C.O.W. - #028: Swamp Beast

[Fozzybar]

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


Round #028

Topic:
Swamp Beast

Deadline:
Friday, 11th November 2005




- for any questions or help go here:
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=37512

note: The deadline won't be EXACTLY after a week...it can last up to 24 hours more, i am human and have to work also, you know ;)

Post your creature for this week!

[Fozzybar]

yeah, i know it's a very classic theme...but i like the idea of doing some retro look and design of the creature like in the old horror movies you know...this is NOT a requirement just writing down my thoughts...

Thanx to Saise for suggesting the idea in the topic ideas thread...maybe this is a little redress for rejecting your entry last round :bashful:

[Lazy]

Looks like fun, maybe i will join. But im not certain due to the judging, seeing that mine got disqualified for having 3 "humanoid skulls" meanwhile for example "rasdasa's" contribution to "The Messenger Of Death" has half the body of a human rendered with head, torso and human like arms...

[Dusty]

phenomenal topic! I'm definitely in on this one...

-Dusty

[Fozzybar]

Lazy
Just stay away from the character and humanoid stuff and you're fine...if some people got away with it even when breaking some rules, it's because their entry is extraordinary in some other parts like concept, design, rendering etc...

[DarkArtist]

I am just checking facts since this will be my first try at this and I don't want the dreaded remove to happen to me.

The old swamp thing from comics and movie fame had a huma form...sorta. @ legs, 2 arms...one head. Are we to avoid anything that even at all resembles human form at all?

[sour]

pretty much.

[silentkitty]

Isn't it kind of ironic that the mascot is a humanoid cow? : P

Anyway, cool idea, I'm probably going to try this one. :)

[Fozzybar]

I am just checking facts since this will be my first try at this and I don't want the dreaded remove to happen to me.

The old swamp thing from comics and movie fame had a huma form...sorta. @ legs, 2 arms...one head. Are we to avoid anything that even at all resembles human form at all?
You are not supposed to do something related to the comics, movies or whatever...just do a creature where the concept of a swamp beast fits...don't think so cliche...what's the meaning of doing a swamp beast everyone saw yet??? Do something new...

[Nils_Carstens]

yeh do somethng new.

Just make sure to hit it with a big fat and flashy retro headline at the end.

[asoir]

Yeah, innovate! I'm gonna have a go at this one (going to try much harder than the last ch.o.w ;))

[bumskee]

eeeee. sounds ike fun.. :)

[ogar555]

Raaaawr! i'm in! :D

[redehlert]

BOOOOOOM.
head shot.
lookin' forward to some seriously fun entries this round.

cheers!
D

[Mike Corriero]

http://pratt.edu/~mcorrier/Projects/swampbeastcow.jpg
Swamp Beast :
They control small swamps and ponds, particularly fond of lilly pad filled murky waters where they can easily hide. The swamp beast is capable of changing colors and usually will turn a bright violet and orange when warning off larger predators because it contains in it's bloodstream a deadly neurotoxin. They contain only two tentacles although extremely long these are used for constricting and strangling its victims, dragging them under water until they drown and take thier last breathe. The swamp beast then swallows the victim whole through a stretchy rubberlike mouth filled with very tiny serrated teeth.

Thought I would just bust out a quicky since I'll be busy with other work and I'm sick and feelin like crap so I wanted to get something done for this tonight before bed. :bashful:

[Lake]

ah, nice one. sounds tough.

[Idiot Apathy]

Ah damn, maybe I can do this one... need free time...

[Saise]

Muzh'albazar, The Swamp Beast - In da old legends, the beast from da swamps swim in da dark waters of da swamps in seek of da prey. It's is big, bigger than adult man, over seven foots. It have two hand and four legs, and it is great swimmer, and runner too, so ya chance to run away is about that small... But don't ya panic. Maybe it's big, but it's have small mouth, so it's hunt for small prey, like rats, birds or other fleshy stuff. It's hood is stinky like the swamp it live in. It's have eleven green eyes, but it's don't have good sight... it's fell disturbance in the water, like spiders feel movement on the web... Be careful when ya approach to this beast it's maybe don't eat ya, but it can easly broke your spine. - Mahera Maxima, Book of Monsters.

