Hell's King/Queen"
"Twisted Sphinx"
"Hell Hound"
"Chimera 2005"
"Furious Monkey King"
"Eastern Anubis"
"Lavethan"
"Poseidon"

[dejong]

Golem - animated being crafted from inanimate material (Flesh, Stone, Clay, Metal, Straw, Rubber, anything)

Gas Powered Animal

[possessed]

~ inverted flesh
~ prehistoric animals from another world
~ bed bugs
~ microscopic monstrocities
~ animals fused with weapon/armory
~ high gravity world

[DernierCri]

I'll go with more peaceful ones:

~ schizophrenic balerina
~ extraterrestrial grandma
~ paranoid concept artist

I wonder how you pick those out?..

[Fozzybar]

not one of yours that's for sure...:nohope:

[Chia]

Yay for going with the dream eater idea! XD
And so, I have a few more ideas...

* Bugs of mass destruction
* The ultimate predator
* Stealthy creatures
* Bigfoot/Yeti/Sasquatch
* Flashy beings
* Camouflage beasts

[pvrhye]

Quilt Creature.
Housepet for a Merperson
Living Trap
Low gravity dweller

[Zaknafain]

goblin mount
pet of the future
the redesign of an existing animal (like a turkey :tihi: )

[Carnifex]

-it was too stupid to survive.
-something's not right here
-watch your head/hands/feet/groin/other body part.
-wow,it's so big!
-it eats shoes!
- don't touch that cute but deadly siren maskot who feeds on lava and has a problem with venomous birds and digging anal parasites!:P

[Shamagim]

what about : "armored"
( perhaps a good one to test other textures besides flesh...)

[arteric]

"don't touch that cute but deadly siren maskot who feeds on lava and has a problem with venomous birds and digging anal parasites!"

BRILLIANT idea! Original and kick ass. Can we do this one Fozzy, Can we??

You had me rolling on the floor with this one Carnifex! Thanks for the good laugh.

Eric

[Fozzybar]

for me it's fine, what are the other members thinking?

[Matt Dixon]

...that it's a funny, but presumably not serious, topic suggestion that would be a very strange choice when there are several pages of suitable creature ideas to draw from. I think we want to be careful that creature of the week, doesn't turn into turn these words into the caption for a single frame cartoon of the week, as occasionally happens with the DSG. I don't see how the topic in question would give any scope for serious design.

:grandpa:

[Uziel]

Well we could do something for future movies like the hobbit (Smaugh)or after the blade trilogy they perhaps make the story of Abigail and Hannibal king and they need a vampire-creature to fight, a new Alien mutation for AVP2, Underworld 2 -> a new werewolf-vampire breed...

[OxCreative]

Hi, dunno if anyone has said anyhting like this yet but what about a

Creature after/during attack (defence mechanisms/ability to heal etc)
OR
All seeing Creature (some type of prey creature that needs good vision to see predators)

[fungi]

don't touch that cute but deadly siren maskot who feeds on lava and has a problem with venomous birds and digging anal parasites!:P

NO.... NO NO... NO


no

[S.C. Watson]

Um, yeah. NO on the mermaid anal parasite venemouse bird rehash thing.

I *would* like to see C.O.W. take a slightly different/more professional turn, though, if I may be so bold here.

Uziel had a great idea of working on creature ideas for upcoming movies, which is where really something like this would be seen the most (not counting games).

But what I'd really like to see is more of a description in the title of the pic instead of leaving that up to the artists - my reasoning is thus: when I'm commissioned by someone to do a picture, say Fantasy Flight Games, they give me the description and I have to match that. Not the other way around.

Sometimes it does happen that I get a vague illo description from someone, but that's not too often.

For example,here's the illo description for one of the cards I did for FFG, Watkins Root Cellar:

Exterior shot of external cellar doors that have been swung open. There are stairs leading down into darkness. There are claw-like scratches on the insides of the doors, hoof-prints in the mud outside the cellar, and muddy (bloody?) hoofprints on the stairs. We can't see the creature that made these marks, but we see glowing red eyes glowering at us from inside the darkness.

I interpeted it this way (http://sketchforums.com/uploads/post-11-1110921210.jpg), but it could have been handled a thousand different ways. Now, FFG is fairly lax with their descriptions and how the artist interpet them. I've some clients that provide me *pages* of write up, describing not only the characters, but what they're wearing, where they'er standing, their expression, etc. So, it can go to an extreme I'm not proposing for this. I'd say we keep it about the FFG level. Let the person submitting the idea spend some time creating the creature and perhaps setting and mood instead of just shooting out a bunch of unrealted words, and let the artist do their visual thang.

I think the C.O.W. would be *much* more powerful, *much* more challenging if the artists had to be more specific in what they were creating. What I'm seeing right now is everyone playing to their strengths, which is good and fun, but not really challenging, because you *know* you can do whatever it is you're good at. But if we pushed ourselves to match a description that has been previously set before the illustration has begun, I think we'd all be better and stronger artists for it.

