C.O.W. - #057: Secret Of The Bermuda Triangle - Voting!
ROUND #057 VOTING
Topic: Secret Of The Bermuda Triangle
Deadline for the voting: Tuesday, 29th August 2006
Posting thread (closed):
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=74714
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artist: Supervlieg
concept:
"Sir, this is Major Brickle. I'm in a f-18 fighter plane over the crisis area. It seems our information was right sir. We finally
found the thing that caused all the strange accidents in the Bermuda triangle. Actually it's not just one thing, it's probably
a whole new species. We've encountered one and are currently attacking it with all we've got. The creature appears larger
then we initially expected. I tried hitting it with my rockets, but I think I only pissed it off. It seems this creature is extremely
territorial. Ever since we've entered the triangle we are under constant attack from this enormous beast. I fear our carrier is
under severe danger. Nuking the creature might be the only option, thought I doubt we can take it down once the creature
is under water. I spotted several other of these worm like creatures in this neighborhood. Our scientist onboard the carrier have
sent you some info concerning the size of this animal. They based their data on the observations they were able to make
during our attack. That thing is unlike anything we've ever seen before.
It might not be safe for our aircraft sir. These animals, if one can call those things animals, have an enormous reach. I could
only barely pull up to avoid a collision. I don't think the slower bombers will be able to do the same... What do you mean they're
allready in the area? Sir! You must be joking, those planes are in danger! We gotta pull back! Pull back!
This secret of the Bermuda triangle is too big for us mr. President!"
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artist: KaWaii
concept:
God created everything. According to our history Adam and Eva were sent to Earth because of their sin. Now, thousands of years later, take a look around. Humans are evolved as they are now. They are everywhere.
This time, the new creature who committed a crime in heaven is named " Bermuda". It's a ball like creature with small and broken angelic wings. Without any mercy, this creature is also sent to the Earth we know.
When Bermuda was sent on Earth, it was still small. It spend it's days hunting for food like fishes in the ocean. Over time, it's growing bigger and bigger. It starts to eat everything it sees like planes and ships.
We humans don't know about it's existence yet, however, we call it's hunting ground " the bermuda triangle" . Just like humans, this creature is evolving. Who knows how the Earth will develops?
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artist: brokk
concept: The Pyramidaminds
Strange things happen in the region known as the Bermuda Triangle. Storms are frequent, ships get lost. Navigation becomes imposible, compases go mad. The region is a bad omen among navigators, nevertheless, sometimes it is impossible to take a different route and one must go through... Some people who have been through the Triangle report the apparition of strange, massive beings, floating among the dark clouds, when the storms rage. Are they the cause of the supernatural phenoma that happens in these sea regions? Some survivors, the religious ones, claim they are angels. Others say they are aliens, or beings from another dimension. Post-trauma specialists dismiss the existance of these beings as merely hallucinations from fear and stress. However, the sightings of them are more numerous each year. The media has begun coverage on the subject.
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artist: cognition.sb
concept: Sarlong
Sarlongs are creatures capable of creating wormholes within and around their bodies. While both sexes can produce wormholes, cross-dimensional travel is a stressful event and only the male can withstand the pressure. Since their home dimension is fairly desolate, the male of the species are required to hunt in other dimensions.
Regularly venturing outside their natural dimension, the males collect raw ore and processed metals for future consumption, transporting them home through internally produced wormholes. When travelling to earth their portals open in the Bermuda Triangle, however, Sarlongs can't survive in our environment for any longer than 40 minutes. This means they have limited time to search for minerals, and can't venture far.
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artist: Blue_Tiger
concept: The Fithlor
A species of galactic wanderers, they roam where they please. Their origins date back to the creation of the Milky Way galaxy. Observed by few, they have been documented to be able to open dimensional gateways in order to travel. They also use these portals, along with their ridiculously long and hairy arms, to forage for food and supplies to aid them on their travels. A healthy Fithlor seems to never age. They seem to be traveling from place to place in search of something to do. It seems that living forever is really boring. Unfortunately for some Fithlor, they have contracted a disease that weakens their ability to travel away from gravity wells. Many have become marooned in solar systems such as ours. Waiting to be rescued, many have been suspected of many strange and peculiar events... such as the destructions of our solar system's fifth planet, leaving an asteroid belt in its place... the misplacement of Earth second moon in 40,000 B.C.E. ... the recent comet impact on Jupiter... frozen yogurt... and most noticeably the mysterious disappearance of ships and aircrafts in the Bermuda Triangle... They mean well, so please don't hate them. They can't help it... You might do the same if you had to live forever, could open interdimensional portals, and just happened to have ridiculously long arms...
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artist: Chuck Wadey
concept:
The secret of the Bermuda triangle is a thriving colony of Penaeus Setiferus Gigantis; perhaps the only such colony on Earth. In layman's terms, we're talking giant shrimp. Much of the mystique of this species stems from they way it constructs it's habitat. This creature has the ability to secrete a protein filament much like a spider's web that it uses to construct the hollow tubes in which it lives. The web tubes reach from the surface of the ocean down to the floor where they affix to deep sea vents. The tube mechanisms conducts superheated water and steam up to the surface and raises the local water temperature considerably. With higher water temperatures, an area of low pressure is created and you see an increase in storm activity. The combination of inclement weather and steam makes for very low visibility which conceals the SetiGig from it's prey. The warm water also plays a role in attracting other sea life, including whales, their preferred food source. The giant shrimp hunt co-operatively anything that comes within reach. They can catch animals and ships with underwater nets and knock flocks of birds or larger flying objects out of the sky.
