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Published: 2019-11-07 06:20:45 +0000 UTC; Views: 1573; Favourites: 92; Downloads: 3
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Description Firstly, that isn't blood. However, it does look like blood, so if you think this needs a filter, please let me know!
(I've been debating whether or not to put one on, but since its just a turnaround and it doesn't look too menacing I decided against it for now :'D)

Okay, I spent a long time on this, so I'm posting my character design homework for the first time! The prompt was to design a creature/monster for some horror media, and then make a four point turnaround and two headshots. Most of our assignments have been traditional and without color, but this one is all digital and with flat colors! I was kinda excited, cause I can do turnarounds much more accurately on photoshop rather than traditionally.

Anywhozits, the creature! I really like the idea of horror based on nature. Maybe its because I find nature terrifying. Real horror is right outside, peeps. Vine arms is a bit of a motif of mine, but the look is creepy, so I put them here! I also added vertically slit eyes, since I personally hate looking at those. In the center is an eye. The dark pupil in the middle will move around to "look" at its surroundings. It has hips and can walk normally, but will stride all the way from it's chest. It's left side seems to be coming apart and has extremely long fingers. Finally, there's the "bleeding." Certain trees bleed a red sap when cut into, so I based this guy's bark on those kinda trees. So it's not blood, but a really red tree sap!

And yeah! This was my homework! I feel like describing my thought process for making this makes it much less scary then intended, but oh well! XD

Hope you all enjoy!!
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Comments: 57

Gosh-Heck In reply to ??? [2020-05-13 21:17:03 +0000 UTC]

Oh, I totally agree with you there, both of those names are rad! I think I like The Bark best just for it's simplicity

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BraveBurattino [2020-02-13 04:26:21 +0000 UTC]

this is super super cool. i like how you gave the creature human elements, like the blood colored sap and the fleshy colored bark!

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Gosh-Heck In reply to BraveBurattino [2020-02-14 04:35:18 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! I was hoping giving it more human-like colors and qualities would add some distorted familiarity to it, so I'm glad you like it too!

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Mangledsav [2019-12-07 16:38:54 +0000 UTC]

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Gosh-Heck In reply to Mangledsav [2019-12-07 21:41:48 +0000 UTC]

AAH! Thank you so much!!! I'm so glad you like it!!! I don't always do horror and creepy stuff like this, but it was definitely a TON of fun!! Might redraw this guy sometime in the future to see if I can make it extra creepy!

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Mordelia [2019-11-07 20:03:44 +0000 UTC]

That's awesome! Not something I want to see coming towards me in the middle of the night

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Gosh-Heck In reply to Mordelia [2019-11-07 23:11:04 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!! That's exactly the reaction I was going for!!
It was a really fun creature to draw, especially since I don't do these kinda creatures often!

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Mordelia In reply to Gosh-Heck [2019-11-08 02:30:33 +0000 UTC]

I just love creepy stuff!!

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Gosh-Heck In reply to Mordelia [2019-11-08 04:01:34 +0000 UTC]

Me too! Well, from a distance XD

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Netebreaker [2019-11-07 17:35:14 +0000 UTC]

What a cool dude , but I still feel a chill vibe from him though

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Gosh-Heck In reply to Netebreaker [2019-11-07 17:50:42 +0000 UTC]

Thankee!! It one of those creatures where if it's just standing there, it's fine, but the moment it reaches it's arm out and starts moving towards me, I'm hecking running XD

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Netebreaker In reply to Gosh-Heck [2019-11-07 17:59:41 +0000 UTC]

yes and moving state too O3O

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Gosh-Heck In reply to Netebreaker [2019-11-07 18:06:11 +0000 UTC]

YUP! XD Just gotta give this guy some space away from me

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Netebreaker In reply to Gosh-Heck [2019-11-07 18:16:04 +0000 UTC]

yeah we don't want any hugs Dear Monster tree.

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Gosh-Heck In reply to Netebreaker [2019-11-07 18:24:15 +0000 UTC]

You seem like a nice guy, but no hugs plz and thank

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Netebreaker In reply to Gosh-Heck [2019-11-07 18:28:12 +0000 UTC]

yeah, and pls don't stop by for tea eitherΒ 

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Gosh-Heck In reply to Netebreaker [2019-11-07 23:18:50 +0000 UTC]

Please and thank uuuu

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dracohazart [2019-11-07 14:49:10 +0000 UTC]

AAAAA I LOVE THIS SO MUCH

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Gosh-Heck In reply to dracohazart [2019-11-07 17:49:25 +0000 UTC]

THANK YOU!!! I'M REALLY HAPPY WITH HOW ITS DESIGN CAME OUT!