Cheers, :yayca:
~Shane

[Shamagim]

What about:

"Armored giant"( creature of cource)

"Storm creature" ( living in a storm, or feeding from it, or using it...)


oregano: i think the idea is to leave a very vague description for the creature....you can make something better if people specify of cource, but i think ( just think) that the idea is to struggle in your head about what could match the short title they just gave you.......this is much much different from taking the specs from a real CA job...cause they give you something solid enought to work with...But making something from a short idea makes the concept more "yours", Also by making just a title you get much more interpretations, and therefore a wide variety of concepts.

So in the end i disagree with you, but i consider it a good idea :teeth: and i think IOM has something more like you just descrived.

Again, just saying this to let you know i didnt ignore what you just posted in here :teeth: ( and is btw just my opinion...)

Edited again. ( because i wasnt being very clear)

[Matt Dixon]

Fair point, Shane. Though you're talking about illustration there, not concept. I wonder how valid the COW would be if you remove the conceptual element?

In defense of the existing topics, I think they're intended to encourage as many participants as possible and a variety of finished images so we get to enjoy some eye candy along with our conceptual workout. A more specific brief would have the potential to turn off casual COW'ers and would obviously produce a crop of very similar submissions.

Having said that, it'd be good to mix up the topics from time to time to keep things fresh. There are plenty of worthwhile suggestions on these pages to pull from, but I think it's important that design plays a part each week.

[Shamagim]

Ahh, yea i forgot to mention that i dont think mixing the ideas that much is a good one, i still think of it as a joke....( maybe the mix could be an idea for the COW 20, as a special thing..)

For now i think C.O.W still needs to get much more solid before that.. but if you end up mixing the previous anyways, i think no more than 3...otherwise is just to much.

[Fozzybar]

ok, i think there is an easy way to find out, what really is a good thing to keep on or what is just not working...let's keep the main line with topics as we had them before, but from time to time i will intersperse a topic which is more like a description (as oregano said with the ffg-cards) or one with only a name of the creature only(as Matt once suggested) or any other kind of topics, which differ from the main line...

We will see quickly which round gave a great turn-out and was fun or which one were boring...

[Uziel]

I can't disagree. But it would be great if you can look at COW more in a professional way and not losing the freedom. I guess some people don't brainstorm enough about the topics "what can I put in this creature to make it original,atractive and still specific"
I wouldn't mind what Oregano said but I think the discription has to be very good and original. Perhaps someday Fozzy finds the right stuff.


Edit: we had the same idea at the same time Fozzy.

[Carnifex]

THAT LAST ONE WAS A JOKE ENTRY! A JOKE,OK?:)
wow,i didn't think anyone would take that serious. :bashful:
sorry if i upset you unneccessarily.
you did notice the smily in that post,did you?

[vaughany_boy]

Light bringer.
Camouflage trap.
Drone (as in part of an animal communial in nature eg. Termites, ants)
Fluid Space entity
Barbed mount (something that is ridden)
Great Strangler
Sentient Vegetation

?

[S.C. Watson]

THAT LAST ONE WAS A JOKE ENTRY! A JOKE,OK?:)
wow,i didn't think anyone would take that serious. :bashful:
sorry if i upset you unneccessarily.
you did notice the smily in that post,did you?

Hey Carnifex,

I think we all understood that it was toungue in cheek :wink: but at the same time it also provided a way to approach COW from a different perspective. I don't think anyone *really* thought you were serious. Okay, maybe one or two :dur:

That said, thanks for thoughts on my idea Matt, Fozzy, Shamagim and Uziel. I like Fozzy's idea of taking the middle ground on that to see what might work and what won't.

Cheers all,
~Shane

[Xpose]

Ground pounder
Fire Fly

[OxCreative]

What about:

An underground dwelling creature
A cave creature
A creature of the desert
A microscopic creature/parasite
A decomposing creature
A create during/after an attack (defence mechanisms/self-healing)
????
what d'ya think people

[Matt Dixon]

How about something along these lines?

Sci-fi movie. Secondary alien character for a spaceport bar scene. This guy needs to look like a seasoned traveller, maybe a smuggler, bounty hunter or something of that sort. In shot 14-12, he needs to raise a glass, so some kind of appendage / hand will be required in the design.

First person shooter. 'Grunt' creature for rainforest environment. We want these creatures to die after one or two hits and attack in packs, so we don't need anything that looks too tough, but they do need to move quickly and should have some sort of camo suitable for their surroundings. No bigger than the main human character please, fellas!

Strategy game. I need a supply creature for the evil faction. This fellow needs to be pretty huge, slow-moving and have some way to carry trees, masonry and other supplies about. We're in a classic fantasy setting, but I don't want to see any trolls or giant orcs! Remember the evil faction's identifying colours are red and black - I need both to be obvious in your design.

Promotional CG movie. Flying beasts to populate a magical city in the clouds. The environment concepts show buildings in an ancient Greek style - lots of pillars, steps and statues - rising from large cloud formations. Sunset colours. In our last meeting the director said, ' Anything goes, but no angels. '

TV series. We need a demon for epidsode 6 of the next season. This is the only CG in this epidsode and it's only on screen for a few minutes, so we can blow the budget on this thing. It has dialogue, so it needs a mouth that's capable of speech. It also casts a spell, so we'd like arms of some kind too. Keep in mind that marketing like to push these characters as action figures, so no horns, spikes or other pointy stuff that'll cause problems getting them approved as toys!