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artist: Cloister
concept:
The Giant Electrical Crown-Eel lives a very still life on the methane ice-bottoms of the Bermuda. It gets most of its nutrition from deep sediment bacteria, which it inhales and filters through pores all along its body. Only when mating or when disturbed by other electrical sources it ascends to the surface, using a huge amount of energy. Its enormous body consists of large quantities of metal (predominately copper in females, and iron in males), which adds to its already extreme weight. The voltage produced by this species is still unknown. But scientists agree it is the magnetic force produced when these electrical giants mate, that is responsible for most of the strange disappearances and disturbances in the so called Devil’s Triangle.
“…cuando la montaña del infierno, la corona del Diablo, se levante frente a nosotros y el océano se abra.”
Translation: "...when the mountain of hell, the Devil's crown, rose up before us and tore the ocean asunder."
From the log of Pablo Esteban Rodrigues - Captain of the 'La Flora Aqua' 1714.
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artist: Ninth
concept:
The massive Bermuda Taowls spend virtually all of their lives gliding above ocean waters, shedding tons of skin fragments into the air as they flock. This dust leads to the formation of colossal oceanic storms, which the Taowls utilize to conceal the sounds their gargantuan wings as they hunt. Skimming the stormy surfaces of the sea they dominate, Taowls have been known to devour anything they can snatch, from the now-endangered orange sea leviathans to passing schooners. It is unknown why they only populate the area known as the Bermuda Triangle, but there is no indication that anyone hopes they show up elsewhere.
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artist: Stephan_R
concept: The "giant glass dragon" has a rare sensitivity to electromagnetic signals. It can detect strong impulses from around the globe and center in on them from within a few miles. The key to the mysterious Bermuda Triangle, is the silent pulse that the Earth emits in this region which in turn attracts this large and rare species of fish. The Glass Dragon has a nearly 100% see-through body cavity making it almost invisible to the naked eye. Nature has supplied these creatures with an aerodynamic figure, and a mouth set further back from the eyes to give it enough time to match its teeth to its prey while traveling at amazing speeds. On occasion dragons will leap from the ocean surface at the vibration of engines overhead, causing massive tidal waves and sometimes making contact with them. Ships are easily sunken and the electromagnetic impulse that the animals give off is what causes most plane engines to stall and crash. There are never survivors once the animals swarm on the dying signal of an engine, and pull it into the deep.
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artist: Michael Jaecks
concept: Bermudan Hyperferrous Tardigrade
The Bermudan Hyperferrous Tardigrade, also known as the Bermudan Bloodworm does not suck blood itself. It secretes a blood-like ichor which oxidizes metal and creates rust which it then eats, feeding all its metabolic needs, including oxygen. The Bloodworm has no resperatory system to speak of, at least not in the usual sense. A Bermudan Bloodworm's body is over 94% water. Typical adult Bloodworms are 1-2 cm in length, but larger samples have been found.
Related to the common tardigrade, or water bear, the Bloodworm is capable of entering a near death-like state called cryptobiosis. In this state, the Bloodworm is completely dehydrated. The Bloodworm's body becomes as light as ash or smoke and can be carried aloft by the strong winds of the gulf stream. The presence of special sugars in the cell walls of the Bermudan Bloodworm allow it to survive this process. Like other tardigrades, Bermudan Bloodworms are especially hearty, capable of surviving in extreme heat or cold and in the presence of extreme levels of radiation.
Moisture, as little as cloud vapor, can return the Bloodworm to its hydrated, active state. Bermudan Bloodworms attach themselves to ships or planes and quickly metabolize the metal. Planes or ships that are downed in the Bermuda Triangle have the metal in its critical systems or structures eaten through by the Bloodworms.
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artist: yAdam
concept:
The creatures named the Bulwark are considered to be part of the Earth, sustaining themselves directly through underwater volcanoes. Survivors from attacks have seen them rise to devour planes, so initial reports stated that they were at least 1 mile in length. Further attacks and research have concluded that they are closer to 5 miles. Most of the attacks have been on the Puerto Rico trench, which is why people believe they are undetectable. They contract and, considering the appearance of their skin, could be disguised as mountains below the water. The reasoning behind their existence is still unknown, but the most popular theory at this time is that they are a defence system of some kind, possibly protecting a larger organism, or habitat deep under the ocean.
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artist: ArtZealot
concept:
The below is a creature known as a dewdosk. The dewdosk is a creature who is the flesh embodiment of habit. Every day at 7am (pacific time), 12pm, and 6pm on the dime it descends from the stratosphere to hunt for wood or metal which is what it's diet consists of. The dewdosk can consume and be nourished by saltwater, and dirt but hasnt tried either because being such a creature of habit, it would rather keep eating ships and planes that cut up it's insides every time he consumes them, than try something new. It doesn't intentionally kill humans but has ruined many sightseeing flights, and devoured hundreds of immigrants trying to escape cuba on wooden rafts. The dewdosk has lived in the bermuda triangle for centuries, again, being a victim of habit, it doesn't leave the three hundred yard area it has been circling for the past thousand years. Instead, it would rather just keep doing what it's been doing than try something new. The government has known about the dewdosk since the invention of satellite imaging, but would rather not bother it, and just let it control the immigration on the southeastern side of the united states. The dewdosk is three thousand twenty two years old and has two children (not pictured)
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Originally Posted by artiphats
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Supervlieg - Nice, try less contrast on the aircraft, their shadows are too dark. And its a COW! Not an enviroment of the week you fart. Focus!
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Love the rendering on it as well.
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