That's some epic detail!

It looks like you can actually reach in and touch it You're even better then acidic

No way! Acidic is amazing. This is just a different style. :)
But thank you very much.

No probs and I meant every word of that. Your style is a lot feels a little more organic

Are we looking up or down? Also does this creature use painful or painless digestion?

This is looking upwards. and the digestion is , unfortunately, realistically painful.

Maybe some painkillers or maybe we will run out of air?

Running out of air would be the primary way individuals die in there, because more often than not, the prey are large and there is little room for air, as Mirth's stomach constricts around the body. It is only when the poor unfortunate is small enough to have a view like in the picture that there is the chance of a most painful gruesome death via chemical burning. The luck would be on their side if they happen to 'drown' between one of the stomach folds or pass out for one reason or another.

What's the appeal to a painful digestion if you don't mind me asking?

I don't believe there is an appeal for those in that situation, unless one fantasizes with an underestimation of the pain involved.

This predator would absolutely love it if his prey managed to live long enough to feel some of the digestion though, his sadity will be well fed.

I like the idea of brief pain before going to sleep. Is this pred a sadist or can you bargain for a painless death? I like the idea of begging too (I'm a sick fuck aren't I? XDD)

Am trying to deiced what I prefer out of acid or flesh absorb. Glowing tummy or glowing acids ahhh I can't chose

Hahah! This pred is a sadist, definitely. Unless you lie about what you want and don't want, I highly doubt he would go out of the way to please his prey item.

Begging? Oh yes! We are together on that one mate.

I would beg for a painkiller and I would offer the best tummy rub in exchange for it.

Woah, I'm lovin' the detail in this! Amazing job! :D

That is amazing! It would make a fantastic wallpaper! :3 the level f detail is amazing! Now I just gotta picture it in black xD
Seriously amazing work! :3:3

Haha, it would not be difficult to edit it to black actually.

And thank you.

Really?! :D hehehe
And your very welcOME, weeeelll earned bud!!

Yeah, I think all it would take is to desaturate it and then darken it appropriately. (basic photoshop tweaks)

Heh I don't have a computer let alone ps.... My computer died, dunno if you saw the journal.. Good news is I've ALMOST saved enough for new one :3

Oh that's right, I had forgotten. Yes I did see the journal.

But cool that you are almost getting a nice new computer. New computers always give me warm fuzzy feelings. Haha.

Hehehe yeah is goin to be awesome to be Abel to actually miltitask again and be rid of this evil phone autocorrect..

So fleshy and slick looking. I'm sure if you take away the acid then it would be very comfortable to stroke your hand on those walls. :D
A fun thought that have often haunted me is the concept of bioluminescent stomach acid. In that way the ones who enters the stomach will be able to see where they are, and also see how the stomach lining secretes it's digestive acids. At least until the acid gets in the eyes. After that it goes from uncomfortable to pure agony. Wohoo!

It doesn't look like the worst place to end up as a final resting place. But that's because I'm here, I'm sure I would have had an entirely different point of view if I actually ended up there.

Actually , the acids in the stomach would not hurt immediately, as it takes a while to corrode skin. So even with the acids it would be quite comfortable to the touch, if of course wet, warm and slimy is of interest to the person.

Glowing stomach acids? I am pretty sure such a thing would then make the entire stomach wall luminescent. I think I have seen a number of people who do glowy insides. Another way would be for the predators bodily tissue being somewhat transparent, so light from the outside can pass through.

You can never go wrong with wet, warm and slimy. <3
It's just the sensation afterwards that can ruin the mood.

Having glowing stomach walls would have given the prhase "go into the light" a whole different meaning. A little perverse twist on the whole death thing. A gullet with a glow in the end isn't exactly a way to paradise, even if it's a sure way to get to the afterlife.
But having transparent body tissue around the stomach would be a sure way to break the ice in a conversation if the creature have just fed. Specially if the meal was another person. It would highly likely be the source of awkward and unpleasant situations too. And not to talk about a perfect diet method for the creature's friends. Who wants food after watching a bloated body being taken apart inside of another being? A sick idea, but I like it. :)

I have a glowing tummy and it's transparent as well as for the asids I'm still thinking on that. Non painful though I don't want my prey to be in pain lol

You mention bioluminescent acids. I have these! Glowing blue ones, makes for interesting times in rp :3

Hot dang. This is one of the better/more realistic such shots I've seen. Really, really good work on the textures.

Why thank you Mister Person.

Well done :)

All I could think of reading this was Anton Chigurh

It always leaves me wondering what techniques, steps and layers you use to make your stuff look so incredibly realistic.
Awesome work. ^^

I don't really do anything fancy. It is pretty much a case of knowing what look you want to end up with, and then keep playing with colour and techniques until it looks right. I started off with a lineart, then base colour, then blotted on shading, blotted on highlight colour (not the shine), added in veins, then proceeded to the fun of adding shine. After that it is all about adding in the liquids and other colours.

I try to use different hues in shading something too, like here i used orange as a highlight colour as opposed to the same hue as the base. It is not that easy to notice but it does make a big difference.

I usually just dick around not knowing what I really want my stuff to look like. I can tell planning it ahead makes a difference though. Thanks for sharing this, I'm going to have to practice this now. ^^

And on another note, I did notice the orange. Makes it look more fleshy than the usual neon-pink stomachs you see in Vore on top of all the other colors you used to make it look realistic.