I've tried to combine Uziel and Oregano's suggestions; mock briefs that could be part of your Monday morning emails from a lead artist / art director / production manager etc. They're all pretty open, but with a few simple challenges to overcome. What do you think?

[Fozzybar]

hmmm...i am afraid that some topics tilt to the "character" section...i want to keep the creatures of C.O.W. as species which can be found in an animal encyclopedia, a whole genus of a certain creature...

[0kelvin]

While Fozzy's right about those topics being a little too character, not enough creature, I think the format would be really interesting to try out.


0kelvin

[los]

pale horse and rider, perhaps?

[arteric]

- The Scariest Creature on Earth

- Air Breathing Animal on an all Water Planet

- Guard Creatures at an Alien Prison

- Hunts without Sight

- The Last Creature on Earth

- Terror in the Palm of your Hand (Small Stature/Big Attitude)

- Wasteland Beast of Burden

[Matt Dixon]

hmmm...i am afraid that some topics tilt to the "character" section...i want to keep the creatures of C.O.W. as species which can be found in an animal encyclopedia, a whole genus of a certain creature...That's fair, though it was the format as much as the actual descriptions that I was suggesting. I thought it'd be interesting to tackle some design with arbitrary limitations imposed by marketing departments, technology, game design, style guides etc. rather than the creature's natural evolution to it's habitat as that's what we're more likely to have to work with when doing this professionally. 'Nuff chat - there's a new COW to tackle. Whee!

[S.C. Watson]

I donno - I dug what you put up Matt. But I see Fozzy's point.

That said, following along the same lines, how about something like this:

Dust Mite: A cat sized hairless bioform native to the atmospheric moon of Salbao, Spinner. Skin is typically ruddy brown, but can go into the greys. Nasty disposition and very territorial. Habitat is typically desert badlands. The low gravity of Spinner allows the Dust Mite to make jumping attacks when threatend.

:rolleyes: :yayca:

Cheers,
~Shane

[leckronium]

I just thought of an idea and wasn't sure if it has already been stated but what if the winner of C.O.W. got to choose the topic for the following week (with Fozzy's approval of course)? Fozzy your doing a great job, I just figured since there was no prize it might give a little more incentive for people to try even harder. It was just an idea, what does everyone else think? Fozzy? :teeth:

:yayca: :painting:

[Ostrander]

sounds cool

[leckronium]

not sure if these have been said...

light eater
maker of darkness (same as above)
timestopper
hill stomper
mountain maker
cloud dweller

:painting:

[Fozzybar]

I just thought of an idea and wasn't sure if it has already been stated but what if the winner of C.O.W. got to choose the topic for the following week (with Fozzy's approval of course)? Fozzy your doing a great job, I just figured since there was no prize it might give a little more incentive for people to try even harder. It was just an idea, what does everyone else think? Fozzy?

Sounds ok for me...but this could be another slow-down...usually i do 3 things when the deadline is over:

1. Opening the poll-thread
2. Posting the winner piece
3. Starting the next round

All of this happens within 1-2 hours...now, if the winning artist won't look at the results and won't send me the new topic there will be a time between the previous and the next time...

Anyway if a winner wants to pick the next topic i will let him, but i won't send any pm's to ask for...

[leckronium]

You're right, I wouldn't want to slow the process down at all. But we usually know who is going to win ahead of time. Maybe if you just left the opportunity for the would be winner to pm you his topic before the deadline is up. That way it wouldn't slow you down. If the voting is close just have the individuals who might win send you their topics. Then go with the topic of the winner after voting is closed. If the winner doesn't send you a pm on time then that's his loss. You can then choose a topic and continue with the next round on time. I would make the winner solely responsible for this privilege.

I'm hoping that most of the winners are able to pick out a good topic. And of course I would always give you the power to veto any bad choices or block any subjects that would change the direction of COW. So not much would change with this as you would have the final say over everything. I just thought it would be a nice privilege to give the winner since there isn't a prize involved. :) :blahblah:

:painting:

[xia]

Fozzy, you are doing good. COW is now my most fav thread since "CA sketchbook." Good time!

[BrainBug]

you can also let the winners choose the topics for 2 weeks later... then there's no rush.

and you will also be able to block out the topics that normally wouldn't have been accepted because they sound too "humanoïd" or something

::edit:: and maybe make a page with all suggested topics, so if the winner can't get up with something he can just pick something

[Fozzybar]

Brainbug
The winner should choose the topic from this thread here, that's why i started it. Members were so kind to post their ideas, so the winners should pick on from them, they may send me an additional idea apart from that...

Ok, so i will add this as a note in the future rounds...:)

[Uziel]

I think this needs a bit more than just a week...
A new creature(or a group of the same creatures) that attacks a big city (like king kong, godzilla and power ranger creatures)
Main focus on the creature but oppertunity to do also an invironment (could be futuristic or present)

[Matt Dixon]

How about legendary creatures?

