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Planet explorer's log:

"The innermost planet was very much alive, despite bathing in the dim light from that small, red sun.

Among the strangest creatures prowling that harsh alien steppe was what we quickly came to call a "Steppe Runner". This predator lived by attacking the giant hydrogen-breathing biopods that scattered the landscape - the planet's equivalence to trees.
So heavily armoured were the biopods that only the most extreme of predators were able to attack them. The Runner managed this by having developed into the living equivalent of an armour piercing bullet. Charging from a long distance, the Runner built up a tremendeous speed before literally ramming headlong into its target with its long lance-like horn. Piercing the biopod's armour and diving inside, holes along the base of the Runner's lance then quickly sucked out the soft tissues of the defenseless biopod.
They where very strange creatures, perfectly adapted to that harsh world."


An original creature design, originally inspired by a Deviant-Deadlines contest with the theme "Creature".

GIMP + MyPaint, a few hours.
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Griatch

Giger fan I am. Like the contemplation of alien world creatures too. Well done result Griatch. Thanks for sharing.

I am a Sci-Fi junkie, so it certainly meets with my approval! Excellent image!

Yes, it might be a touch of Giger there ...
... and certainly sci-fi too. Thanks for your comments!
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Lets hope we never come across that thing lol

At least not once it picks up speed ...
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I'll be in a tree lol (hopefully the tree don't fall lol)

This is gorgeous. I'm a fantasy fan and I love the colours in this. Just one thing I would have done to improve it and that is add a prop to show the scale of the thing - maybe a tree or something.

It's nice but how did you get a picture of my wife's dog?