Haha, actually I do that a lot too, just play around not having a clue about the end product. When it comes to specific things like this though, things like referencing and going " oh right! So that is what this and that should look like" is what I do most. I used endoscopy videos and other stomach images on this site for references to see how the lighting and texture should work, but naturally with my own concept, as not all stomachs look the same. :P

Aaaah~ Endoscopy. Yeah, come to think of it, art seems to come out 150% better when you have a reference eh? Not necessarily to copy from, but like you said, to get that "Oh right!" thing going on.
In all honesty though this pic here must just be a better reference than an endoscopy, since it looks pretty much real, and at the same time you can make out how it was made, if you look closely enough.
So did you use an endoscopy reference for the first two pics as well, and then change it to look like Mirth's gullet rather than, y'know, a human's or something?

I pretty much used the same sort of reference in terms of looking for how wet flesh looks and how lighting works on it, mostly other maw shots on FA. Otherwise the design is original hand crafted material, designed to suit my personal internal preferences. Haha.

Oooh~ I see. In that case I probably would have started with the stomach then, and then the two other shots. Did you do the stomach shot first and then upload the maw shots?

Nope, it was all done in order: mouth, throat and then stomach.

Beautiful detail, it looks real enough to touch! It looks really slick and wonderful in there too, wow :3

Thank you very much.

And I keep staring at your icon.

Yeah, this icon is from a bad/funny/creepy icon contest I had. This particular one is by  boombox

Did it win?

Nope, there were ones that were even weirder. There were soooo many good entries.

Here's the first place winner: http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/.....3/63548884.gif

LOL.

..good lord, I'm impressed.

It almost makes me wonder how long you hang out in stomachs to learn of such detail..

*is pleased to be able to impress*

Thank you.

And actually, organic things like this stomach internet aren't TOO difficult to make , this is my first real try at it. Sort of played around with how I wanted things to look with the lining folds until I was pleased with the results. Pretty much the only detail on the lining are the veins, then everything else is shine and liquids. Most stomachs look completely different from my version.

its like a squishy water-slide well except with the whole acid digestion thing.

also way nice details.

Yeah, and also except that the slide itself tends to shrink up and squeeze you.

Thanks!

no problem ^^

This is mind-blowingly awesome! Seriously, you've made my day with such an amazing picture <333 The slime and mucous looks perfect the way it bubbles and ropes across flesh. You captured the viscosity quite well! And I love the discoloration of yellow areas in the stomach walls... It adds to that slimy nauseating feeling of being in a really foul place <3

It looks like such an awfully disgusting place to be (And for me that's a big compliment ) Warm, slimy and smelly... a veritable paradise for those who want to be eaten XD

I am truly honoured for the compliment. It reminds me that my efforts are well worth it. Thank you.

Awesome detail, and an awesome view! I'm very impressed with how inviting you've made this. :3

Hehe. All invited guests are expected to come on in, even if they do not want to.

Given how awesomely you've detailed the destination, I can't imagine anyone not wanting to partake of the journey! (but that's just my opinion, heh) :3

o..o Wow. What else can I say? XD
It's gross.... and slimy. Everything it should be, haha! ^..^
Going further with this, I like what you did with the orange highlights, as you said. It really makes a statement towards making this place inhospitable, uncomfortable, and deadly. An awesome mix!
Definitely one of my favourite shots right here. o..o

Haha, my sincere thank you. Also I like how there is a big contrast as to how people see being in a stomach is, from absolutely heavenly comfort to quite literally a burning hell.

Hahaha, it's particularly interesting, when you think about it! It really serves to illustrate the diversity of this fan-base. Which bodes well for freedom of artistic creativity... draw what you want; chances are someone will like it! XD
I personally like this naturalistic approach, favoring realism in the sense that a stomach is designed to break down food, not to provide comfort to it. Not to say anything bad about other styles, but my personal preferences are wholly embodied in this picture. So huzzah! XD

Never seen any thing like this before

Excellent! Because now you have. I am pretty sure though, that you may have seen other stomach views (because there are quite a number here on FA)? Or is it just that you have not seen just my version of it? D:

would not mind taking a closer look ^_^ and its mostly cause i havent seen your version

*smiles* This is why it's always advised to carry a flashlight when being eaten. The view is simply too awesome to miss due to darkness. ;)

Beautiful job with the shading and colors, along with the sliminess, at portraying that fleshy, life-like look and feel to it.

Just a fantastic job at capturing the imagination and desires to experience being there first hand.

Ah yes, that is pretty much what these images are supposed to do: capturing the imagination and desires to experience being there first hand. I am glad to hear it works so well in doing so.

I humbly thank you .

Nice work, loving the detail put into this. The white light shining does a great job giving it the wet slimy feel it is meant to have.

Yes, shine is very important for wet slimy surfaces. It is actually a very easy finishing touch. Just a stroke of light colour can make all the difference.

Yea, agreed. For me, the hard part is determine what kind of strokes and where. xD

Yes, you will have to have a good idea on what shape the surface is. The shape and texture plays an important role. The best thing to do is reference to see what other people do.

True, or reference from a photo to give more of a sense of realism.

Huuurrr... wow this is really... interesting in its own way x3

Now I understand a bit more of the queasy feeling being inside, hurrr...

*pats*

Incredible detail on all the flesh and slime here...just spot on!

This makes me happy to hear! Thank you.

This is fantastic, the colors are so rich and that sticky shiny effect is just wonderful.

Why thank you m'lady.

Ow....it would suck to be in there...which would be good to prepare a plan B in advanced...you never know when you will get stuck in some monster thingy.

You NEVER know~ so best lock your doors, close the blinds and have a shotgun with you in bed at all times.

Oh I can manage that and if I get eaten..I have a pill that turns acid into water so that works for me.

I must say... this is truly amazing! It feels... lifelike o.o

Awesome! *wants to be eaten too*

A really nice series indeed. LOVE all the maw details too.

Somebody loves a lot of drool as well. x3 *laughs*

amazing <3

He's so beautiful outside and in o3o

perfect place to relax and cuddle X3

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