Jam #5

Dylan · **Posted:** Tue Aug 26, 2008 8:30 pm

My apologies for a very late start and a big thanks to Igo for helping me get together information and reference. Like Shane with Jam #3, Igo pretty much put this jam together for me. Thanks man!

The task for this weeks jam will be Creature Design. The type of creature I'm after is the type you think you would find in a swamp in the middle of a deep dark and dank forest. So a creepy amphibious type creature, able to dwell on both land and in water. I see it being more water dwelling than land though, so keep that in mind.

To clarify, you need to draw a creepy amphibious type creature, able to dwell on both land and in water. More water dwelling than land.

Tips -

Igo wrote:

Head Studies

With creature designs I've found that a lot of guys, Weta doods and more importantly me, start out with head studies. These can be as rough or as refined as you want. Work loose on a bunch and tighten up one or two.

The idea is once you nail the head, it's pretty easy for the body to just follow.

Body

Take a finished head study and make a bitching body for it.

Once you get the body, color studies, and of course throw in some sort of scale thing for the end. A common thing is tossing in an average human all blacked out to show how big or small it may be... or a coin, or a city scape, or whatever.

A lot of guys LOVE putting them in environments as well at the end. So following colors, or finished pencils, toss it in an environment, eating something, fackin' or sleeping... whatever.

Enjoy!

Recommended concept artists to check out before beginning. Recommendations supplied by Igo.

Visual inspiration -

If you have any ideas or suggestions regarding the weekly jams, please free to send me a private message through the forums or email me at dylan@satellitesoda.com

Links and reference to accompany suggestions or ideas is greatly appreciated.

Igo · **Posted:** Tue Aug 26, 2008 9:42 pm

This has to compete with the AJB BATTLE!?! DAMN YOU DYLAN!!! *shakes fist angrily*

You might wanna bolden (that the right word?) or italicize the main swamp amphibian creature thing though, since you nearly quoted me for what the jam is on, and people might just do whatever they want... like a gay cat.

STOKED! Im expecting some turn-outs from certain some-ones, and if they dont... BANNANATED!

DRAM · **Posted:** Tue Aug 26, 2008 10:00 pm

Igo wrote:

... like a gay cat.

fuck, there goes my idea.

Dylan · **Posted:** Tue Aug 26, 2008 10:23 pm

Fixed it!

Ken · **Posted:** Tue Aug 26, 2008 11:02 pm

Oh hell yes, I'm breaking out those old 50's horror films for this one! :D

Jackwhat · **Joined:** Fri Jul 11, 2008 1:27 am **Posts:** 47

Holy shit this is gunna rock! It cool to go with those more conceptarty styles? As opposed to comicbookish? Cuz thats definately more my bag!

Dylan · **Posted:** Wed Aug 27, 2008 11:15 am

Hell yeah man! This is all about the concept styles. Get amongst it friend!

dENNIS · **Posted:** Wed Aug 27, 2008 4:17 pm

does it have to be a swamp monster? I had an idea for an oceandweller

Igo · **Posted:** Wed Aug 27, 2008 5:13 pm

Yah, and Dram wants to do a gay cat... NO!

SWAMP-MONSTER!

Jackwhat · **Joined:** Fri Jul 11, 2008 1:27 am **Posts:** 47

Righty then, best i get rocking the fuck on! Heres my start! doodling heads... so far im in favor of the bottom left one, and i dont reallllly like the bottom right one at all. :oops:

- although top left aint too bad either!

David79 · **Posted:** Thu Aug 28, 2008 10:30 am

OOOHHH BABY SWWAMP MONSTER rock on .... ok count me in :D
nice start jackwhar !!

Soulkarl · **Posted:** Fri Aug 29, 2008 5:05 am

woops I totally spaced on throwing my hat in on this, but ya solid jam topic Igo :]

Joybox · **Posted:** Fri Aug 29, 2008 11:30 am

hey guys, i know im early, but i'll forget to post it if i dont do it now.

fun topic guys. cant wait to see everybody else's

Soulkarl · **Posted:** Fri Aug 29, 2008 8:51 pm

awesome piece joybox, I'd love to see the whole creature though, as I cant currently really see the back half of him :[

is he blowing bubbles in the swamp water btw? ahah

bird · **Posted:** Sun Aug 31, 2008 10:25 pm

his name is Swampie

finally getting into the Jams, hope to get into the earlier ones as well

the tentacles-ish things are tongues

mojokingbee · **Posted:** Mon Sep 01, 2008 12:05 am

Here's my contribution. First scribble of the morning..oh, wait, it's already afternoon for me.

