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MickMcDee β Mediterranean shark squid
Published: 2012-03-04 12:28:55 +0000 UTC; Views: 8357; Favourites: 192; Downloads: 80
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Mediterranean shark squidI know, i know, i wanted to show you some future humans, but i lost the pic and i am to lazy to scan and overwork it a second time (maybe later)
But, heres another awesome creature of my future story - the mediterranean shark squid. It developed from normal squids and adapted to the niche of sharks. In the future Europe will be flooded by global warming and turned into a gigantic area of shallow seas and a few rocky islands formed by the ancient mountains. The shark squid hunts in this tropic area (but honestly I'm not really sure what will be its prey).
The many tentacles turned into two chief tentacles, three smaller ones stayed for scanning the sea ground for prey. It has developed four strong fins, so it is a very active creature. The biggest subspecies is over five meters long. Some related squid species have developed into the successors of whales, maybe i will show this creatures later (but they dont have a place in my story yet).
Well, cool design this time! I really like the perspective and the white and blue-red colouring. I have to praise myself!
So, hope you like it! Maybe i find the time to upload the next pic in the next week!
Keep on watching and please comment!!!
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This... this looks the closest to the creatures I remember dreaming about a year or two ago that I've seen so far... except they had actual jaws with teeth instead of the beak, had 4 tentacles in a cross shape I guess around their heads pointing forwards as well as a few smaller ones going backwards and some fins on their neck area.. and there were two kinds. One was blue like this and the other was red and stripey... I remember one was much larger than the other (as in the small ones were whale sized... I recall seeing one of the bigger ones (red) hung up on this structure that reminds me of the stands they use to launch rockets (but with buildings attached) )
But anyway! Awesome work lol
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Interesting design and colors, I'm impressed! It's a wonderful concept that you handled nicely!
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Amazing! What did you use to draw this? Is that an ink in the lineart?
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and indeed you should praise yourself. this is something i have honestly always wanted to see, even when i was a little kid! it reminds me of a kraken. this thing is too cool to describe, i love anything with lots of teeth and no spine! and possibly the most awesome patterns of any undersea creature, too. i greatly admire your work, you are really a great artist! so does this thing swim by moving its' fins? or does it propel itself with a jet? or both?? really awesome, again, love the tentacle serrations!Β
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well, thx again
the shark squid uses its fins just for stabilizing, it moves by a jet which shows into the different way than the jet of normal squid (i think you know, that they move backwards) So the shark squid is able to swim quite fast through the ocean and although it can fix prey with the eyesΒ
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now i wonder, how did this creature swim? i mean, it seams to swim frontward, but how did it's evolution permit it?
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hey, long time no see
it can move frontwards cause the propulsion switched its position - but there's a bigger secret behind it (it will be covered up in my book when its ready)
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oh, book! now you're talking
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well glad that they won't be around when we're gone! I would not want to meet something line this
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there is a movie called sharktopus?
ok, i google it . . .
looks like a typical b-movie, omg
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yea it's pretty cheesy but that's the point. I just finished watching Two Headed Shark Attack and it was awful XD
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two headed shark attack ... lol
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exactly! You can find it on Dailymotion. Just type "headed shark attack" (the guy who uploaded it screwed up)
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Very nice! it has a somewhat kraken appearance, with a bit of whale shark...?
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wtf is that? the kraken or what?
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I've been obsesed in seacreature for quiet some time now and right now it's sharks and occtopuses/squids. You merged them perfecly. The markings and eyes somehow is the most eyecathing in this picture!
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thx, i really like it too^^
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I really like the way your art has been progressing. I'd love to see all these creatures put together in a book.
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me too, thx for looking at my drawing skill evolution - i think i improved it a lot since i started uploading pics on deviantart and got a lot of positive feedback
and honestly, i really enjoy your art too (i wonder why you havent got more faves for your awesome pics)
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Deviantart really helped me too. It's nice having a community of fellow artists who reciprocate your interests.
I'm glad you like my work.
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So is the Mediterranean shark squid the top marine predator of its time?
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not of whole earth, but the european area - I'm not really sure if there could be maybe a gigantic thing in the future oceanc ... lets see
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"Whoa! Don't get caught in the big blue ocean with that thing. Unless it was a small fry, then cook it up for lunch. It may taste like chicken. "
Nicely done. It's different than any other made up sea creatures I find on here.
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that was my purpose^^
thx for the comment!
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Interesting work! In the featured folder nΒΊ 3 in Special-Groups. (Best works!).
Thanks very much!
Β‘Un interesante trabajo! Lo hemos destacado en la carpeta "Featured nΒΊ 3" en Special-Groups que es donde se exhiben los mejores trabajos de los artistas del grupo.
Β‘Muchas gracias!
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and would taste fried really excellent
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This thing looks so alien it would be a worthy member of an extraterrestrial ecosystem! great job here! it looks absolutely fantastic!
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thx, i know it looks aliens - it was inspired by some flying creatures of Alex Ries [link]
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