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v614/Saise/Cow2.jpg

[luxun]

cool topic, could be the beast attacking drunk travellers outside hte tavern from eow:)

[goran]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v17/smogyboy/production%20design/Chiro.jpg
Deep in the swamps, which surrounds the National Park Garbage Land, lives this nocturnal predator called by the natives, “ chiro chiro”. His diet consists of tourists and reckless National Park Rangers. During the wintertime, when the park is closed, he can be seen desperatley licking fresh roadkill on the main highway, which connects to the Garbage Land capital. Among the natives of this hostile enivonment, the chiro chiro tail is a much sought after delicacy. Because of the increase in hunting, this species which once roamed free among the swamps, is now at the brink of extinction. For the past few years, the hunting of the chiro chiro has become highly prohibited by the laws imposed by the Garbage Land National Park authorities. There is a myth told among the natives that the chiro chiro is well aware of these laws and because of this has been acting up and having his revenge on culinary enthusiats who are responsible for the near extinction of his species. This is one of the rare photographs of this species in its natural habitat.

Curtesy of Meon Spynx and Spynx Institute

[redehlert]

sloooooowwwww turnout this round. me thinks everyone is holdin' back til the last moment so it's alllllll fresh and delish.

me included. wanna be crisp so the hots sides hot and the cool sides cool.

boom.
head shot.

[Fozzybar]

redehlert is pumped man :)

[redehlert]

listen to me now, hear me later.
puny muppet person - i am here to pump (clap!) you up!

[possessed]

http://img354.imageshack.us/img354/5643/beest9qs.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Darned image hosting...
Where do you people host ??

'Glorious serpent', 'phosphorescent prince' & 'Foremost of the fungus' are just a few titles be-given to the Dormetrius Radii by the locals that inhabit the swamplands of Plot'u IV. The first human visitors simple called it a swampbeast when they encountered one snoring in the sun. Little did they know that this swamp beast would be their doom and downfall the coming night. Upon inspecting a suspicious moving light on a routine night patrol, four members of the alpha squad were dragged down in the abyssal bog by the night active Dormetrius.
It was later discovered that the Dormetrius has a marking on it's dorsal fin which is almost impossible to distinguish during daytime. At night however, this marking of death radiates an eery yellow light luring all prey to a shallow bog-filled trench. The Dormetrius makes a surprise launch from it's hiding place and drags it's prey into the bog where it devours it.

[Fozzybar]

your entries are getting better and better possessed....me likes...

[scumgrinder]

september 24, 2018
Sender:
Jules McKain <[email protected]>
Recipient:
Sol Burnstein <[email protected]>

The warden is fucking crazy, I kept sending reports about the mutagenous effect of the cinders of previous experiments under controlled conditions.

He insisted that the cinders were to be deposited along with rocks in the swamps on the east wing to fill them up. Not only he didn't listen to me but he called me "uncircumcized moron" in front of the interns.
So i sent two teams to do the deed and almost immediately everything went crazy. The gamma Swap oxes mutated into sluglike creatures, it was pathetic to watch but at least they died after a few days. The scary ones were the tiny fish that live in the low oxigen water.
I know a lot about genetics but I don't know how these ashes work anymore. I felt like a layman trying to understand what was going on when the fish started floating in the air and developing some sperm filled sacks. We couldn't catch a single one of them, mainly because we went there prepared for the cinders but not for the noise those things made.
The worst part is that even though the sperm is basically dead, it has a mild cinder-like effect and it mutates plants and animals on contact.
We didn't catch them and the warden fired and exiled me and 3 of our team.

We leave at 16:30 today and i am just e-mailing you to tell you what happened and to inform you (off the record) that you are going to take my place.
He's insane, so delete this message along with the one i sent yesterday before the guys at the server inform him.

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c240/scumgrinder2/swampbeast.jpg

[Zeitwolf]

I can't see miscellaneous entries (images). for example possessed's file trafic is overdrawn...
I also can't see goran's and saise's...
:(

[silentkitty]

Wahh, these are all awesome.

Here's my sad little attempt. :^^;:

Swamp Beast
Residing only in deep, undisturbed swamps, these gentle giants have been known to live their entire lives without taking a single step out of the habitat that they were born in. Some speculate that they simply grew out of the swamp, although the actual origins of these creatures is unknown. They seem to live in a symbiotic relationship with their swamp and are often mistaken for part of the landscape by travellers that don't think to glance over their heads while passing by one. However, these giant beasts are as harmless as the trees themselves.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v72/silentkitty/swampiebig.jpg
(I blame Shadow of the Colossus for this entry. :p)

[DarkArtist]

Scientists are fascinated by the recent discovery of a new carnivorous plant deep in the everglades. Capable of a full range of movement, the so called "swamp Beast" is able to capture and devour large prey. Studies are as yet inconclusive as to weather it is truly plant or animal.


http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-2/959172/swamp.jpg

I will likely be tweeking both the image and the desc before friday, but I wanted to get it in.