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dracohazart In reply to Gosh-Heck [2019-11-07 21:46:21 +0000 UTC]

No problem!! It's so sick and creepy

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Gosh-Heck In reply to dracohazart [2019-11-07 23:12:39 +0000 UTC]

Ah, yes!! That's exactly what I was going for!!

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Brandenfascher [2019-11-07 14:38:25 +0000 UTC]

Looks like a very consistent turnaround!

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Gosh-Heck In reply to Brandenfascher [2019-11-07 17:49:04 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I have photoshop to thank for that! If it weren't for its guidelines, proportions would be all over the place, haha!

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Foolish-Hearts [2019-11-07 12:03:25 +0000 UTC]

Oooo~ I love this! I'm not a huge horror fan (I'm more about psychological thrillers and crime/cult documentaries for my scares LOL) BUT this is the kind of horror I enjoy! It has a very Silent Hill vibe to it because it's legit frightening and makes the viewer feel uncomfortable with (Jerry's) very unnatural appearance and it doesn't rely on gore. That's talent. I say this because most people seem to believe that in order to make a monster scary, it has to have blood and guts everywhere. In a world of Resident Evil zombies and Dead Space aliens... give me Silent Hill demons. If you can creep out your viewer with awkward proportions, unnatural angles, and a questionable existence- that's freaking horrifying! (Did I just describe Seb...? LMFAO!)Β 

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Gosh-Heck In reply to Foolish-Hearts [2019-11-07 18:00:26 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much!! I'm so happy to get this reaction!! And YESS!! I'm hugely the same way. I didn't want good ol' Jerry here to be gross to look at but for it to be genuinely unsettling with an underlying terror to it! But heck yeah!!! Distort the human figure!! Play with the familiar! Hecking LOVE those kinds of creatures! (PFFT XD I would totaly accept Seb as the newest Dwemer-loving cryptid XD)

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SilverSh4dows [2019-11-07 10:53:37 +0000 UTC]

Oh boy, am I glad this creature doesn't actually exist xD But it's a really cool idea! :3

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Gosh-Heck In reply to SilverSh4dows [2019-11-07 17:47:10 +0000 UTC]

Tbh me too XD If I saw this in the woods swaying with the trees, I'd just die on spot probably XD
And thank you!! I'm really proud of how the design came out!

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SilverSh4dows In reply to Gosh-Heck [2019-11-07 17:51:38 +0000 UTC]

Omg yes xD I'm really easy to scare and I'm really not a big fan of horror, so I'd probably just die on spot too xD Maybe after just screaming for a few moments xD

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Gosh-Heck In reply to SilverSh4dows [2019-11-07 18:05:38 +0000 UTC]

An understandable reaction XD Anything in the woods already freaks me out, so to see this??? No thanks XD

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Zotco [2019-11-07 09:42:36 +0000 UTC]

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Gosh-Heck In reply to Zotco [2019-11-07 17:45:58 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!!! I'm pretty proud of the spiral chest! I think it really adds a nice focal point!
Glad you think so, cause I was really debating about it

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Zotco In reply to Gosh-Heck [2019-11-07 18:32:26 +0000 UTC]

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Gosh-Heck In reply to Zotco [2019-11-07 23:15:30 +0000 UTC]

Yes, exactly! I always like when creatures have a dark focal point like the chest.
That's what I was thinking too! I'm just not the biggest fan of mature filters, cause then not everyone sees it, ya know?

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Eternal-Violet [2019-11-07 08:24:00 +0000 UTC]

It looks so cool~!!!! I love the design, it kind of looks like something out of a studio ghibli film (>w0)b~!!!
I like the idea of red sap instead of blood (one of the trees near my house has the same red sap, it looks awesome and sorta like honey 0w0)b)~!!

