What do you get when you cross an orca, the Blender logo and a dragon?
The Blenderbeast!
The sea is there mostly to hide the fact that I still need to design the body. Iām still trying to decide whether I want it to be more of a sea serpent or a dragon, whether or not it will have wings, etc. The concept was created expressly for the 2.43 splash screen contest. Any crits?
I really like that, actually. Itās really cool, though your picture, and the water especially, could benefit from an angmap. Just slap a nice sky in there, even just as a reflection map on the water, and the pictureāll be pretty much complete. Actually, one tiny modelling thing. The head-tentacles look almost too subsurfaced, try and make them a little a little pointy. Not a lot, cause it shouldnāt look knife-like, but just have a little more definition to make it look more detailed and natural.
All-in-all though, itās looking great, and uhā¦
Iād go for the sea-serpent. :]
I like the idea.
Maybe you can position it otherwise as he is flying into the picture. Than you dont need to model his chest too.
Oooh, someone said Dragonā¦mustā¦post.
Looks nice so far, though if you say itās also part Dragon Iād say add a little more in the way of Dragon features cause I donāt see the Dragon part well.
Gives CDās elipses a sideways look
Anyway, to me it looks like a Sonic-The-Hedgehoge style sea-serpent creature, which is pretty cool :).
Heheā¦ greetings from āCecilā ^.=.^ ā¦ not much of a dragon but a nice sea serpent after all.
the shape of the head and neck look dragonlike, the mouth is orca and the tenacles blender 
IMO
Jacco;
Bingo! :yes: (though I prefer to call them lekku instead of tentacles) 
and the eyespot is both orca and blender.
Ah, do you mean Perfect Chaos from Sonic Adventure DX? Thatās the only sea-serpent thing that I can think of from the Sonic franchise. I drew a picture of it once though.
Now just change the color to blue and he can be Sonicās water-based alter-ego:yes:
Now just change the color to blue and he can be Sonicās water-based alter-ego
!!! Idea Alert !!! I could have my sonic model riding atop the blenderbeast in typical Sonic fashion while having a group of my Egg gunner robos chasing them both and firing. 
I really like this! Simple yet effective. I must admit thoughā¦ It doesnāt look like a very natural creature. I donāt know if youāre going for that, butā¦ itās good anyway:yes:. Also, I agree with BlackBoe, the tentacles should be a bit more pointy.
Nah, I was just thinking that the large eye, the spine design, and probably the vibrant texturing made me think it looked like a sea-serpent done in sort of a S-t-H style, is all.
Iām starting to grow on the current version of it as-is, too.
Eclipse: I think the blender-beast should stand on its own. It looks good as a mascot-y type thing. Still though, itās your model.
Sorry, just a crazy Sonicfan on the loose with a couple of models lying around that have no current purpose. It was meant to be a āmascot-yā type thing, seeing as I designed the concept and built the whole thing during the approx. 15-day period between when I saw the Blendernation article about the 2.43 splash screen contest and the end of said contest. (minus the time wasted on a different entry idea I quickly scrapped after the first few days of work) The only difference between my entry and this picture is the larger size, and the awesome new defocus node. :evilgrin:
It looks like a yellow version of a killer whale. (The little patch on his temple!) But itās good! I was just expecting something a little moreā¦oh, whatās the word? ā¦dramatic!
Hey, any more takers on my forum? VA FORUMS. You can post your artwork on there. Itās basically a forum for visual artists, and itās got a blender section too. Already Iāve attracted two people. Iād love if you could join!