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Published: 2012-02-08 18:43:53 +0000 UTC; Views: 38451; Favourites: 791; Downloads: 375
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This slow-moving crab-like creature spends most of it's adult life in the trees. It uses it's large claw to stablize itself while it uses its legs to navigate itself through the branches. It feeds primarily on plants and lichens, but may gorge itself on bird egg and the occasional bird if it can catch one. It's body is full of sharp spines and irritating fur-like bristles. For additional defense it uses a sharp barb at the end of it's tail, that secretes a chemical that will cause hallucinogenic deluisions. Some tribes will extract the poison from the crab to use for ceremonial rituals and more often recreation. This could also coincide with the crab's bizarre appearance making it seem even more horrific when the individual is under the influence.Done for CA's cow, Asymmetrical insectoid. Had lots of fun with this one.
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wtf. this so much better than than most "art" being sold for tons of cash right now!
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Done for CA's cow, Asymmetrical insectoid. Had lots of fun with this one.
You know where I can find more of those
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You mean COW's it's found at conceptart.org...you are free to join anytime!
Although atm, there's some technical issues with the site, but there is a currently active topic running despite this...
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that is one weird creepy crawly, well done
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What a cool concept. The creature looks just the right amount of hideous crossed with something I'd like to know more about.
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I'm in love with this one, the concept is genius, the name sounds hilarious and it's such a precious babbu. What's the function of its eyes being asymmetrical though? One for looking up in the branches, one for looking down and possible threats?
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Thanks, I guess you could say that it gives the creature a some more perspective within it's environment, I mainly wanted to emphasize the asymmetrical aspect so I was having too much fun with it to think about function or practicality all that much...I'm sure if I designed it again today it would look a bit more plausible
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You did great on that aspect, the beasie looks functional enough, also with the right legs being sturdy for hanging on and the slimmer legs for grasping things below, perhaps. The eyes made me think of the cock-eyed squid, which does use one to look down in darkness for predators and one upwards in the faint light (this one is way bigger) for food. ^^
I'm always fond of creatures with an added description, the cultural aspect of natives hallucinating with its venom is awesome.
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used this guy as a monster in one of my games. about 10 of them dropped out of the tree canopy onto the players and started clawing them to pieces. they loved the encounter and the art thanks boss!
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Someone pass the garlic butter and three-pronged fork. I'm not craving some crab legs.
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Holy Sh** kill it with fire!! Just kidding but still that's exactly what I would do if I saw that thing.
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now imagine seeing that thing on EARTH
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Thought this would be around the size of a coconut crab at most... then I saw the bird o_o
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Cow is 'Creature Of the Week' a weekly contest held over at conceptart.org, there are other contests as well such as Chow, CHaracter Of the Week and Eow, Environment Of the Week!
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does it accept written submissions?
or it artwork only?
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No written submissions only 2 dimensional traditional or digital artwork, although written descriptions to go with your artwork is acceptable, but not on it's own
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It sounds like a lot of fun and a great way to improve. I'll have to check it out. Thanks C:
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if that fell on a persons head that would be terrifying
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how Ironic I came up with an idea similar to this for an art class I took in high school when I drew the project "fish in forest" I drew a rain forest with not just fish but I put a horseshoe crab and a couple of other crabs in tree brantches along with a kulala and a snake. although your idea is much better looking.
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This is great man! So much detail... I miss those cows!
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Thanks, man! You should def do more creatures! And keep rockin those enviro's!
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Suuuuch amazing little intricate details!
I love crabs! :3 sweet job!
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Fantastic piece of work I love the creature design and technical excellence with which it has been executed.
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That one monstrous tree crab. Nice work on the detail.
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that little finch? (any ways the bird) i LOVE his "um...can i help you?" body language
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Good god that's evil looking. I'd rather walk under a web metropolis of banana spiders (and I have) than even one of these.
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AN ARBOREAL TREE-SWINGING CRAB. That is an awesome concept.
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i love this but i think death the kid would probably destroy the screen with his ultimate death cannon
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I thought this was real from the thumbnail but this is just awesome up close. I wanna watch one
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Creepy little thing, you should do a symmetrical one too! I love it, fantastic thought, tree crabs would be soo cool.
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they do exist, heard of the Robber crab aka the Coconut crab, though they don't fully live in the trees like this one.
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I shall research this now, I'm a wildlife fanatic. I'd rather watch a documentary on wildlife than a film I'd been wanting to see for 294739 years. Even if I'd already seen said documentary.
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