[Lake]

silentkitty - that thing is SO cool!

[Cique]

Here is a late entry, I hope its okay. I did spent time on it:
http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/7110/krakencopy1hm.jpg

KRAKEN
A forgotten creature from the time before dinosaurs which now lurks in the swamps, waiting for any creature to slip up.

[misledtomisery]

http://misledtomisery.com/forums/swampbeast.jpg


Little is known of this carnivorous creature, which currently is named a mossjaw. Experts agree that the closest related species is a mimic, but this swamp beast has a few unique characteristics. The most apparent is the size, ranging from the size of a dog, up to a two story structure. This abomination also cannot change it's shape, but instead just resembles and attaches the foliage and compost it was created from. Named for its massive jaws with two rows of razor sharp teeth, there are a number of secondary mouths, which vary with size. With no visible eyes, it is speculated that this creature senses vibrations from the murky water it lives in, as well as an great sense of smell to capture anything lurking too close.

[shadoman]

Scumgrinder, I just wanted to say that I love your illumination of your figures. They always have such a good sense of lighting.

[Cique]

Hmm... im starting to have second thoughts about putting up my picture.
Perhaps I should anhillate my post...

[redehlert]

Don't even think about taking your piece out, Cique. You put time in and it should stay. Ya gotta start somewhere, COW virgin. Ultimately, it's your decision. :)

And Silent Kitty - could you repost your entry a bit larger? The max size is 600x800 pixels....I'd like to see it a bit better if at all possible.

Not sure if I'll get anything in....sigh....work and CGtalk workshop is killin' me.

Cheers!
D

[silentkitty]

Redehlert, sure, I edited it with a bigger image. :)

[redehlert]

Thanks! Like it even more now that it's larger. :)
Cheers!
D

[possessed]

Yo, Fozz, thnx a lot for the compliment! I want to keep improving myself even if it is by taking baby steps. I just wanted to say I owe a lot to this community and especially this activity, it's my only teacher, but a damn great one.

[Althael]

First time to enter the COW. I'm seriously a bit 'intimidated' to enter with what you guys do, there's lots of very good stuff, especially since I didn't even put colors on it. Decided to join a bit late and only had like 2-3 days to work on this, plus, I'm kinda bad with color. Next COW maybe ? ....we'll see.

And yes, I've worked the water, but my damn scanner decided it was to pale to take it. (Yes I've played with the tone/darkness options with it) >:{

...and I know there's a lot of spelling error in my text. :dead:

Oh well, here it is:

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http://xs54.xs.to/pics/05455/CreatureDesMarais.jpg

Specimen: Anamortilinas Tramyridus (A.K.A. Swarm Worm)
First appearance: January 7th, 2368 on Planet X-39-32
Number of known place: Approximatively 78 planets

Army force first came in contact with this race some years ago, in search of a new non-hostile planet in solar system Hylnd-T7. When expecting the swamps that cover near 4/5 of the first visited planet, a specimen the size of a 3 level building attacked them, killing most of the platoon before hiding itself in earth to be no more found again.
This is an extremely urgent alert, these sentient plant are the dominant life form of multiple solar systems in which there are too many potable planets to pass.

Be aware, the cunning of these plants seems to be higher than the ones of humans. That's what they've shown fourteen days ago when a gigantic specimen swallowed a whole planes-carrier in the middle of an ocean on X-39-61, followed by the whole squad of ships. Torpedos were useless against it.

Be sure to memorize how the creature look. It is the only accurate picture known to date. Study it and shot in the mouth, the only known weakness known. Destroying the eyes only makes it more aggressive, do not shot them.

Old ruins have been found on multiples planets around the twin suns. Which makes us believe that an intelligent race have already lived on these planets and has been eradicated by the plants. Some of the ruins are very high buildings and towers. It is recommended that you take place in them. Traveling on ground is very dangerous, since they can feel vibration and know their exact location from a very long distance.

That is all is known.

Good luck on your mission.

