#cave creature

[bluebellowl]

Creature Design Elective!!

The course that was basically 3h of nerding about creatures we think are really cool, and 30 min of teaching material. Nothing wrong with that, I loved it!

I had two concepts i wanted to make. The Weasel Bear, because I wanted to make something big and fluffy and made for the arctic, or the Crystal Newt, which started as a glowing newt that i was pretty sure i saw in a cave tour when i was a child but apparently they don‘t exist.

In the end the crystal newt won, being the more interesting looking design of the two. Small lizard with no thoughts is just always a good concept.

[valdevia]

1922. Geologists explore a cave system under the ancient ruins of Babylon (Kingdom of Iraq) finding a massive stone structure. It appears to have been worshipped in some way by the ancient Mesopotamians. Carvings in the cave wall associate it with Humbaba, a mythological demon.

The carvings tell the story of the stone giant waking up after something they did angered it. It appears to be some sort of warning, perhaps a metaphor of the decaying Babylonian empire in the XVI century BC.

(Pictured below: the ruins of Babylon, showing a path of rubble starting at the cave entrance and trailing through the city)

Near the city, the group of geologists documented finding very large indentations in the ground. Convinced that the creature was real and these were its footsteps, they never released the location of the cave structure. It has not been found again to this day.

[hungry-skeleton]

✨ADOPTABLES!!✨

Hello!! I'm testing my luck with adopts again!! All 3 of these fellas are for sale for 20 USD!

IMPORTANT INFO:

Each of these guys have a toyhouse listing!! If you have a toyhouse please let me know so I can transfer the character to you. If not, the listing will be deleted

Once purchased please feel free to change whatever you please about the design! Dress them up, mess with the color pallet, add/remove details, change between anthro/feral, etc

I ONLY ACCEPT PAYMENT THROUGH PAYPAL!

Please check back to the original version of this post if you are looking from a reblog to check the status of the adopts

FLOWER FROG - SOLD

SAUCER DOG - SOLD

CAVE CREATURE - SOLD

Contact me here on tumblr or on discord if you are interested: 💀S K E L A💀#2202

PLEASE REBLOG!!!

[fivipididooda]

Inktober Day 7 - Blind

Splitting inktober 3 ways again this year with the Weird Eye Collective on instagram

[spencerranch]

Monster Month Day 28- Eye Killer

An old school D&D monster, a weirdo, and a favorite. Part bat, and part snake with a Bonafide death-ray thrown in for good measure

Eye Killer – d20PFSRD

[capnportofficial]

Smurftober day 11- Bat

A scene from the Smurfs fanfic Cave Creature, which is the best and most in-character Smurfs fanfic ever. Read it right now. It's SO good.

I based Brainy-as-a-bat off of the Eastern Red Bat. Clumsy-as-a-dog is just a big fluffy mutt.

[transcendragon]

The Waters Inside - so, I became briefly obsessed with caves with past week. It started with learning about the Devil’s Hole pupfish, an extraordinary species which I found some great informative YouTube videos on. Then I moved on to a YouTube documentary on the filming for “Ancient Caves” in Devil’s Hole Cave (different from the Devil’s Hole itself). Then I watched a bunch of videos about caving gone wrong. I think I’ve mostly gotten it out of my system, but I had to make some cave art, so here you go!

My original art made in Procreate, image description in alt text

[astaldis]

Picture from The Official Witcher Wiki

Prompts: Glowing in the dark, Cave creature, Barbegazi

Published: 2021-11-06

Chapters: 3/3 Words: chapter 1: 3211, story: 8649 Rating: Teen And Up Audiences , Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: The Hansa | Geralt's Company Members (The Witcher), Geralt z Rivii | Geralt of Rivia, Emiel Regis Rohellec Terzieff-Godefroy, Cahir Mawr Dyffryn aep Ceallach, Maria Barring | Milva, Angoulême (The Witcher) Additional Tags: Spoilers for Wiedźmin | The Witcher Series - Andrzej Sapkowski, Spoilers for The Witcher (TV), written pre-season 2, Friendship, Stuck in a cave, Monsters, hallucinogenics Summary: Finding unexpected help will Geralt's hanza finally make it out of the mountains to continue on their quest to rescue Yennefer and Ciri?