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Gosh-Heck In reply to Eternal-Violet [2019-11-07 17:41:17 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much!!! I can see that!! They have some great creature designs!! ^0^
I thought so too!!! (Oh, that's so cool!! It'd be so cool and creepy to see a tree "bleed" red sap in real life!! >v<)

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Eternal-Violet In reply to Gosh-Heck [2019-11-08 23:39:41 +0000 UTC]

No problemio~!! Yeah, they have some awesome creatures~!! (>w<)bΒ 
(^U^)~!! (It's cool to see when it happens, it kinda looks like miscoloured honey most of the time ^^'').

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Gosh-Heck In reply to Eternal-Violet [2019-11-09 00:01:54 +0000 UTC]

They really do! ^v^
(Yeah! But from a distance, it could look really gnarly I imagine ^^)

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Eternal-Violet In reply to Gosh-Heck [2019-11-09 23:49:23 +0000 UTC]

\(^U^)b
(It does~!! The first time I saw it, I freaked out and actually thought the tree was bleeding TwT'')

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Gosh-Heck In reply to Eternal-Violet [2019-11-10 01:03:15 +0000 UTC]

(Oh man, I woulda freaked out too if I didn't know red sap was a thing ;v; You just don't expect trees to bleed blood-looking stuff >w< )

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Eternal-Violet In reply to Gosh-Heck [2019-11-10 12:29:08 +0000 UTC]

(Definitely T U T'' it's really cool but unexpected owo'')

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Gosh-Heck In reply to Eternal-Violet [2019-11-10 20:27:27 +0000 UTC]

(Omg, I bet X'D )

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Eternal-Violet In reply to Gosh-Heck [2019-11-11 09:00:21 +0000 UTC]

:'3

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CarpathianLion [2019-11-07 07:01:21 +0000 UTC]

Aaa, i love the design of this monster, a big fan of his textures too. And don't worry about the mature tag, it seems perfectly fine by me. Certainly not too graphic, the clorous are more suggestive than anythingΒ 

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Gosh-Heck In reply to CarpathianLion [2019-11-07 07:29:56 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much!! It's not often I do monster designs as one can probably tell from a quick look in my gallery, haha! It was a fun challenge, and I really enjoyed doing all those vines connecting all the limbs!!
Ah, glad you think so! I was thinking the same thing, but I know someone may find it more disturbing than I intended it. I'm going for an etherial-but-if-it-started-moving-I'd-hecking-die-on-spot vibe, haha!

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CarpathianLion In reply to Gosh-Heck [2019-11-07 15:38:53 +0000 UTC]

Etherial-but-if-it-started-moving-I'd-hecking-die-on-spot does describe it really well, lol

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Gosh-Heck In reply to CarpathianLion [2019-11-07 17:47:39 +0000 UTC]

Glad you think so XD

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g0blinv0mit [2019-11-07 06:31:01 +0000 UTC]

haha I live in the woods, and trust me running around in the middle of night in the forest with a dying flashlight is somethin different. haven't gotten used to the idea of going back to town though, the forest gets into your bones and wont let you leave.Β 

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Gosh-Heck In reply to g0blinv0mit [2019-11-07 06:40:08 +0000 UTC]

Oh man, I get weird vibes just from the small forest in my backyard. I imagine being surrounded by nothing but trees would feel like a whole new plane of existence where everything just vaguely feels like it's watching and grabbing onto you, tho that may just be me, haha

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g0blinv0mit In reply to Gosh-Heck [2019-11-07 07:23:55 +0000 UTC]

no it really does, all the trees are like their own living creature, with arms tryna hold onto you. especially at night when you can't see anything but you constantly feel like you're being watched. there's a lot of stuff you can make from that. I read pet semetary, and it really played off how vague the forest is.

the creature you made kind of made me think of a person who's gotten consumed by a forest spirit? like it got lost in the woods. kind of just standing in the background watching you. its cool :^)

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Gosh-Heck In reply to g0blinv0mit [2019-11-07 07:36:56 +0000 UTC]

That's haunting just to think about, gah! I've always loved how a forest just, like, Feels that way without even trying. Maybe that's why I'm so fascinated with it? Who knows, I just really like the things I don't understand about forests, haha!

Thank you!! That's one of the ideas I had in mind while designing it! I didn't want it to be terrifying to look at, but rather hopeless??? if that makes sense?? I'm a much bigger fan of those types of creatures rather than something that's just a big ol' pile of bodily horror and grossness. Cause bodily horror will scare me for a second, but the hopelessness of another monster will freak me out for much longer, somehow

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