[bdfoster]

Be gentle. I'm new to this (and I think my Wacom is broken)

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b368/bdfoster/Paintings/SwampBeast.jpg

While many creatures have managed to quickly adapt to settlement on the various civilized worlds, the rapid evolution of the swamp beasts of Victory VII is of particular interest. It is assumed that this creature was once exclusively aquatic in nature, as indicated by its flat tail and powerful musculature. The heavy brow ridge and residual optic nerve suggest that the creature may have at some point in time had eyes, but those have been abandoned in its rapid evolutionary development. Instead, the predator senses it's prey through elaborate scent glands in the front villae. These tentacles are also highly sensitive to touch, and often the creature can locate it's prey though the vibrations in it's passing. However, the most interesting evolution of this creature is the fur like growth that appears on it's back. This mutation has actually been observed as it has only occurred within the last 17 years since colonization. With the environmental mapping of Victory VII to correspond more closely with the habitable climate of Earth, the marshy areas have begun to develop "grass-like" vegetation, of which the swamp beast's fur closely resembles. This mutational camouflage has made the creature even more deadly, allowing it to lie low in the marsh lands undetected before using it's powerful legs to leap upon and devour it's prey. Due to the relative newness of settlement on Victory VII, we will continue to monitor the delicate ecosystem for other rapid evolutionary mutations, as demonstrated by this fascinating creature.

[nightfend]

http://home.comcast.net/~mikecwagner/images/cow/swamp_monster2.jpg
Swamp Terror - These beastly monsters inhabit only the most isolated and desolate swamps, far from human inhabitants. They have been spotted roaming the swamps feeding on the dead carcasses of animals. The creatures live isolated lives and no two Swamp Terrors share the same swamp. It is unknown how the creatures reproduce and whether they are more plant than animal.

[brokk]

Arghh... I wish I could finish this more, but I don't know what else to do to it : S

(edited again!)
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c399/bksketchb/cow28l3.jpg
Swamp Glider
These large creatures are insectivores. They fly above and across the swamp water, just out of the reach of bigger predators. With their multiple wing pairs they can manouver quickly through the air, despite their size. They can also hover suspended in mid air like a hummingbird, just above the water to drink through their circular needle-like facial appendage. The crests on their back and head are mating devices, used to call the attention of the opposite sex. Their main diet consists of small flying insects, which they catch with a muscular tongue-like organ that shoots out from a hole in their heads right below the middle of the eyes, which is sticky in the end, and can retrieve back just as quickly as they shoot.

EDIT: Fozzy thank you for the crits! I had tried to add movement to the wings, but I didn't like the result. I hope this looks better... I still don't like it very much : S
I tried though.
Its now morning and I can't see the background anymore! So I stopped tampering with it more or less here.

[Fozzybar]

Arghh... I wish I could finish this more, but I don't know what else to do to it

some suggestions from me:

- maybe give the wings more a blurry moving look, like you can see on colibris or bees

- the reed on the sides should be more bended as if they were affected by the airflow produced by the moving wings...some goes for the water - make it splash on the rocks...

- the tongue is very stiff and generates a mechanical feeling to the creature...maybe make it more like frozen in movement (wavy shape), you know like the famous pictures of chameleons hunting flies...

- the background could be desaturated and get brighter as the creature, so you can create a feeling of distance, depth and fog...also separating the foreground from the background...


push it [b0OoKeN_sPi[rrIt]...;)

[khan]

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c359/lkhanlian/cow-swamp_beast4.jpg

The existence of this creature has yet to be confirmed by the scientific community but the local swampfolk aren't worried about such technicalities. They know to avoid stepping over small water holes. Likened to a cross between an Arrowana and a Giant Salamader, this sedentary creature lies in wait with only its nostrils above the murky water waiting for it's prey. With suprising agility it lunges upward, mouth agape, and grabs it's victim with an unbreakable grip. "Gaters, naw we ain't worried bout 'em, we got 'em as pets. It's them other ones ya gotta look out fer, they's crafty and mean. They don't got much teeth like a gater but I ain't never heard of no-one gettin 'em to let go. Mouths must be sticky, like a bullfrog I rekon."

Pretty corny and unoriginal. I guess I have to start somewhere. Crits welcome, I have a lot to learn. Potoshop CS, about 1 hour.