Chupacabra
Loch Ness monster
Sasquatch
Spring-Heeled Jack
The Abominable Snowman
etc.

There's a vague perception of how these creatures may look, but the stories are all a little different which might give us some interesting interpretations plus, of course, there's no reason why our entries have to look anything like the 'traditional' vision of these beasts. There'd be some interesting research to be done, too.

[S.C. Watson]

Fozzy, I agree with Mike and Xia. I'm checkin' the COW everyday. Great job here.

I like the idea of winners picking from a "Monster Pool" of approved monsters for the next.

Matt, dig your ideas. I'd love to see more legendary or mythic creatures. I think Davi posted a HUGE list of them on the first page or there abouts. Even some Orcs or Goblins.

Something else fun would be to take real animals and redesign them some how...maybe give them a hundred thousand years of evelotion. Mike, DigitalGannon and I did that for our first TDome way back the in the day.

[bluefooted]

(I think this is the right place to post this, if it's not, I apologize.)

I had no idea that the winner got to choose the next topic! Now there's all this pressure :wink: I read through this whole thread and came up with these three as possibilities (they're in no order):

1. cloud dweller (thanks, Lecronium!)
2. poisonous creature w/ warning coloration
3. creature with urban/suburban camouflage (so it liveth among humans)

I like any of these, so Fozzybar, you can just choose one! I'm not sure they would all be appropriate.

[vaughany_boy]

Biological Factory/manufacturer, as in an animal that is used to grow or make produce or something. possibly making troops or other creatures.

[Fozzybar]

As always i want to thank you for your support buddies! I enjoy this as much as you do...

bluefooted, it's ok this way, but in future the winner should send me a pm ;)

Now, i thought what about all the cool ideas of different topic approaches like names for creatures, special days, descriptions like from a client etc...the winner decides i guess...

[young paddy1]

cheap knock-off mythical creatures
a creature that eats metal and uses it somehow
a creature that uses tools (like apes with probing sticks and rock hammers, but better)
transport beast
animal superhero
radioactive mutant
shit eater
slowest creature in the galaxy

[Ostrander]

If you were Victor Frankenstein what would your "Creature" look like (and how would you bring it to life?) non human parts maybe? I know, I'm reaching.
Spectral assassin
Shapeshifter other than werewolf
Bed bug
A creature that turns the viewer insane at first glance.
Noseeums (creatures that exist when you're not looking directly at them, invisible when you do.)
A creature that's the source of all life.
A creature that swims in the air. (no wings)

I don't know... I'm reaching on alot of these. I felt I should at least help with the topic pool somehow.

[Prehistoric]

High Flyer
Children of Chernobyl

and i still like "Darwin's Trashbin" so i'm saying it again.

[croovman]

Draconine- Of or belonging to the family Dragons.

[Thankfully Yours]

creatures in unexpected places, for example, a weasel that lives in laundry hampers. animals that make their habitat in places you wouldnt expect life, toilet pipe snake, motherboard fungus, telephone ants, electrical outlet spiders, etcetera.

giant herbivores and the tiny carnivores that feed on them, i.e. a 100 foot tall giraffe like creature and the millions of lion-gnats that swarm them and flay the flesh from its bones.

cheesy sci-fi movie monsters, the cheesier the better, for example, a tentacle bound creature that has a big angry frowny face on it that attacks its victims using poorly animated electrical shocks that come out of no oriface in partiualar. design these creatures as if you needed to build the suit for a movie from the fifties and you were on a really low budget.

camoflaged animals and how they work. animals that blend in so well that they are actually around you at all times. i.e. pencil worm, pillow dog, chair spider, all these things have the capability to look like what they are described as, but can also transform into often hideous, often cuddly, adorable, marketable animals/insects/other-worldly things

animals from the eco-system of a garbage dump. belivable animals that would live within a garbage dump, we arent talking rats and seaguls here, but mold-bats and tin can-hermit crabs and effluent fish and things of the such, most important is that they are somewhat belivable.

muses, creatures that inspire people without their knowing it. for this one it is important to not force the idea, but let it come to you and we will truely see what each of our muses looks like.

evolutions, think 2,000,000 years from now and draw a picture of what your dog or cat would look like, maybe a crow, any animal that you are familiar with make sure to explain the evolution and the reasons for those hypodermic fangs on the chinchilla of the future.

the ecosystem of the brain, small creatures that live within the human brain, they hunt their prey in the crevasses of the grey-matter, they feed on rogue synapses and often times they take a big old dump on your frontal lobe. draw the creature, and explain its routine.

[leckronium]

again if i repeat anything...sorry

bottom feeder
tree climber
root inhabitant
night runner
night crawler
puddle jumper
go to sleep brain...
2-story terror
1 ton terror
graveyard haunter
creature of art
magnetic creature
creature of habit
earth orbiter
creature caught in orbit
satelite eater
blue-eyed beast
bearded creature?? :nohope:
go to sleep brain...
saddled creature (no riders)
shoulder companion
soul companion
water absorber
twisted terror
look what the wave washed in (washed ashore)
cave inhabitant
mountain myth
space station invader
soul whisperer
swamp stomper
go to sleep brain...
field hopper
monster bait
snow drifter
fire extinguisher
eyes in the jungle
shadow eater
in a cave down by the river
it lies beyond the horizon
ok i really need to go to bed... :zzz:

[Rosco]

My two cents.

