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Description A slightly-younger Hydra than was last seen in "Jangled":


The lesson learned in working on this: even a partial view of one of these guys requires so much thought. The murky background was fun to play with, though.

Xenomorphs in general © 20th Century Fox / H.R. Giger
Xenorca © *Orkid (K. DeCarteret) 2012-2013

No financial gain was made in the development of this species.
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Comments: 19

ShadowDagger [2013-03-06 06:52:33 +0000 UTC]

Amazingly well done, great work on the spikes She looks so badass here
You mentioned sometime back when I asked I think... about Dottie that her history would have something to do with Xenorcas, would Hydra be a part of that?

Great job, love the dark tones and colors

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grayorca In reply to ShadowDagger [2013-03-06 17:51:24 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.

Somehow, yes, I imagine the two would be connected (I don't have any stories/RPs that Dot could otherwise be involved in). Maybe Hydra's host was Dottie's as-yet-unnamed mother, or something of that nature. I haven't worked out anything definitive yet, as each case of drawing and coloring xenorcas digitally has proven to be such a time-consuming project.

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AkelahNaih [2013-03-04 23:53:02 +0000 UTC]

Stunning That sneer is brilliant

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grayorca In reply to AkelahNaih [2013-03-05 00:29:11 +0000 UTC]

And a fun piece of detail to work on, it was. Thanks.

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AkelahNaih In reply to grayorca [2013-03-09 00:23:03 +0000 UTC]

Welcome

I bet!

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Treekami [2013-03-02 22:17:31 +0000 UTC]

I love that sneer! 8D

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grayorca In reply to Treekami [2013-03-02 22:20:58 +0000 UTC]

The expressive quality simply having lips gives this design, I like to play with. Thanks.

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Treekami In reply to grayorca [2013-03-02 23:26:24 +0000 UTC]

no problem ^^

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Ninuturu [2013-02-28 20:32:28 +0000 UTC]

O_o its gonna strike again D:

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grayorca In reply to Ninuturu [2013-02-28 20:36:31 +0000 UTC]

Occupational hazard for anyone employed in the project to capture one, I think.

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Ninuturu In reply to grayorca [2013-02-28 21:46:08 +0000 UTC]

Lol

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Rockypockypuff [2013-02-28 20:10:51 +0000 UTC]

Woo, cool

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grayorca In reply to Rockypockypuff [2013-02-28 20:12:12 +0000 UTC]

Thanks.

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Rockypockypuff In reply to grayorca [2013-02-28 20:13:23 +0000 UTC]

No problemo, I love your Xenorcas :3

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grayorca In reply to Rockypockypuff [2013-02-28 20:15:49 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad to know you and others approve of the idea.

I'm only sorry I don't have more work to show for them. My method of sketch-outline-with-mouse-and-color becomes a painfully slow process when it comes to this subhect. I'll break down and buy either a scanner or tablet sometime this year, probably. That might speed things up.

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Rockypockypuff In reply to grayorca [2013-02-28 20:19:20 +0000 UTC]

I know the feeling... I have a tablet to work with, but it's painfully small XD [link]

I also worked a long time with drawing on paper then draw it on the computer... Now I've settled with just paper drawings, as I mostly focus on photography

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grayorca In reply to Rockypockypuff [2013-02-28 20:22:47 +0000 UTC]

Small would work best for my desk. There's barely enough space for my tower and monitor as it is. Anything that speeds up working on lineart.

I went the same way, back when I first opened this account. Wanting to learn how to work with digital art is what brought me back to DA.

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Rockypockypuff In reply to grayorca [2013-02-28 20:29:25 +0000 UTC]

Well, I can only work with it on my school laptop XD
(But I don't mind... No I can work in PS CS6 instead of Gimp)
It refuse to get installed on my desktop computer and my other laptop D:

And I'm glad you came back to dA, 'cuz I love your art

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grayorca In reply to Rockypockypuff [2013-02-28 20:31:18 +0000 UTC]

I see.

Aw, thanks.

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