[xgabo]

http://www.gabo.ca/swamp_creature.jpg

This rare creature is gestated in the moss growing from the decomposition of dead people and animals in the bogs of southern england. Although it has a very menacing appearence, it is entirely composed of lychen and fitoplancton, and poses no threat to humans. Its body is so fragile that even the smallest distress can break it apart, like a motorboat passing overhead. The diet of the creature consists of fish eggs and petals of swamp flowers fallen on the water. During world wars I and II its population experienced an increase due to the large number of soldier's bodies in the water, but in the subsequent years polution and drainage of their habitats reduced its number to a few individuals. The last sight of the Jack-of-the-swamp was in 1973.

[gorillagrin]

http://www.quietantics.com/images/conceptart_forums/gorillagrin_swampy.jpg

Our camera crews have spent an exhausting 3 years waiting for this moment. You are witnessing, for the first time ever recorded, the emergence of the great "Swamp Beast" of Quagmyre IV.

Once merely a local legend, like the Yeti of Earth or the Nahuutmanphant of New Neptune, the Swamp Beast has long been attributed to the hallucinatory visions of colonists who have inhaled too much swamp gas without the aid of a rebreather. Today, however, we bring you proof.

Labeled a "beast" due to its size, this creature is actually very docile and independent. It moves so slowly, in fact, that the local plant life is able to grow and thrive on its back, providing a natural camouflage. The majority of its life is spent face down in the cool mud, consuming small animals and insects through its filter-like snout. It is widely believed among experts that the Swamp Beast enjoys the feeling of wildlife & patrol squads unknowingly walking across its back- a sort of crude massage.

We're now going to take a moment of silence to observe this historic moment.

This has been Geraldo RiveraTron™, reporting live from Quagmyre IV.

=

Cool entries so far. xgabo, yours is creepy as hell! I dig it.

[JakkaS]

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a314/JakkaS/C.jpg
Living Sand

Col. Stark Nattas
Borattis, Northern Swamp, date/time: 10.19.3089/16:20:05
Searching for the swamp beast still in progress. At this moment we haven't found any form of life that could be considered as our wanted creature. If it were not for that we found animals remains, I would stop the searching right now. BTW we have found a good place for a camp... a lot of soft sand... almost like a beach on the Jorath planet. Finally something different from stinky mud, water and those damn mosquitoes. Oddly enough, but the ground is really arid in here... ok, that's all folks ... we should set up the camp...

Col. Stark Nattas
Borattis, Northern Swamp, date/time: 10.19.3089/19:04:14
The camp is ready. I think we settle here for a while...

***

Col. Stark Nattas
Borattis, Northern Swamp, date/time: 10.19.3089/23:34:05
Shit... something has broken in to our campsite. I hear screaming from the southern post...

Col. Stark Nattas
Borattis, Northern Swamp, date/time: 10.19.3089/23:39:03
I don't know what is happening, but some of my people are writheing. Our medic doesn't know what is going on. He is... what?... just hold it... no, that's not a... I said hol... fuck...

Col. Stark Nattas
Borattis, Northern Swamp, date/time: 10.19.3089/23:44:11
Damn, Wronski is dead. His body has many wounds, but we don't know what caused it. Another six man has the same symptoms... I think I know what is happening to them... I also have a pain in my back and legs... and this stupid sand is everywhere... I have it even in my ears...


Col. Stark Nattas
Borattis, Northern Swamp, date/time: 10.19.3089/23:47:45
...I feel like something is eating me from the inside, blood is everywhere... that's... last recor... this sand... it's hot... like a fire...

***

Doc Martin Wallak
Field Laboratory FL-03
Borattis, City Karnis date/time: 10.21.3089/09:07:00
After initial analyzes of bodies and ground samples I can finally find out what was the reason of decease... it's hard to believe, but it was "sand". To be more precise, a creatures they thought were a sand. This small organisms are 0,5 millimeter large. My first experiments results prove that they stay inactive while waiting for a victim. Most likely ours were just a unexpected supper. Eyesore has eaten everyone to the bones... I supose I've found what they were looking for... a monster from the swamp. But in place of big teeth and huge size it is small as a grain of sand... ok, I have to go back to work... details later...

[Cique]

The ones who are also new, there better than mine.
OK,Redehlert, not anhillated :P thanks

[Fozzybar]

that's much better br0ken_spirit!

i dragged your piece into photoshop and tweaked it a little to show you what i mean...it took about 10 minutes, but i think it's worth it...i hope you don't mind that i did a paintover of your artwork...

basically i added fog and played with the values and saturation to push the depth and atmosphere more...

