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Published: 2012-07-10 22:19:58 +0000 UTC; Views: 34827; Favourites: 855; Downloads: 0
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Another behemoth concept based on a thumbnail sketch. This took so long to get anywhere on because of my accursed addiction to Mass Effect. And then of course my subsequent Mass Effect withdrawal after finishing the last game. Now I must paint fan-art, ugh and I have so many other things to do already.I got the idea for the blue head by looking at photos of rhinos in different lighting conditions, the particular image I was thinking of had intensely blue shadows. I didn't want that particular kind of lighting as I still wanted detailing in the head to be distinguishable, so he's blue skinned instead. Perhaps it confuses predators by breaking up his shape.
Other info: Fatty deposits atop the neck for food/water shortages. Has an obscenely long tongue as its primary mode of food consumption. Strange tusks are used to tear up the ground, trees, other behemoths, whatever it wants. Is twice the height of an african elephant, if it was standing in a forest it's legs could be mistaken for tree trunks.
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Hello, can I ask your permission to use this design as practice for a 3D art class? It would be a purely personal work, which would at most be shown in my portfolio as a demonstration of modeling skill, and I would of course credit you and link to the original work.
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Sure, go ahead! Thanks for asking permission.
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If you like making creatures, you should play Spore.
You have to pay for it, but trust me, its totally worth it
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I love how you have this profound technical skill, which you use to great effect together with good design/concepts and with a sparkle of humor and trivia on top, my evening doesn't get any better than this, thank you.
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Thank you so much, I'm glad I could bring some enjoyment to your day~!
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Omg! I ish I was at at least a quarter as good as you!
My creatures would be so much better!
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I love the funny long legs, and the manatee-esque head.
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Those ridges on his back and the tusks are my favorite parts of this. I'm also in love with how subtle yet surprisingly bold the leg stripes are.
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Mass Effect? Did you also disapprove of the end? 
This is one very interesting creature. It must be a shock to be an ant, climb up a tree and realise is a huuuuge animal
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It wasn't as good as it could have been, but I've made my peace with it. My shepherd lived at the end so I can just assume a happy ending was properly served. And that all of this happened- [link]
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First time I played my shepard died ;( I was so dissappointed that I didn't want to play it again at first
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I probably would have been too, luckily my shep is awesome and saves everybody. Except those scripted to die of course.... so many tears...
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I ws about to point out that it has four legs but then I noticed that it says tree not Three.
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but it has three legs...*sniff* LIAR! *sobbing loudly*
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four legs it has four legs i meant
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Tree legged not three legged XP
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Neat. I was actually going to ask you about the size, for some reason it looks bigger than that to me.
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I dunno, I often think we forget just how big an elephant is. Such animals don't seem so large until you're standing next to one, so I try and restrain myself when describing the sizes of things.
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Now that I think of it, twice the size of an elephant, that's about the same size as an indricotherium :3 That seems about right now.
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An interesting picture and read! Are you designing this for anything in particular?
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My own personal project
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Ah I see, what kind of project is it?
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Explanation can be found in this folder: [link]
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That's really rather disturbing. I like the tusks-like-antlers idea.
The lower half of the forelegs are pretty massive considering the light musculature of the upper half. Is that just dead weight below the knee?
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Basically, it's armoring for kicking things around with. I imagine his feet act like suction cups in a way; the leathery mass of ankle skin sucks to and lifts from the ground, leaving deep impressions and anchoring him in place.
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Sweet! Thanks.
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I totally understand the mass effect addiction. This creature reminds me so much of some of Wayne Barlowe's stuff, which I love. Great work.
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this thing is badass, reminds me of a deer and a buffalo mixed with a pachederm
this would be something cool to see in a movie.
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Cute creature!! What does this behemoth eat? A long tongue suggests a diet of flowers or something like that, but they would have to be very large flowers. Does he just grab food with his tongue and lift it too his mouth? That would make sense for a creature that would have to bend down to eat anything but the tops of terrestrial trees. Mass Effect addiction withdrawal- sounds bad. I hope you get just as addicted to painting big creatures. 
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His long tongue works in a similar fashion to an elephants trunk, he can grab all manner of food with it to stuff into his mouth. Due to his great size, he's not picky about what he eats, fruit, flowers, leaves, grass, roots, whatever he can grab.
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Crazy/awesome! I love this design! There are so many amazing details! (I have also had to deal with Mass Effect addiction!)
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