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Published: 2005-10-25 15:24:56 +0000 UTC; Views: 4542; Favourites: 90; Downloads: 187
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Description Entry for a contest held by eorhythm /Xenoterrestrial for a rehash of her Drii creature concept. As usual I did not do what was asked. I'm subversive like that!
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You can call him Shaggy and he'll run over to you knock you down and rub himself all over you.
You honestly don't expect to be licked, do you?
Show any semblance of fear and he'll tear out a chunk from you with a quickness.

Wait...!
Don't run!!
*Watches pathetically as the fleeing person is teared to pieces*

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Rustlemaw is a generic name for a number of closely related species of Driiaican predatory fauna. There are species which form packs and hunt socially. Others are solitary. They are characterized by an extremely mimetic integument (Remember the drii lineage's integument is a living one. So for your own sake don't pull on the fur) which can change color instanly.
The Drii have selectively bred a few of these species together to yield something one could call a "dog" in drii terms.
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EDIT: I had a disagreement with ol' Shaggy here over his sorry noisy and poor-framed state. Good thing he's just layers of graphite on a flat cellulose sheet!
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dracontes In reply to ??? [2015-04-12 22:06:18 +0000 UTC]

Much obliged for the compliment

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Dino-Mario [2014-01-28 05:51:05 +0000 UTC]

I really like this. How long did it took you to do all that fur?

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dracontes In reply to Dino-Mario [2014-03-15 01:25:03 +0000 UTC]

Much obliged for the compliment and the truckload of favourites Β 

As for how long I took to do this, since it was done more than 8 years ago, I hope you'll understand that I can't be more precise than a faint recollection of 8+ hours (which I may be confusing with that of some other work of mine in the same vein).Β 

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DaVinci41 [2011-08-12 01:40:23 +0000 UTC]

Imaginative and yet fully beliveable as a living organism. Beautifully controlled use of pencil technique! Bravo!

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dracontes In reply to DaVinci41 [2011-08-14 13:37:32 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much for the compliments and the favourite

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DaVinci41 In reply to dracontes [2011-08-16 20:31:56 +0000 UTC]

My pleasure!Did you receive the free sample chapters from my upcoming book, "Shoggoths & Shibboleths" I sent through your Gmail account?

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dracontes In reply to DaVinci41 [2011-08-16 21:50:24 +0000 UTC]

No, I haven't I did a pretty thorough search of my Inbox so you'll have to send it again, I guess.

Many thanks in advance

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Maziana [2010-08-21 15:24:26 +0000 UTC]

Wow, I love this. The fur shading is lovely, and the design is scary awesome! Your whole sci fi/fantasy folder is awesome too.

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dracontes In reply to Maziana [2011-06-03 16:36:09 +0000 UTC]

Many belated thanks for the compliments and the favourites

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IWannaGoblinKing [2010-03-25 18:44:08 +0000 UTC]

I want that as a pet.

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dracontes In reply to IWannaGoblinKing [2010-05-06 13:18:03 +0000 UTC]

I'm not sure you'd be the owner for one. Bravado is a must

Seriously, many thanks for the

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IWannaGoblinKing In reply to dracontes [2010-05-13 19:12:41 +0000 UTC]

No prob. I love the arts.

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Py-okki [2010-03-23 05:43:02 +0000 UTC]

fantastic!

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dracontes In reply to Py-okki [2010-05-06 13:38:01 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much for the compliment

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Lanhudie [2010-03-19 12:28:22 +0000 UTC]

Nice 'n amazing creature you made. The detail n how you shading it, just awesome!
And the way you wrote the comment, quite frightening, but just so cool! Like it.

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dracontes In reply to Lanhudie [2010-05-06 13:44:52 +0000 UTC]

Many, if belated, thanks for the compliments

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sk0gul [2010-02-12 19:07:37 +0000 UTC]

That's one beastie I wouldn't want to happen across in a dimly lit forest.

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dracontes In reply to sk0gul [2010-02-24 16:48:12 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for the compliment

Nah, he's just rough around the edges with people he doesn't know Once you get to know him he's pretty mellow.

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Boverisuchus [2009-10-09 10:06:21 +0000 UTC]

Somehow I think the Puppeteer race would have eradicated/domesticated these eons ago...

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dracontes In reply to Boverisuchus [2009-10-09 13:05:11 +0000 UTC]

I was already interested in reading works by Niven. Now I'm even more resolved if it's only to understand what you're going on about.

Domesticated for surrogate womb use if I remember correctly? I'd think they'd eradicate them before that

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Boverisuchus In reply to dracontes [2009-10-09 23:37:20 +0000 UTC]

Oh, just put "Pierson's Puppeteer" into Wikipedia.

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dracontes In reply to Boverisuchus [2009-10-12 10:08:42 +0000 UTC]

I'd rather read the books now that you've got me interested

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Boverisuchus In reply to dracontes [2009-10-12 10:15:19 +0000 UTC]

Indeed.