1. Freak show creature
2. Slob creature
3. Concept art nerd creature :P (self portrait gone bad creature style)
4. Clumsy "Oaf-like" predator
5. The brute protector
6. Human virus creature (something inside of us)
7. Sewer beast (flushed pet mutated maybe)
8. Survival of the fittest creature (top of the food chain)
9. New Seasame Street character (but evil and dark)
10. body parts that comes alive and combine (like the reaminator)

Sorry if I repeated some. My ADD doesn't permit me to read three pages of ideas and retain anything. :teeth:

[Calle_]

Organic airship/spaceship

[Crane]

mmmmm. suggesting topics is fun!

Penis Fish
Boob bear
Pussy spider
:D
8th wonder of the world
ancient squid/squid god
It eats chicken
soul stealer
meat eating tree
mimik
The emote monster!
Deep sea dweller
Ancient jungle creature
It
It'll make you die laughing
something thats from the sea!! deep deep deep down!! you know ya wanna!

[BrainBug]

COW:
steed of the grim reaper
(brainbug :p j/k, although I would like to see what you guys can do with my nick :p)
creature based on a domestic equipment (washer, dryer, oven, microwave oven,TV...)


IDM:
vehicle with 2 means of transportation (tracks+walking legs, flying+wheels,...)
vehicles with a specific task:
tunnel driller, future public transport,...
btw, does industrial design also include buildings, robots, etc?

[edit] IDM: futuristic A-TEAM Van

[croovman]

city adjusted beast

[ChaoticKnight]

This topic would probably be insane.
War of the Insects?

[croovman]

-immortal
-another intelligent life form

[deschamps]

Here are some more creature ideas:

Acid Lake Leviathan

Species With Air to Sea to Land Attributes

"Wolf In Sheep's Clothing" Creature

The Ecosystem's Centerpiece

[Pavel Sokov]

medical fetish surgeon creature. :$

[croovman]

I like the way you think ,':-'

[leckronium]

How about an inanimate creature like:

Mythical Creature Statue

Tribal Worship Statue

Temple Guardian

Mythical Totem Pole

All of these topics would consist of a creature carved out of rock or stone that serve as being anything from an idol statue of worship to something to scare away unwanted guests.

[killerbee]

the brain thief

how does it steal brains? thats up to you could include vaccuuming, magic, cranial drilling all that lovely stuff

[Pavel Sokov]

god ( damn i dig this one, that would rock )

sexualy obssessed fetish raping monster.

medicaly experimented on creature.

creature that symbolises all things that are rot and plague

satans pet

satans assassin

walking giant dissection/autopsy :dead:

wormageddon creature ( has to be a huge worm, duuh )

the creature that brought the end of days

cancer

infection spreading monster

poision injector

zombie bone monster

a creature that has a city built into it

space creature

jesus's alternate form

antichrist monster

church crusher

<3

[brokk]

Hey, I know COW could go on a summer break, but I thought I'd post this, maybe it could stir up some ideas, the cryptid stories are fun to read:

www.cryptozoology.com

[abediah]

well, i had an IDM idea and nowhere to put it, so this'll have to do. ha.
-an individually/2man team artillery device, maybe a mobile heavy rocket launcher or small cannon. somewhat of a big weapon idea for a game, futuristic or whatever.

[aprat]

Enormous carnivore in the post-apocalyptic desert.
Poisonous, aquatic rodent.

[abediah]

any idea when IDM is going this month? anyone?

[Plagu£]

I haven't read through all the ideas so i dunno if this has been said but what about "most appetizing creature"

[Pavel Sokov]

tongue monster
shapeshifter
satans pets

[Lake]

beast with too many arms (or legs)

Glass eater

Living mountain

sponge ooze

paper folder (o -ri -ga -mi?)

A creature of routine

Dust Lurker

Chamaeleon spirit

[Qitsune]

We see a lot of angels and demons here so how about: What do animals' version of angels and demons look like? Are angel elephants winged? Do demon cows have two more horns? Do all dogs really go to heaven? A demon angelfish?

Untraditional mermaids (half clownfish, half shark, half jellyfish etc)

Creatures with flesh wheels.

[possessed]

. plant-lifeform
. microscopic life
. icebeast
. hybrid
. musical monster
. what a ghost/orb really is
. composite creature
. tiny titan
. bulger
. sea flyer
. thorn creeper
. coils
. incubator
. shy serpent
. crystal-based lifeforms
. design a male and female creature of a single species
. design a full lifecycle from egg to adult

[Lake]

arctic herbivore

arctic carnivore

Trap Laying Predator

[JTumburus]

Artic undead
Microchip eater
Wacom creech :P
mysthic sea drakon

[Xpose]

secret Gov't developed creature to be used for military purposes

8 legged freak

Man eater

True Lochness monster

Garbage Disposal

[verao]

Anyone of you ever read the neverending story??
the nothing is the task to draw.
proballly impossible

I'll give you ( a rather large qoute) of the script in the scene where they disribe the 'nothing' maybe It'll clear something up.