Excerpt from chapter 1: The two unlikely friends sat in companionable silence for a while dwelling each on their own thoughts and listening to the soft snoring of their sleeping companions and the quiet crackling of the fire. Then there were other sounds. At first an almost imperceptible shuffling like a blanket dragged across the floor. As the noise came closer it became more distinct, a soft tapping of furry paws on stone. A dozen paws at least, and not tiny ones. Without making a sound the Witcher reached for his sword. Maybe the creatures had not noticed them yet and would just pass by their little side cavern? But no such luck. Soon Geralt and Regis could see the glow of one pair of huge, pale eyes in the entrance. Then two. Three. Finally there was a whole group of creatures, seven or eight of varying height, maybe more behind them. They kept standing there, not moving, not making a sound. Geralt and Regis did likewise. Even with their enhanced night vision they could only make out vague, furry shapes against the glow of their fire. And the eyes. Now the creatures started to whisper, first very quietly, then increasing in volume, a murmur turning into an agitated chatter of squeaking, babbling, puffing and rumbling noises. They seemed to argue about something in a language that did not resemble any human one, nor any other language the Witcher had heard. They still did not move.

Milva, however, began to stir, woken up by the strange noise. Cahir, next to her, too. Only Angoulême was still fast asleep oblivious of the possible threat the company was facing. Geralt motioned his comrades to keep quiet and not move. Then, as suddenly as it had started, the chatter subsided and one of the creatures, the biggest one, slowly entered the cave and shuffled toward the fire. Cahir noiselessly inched his hand closer to where his sword lay ready to jump up the second the Witcher, who had grabbed his sword more tightly, gave the signal to fight. Milva did likewise with her bow, her eyes glued to the mysterious being that was advancing toward them ...

Read the entire chapter on Ao3: 

https://archiveofourown.org/works/34970854/chapters/87093514

[mecharexisbones]

Here’s that horse again

*in the tone of a estranged grandmother*

You love horse

Horse was always your favourite what happened?

[eclipseonfilm]

i love that every year or so all i post is just "hey tumblr!" and then i go back into hiding for a while. like a creature

[meowmeowmeowimawriter]

[zontarzon]

You found this post, which means you WON A PRIZE CONGRATS here are your dragons 🎉

[castle-of-dragons]

A creature concept of mine.

Basically there exists a giant cave/maze/catacomb that is filled with all sorts of horrors and is impossible to map for most.

The only people who can navigate the tunnels are ones like this dude. Cave Creatures is the only name I have for them now lol.

They have tattoos that seem to be maps, usually they’ll have some sort of lantern and/or staff, and have all sorts of trinkets and jewelry on them and their staffs.

Just like their home they are hard to predict. Sometimes they will help travelers get around or they’ll be the monster that kills them.

[heartnosekid]

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[emirkocturk]

Gidelim buradan koş enis koş. kaçıp gidelim bu çağdan zira bu toprak seni de beni de bağrımızdan yutar..

[frownyalfred]

hurt/comfort superbat fic where Bruce occasionally has to chase Clark down when he's being a little more Kryptonian/Eldritch-y than normal (it's fine, he has the resources/ships/etc). when Clark's happy, he's in orbit outside of the Watchtower, floating and absorbing the sun. but when he's down or depressed? he avoids the sun. because the sun means energy, it's a reminder of his powers, of everything he's lost, a reminder of difference down at the very cellular level.

that's all to say, sometimes I think Clark goes down instead of up and hides away from the sun the only place he can: deep, deep underwater. somewhere maybe even Arthur only goes sparingly, deep in a trench where the water isn't oxygenated or habitable. and he just floats down there, trying to block it all out and failing miserably.