Very interesting, very cutting-edge when it was written.

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maxwellcooke [2009-04-21 13:31:48 +0000 UTC]

Reminds me somehow of the monster from The Relic. Cool monster movie!!!

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dracontes In reply to maxwellcooke [2009-05-06 11:20:26 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, I can see the passing similarity

'Twas good watching from what I murkily remember ten years ago though it stinks a bit of Jurassic Park in its underlying message. Cautionary stories aren't really my thing

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Phantom-Line [2009-01-28 17:34:51 +0000 UTC]

oho, mad, hope that's not something that lived someday because clone i wouldn't like to meet

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dracontes In reply to Phantom-Line [2009-01-29 16:27:41 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

The way things are, or at least how I'd like them to be, we'll be finding these long before any attempts at cloning ancient life succeed

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apricotpesilent [2009-01-06 19:06:11 +0000 UTC]

That is so...adorable and sinister. >D I love the structures on it's face, and the toes...very well-conceived and original.

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dracontes In reply to apricotpesilent [2009-01-08 15:04:31 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much for the favourite and the compliments

Truth be told, this is a contest entry to redesign a previous installment of one of ~Xenoterrestrial 's creature concepts. But I did strive for a good original concept within the bounds of what she asked.

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Norega-eragon369 [2008-01-23 19:21:03 +0000 UTC]

Muito bom Dracontes. ParabΓ©ns! Que desenho fantΓ‘stico. Adorei a ideia!

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dracontes In reply to Norega-eragon369 [2008-01-25 15:18:52 +0000 UTC]

Muito obrigado pelo elogio e pela

Ainda assim olhando para ele agora acho-o um bocado hirto na pose, embora tentativamente atribua isso à postura de ameaça que estÑ ilustrada

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WarpedOrbit [2008-01-12 02:17:59 +0000 UTC]

Aaaawwww, cute. Wait...how big is he?

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dracontes In reply to WarpedOrbit [2008-01-15 15:07:20 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much for the favourite

From what I remember of the concept, the species range in size from house cat to leopard. Since Shaggy here is a domestic fertile hybrid and used to guard property and livestock, I'd surmise he's at the larger end of the spectrum and then some. Not to be triffled with, I'm afraid

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WarpedOrbit In reply to dracontes [2008-01-15 16:30:27 +0000 UTC]

So he's daaaaangerous big. He's still cute,

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Saxophlutist [2007-11-10 03:32:25 +0000 UTC]

Hmm... it says fan art... what would this be from?
Nice job on the detail!

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dracontes In reply to Saxophlutist [2007-11-12 11:26:37 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

It's a contest entry for a redesigning of a previous design of these creatures .

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JellisLioness [2007-11-05 21:17:03 +0000 UTC]

the fur looks so realistic great monster!!

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dracontes In reply to JellisLioness [2007-11-06 18:18:35 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much for the compliment

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JellisLioness In reply to dracontes [2007-11-06 21:48:58 +0000 UTC]

np

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violintrick [2007-09-26 16:26:58 +0000 UTC]

Very detailed, very realistic

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Nephtis [2007-05-09 05:58:20 +0000 UTC]

Good design, looks like an interesting creature!

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kArA-Redwing [2007-03-02 23:32:53 +0000 UTC]

It's like a spider combined with a dog and a money... It's so wierd. esp. the mouth. It is a touch frightrning... but I think it would taste good if one cooked it right...

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dracontes In reply to kArA-Redwing [2007-03-05 13:54:12 +0000 UTC]


Thanks That was what I was aiming for, something a touch frightening.

I wouldn't advise eating aliens, though. Symptoms of such daring can range from indigestion to poisoning

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kArA-Redwing In reply to dracontes [2007-03-07 20:39:50 +0000 UTC]

Unless brain damage is a side effect, who cares! ^^

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dracontes In reply to kArA-Redwing [2007-03-08 11:47:02 +0000 UTC]

I'd think death would be an important side effect

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kArA-Redwing In reply to dracontes [2007-03-09 22:24:08 +0000 UTC]

Nah, not really. reincarnation fixes everything! ^^

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Madhorse5 [2007-02-07 17:09:56 +0000 UTC]

You have skills!!! very well done... really amazing

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pandracchio [2006-11-22 13:59:02 +0000 UTC]

oh nice thought for anatomy to be a imagined animal! Really scary also. The fur is really well done and the shading too, it's very hard to do it on fur
Pose seems perfect. Great job my friend!

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dracontes In reply to pandracchio [2006-11-23 15:42:15 +0000 UTC]

Thanks Actually I find shading more easily done on fur; scales usually bum me out. It seems a bit stiff-legged to me at times but since it's trying to look larger than it really is one would expect it to be so.

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pandracchio In reply to dracontes [2006-11-23 19:58:44 +0000 UTC]

well, I guess legs are not so bad anyway... but good you can see the less good part of your own drawing

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