Qoute from the moviescript
Rockbiter:
Mmm. That was limestone, with a dash of quartz. Very tasty. Where I come from in the north we used to have exquisite gourmet rocks, only now...now they're all gone.

Nighthob:
Huh, I know how it happened.

The Rockbiter makes a boyscouts honor sign.
Rockbiter:
I swear it wasn't me.

Nighthob:
Hah ! Heck no.

Tiny:
I think I know what it was, tell us more.

Rockbiter:
Near my home there used to be a beautiful lake, but then it was gone.

Tiny:
Did the lake dry up?

Rockbiter:
No, it just wasn't there anymore. Nothing was there anymore. Not even a dried up lake.

Tiny:
A hole ?

Rockbiter:
No, a hole would be something. Nah, it was nothing. And it got bigger and bigger. First there was no lake anymore and then finally, no rocks.

Nighthob: Hah! If he keeps stuffing his face like that, soon there won't be any rocks left here either!

(Nighthob complains to the little man. As he starts to walk away, the little man grabs him.)
Tiny:
Nighthob, this could be serious!

Rockbiter, what you have told us is also occurring where I live in the west ! A strange sort of Nothing is destroying everything.

Nighthob:
Yes, we Nighthobs live in the south. And it's there too.

Rockbiter:
So, so it's not just in our part of Fantasia?

Nighthob:
Maybe, it's already everywhere...


(Nighthob hisses looking around suspiciously smelling the air.)

Maybe our whole land is in danger. What can we do?

Rockbiter:
My people are sending me to the Ivory Tower, to the Empress for help

Nighthob and Tiny:
We are..

Tiny:
We are on the same mission. After all, if the Empress can't save us, who could?

Nighthob:
Then why are we all just standing around here instead of taking off for the Ivory Tower?

Tiny:
Right, what are we waiting for ?

sorry maybe a little long quote (is the spelling right of the word 'qoute'?)
this qoute was taken from: http://www.scifiscripts.com/cartoon/never.htm

This idea of something that was so devasting that you couldn't give it name, and it was something that did't had a word to desrcibe it dazzeld my mind for months when i was a little kid and I read the book for the first time.

The book got some nice drawings aswell, the first letter of every chapter was a weird letter with a drawing of the main event in the chapter.

Hope I could contribute to the ideas
axe verao

[Qitsune]

Electrical non aquatic creatures, (like eels, but walking the land or flying.)

A creature humans can get addicted to.

Something slower than a sloth.

Asymetrical creatures.

Flying creature with an exoskeleton. (like a crab not like a mech warrior)

[S.C. Watson]

I got the idea for this after looking at Matt's Olifactori race for the Shit eaters:

How about something from existing science fiction or fantasy stories? I guess this would be a little more of a structured C.O.W. in that it would need a creative brief like the Evil Supply Creature.

For example, we could do something from Larry Niven's Ringworld Series, like the Kzin, Pierson Puppeteers or a Pak Protector. Of course, it doesn't have to be from Niven's work - it could be any author.

[possessed]

I got the idea for this after looking at Matt's Olifactori race for the Shit eaters:

How about something from existing science fiction or fantasy stories? I guess this would be a little more of a structured C.O.W. in that it would need a creative brief like the Evil Supply Creature.

For example, we could do something from Larry Niven's Ringworld Series, like the Kzin, Pierson Puppeteers or a Pak Protector. Of course, it doesn't have to be from Niven's work - it could be any author.

for industrial design it could be a martian tripod. But something based on existing fiction sounds fun, or based on a few sentences from a story (lovecraft perhaps)

[[DAN]]

very good ideea Oregano , bring the hard SF masters.( I love Larry Niven)

[BrainBug]

for industrial design it could be a martian tripod. But something based on existing fiction sounds fun, or based on a few sentences from a story (lovecraft perhaps)

and it's time an new IDM gets started anyways :(

[scumgrinder]

i don't know if this counts since is more like a redesign...

we could choose a creature from The Garden of the Earthly Delights by Bosch and redesign it, it could be any one of them, taking it out of its context and just recreating it the way we see it.

[abediah]

IDM:
1- Multi-task cleaning robot
2- New and improved movement machine for persons who cant use legs,(new wheelchair)
3- super-jump boots, or rocket boots
4- personal levitation machine/equipment
5- a. power plant that runs off of lava
b. power plant off of people(like mice running on wheel, but people)
6- personal breathing apparatus, for planets whose air isnt all that clean or pure of oxygen
7- multifuntion, transforming weapon
8- armored bomb disposal suit

[OverChord]

Tank-Turtle
Torpedo-Shark
Railgun-Rodent

[Saise]

My Topic Ideas:

Garbage Eater - something like shit eater. a creature whose consume our rubbish :D
Swamp Beast- something in retro style ;> The Big, Shlummy, Terrible beast...
Spider Hunter - Little funny creatures that lives in our homes, and eats spiders...

[PaulGanguly]

This is kinda off topic, but I guess that's the point. Anyway,

Would anyone be interested in a Character of the Week activity?