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

[bumskee]

well as usual there are heaps of awsome entries.. yikes.. :S really wacky. :bashful:

here's mine
http://home.exetel.com.au/bumskee/con/COW_28.jpg

swamp beast

Also known as the swamp dragon, this six legged creature dwells in the wet swamps of amazon feeding mainly on fish and other small mammals. Swamp dragon is known to be solitude and harmless creature, though when the mating season begins in early april, this creature suddenly turns very agressive. Unlike other reptiles, the females will hunt for a partner by flashing its bright orange neck. Due to their agressive behaviour during mating seasons female swamp dragons have been reported to have killed humans and large anacondas. These creatures usually live to about 40 years and can grow upto 10 metres.

[penguinbox]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v126/mucke/penguinbox/FINALSwamp-BeastBW.jpg

Swamp Beast
This creature lives since a long time in the swamp. Quite out in the lands, away from the city. It had to cover up its vulnerable back. Therefore, a school bus not only provides a nice cover, but also a real alible dinner. It ate up all the kids - the bus driver actually got away... anyways.
Its quite dangerious, because it can almost not be seen, since it matches perfekt into the woods. It is fast and knows his whole swamp... most of the time it sleeps, but as soon as something moves, you can be sure its there to eat ya up. aaawwwrr.....

[Digisaur]

Shit I hope today is a delayed deadline day. I won't get to finish this until later.
[update] Ahhh all done. :)

http://digisaur.net/forum/swampbeast06.jpg

Who doesn’t love the lil’ mudskippers that live in the outer edges of marsh where the ocean meets deep spooky swamplands. Most people would never imagine these cute little creatures are merely the tadpole stage of the ferocious Swampbeast.
Only a few hearty explorers have made it deep enough into the tangled, smoggy forests of the swamplands. Fewer still have escaped the beast’s vengeful hunger.
The Swampbeast hates direct sunlight, so it waits until the highest tides of the year to lay eggs that are carried out to sea by receding waters. Throughout the mudskipper phase it is at the bottom of the food chain and hunted by every animal in the swamp ecosystem. The handful of mudskippers that survive to maturity grow into a creature who’s size is matched by it hatred of all living things. It will eat anything that fits in its wide toothy mouth, sometimes stuffing extra prey into its expanding throat pouch. The only thing keeping the Swampbeast from wiping out all life in the swamp is an intolerance of sunlight which keeps them in the darkest, fog shrouded areas, and a need to sleep during the night hours.

[Fozzybar]

digisaur - 24 hours from now on...enough time to pull a real fucker out of the box...er....swamp....

[gorillagrin]

JakkaS, is that a monkey head in your beast's mouth? :)

[DarkArtist]

I am so outclassed.

This is a good place to go when you start feeling the least bit cocky and talented and want to be humbled.

[JakkaS]

gorillagrin read the description....hehe, this monkey ought to be 0,1 millimeter large.

[ViolX]

White Blood Vino

- This swamp parasite feeds off of living virus that infect humans as well as animals. Although it feeds off of infections, it does not assist in destroying the infections, but rather make them worse. It destroys the white bloods cells in the body making the immunity systems even weaker. It can reproduce asexually and form one parasite creating a growing mass. It has no defenitive shape or size.

http://images5.theimagehosting.com/white blood vino.jpg (http://www.theimagehosting.com)

[gorillagrin]

JakkaS - Hahah. Your description hadn't been posted yet when I typed that. I'm going to be searching the house for nano-monkeys when I get home tonight, though.

[brokk]

Fozzy thanks!


i hope you don't mind that i did a paintover of your artwork...
What? Stop talking crazy, I'm gratefull that you did that paintover! I notice more deph and atmosphere, and how keeping the strongest shadows for the creature pops it out more from the background.
I tried to apply the same fog and mist, and updated my entry... even though I like your version better, I didn't want it to look to much like it, because... I feel like I'm cheating.
But this has been great and I feel like I've learned several things... mostly, keep an eye for the relationship between figure and background (I hadn't even though about bending the grass and making the water splash), and if things are in movement, make things look dynamic instead of static (wings, tounge).
Thank you for helping out and for explaining with the paintover, I saved it on my drive!
(by the way, if I do get any votes, I got the bag of money right here ready to ship, its all good).

