A Picture by Alex Ries

[mrteufel]

Comments

[drhoz]

ah, abiogenesis - i thought it looked like his work :) Nice!

[mrteufel]

Yeah. :D

[elynne]

That is gorgeous. I love how truly alien it looks. The only quibble I have is that the hind leg kick maneuver doesn't look very practical with what I can see of that configuration of bones and muscles. So awesome!

[mrteufel]

Hmm... if it lowered it's forelegs so the belly faced back, and drew it's back foot up to it's chest, it could let fly with the whole power of back and leg.

Maybe.

[heron61]

It looks really cool - far more alien than most other illos that I've seen.

[mrteufel]

That's what I like too. All power to Larry Niven, but while the concept of the puppeteer was a good one, it looks like a collection of spare animal parts. I specifically asked Mr Ries to make something both more holistic, and more alien.

[q99]

Btw, have you seen Barlowe's version?

[mrteufel]

Yes. I think the limbs are too spindly.

[q99]

Wow, that's an awesome take :)

[hafwit]

Very cool!