I was thinking about it the other day, and the COW turns out some really cool ideas, but I'm horrible at drawing creatures for the most part. The human form, however is something that I'm both better at, and more interested in.

I dunno, I'd be interested to hear some more senior member's feedback on it.

[ZapRadon]

Sounds like fun.

[Fozzybar]

PaulGanguly
Please open a new thread in the lounge or whatever...this is not the right place...

[PaulGanguly]

Sorry I didn't really know where to put an idea like that. I dunno what the proper channels are to get something like this put together.

*Edit*
I further explained my stance in PM. Did you get it yet?

[axeman61]

An alien:
-War hero, complete with weapons and things.
-Grim reaper.
-God.
-Super Hero.

Messenger of Death.
A vampire eater.
Nuclear Chickens Gone Insane.
Electric puppies.

[death jargin]

This is my topic idead... "The once-thought-mythological pet some gnarly pirate would have"

[Saise]

Maybe this will be a little offtopic, but what with new week COW? :D

[Fozzybar]

I don't know about the other activities yet, didn't have the time to look through the voting-threads, BUT in the COW threads there are always many crits and comments regarding the entries...more than i see in any other place where many members are posting their art...this is the secret of COWs success...

btw this isn't the proper thread for your post :)

[draw]

Yeah your completely right Fozzy, I was young and stupid this morning, forgive me.

How about the creature at the centre of the earth "The Controller"

[Disintegrator]

New species discovered in Antartica

(that's all i got) sorry if this has been mentioned, i can't remember the entire huge thread of ideas. Great stuff :)

[possessed]

Idea: Co-op challenge Siamese beast.
Two artist must work together on a beast that is somehow joined to it's twin either at torso, abdomen..you name it.

[Althael]

Stone-like.

Cyborg.

Multi-headed.

Elemental.

Parasite that infect electronic/mechanical stuff.

Sun eater.

From the center of the earth.

Mind stealer.

Very, very high tech alien.
(Might be interesting to see, especially with the no human-like rule)

Living biological cannon.

[Snarfevs]

Caged in a Dyson Sphere
Superconducting Cryogenic Electrovore (thanks carl sagan :D)
Fun Guy from Yuggoth
Trilateral symmetry
Quantum organs
Biological plasma (think snapping shrimp)
Biological microwave dish
Metallic organism
Polyhedral skeleton
Stackable animals
Planet corer (in the same sense as apple corer)
Shadecloth organism
Plant grenade
Cooperative species
Animal that never leaves its egg

[Outshined]

Vacuum-Hardened Species (Creatures capable of living in space/an empty void)

Advanced Propulsion (creature topic focused on unusual or advanced means of propulsion)

Master of the Sky (aerial predator concept)

Progenitor (highly intelligent species that crafts living organisms as a science)

[Threshold]

How about traditionally earth-dwelling creatures in a world where masses of rock and soil circle the world in ultra-low orbit? The animals or whatevers would have to have some method of moving from one floating megalith to another, hence the idea of wings.

No, actually, I BS'ed that whole idea out of thin air. I just thought, "Bulette... Bullet... that song... bullet with butterfly wings.... bulette with butterfly wings....yeah."
So FWIW, that's a serious suggestion.

[ab4185]

a species that lives in the vast emptyness of outerspace would be awsome

[solorpower]

Legendary Chupacabras [Choo-pah-ka-bras]. The outer space version.

This is a creature that has been left behind on Earth, stranded from its "owners", who prays on livestock for nurishment. It has the face of a gargoyle, wings, and walks erect. Its super-large eyes reflect a strange yellow-orange glow when hit with a bright light. When shot, it emmits a loud, strange screeching sound that echoes. It has been described as a yellow "blur" as it moves, by some witnesses, and others say it's green. When it comes into contact with people it will sit there and stare back at you, as if trying to communicate, then it leaps into the air and disappears. UFO's have been sighted days prior to a Chupacabras sighting or livestock deaths.

Sorry, couldn't resist this one after watching a National Geographic documentary on Chupacabras.

[Snarfevs]

How about traditionally earth-dwelling creatures in a world where masses of rock and soil circle the world in ultra-low orbit? The animals or whatevers would have to have some method of moving from one floating megalith to another, hence the idea of wings.

No, actually, I BS'ed that whole idea out of thin air. I just thought, "Bulette... Bullet... that song... bullet with butterfly wings.... bulette with butterfly wings....yeah."
So FWIW, that's a serious suggestion.

