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Ok, this one needs a little more explanation.
1- So I doodle, a lot, and sometimes i have random ink splatters and messes that fill up a paper. And sometimes, I end up seeing shapes and creatures in those random splatters. So I outlined the figure that I saw.
2- I took some white paint to try and clarify the creature, give it a little life and movement. I was beginning to see a definite shape and form to it. An aquatic beastie, of sorts.
3- Because I was still on black paper at this point, I decided to try for a skeletal representation of the creature. In it, I was trying to illustrate the definite beak on the jaw, as the whole mouth is hidden underneath the tentacles. I also tried to show the angle in the tail, like in an ichthyosaur, but ran out of paper to do this properly.
4- I began to imagine just how this creature evolved, and from what. Sometimes, it's more fun to just play with what already exists. In this case, i started with a dinosaur (exact species is imagined) but that is closely related to a hypsilophodon. These dinosaurs had developed teeth as well as beaks. From there, it started to exploit food resources in the oceans waters, like current marine iguanas. Eventually, it began to produce more and more features that aided in this lifestyle, such as dorsal fins for stability, webbed feet, and a tail fin. I do show gill slits, though I think that would be a pretty big jump, so maybe not so much. The strangest feature that developed were the "tentacles" on the head of the creature. They were originally whiskers, like those of a catfish, which aided the creature in finding food and detecting objects in low-light situations under water. Eventually, these whiskers grew longer and more agile, and developed into squid-like tentacles. Unlike the tentacles on a squid, there are no suckers, though the skin and scales have become rougher for better grip. The creature maintains legs so that it can walk on land to lay its eggs.
5- And thus, the sqark.
Yeah, I know, many many principals of evolution and biology and who knows what are broken. But this is just for fun.
If anyone wants to use the Squark, feel free, though I would appreciate a little credit. Thanks!
1- So I doodle, a lot, and sometimes i have random ink splatters and messes that fill up a paper. And sometimes, I end up seeing shapes and creatures in those random splatters. So I outlined the figure that I saw.
2- I took some white paint to try and clarify the creature, give it a little life and movement. I was beginning to see a definite shape and form to it. An aquatic beastie, of sorts.
3- Because I was still on black paper at this point, I decided to try for a skeletal representation of the creature. In it, I was trying to illustrate the definite beak on the jaw, as the whole mouth is hidden underneath the tentacles. I also tried to show the angle in the tail, like in an ichthyosaur, but ran out of paper to do this properly.
4- I began to imagine just how this creature evolved, and from what. Sometimes, it's more fun to just play with what already exists. In this case, i started with a dinosaur (exact species is imagined) but that is closely related to a hypsilophodon. These dinosaurs had developed teeth as well as beaks. From there, it started to exploit food resources in the oceans waters, like current marine iguanas. Eventually, it began to produce more and more features that aided in this lifestyle, such as dorsal fins for stability, webbed feet, and a tail fin. I do show gill slits, though I think that would be a pretty big jump, so maybe not so much. The strangest feature that developed were the "tentacles" on the head of the creature. They were originally whiskers, like those of a catfish, which aided the creature in finding food and detecting objects in low-light situations under water. Eventually, these whiskers grew longer and more agile, and developed into squid-like tentacles. Unlike the tentacles on a squid, there are no suckers, though the skin and scales have become rougher for better grip. The creature maintains legs so that it can walk on land to lay its eggs.
5- And thus, the sqark.
Yeah, I know, many many principals of evolution and biology and who knows what are broken. But this is just for fun.
If anyone wants to use the Squark, feel free, though I would appreciate a little credit. Thanks!
Category Artwork (Traditional) / Doodle
Species Unspecified / Any
Size 1280 x 1280px
File Size 450.9 kB
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