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Freha β€” Arctic War Beast: Grug

Published: 2010-11-10 05:48:01 +0000 UTC; Views: 12354; Favourites: 284; Downloads: 0
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Description My submission for the recent COW #191 over on Conceptart.org. I wish I was able to spend more time on this, I had to pack for a road-trip and that cut my time short. Even with the intense competition for the "Arctic Beast" round I still got 1 vote!! It sounds like if I had been able to put in more time that a couple of other people would have voted for mine as well, which tickles me pink!

"The Grug started out as a simple carnivorous beast of the planet Mur. When the natives of the planet began feuding over the scarce resources, they looked for animals that could give them the upper hand in battle. The Grug if raised from birth with a particular clan will view only those people as part of it's pack, honing in on the opposite clan in battle. They are very effective in battle but males will often get distracted battling other males instead of trying to wipe out the other clan. New comers to a clan should keep their distance from these beasts... or risk being killed."

Art and Concept Β© *Freha
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Comments: 28

Zgerken [2016-07-04 19:15:11 +0000 UTC]

Love the back story to these guys!

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ThermidorResistance [2016-01-29 20:33:37 +0000 UTC]

Conceptart.org is a tough crowd to impress. Β The fact you got a vote and mentioned is awesome. Β The movement, action, and composition of this is brilliant! Β You really understand anatomy and animal behavior and it translates well into an alien landscape. Β  I love the color palette and using primary colors to distinguish the two combatants is a clever move.

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Odzilla [2014-10-26 05:27:48 +0000 UTC]

Gnophkeys right? Β From Horror in the Museum I love the markings

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Scuse [2012-02-26 03:02:11 +0000 UTC]

This is truly amazing. I love the whole piece, and the beasts as well.

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Freha In reply to Scuse [2012-03-19 19:02:34 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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Scuse In reply to Freha [2012-03-19 23:09:25 +0000 UTC]

Your very welcome. :3

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katarthis [2011-08-03 14:30:27 +0000 UTC]

Ow. I like how the people in the background have two sets of arms too - little details like that add greatly.

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HeroesRain [2011-04-16 21:30:46 +0000 UTC]

Those look so cool!

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Freha In reply to HeroesRain [2011-04-16 21:49:48 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.

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Sahjhirra [2011-03-18 13:53:42 +0000 UTC]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAwwwwsome i think i dreamed this last night

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Freha In reply to Sahjhirra [2011-03-19 01:57:32 +0000 UTC]

Haha, thanks!

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KaseySnowArt [2011-03-16 15:44:06 +0000 UTC]

Friggin' sweeeet. Kudos to you for braving the CA forums and posting, I'm still far too nervous around those people to put anything up.

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Freha In reply to KaseySnowArt [2011-03-19 02:03:29 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I was beyond flattered when people commented that they were close to voting for mine. If I had had time to refine it more, I might have earned my first "star" which would have blown my mind.

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Cloister [2011-01-30 10:12:37 +0000 UTC]

A great sense of power.

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slayingallhumans [2010-11-22 10:49:24 +0000 UTC]

WOW this is epic (enough said) lol

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EquineEve [2010-11-18 03:06:46 +0000 UTC]

Incredible

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bberry06 [2010-11-14 04:53:22 +0000 UTC]

Fantastic work! I love the paint markings on the Grugs

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AmandaDrage [2010-11-12 16:05:00 +0000 UTC]

Awesome, the musculature and action is amazingly convincing...

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Freha In reply to AmandaDrage [2010-12-09 04:13:17 +0000 UTC]

Thank you hun!

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HeartGear [2010-11-12 00:00:17 +0000 UTC]

Great work. THe forms in the foreground are superb. Those two eskimos in the midground look wonky though. Maybe it's the size difference from creature to human, but I'd like to see them larger.

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Freha In reply to HeartGear [2011-04-14 00:08:45 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. The midground and the background are pretty rushed, I wanted to get this done before I left on a trip. The eskimos in the midground are proportioned properly for what I see in my head, but visually there isn't enough distance between the beasts and the "people" for it to make sense... Maybe the snow prints are too big and are throwing off the perspective.

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hopefulsoul [2010-11-11 10:53:10 +0000 UTC]

this is gorgeous!

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SpottedPegasus [2010-11-11 04:27:46 +0000 UTC]

Feeling rushed or not, you've got some really nice movement here. I especially like the study of the way that the muscles bunch and work against each other.

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Freha In reply to SpottedPegasus [2010-12-09 04:14:38 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.

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Sokahu [2010-11-10 16:05:41 +0000 UTC]

This is awesome! I notice that the natives- the ones I had assumed to be humans at first- also have two arms. Sneaky sneaky.

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meihua [2010-11-10 09:13:22 +0000 UTC]

This looks great

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ArgothiaAndKhaos [2010-11-10 06:29:40 +0000 UTC]

Absolutely Amazing

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str4yk1tt3n [2010-11-10 05:50:29 +0000 UTC]

Very awesome work!

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