Joybox · **Posted:** Mon Sep 01, 2008 4:00 am

holy crap dan, thats great! brilliant linework. some great phallic shapes there too ;)

Karl: um yeah, i was trying to push those values, but i usually end up losing some important stuff when i do that. I've gotta find a better balance. the bubbles are his yeah, i was thinking of flamingos and the way the filter liters and liters of scummy water with their teeth thingys.

Soulkarl · **Posted:** Mon Sep 01, 2008 4:21 am

ya seriously ryudan - that shits too good

also i had no idea flamingos could do that - thats friggen sweet ahah

bird · **Posted:** Mon Sep 01, 2008 8:51 am

thanks guys, yours rocks!

the phallic thing is supossed to be a tongue as well haha, i just thought it would be funny to put it in that place resembling a prenuzi

Vidar · **Posted:** Mon Sep 01, 2008 9:25 am

(I know this is like the first comment in months from me here but:)
that is a fucking goood prenuzi!
it looks like he can adjust it and move the meat around under the foreskin.

bird · **Posted:** Mon Sep 01, 2008 9:38 pm

HAhahaha facking Vidar man haha i love Vidar

Foster · **Posted:** Mon Sep 01, 2008 10:27 pm

Way to nail it, Dani! I love the shape of the head.

David79 · **Posted:** Tue Sep 02, 2008 2:08 pm

damn ryudan, rock on!!

start my entry with some random heads ...

Soulkarl · **Posted:** Tue Sep 02, 2008 3:32 pm

holy shit david

my vote totally goes for bringing either the split jaw tongue dude on page 1 or the guy on the top of page 2 foward for the final - they are such solid solid creatures :o

madart84 · **Posted:** Fri Sep 05, 2008 8:34 am

heres my monster
i just noticed that it has a lot of influence from the Host :S

Dylan · **Posted:** Fri Sep 05, 2008 8:41 pm

These are all fucking rad!

Can't believe Igo was worried there would be no entries due to the AJB battle haha

bird · **Posted:** Fri Sep 05, 2008 9:01 pm

Facking David79 hahaha, my fav from those you posted it's the bottom left one of the last page, but all of them are badass.

all entries are rad indeed

Sketch · **Posted:** Sat Sep 06, 2008 5:31 am

I love Madart84's, it freaking rocks especially the baby tadpole at the top.

Igo · **Posted:** Sat Sep 06, 2008 11:59 am

Dylan wrote:

Can't believe Igo was worried there would be no entries due to the AJB battle haha

No man, I was worried that this jam would take away from the AJB battle! Poor Mark.

Jackwhat · **Joined:** Fri Jul 11, 2008 1:27 am **Posts:** 47

David and mad, awesome stuff!

Heres my bland design, I shoulda pushed the boat out and done something a bit more extreme D: - Next time! :oops:

LilMaxx · **Joined:** Sun Aug 19, 2007 11:03 am **Posts:** 64

SWAMPSUCKAH!

Soulkarl · **Posted:** Tue Sep 09, 2008 8:41 pm

Damn I was cutting this close. So anyways here it is - the locals of the area call em sea monkeys - despite the fact they clearly don't live in the sea... :o very aggressive predators of the forest.

heads n shit to get a better idea of the creature:

great entries everyone :D - now where is igos!?!?!?!?!!!

bird · **Posted:** Tue Sep 09, 2008 9:27 pm

Really Ace last entries, inspiring Jam.

freaking SoulKarl that's badass and scary dude, great rendering

Soulkarl · **Posted:** Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:05 am

hey thanks ryudan :]

there's a couple of photo drops in there for textures and some of the water to be fair (mainly just the front tree and the center water area is a fairly major drop) - so my rendering isn't too spectacular - but if you like any of the rest then hurray :P

also you planning to color your's in??

Manny · **Posted:** Wed Sep 10, 2008 1:16 am

Hi guys, here is my piece. I got to thank Spyder for getting me out of my cave.

bird · **Posted:** Wed Sep 10, 2008 10:44 pm

SoulKarl wrote:

hey thanks ryudan :]

also you planning to color your's in??

Not really bro, i'm focusing now in the AJB contest, need to find some time this weekends

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