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Published: 2012-05-02 00:00:47 +0000 UTC; Views: 520; Favourites: 7; Downloads: 11
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Thought I'd upload some uni work to show everyone what I've been up to.Basically it's an alien spider
It's somewhat based on the scorpion spider or tailless whip scorpion, as I believe they're also called. I've chosen not to include the "whips" as they just seemed like a poly sink to me. I also thought they'd make skinning a nightmare and generally confuse the crap out of the animators.
I haven't really played with the render setting that much. this was meant to be a quick "just for fun" preview image. Download for full size, if you'd like to use it as a wallpaper.
Arachnid lovers, rejoice! And if you don't like spiders... run away screaming (or just calmly close this window, but where's the fun in that?)
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My absolute favourite is the "zombie snail," with colourfully pulsating worms infested screaming eyestalks, tempting hungry birdies. Lovely! Lots of awesome drawings too.
There is also a parasitic wasp which lays it's young in eventually "zombified," still living caterpillars which feast on the innards and then chew and wriggle their way out, one staying behind to command it to guard their pupation. Never mind that infamous insectoid brain munching fungus...
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I was coincidentally reading earlier "a sleeping bag lurking masterpiece," which could believably have a envenomous bite to kill "17 elephants."
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Seems very similar to the sun spider. Very nice work, btw. Disgusting creatures...
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Thank you! 
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Sun spiders are also the only non-human creature that can frighten soldiers over in Iraq. I've heard horror stories about them from returning vets...
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Ah, the crazy dangerous insects - one of the things that ruin nice warm countries.
a friend of mine has encountered a similar spider. He woke up with that thing on his face and squished it as fast as he could. That must have been a lovely experience.
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They are arachnids, not insects, my good man.
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I was just trying to generalize as there are plenty of deadly insects that tend to like warm weather, like poisonous centipedes ...And it's a generalization that doesn't really work I guess. Ah well, I've tried! I am aware of the fact that they're a separate class of creatures, but most of the biology terms I know, I know in Russian. I barely even try to be technically right about such things when I speak English.
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Fair enough. I was just being "that guy". Carry on.
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The sad part is, I knew you were. hehe
Guess I just felt the sudden need to be childish and come up with a pile of unnecessary excuses because I was quite interested in biology in school and I'm a fan of spiders
(On a side note, love your avatar
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Everyone loves my avatar. I love whoever made the original Lex Luther Trixie...
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Awesome! I'm a fan of spiders, too
Technically, this guy is missing a pair of legs. but he's an alien, he's allowed
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They're not missing, they've evolved into arms. I'm also not afraid of ticks; I might get a macro lens just to photograph the little monsters.
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That's my excuse and I stand by it, though a zoology enthusiast has told me off for this kind of logic as he's pointed out that scorpions have 8 legs in addition to claws and all that.
Ticks don't scare me on their own. It's that disease they sometimes carry that you have to get shots for in the beginning of summer... I never end up getting the shots, so I like avoiding ticks and I've been successful thus far! hehe
Macro photography sounds like awesome fun. Ticks sound like interesting subjects, too. In some photos they end up looking like a misshapen gumballs possessed by pure evil (that's my explanation for a gumball having creepy little legs. and considering what I've just wrote, I should probably head home and get some sleep!)
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Shots before the season for tick-borne illnesses? I never heard of that. I never get shots except that 10-year tetanus booster, if I even remember that one.
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It's tick-borne encephalitis. It could be just Europe, I'm not sure
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Hm... That's an interesting idea. I might just do something along these lines eventually. And designing sunglasses for a spider sounds like an interesting challenge!
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