[brokk]

I try not to comment on the entries until the voting round but I couldnt wait to say this, I just read JakkaS description (after admiring the image). God damn JakkaS!! That is freaking amazing!!! :D

[JakkaS]

Thx bR0k3n....this time I have made something different…..different “size” of course:]

[VegasMike]

Swamp Beast...The lion of the swamps, this voracious predator uses its speed and agility to make prey of all creatures in the swamp. Its large dorsal fin helps with swiming and is also used in warning other males who may enter its territory. Painter/ps about 4-5 hrs...

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

[redehlert]

ahh hell. i give up. here's my entry:

Deep within the vast swamps of Kildorkee resides a beast of such blood-sucking kunning, that all creatures fear it. This camoflauged hunter resides at the top of its food chain. Gliding or swimming up to warm-blooded victims, the Cypreen attach and drain their captives, leaving a husk in its wake. Fearless and territorial, it will stop at nothing to destroy others of its kind that encroach its domain.

http://www.cognitionstudio.com/conceptart/redlrt_cow28.jpg

Gotta submit sumthin.
Great entries everyone!

Cheers,
D

[rasdasa]

ARGH!!!
great entries!.....i'm swamped with work. not sure i'll make it happen.




pun intended.
it's a beast i tell ya. a beast.



i'll stop.
;)

hehehe, so corny they actually made me chuckle, that and the fact that your avatar fits in well with them.

ras

[llothcat]

http://www.llothcat.com/swamp1.jpg
not much is known about it..'cept it likes hanging around tree roots in the water. It eats through the lower torso, and excreets through the "mouth" on the "head". Grabs things with it's tenticles.

[romance]

http://www.artofromance.ca/ca/projects/COW/swamphippo_800x600.jpg

The Swamp Hippo is a fearsome predator. It preys on defenseless mosses, waterlilies and the leaves of low-topped trees. Because of it's short neck, it gathers it's meals with it's mucus covered tendrils that fall past it's upper lip. To travel through deeper water, the Swamp Hippo will inflate air pockets on the sides of it's body stay afloat. This allows the swamp hippo to chase down faster moving mosses and lilies. The Swamp Hippo is extremely territorial; those who get to close to a Swamp Hippo may be greeted with a frown and a fart.


This is my first COW. May have went overboard on it. Realized I forgot to color the lily by the log on the bottom. Oh well.

There as some great posts here! Keep it up guys and gals.

-Rob

[Nefarious]

http://home.earthlink.net/~nefarious/images/COW_TurtleHead.jpg

The Mighty Turtlehead is a large crab-like creature that dwells in the swamplands amongst the decaying vegetation. The horny projections of its hard exoskeleton resemble dead trees and roots to provide excellent camouflage.The Turtlehead is an ambush predator and sits motionless near known animal tracks to snatch up its unsuspecting prey. To complete the illusion, it uses vocalisations that resemble the sound of creaking trees. The Turtlehead has also been known to participate in aquatic hunts under the guise of drifting deadwood.

[possessed]

Romance, welcome to C.O.W. Great first entry you got there.

[Fozzybar]

yeah some very cool entries from new participants...great round yet...

And br0ken_spirit: you're welcome man...glad that i could help...

This smells like a bloody swamp fest...

[RES]

I'm back after my two week hiatus so lets bring it on

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v302/RES-Ryan/CW_SwampBeast_RES.jpg

Root ancient

At the centre of one of the darkest swamps in South America dwells the root ancient. This gentle beast is rooted to the spot below the ground are incredible long and sensitive tendrils, these are connected to every plant life form within the swamp enabling it to sense and control the growth of the swamp. For hundreds of years tribe elders would come to visit the ancient, although the ancient never communicated to the elders they would experience a calmness of mind never before experienced.

[Fozzybar]

Yeah RES!

Nice to have you back...kick-ass....

[rasdasa]

Some very pretty entries, very nice to observe. I'll have comments during Voting time, too rushed right now, anyhoo, here be mine.
http://img476.imageshack.us/img476/6826/swamplittle7oi.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Timmy and his mother lived in the forest. At the edge of it there existed a murky swamp that very few individuals ever walked into, and even fewer walked back out the same as when they had entered. Timmies father went into that swamp and he never returned... it was said that his heart was consumed by a creature larger than any tree and surreally agile for his size. Timmy swore vengeance on this monster, who took his father so prematurely away from him.

Now, as real life tends to be, this isn’t a heroic tale. The monster heard the curse and came to visit Timmy and his mum.
Not a stupid creature, he recognized a spark before it became a flame. And so Timmy is no more...*shrug*, nyah, life goes on.

ras

[Fozzybar]

Poll is on:

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=56176