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I've mentioned the Creature of the Week activity a few times before. Well, they recently held the 100th round. The topic was 100 creature thumbnails in one month. It was an amazing, fun, difficult challenge. I'm very happy with the results, except that I should have included more invertebrates in the designs.Related content
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How do you draw so amazing? I have always wanted to draw and I am horrible at it. I would love to draw creatures, especially as amazing as yours. Is there a way I can learn to draw well or is it complete natural skill? I am getting a drawing tablet soon and hope to try with that.
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Thank you!
Of course you can learn to draw. Just like any skill, certain people take to it more easily, but also like any skill, it can be learned. How old are you? If you're old enough, I'd recommend taking a class at a local community college, if that's an option. Take a class with a teacher that will show you how to accurately measure and observe what you see, not one that just teaches you how to "express yourself." Learn how to draw what you see. I'd stick with pencils and/or charcoal before playing on a digital tablet, though. Traditional media make better teachers than digital media.
As for learning how to draw creatures, I have several tips. First, learn as much as you can about animals. Learn about biology, evolution, and the fossil record. Learn how animals are classified, and the amazing diversity of the animal kingdom. Get some books and study animal skeletal and muscular anatomy. Get a good sense of gesture and shape.
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Dude, your Creature Designs are crazy...and inspiring!!! i'm getting ideas!
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Thanks! Creature ideas are what this activity was all about!
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These are so cool, recently I've gotten a little out of touch with my imagination which I really never wanted to happen and this has inspired me once again, thanks!
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That's the best I can hope to do. Thank you so much for your comment!
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Man, those guys are FREAKY. Look like something from "Alien Planet", "The Future is Wild" or movies directed by Guillermo del Toro.
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Thanks, man. Wayne Barlowe wrote "Expedition," the book on which Alien Planet is based, and often works as a concept artist for del Toro. He's my biggest artistic influence, so it's no surprise that you'd get that vibe from this image.
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This is just too great!
I also want to try to do such mind-burst!
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Thanks so much, man!
I hope you try it. It's very challenging, but very fun also.
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I really like your creatures... and you are right, you know, what? I'm actually going to do this creatures, ALL of them, can you give me the list? you know, pink furry predator, blind rock climbers, razorhead dinosaurs, etc.. I just can't find them.
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Here's the list of all the topics. And here's the thread with the rest of the guidelines and discussion, in case you're interested: [link]
01 Blind Rock Climber
02 Golden Lantern Beetle
03 Feathered Desert Runner
04 Phosphorescent Tunnel Digger
05 Crustacean Shark Eater
06 Arctic Firehead
07 Speckled Turtle Cracker
08 Purple Tentacle Creature
09 Flying Pearl of Night
10 Naked Tree Hanger
11 Plague Dragon
12 Firestarter Amphibian
13 Pink Furry Predator
14 One-Eyed Deep Sea Monster
15 Glowing Reptile Beauty
16 Striped Beast of Skies
17 Venomous Sabertooth Rodent
18 Slime Spitting Cave Hanger
19 Electric Swamp Dweller
20 Icecold Lava Diver
21 One-Horned Glacier Slider
22 Heat Generating Hunter Fish
23 Scavenger With Thorny Head
24 Orange Fluffy Bloodsucker
25 Green Geyser Glider
26 Razorhead Dinosaur
27 Giant Tree Eater
28 Flower Patterned Jungle Lurker
29 Nocturnal Light Dazzler
30 Cute Six Legged Egg Sucker
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Hey wowowow how is this, related to [link] ?? is this some kind of meme? contests or such? 0_o I want to participate!!
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Hey, IRIRIV. This was done for the Creature of the Week activity over on ConceptArt.org. As the name implies, every week a new topic is posted, and those participating must create a creature design that fits that topic.
The 100th round of Creature of the Week was an important milestone, so instead of working on one creature design for a week, the topic was to create 100 thumbnails of creatures over the space of a month.
The piece you linked to was also done for this activity. Here's some links to see the rest:
The thread where all the final images were posted for voting (huuuge download!): [link]
Some incomplete entries: [link]
The thread for CoW round 101, where people chose a specific creature design from CoW 100 and refined it (including some of my own designs!): [link]
And the voting thread for round 101: [link]
As for participating, this took place right at a year ago. That's no reason that you can't do it yourself right now, though!
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Ho... so, there are going to be no more rounds?? What a pitty.
Hey... you know what? did I almoust made the same ammount of creatures that 400 artists?? In fact, if I would take into account the ones that are not included in the 1001...
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No, there are still weekly rounds of CoW. Except for right now, which is a three week special round. But regular weekly topics will resume pretty soon.
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dude awesome i would like to go to these diffrent planets to see these creatures also i love the giant tree eaters
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Thanks! Those tree eaters were fun.
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Now THAT's a simile that I don't think has ever been used to describe me before!
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Oh man these are all just fantastic, I can't even pick out a favorite here. I find 56, 60, 70 and 93 adorable for some reason, though. XD
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I would love to try to model a couple of these (with your permission). very cool collection of beasties
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Thank you! I would be honored if you applied your considerable sculpting skills to one of my creature designs. Which ones are you thinking of sculpting?
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I don't know... i like them all but 29 32 52 64 76 86 90 and 94 are some I think would make cool sculpts.
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Hey, there's a lot of fun stuff here, I really love this!
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Wow, these are amazing, and such detail and creativity in each one! Truly inspiring!
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I'd like to make an avatar of #18. I love it so much. I want one as a pet.
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Haha, go ahead! That creature is actually loosely based on the Chupacabra.
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really love #54, #41, #46. And # 91 is just too cute
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beautifull creatures, great colors!!
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Wow. That's basically all I can say about that.
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Nice, it's like a zoo but in ur world, totaly amazing
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Wow.... your work is just so amazing. You've got SO much talent and SO much creativity. It just boggles my mind. Most Awesome animal... creature... things!
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The level of creativity here is beyond awesome. I really like how some creatures have obvious terran ancestries, the giant baboon, the psycho anteater, etc.
Do you know Terryl Whitlatch? Your work looks set to kick her ass any day.
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Hey, thanks nemo! Terryl Whitlatch is actually my biggest influence when it comes to creature design (taking the place of Wayne Barlowe, who was my biggest influence in my younger years). I'm trying to make my creature designs and style more different from hers, though, since I've been told many times that my creatures are reminiscent of hers. I'm also trying to include more invertebrates, and generally get away from designing creatures that obviously fit into existing orders of Earth fauna.
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