C.O.W. - #132: Aerial Cephalopod

[yoitisi]

For more infos and details about the rules go here:
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/sho...d.php?t=110879


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Round #132

Topic:
Aerial Cephalopod

Deadline:
Tuesday, 10 February 2009



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
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[yoitisi]

ADDITIONAL INFO

1. For those people that are too lazy to grab a dictionairy, cephalopod mostly means it has tentacles: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cephalopod

2. No individual/character!!! Make a concept of a species!

[Moai]

Aweshum!

[DefiledVisions]

Sounds like great fun... the first thing I came to think of is Bumskee's Flying Fish-thing... one of the older cows, an extremely cool piece.

Imagine it being like the "Sperm whale of the sky" whos only natural enemy is this Aerial Cephalopod

[Meon]

Sweet, here's my first Concept Art for it, just to have something to go from.

i imagine the species to live in the Himalaya mountains.



im going to work more on the design.

[Nikola Marinkovic]

Sounds fun.

[Swordhand]

I might give it a shot.
Espenboi: Cool, but how does it fly?

[OTTA]

Nice Topic! Sound Fun !

[Moai]

Here's a very loose sketch of my idea. A highly-evolved squid, its fins have evolved into wings. Its tentacles trail behind it. The two largest tentacles have evolved into rudder-like structures, while the other tentacles bear claws with which to snag other fliers out of the air.

[fury03]

Cool idea... Here's a quick idea... Wanted it to produce gases, over take cities. Thought of war of the worlds right off the bat, so hopefully i don't get too close to that

[fughi from yuggoth]

These are works by alex ries, I'll post them for inspiration!
These are NOT done by me and i would be glad if i can ever arrange such things.

maybe i'll take them off i alex ries calls back and don't want them up here,
or if yoitisi or anybody else with sumthin to say makes clear that this is against the rules or stuff.

[Arthur-gl]

wow, those are fantastic fughi. I know they were not made by you, but still.
Great inspiration=D

Here's my idea for now:

[TimM]

I hope to try this one, sounds like fun. Plus, cephalopods. Dude, I'm there.

[Nikola Marinkovic]

here's a sketch of the idea I will go from...

[Joey-b]

Arthur - gl, I had the same idea as you haha.. ohh well dont think i've got the time anyway, nice sketches

[AlisonRobin]

First part of my idea: A nautilus that propels itself by expelling air from between its eight arms, which have fused into a funnel. Its tentacles are wings. Just a WIP.

[zimfin]

Good stuff already folks.
I have done some thumbnails though I'm not sure I have the exact design down yet. Planning on having my creature growing in a low gravity environment making it easier to "balloon" itself around and use wings to maneuver. The design and idea may well change as I proceed.

[Wiggers]

Great start all!

[Kin]

Hi everyone, long time lurker first time poster in any COW thread, It's awesome to see so many talented people get together to participate in these threads so I wanted to try one for myself.

[siiilon]

I like this topic, and watching to your concepts I am sure this gonna be good round >
Here's mine

[T_Turrill]

i'm going for a more ethereal balloony look. i'm envisioning this creature as an air equivalent of a wait-and-ambush predator in the deep sea: they have large spans of time with no prey passing by so they have a very slow metabolism, and live a very long time. The larger creature there on the left is the cephalopod, i figure the one on the right is a giant skygoing cnidarian of some sort. The cephalopod (which i'm calling The Cloud Eater) is similar in shape because the cnidarians are its prey. perhaps it could emit the same pheromones or have other ways to mimic them.

but enough natural history, i'll save that for the final piece.

[darkly]

T_Turril: Man, your sketches are great!

[siiilon]

T_Turrill: I love it >

[Joey-b]

Mine is gonna be more of a gliding Squid hehe
wings should be bigger

here is sketching
during traffic jam

[Fabian Roth]

Some neat ideas already...

zimfin: love those sketches...

If I find the the time, I will do a hovering creature that works like a hot air ballon using the uprising air over magma fields or volcanos...

[Nikola Marinkovic]

some update...

[zimfin]

Well, I keep jumping from detailing one area to the next, so nothing is as I want it yet. I plan on creating a lot more depth with the clouds, possibly adding another cephalopod in the distance. I haven't decided how transparent I want the Balloon to be yet. I think I might add some smaller balloons r something to its back tentacles though I am not sure yet.

[Christoffer]

Oh this is niiice! Count me in!

*draws*

[Nikola Marinkovic]

this looks great zimfin...

[MoHog]

wip, will be continuing with a different perspective and some anatomical changes...


maybe some natural form of the internal combustion engine or fusion?

Zimfin: I swear you get more skilled every round, nice thumbs + colour update

thanks for the great inspirations fughi