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Keithwormwood — Manually Assisted Sea Cyborg
Published: 2009-09-11 22:48:21 +0000 UTC; Views: 169919; Favourites: 6435; Downloads: 11326
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Cetaceans have long been used by military outfits, trained for marine mine clearance, reconnaissance, and even attack roles. However their willful, individualistic personalities caused severe problems. Escapees were common, which represented an extremely expensive loss in both resources and time, for their trainers. The J8 program solved this issue with heavily genetically modified Belugas featuring post-growth expansive mechanical grafting which fitted them to be overseen by a human pilot.Key Features:
Opened canopy exposes cockpit.
Legs mounted on underbelly allow cyborg to crawl along the seabottom and minimize water disruption for the sake of covert movement.
Manipulator arms can be controlled by pilot for precise tasks (repairs, sabotage, etc).
Feed tubes supply a space efficient, dehydrated cocktail to nourish the remaining biological elements of the cyborg.
Synthetic fin extensions can unfurl or contract depending on the need for speed or maneuverability.
Art prints available here: Sea Cyborg art print
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Comments: 429
The piece is a bit morbid for me, but it's excellent, you are very talented.
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Woah... Gorgeous in the most disturbing way. Ever heard of We3 by Grant Morrison? This is even... better? Worse? I dunno what the right word is for something like this... just stunning.
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Beautiful, terrible and truly stunning. The imagination and details in the piece are wonderful and your colouring is so realistic. Great stuff!
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I love the way you juxtapose the sheer coolness of what you design with the sheer horror of its moral implications.
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I was trying to find the words to say about this picture and you pretty much said them perfectly. Brilliant but horrifying. Well done.
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Yes! This is exactly what Belugas should be used for! Good job.
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That is pretty awesome...and a little bit creepy O.o
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Great (and more than just slightly disturbing, but that's a part of it's greatness) idea and great technique *favs*
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i love it it's almost like metal gear solid with the geckos when they were damaged they would bleed but they were also machines.
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Wonderful concept--it's so gorgeous and efficient, and yet repulsive at the same time. Excellent work!
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Hey
I just saw this one in a book about drawing weird vehicles or something like that, around a week ago. I wanted to get it just because it was in the cover, even though I wasn't allow to look inside the book. Stupid store
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The concept is so disturbing, but the idea and the piece itself is truly amazing.
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This is an amazing concept. Reminds me of some things on Blue Sub 6.
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interesting concept...
consider in doing more with all kinds of different animals?
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i wish i had one ^^ jk i love beluga whales CX but nice job anyways ^^
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I saw this concept before.. I think in "Ghost in the shell" concepts art.
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That's quite creepy, but also really cool.
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absurd but soo interesting and cool.
the description gives the picture extra depth, i like!
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that is amazing, but looks like it would've been very painful for the whale. any sort of description on that?? apart from the truck load of anaesthetic? ^_^
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Holy cow, this seriously blew my mind. The details are stunning, and your use of colors, as usual, is spot-on. I can't get my eyes off this. Just awesome.
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Thats a real interesting contraption.. can't say I'd wanna see one if I were swimming though. Lol
Really detailed and neat looking though.
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Absolutely faved! Luv the cyber-punk ^_^
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Man, screw the porsche. I want THIS! What an epic ride.
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I own a book that has this artwork as an example
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lovely 
animals and science fiction. WONDERFUL
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You know, something like dat I've got planes about sharks. But I'm try did submarines. Even large sub
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Does it come with a leather interior and kick'n sound system?
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I do believe this is the sort of thing Green Peace frowns upon.
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Reminds me of the bio ships from Blue Submarine no. 6
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I'm sort of scared, but that's super amazing!
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That's soo amazing, the detail and idea!
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Is it strange that I now have the song "Baby Beluga" stuck in my head?
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That's very nice! I love the concept and the subtle colour mother-of-pearl colours, and also the fine texturing. The best piece I've seen for days. Very inspiring.
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