Creature Concepts

My First Creature Concept is a Wasp, based on engine parts and wires.
I used wires to give the illusion of hair.



Larger Image: https://i.servimg.com/u/f82/14/42/04/42/engine10.jpg

My Second Creature Concept is a Black Widow Spider, based on old style steampunk, I used a brown/orange fine pen to give an almost rustic and rusty appearance.
The red widow pattern was replaced with seethrough window-lik areas to allow sm mechanical insides to be seen.



Larger Version: https://i.servimg.com/u/f82/14/42/04/42/steamp10.jpg

there really nice designs , you kept them very simple , i like the way you have used the copper wires to make the illusion of hairs very clever , i like the little engines behind the wasp and the fuel tubes its just really good the way you have incorparated engines ect into the wasps

and the same for the spider i like the way u can see cogs and gears working in its opisthosoma

The black widow is a bit hard to see. The brown pen idea was a good idea, but it just gives me a headache lol. Next time you should probably shade in with brown, and line in using a black pen. It's really well done though, just difficult to make out.

The wasp is looking excellent and I'm really liking the pipes, exhausts and engine bits, and you've done a good job with the head and the shading. =]

the wasp is great, i love the fact that its an engine, which gives it a sense that it would be really powerful and fast
i like the look of the spider, the colour makes it look bronze in a steampunk good work
wheres the third?

1st Stage of my wasp photoshop



https://i.servimg.com/u/f82/14/42/04/42/wasp110.jpg

awesome its looking great so far , cannot wait to see it finished

Second Stage

3rd Stage Possibly Final Stage of my Wasp not sure what else to do with it.
It feels like it's missing something, any suggestions would be appreciated. =)

cool wasp design!! i really like the shiny metallic colour an the eye stands out loads an the detail boss aswell !! good work

awesome painting, seeming as its your first time, great detail. looks abit darker on this computer

I started on redrawing (mostly tracing) my steampunk spider, this is as much as i've managed to get done but i'm knackered now so going to bed i think , let me know what you guys think of it, are the wires on the legs too much? can't decide if they are making it look too cluttered, i think they add something to the picture, makes it look more plausible as a real moving design.



This is a line version without the wires, i kinda like this design too. I'm going to completly redesign the abdomen whichever way i go.

the spider is looking good, but the body is abit flat, and you need to add the other legs also the back [sack thing] is the wrong perspective

the spider is looking awesome! I really like how the legs look 3d, I think adding colour could improve the body though and maybe make it rounder or more smooth?

The final lined up drawing for my spider, just needs to be coloured in photoshop, i've given a coloured version to to give and idea fo what it'll kinda look like.
Haven't decided on whether i will be using wood and old and brass or rusty metal and old brass.

looking good alex, is that the wood texture that steve gave us earlier?

and i do like the detail in your drawings!

I am using the wood technique steve showed us, but adding my own twist on it and changin it slightly, plus adding in shading and light textures aswell.
So far i've fnihed all the woode bits now i think, going to start adding the mettallic elements soon.

Some of the metal work, still needs shading

looking excellent alex, did you use steve's wood tutorial? Those brass bits make it look really good.

looking really really good now tbh alex. Love the gold metal with the wood effect, just a few more shadings to do on the gold metal parts and that will be done

Finished Spider.

looks awesome, its got a classy feel to it lol, love the detail on the back. and well the detail all over is great

i really like this, all the gold parts stand out really well! and the glass bit on the body looks really good also

Added shading to the spider fo the funs of it.



My next creation, i wet with a drogonfl but decided not to add wings or legs so that it wouldn't be too muh like an insect.
Goin to make it spaceage-like and add glowing areas to it.

Done some detail on my dragonfly not sure where to take it from here.

The flatness seems to be fixed for the spider, really good job akex and the glowing creature looks good also. perhaps you should add some razor sharp wings