HOME | DD

thomastapir — Ceratopalp

#alien #alt #alternate #alternative #arthropod #asymmetrical #bio #biology #ceratopsian #chimera #crab #creature #crustacean #cryptid #cryptozoology #cthulhu #dinosaur #dragon #eurypterid #evolution #extraterrestrial #fantastical #fantasy #genetic #greatoldone #hybrid #kaiju #lovecraft #marine #monster #mythical #mythological #mythology #mythos #sciencefiction #sea #seascorpion #spec #speculative #styracosaurus #whipscorpion #extrasolar #panspermia #vinegaroon #mixopterus #uropygid #panspermic #thelyphonida #tetrapulmonata #scifi
Published: 2016-02-06 20:39:07 +0000 UTC; Views: 3360; Favourites: 55; Downloads: 15
Redirect to original
Description Ceratopsian-derived cheliped of a crustaceaform Great Old One. The closest real-world morphological analog to this appendage is probably a whip scorpion's palp:

ceipntrasradelapiedad.files.wo…
c1.staticflickr.com/9/8318/799…
malformalady.tumblr.com/post/1…

but there's also a bit of Mixopterus (eurypterid) and Calappa (box crab) in there.

This could just as easily be an anatomical study for a xenoHox panspermic chimera along the lines of

thomastapir.deviantart.com/art…

so feel free to interpret it as such if you would prefer. I was just feeling Lovecraft when I drew it.  : p
Related content
Comments: 18

TheDubstepAddict [2016-05-08 20:50:57 +0000 UTC]

Triceratopshell

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

thomastapir In reply to TheDubstepAddict [2016-05-09 00:38:52 +0000 UTC]

He rarely treats himself to top-shelf liquor, but when he does, he only drinks triceratopshelf.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

TheDubstepAddict In reply to thomastapir [2016-05-09 04:56:11 +0000 UTC]

Or Whaleskey

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Viergacht [2016-02-07 08:47:17 +0000 UTC]

Man, someone should get you designing monsters for movies - this is so creative compared to the same Barlowe ripoffs every movie seems to use. 

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

thomastapir In reply to Viergacht [2016-02-08 04:47:05 +0000 UTC]

Wow, thanks so much, man...I'm always aiming for something fresh and "original," so this kind of feedback means more to me than just about anything else.   Thank you!

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

Viergacht In reply to thomastapir [2016-02-08 20:47:11 +0000 UTC]

I should say it more often, then! I'm continually staggered by your imagination.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

thomastapir In reply to Viergacht [2016-02-17 01:51:10 +0000 UTC]

I really appreciate that man, it is a huge morale boost especially coming from someone of your artistic stature!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

commander-salamander [2016-02-07 05:41:37 +0000 UTC]

I like. I especially like the way you have handled the spines. I think of it like a little sprout or a fragment.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

thomastapir In reply to commander-salamander [2016-02-08 04:37:09 +0000 UTC]

Like a fractal organism, every fragment of the God is a microcosm of the whole. : 3

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

commander-salamander In reply to thomastapir [2016-02-08 05:33:27 +0000 UTC]

So poetic

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Ouroboros-491 [2016-02-07 05:16:38 +0000 UTC]

Would every part of the Great Old One be derived from similar... inspiration? 

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

thomastapir In reply to Ouroboros-491 [2016-02-08 04:45:18 +0000 UTC]

You mean would the rest of the body follow the hybrid dinocrab motif?  Hmm, that's a good question...I guess I envisioned arthropod/ceratopsian as the primary gene donors, but considering it's a Lovecraft organism I could see any number of disparate phyletic contributions to the overall bauplan:

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

Ouroboros-491 In reply to thomastapir [2016-02-08 06:03:47 +0000 UTC]

Do you think that it is the literal body of the Great Old One, or just a meat suit the Old One's Cultists created to interact with them.

Kinda reminds me of an old idea I had about beings in a memetic realm...

EDIT: Also, This

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

thomastapir In reply to Ouroboros-491 [2016-02-09 06:03:52 +0000 UTC]

That's a really intriguing question!  I've never thought of it that way, but it's a great idea...Given the apparently hypergeometrical aspects of the Great Old Ones, I guess you could theoretically see any of them as avatars or puppets animated by higher-dimensional consciousness.  Maybe they just need a biological form with the proper neurological architecture for that kind of "possession" or teleoperation.  Or perhaps the form we see is just a 3D cross-section of a 4D+ organism:

thomastapir.tumblr.com/post/12…

DAT CRAB

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

TheAsianGuyLOL [2016-02-06 23:39:06 +0000 UTC]

Really cool Old One. You can feel it from this image .

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

thomastapir In reply to TheAsianGuyLOL [2016-02-07 03:48:04 +0000 UTC]

Would that make it a Cold One?  XD  Thanks man, I'm glad you like it.  

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

rachaelm5 [2016-02-06 20:42:28 +0000 UTC]

I definitely get the Old One vibe on this - it brings the larval forms of the outer gods from Dreamquest for Unknown Kadath.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

thomastapir In reply to rachaelm5 [2016-02-06 20:44:56 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! Yeah, I was definitely thinking lateral gene transfer via Larva as per

👍: 0 ⏩: 0