I like that one a lot. Reminds me of the Niven book The Integral Trees (which I have only read about) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Integral_Trees

[Smith Wesen]

-The horses of the horsemen of the apocalypse
-Swamp Elemental

[redehlert]

Something simple: elemental.
Opens up the opportunity to create fire, water, air, earth - therefore cool variety. ;)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elemental (source info)
Cheers!
D

[D.Labruyere]

What about some mythical monsters (don't know if this has already been said, to lazy ro read allt he ideas :P )

like;

hydra's sort of dragon with a lot of heads.
minotaur's bull's which walk like men
pegasus flying horse
cyclops giants with one eye
sfinx big guardian lion of the egyptians
a nimf evil spirit
centaur half horse, half human
chimera a creature with the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and
the tail of a snake
aatxe a evil spirit which can change into a bull
adaro a group of seaghosts who travel on the clouds and rainbows
banshee with her screem she pronounced the death of a family member
cerberus the guardian of the underworld
phoenix a fire bird
harpies big evil birds who where the personification of storms and winds
griffon the back whas that of a horse, and the other half was like a bird
was known to be a well flyer
kelpie scottish waterfairy, though in other stories it is a waterdevil
leprechauns ah well.. the little creature who stand at the end of the rainbow
with a pot filled with money
rusalki that is a mermaid, in the north of russia they where seen as evil
creatures who tried to pull you into the water, and in the east it
where beautifull and nice creatures.
satyrs a forest and mountain ghost, half goat, half human
a werewolf in one story he is ofcourse a bloodthirsty wolf, in the others he is
more known for his courage.
argus a creature with more then a hundred eyes
gorgon's most known is medusa, where creatures which had instead growing
hair out of there head, they had snakes growing out of it.
:)

[romance]

The creature that lives underneath my bed.

OR

Frankenstein's Pet.

[infinitemonkey]

Hi (my first post!)
I've tried to keep up with this thread so forgive any repeats:

Flightless Raptor
Channelmakers of Mars
Man, 10 Million Years From Now (wildly evolved, no longer resembling homo sapiens and wild, not civilized)
Bivouac Species (creatures that cling together en masse for shelter, like army ants)
Man's New Best Friend (the ultimate pet)

[cgfuller64]

Anyone know how fozzy is doin'?
Hope ya feel better man...if you don't have to get them removed try gargling salt water additionally, ambisol and/or tylenol should help!

[flatliner]

Tonsil Tickler - A creature that has a fasination/ taste for the tonsils of its vistims.

just an idea in honour of Fozzy, hope your feelin' better soon man :teeth:.

[Zeitwolf]

"What is pulling Santa's sledge in fact?"

(that's a suggestion)

[Thoras]

What bout a Gargantuan Beast
like King Kong, Godzilla and such

[redehlert]

Hey Foz and all!
The past two COWs have really turned up the heat which I like. I was thinking that perhaps in a few future COWs we could all have a general idea (like anything posted above) and then one specific feature wether it be number of limbs, fur, scales, etc. That way we can enjoy the freedom of what the creature looks like, but we all have a unifying theme much like the triped did.
What say you?
Cheers,
D

[Fozzybar]

you mean for example something like "3 headed Dragon", like "dragon" as general topic and "3-headed" as specification?

[redehlert]

kind of. i think that the general could be 'dragon' and the global specific would be 'three-headed' in this example. does that make sense to you?
cheers!
d

[Fozzybar]

well it makes sense and is ok as another form for topics...:P

[redehlert]

sweet. glad it makes sense. thought it'd be a fun variety to the spice of COW.
cheers,
d

[pr0ph3t]

I have a bunch of ideas:

Bubble-blower (this would be fricken funny)

Lardass
Livingplanet
Experiment Gone Wrong
Ugly Duckling(not a duck but an ugly beyond all ugly things beast)
Chameleon
Domesticated Laboror
bleh I'll come up with some more

[pr0ph3t]

hahaha I just saw manslauter's can we do the sexually obssessed fetish raping monster please!

[Pointysharpteeth]

Hmmm....
how about:
Artificial spine
pack hunter
world eater
a childs horror
rows of teeth

Hope they are of help!

[infinitemonkey]

How about taking a common animal, maybe a house pet or farm animal, and speculating on what its distant evolutionary descendents might look like?

[Idiot Apathy]

Been watching some Animal Planet recently, kind of infatuated with how different animals are specially tuned to their own enviroments; say like an ant-eater to eat ants, giraffes with their long necks to eat tree foliage.

Figured it would be a bit more a mind-stretch to create an animal for an enviroment so:

An animal whos main food source exists in the wind/air?
An animal who exists on sunlight.
Animal that grows its own food source, perhaps using sunlight or a chemical process.
Water animal who's primary food source is either land based or flys.

I dunno, something a bit more design based; freestyle but with an objective?

[Fozzybar]

nice suggestion Idiot Apathy...i will consider this...

[Snarfevs]

Manky's cutting room floor ecosystem

ooh ooh -

Non-Euclidean Life
Animals that can open portals to other locations, either alone or in congregations
The Ultimate Guardian
Starfucker

[JakkaS]

I hope I don’t copy any idea, but this is my proposition:

Color Eater – creature witch turn every colors in black & white.
Tones of Blood Please!!! - ..some fearless predator?
Space Vagabond -…I remember this name from some Star Wars book,
Insomniac – this one is especially for you, Chuck, mate! :)
Blind hunter – some creature using other senses then sight.
A New Year’s pet after the year! - …it’s late, but maybe we can make it in the next year.

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When I find some more good ideas…I will post them here!

[Bennett]

Living (organic) escape pod/vehicle
carnivorous fungus
Living Dumpster
Dumpster/Landfill Planet Guardian Creature (Sort of a take on a junk-yard dog style creature)