Hi, everyone. This is my first post. I'm a 'Cryptid Illustrator'. I love a good fake picture, (mine are done for entertainment purposes only ) and am hoping for the day when someone gets a real, detailed, closeup shot like this. I modeled the creature in a program called Zbrush and it was inspired by the reports of pleisiosaurs off the coast of Austrailia. Anyway,.......I hope this makes you smile abit. Oh, and don't believe everything you see. Cheers. Richie. (Link below.)

THE SURF MONSTER:

nice pick-- can you do a 'flying -webber grill" as a UFO ?

Wow, that's a good picture. But I always thought plesiosaurs had longer necks than the creature in your picture. I think it was a different type of prehistoric aquatic reptile.

And do you have any more you have done of aquatic cryptids such as champ, ogopogo, and nessie?

ps. you might want to post this in the artist's and writer's forum.

EDIT: nevermind, I did find that some species of plesiosaur did have shorter necks like the one in your picture.

Hi, zukie&jim, thanks. A weber grill----not a bad idea.

Hi rosenrot, yeah it's kinda a pleisiosaur-ish creature,...a little artistic license used. I do have others, Nessie among them. I'll check out the other forum.
Thanks for looking. Richie.

Oh pardon me. Where are my manners. Willkommen! And I'll keep and eye out for your work.

That's not bad at all!

Thanks, rosenrot, I'll start a thread in the Art forum and post my Nessie and others. I'll let you know, I assume there's a way to message you. Richie.

Oh, hi affliction, you posted while I was typing, thanks. Richie.

Wow, that's really good - nicely realisitic and not overdone. I enjoyed looking at that

Hey, thanks razzy. More can be seen here:
My thread at the Art Forum.
Richie.

Invaribly someone will link to this pic, and try to claim it is real.....

But, tis very cool! Well done!

The nessie picture is brilliant, i lvo the way youve done the reflections on the water, looks so real. Well done!

Nice pics, but I'm a bit concerned: It doesn't really help our cause in trying to prove/disprove the existence of cryptids. By this I mean, be prepared to have your pics swiped by someone trying to "prove" that dinosaurs are still alive (notice I stayed away from accusing Creationists, though I still can't understand where dinosaurs come into their beliefs... Dinoriders??). But then you have marked them rather strategically, so you should be alright. Top work though!

great pics

Did you made the picture colorized in sephia on purpose? Good pic tho!

Greeting everyone,

supervike and Urisk. I have struggled with just that idea. I don't think my pics are undetectably as far as being created. I could show you where they fail. I don't make them to fool anyone. You're point is very valid though, cause when I first started this I made a picture of a dinosaur in a Zoo. I went to the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha and shot the background at the Rhino Paddock, inserted a sculpted dino and put a sign on the fence that said 'Dinosaur'. I showed it to some people at work and one lady actually believed it was real and was anxious to go see it. I explained that I made it and she was dissapointed. Maybe I should stamp them as artwork. I love a good hoax photo and am amazed at what people hold up as evidence without even looking at it. I'm starting to ramble here. Thanks for your input.

Glad you like it Luke1990.

lil gremlin, my thanks to you too.


capoeiranger yes, I like the look of old photos.

I'll try to post another tonight.
Again, thanks to all of you for your time. Richie.

If you want to have a good old-timers likepictures, try add some washed/tear effect on the pic. Darken the pic a little bit, and you'll get that!
I notice the head of the creature, did you mix up 2 different creatures to create a single monster? My bet is that the head came from a Stegosaur or maybe I was wrong...keep up the good job! And oh, you might want to add a "OFFICIALY HOAX" stamp with your signature under it, in case that people will go crazy and start filling the net with your pics and you ended up getting the bad fruit.

Very nicely done, realistic-looking, but Supervike is right, it's only a matter of time before you see one of those images on some other website with the heading: "I just got a photo of this AMAZING creature, what do you think???!!!"

You don't do 'Ol Footy or Señor Chupacabra, do ya?

Hey don't get me wrong, they are fantastic peices of art! In fact, the concerns of mines and Supervike should be a compliment! Thanks for sharing them, and I look forward to seeing more in the future.



In fact, it would be very cool to see one done of a piece of Scottish folklore! I dunno, maybe the kelpie, each uisge, fachan, glaistig or maybe even... I dunno, the Urisk? Certainly be a challenge. but that's the fun of it, I suppose, having touse your imagination.

Ohhh, I'd love to see some of the kelpie or each uisge. Possibly some of the North American water beasties Ogopogo or Caddy. Please

And have you ever done a recreation of the Sergueon's photo of the Loch Ness Monster?

Hi everyone, sorry I took so long to reply.

capoeiranger- yes I have one I may post called 'Passing' of the Nessie model behind a cruize ship and I gave it the worn stained effect. I see my pics as what a Cryptozoologist back in the Civil War days might have done. Like Matthew Brady. You're right about the Stegasaur connection. I have another pic I'll post that's a closer shot underwater called 'No Swimming'. I may do a signature-stamp, too. My Nephew is a well-known Storm Chaser who has become famous for his pictures taken by others and claimed to be what it's not. One was said to be a shot of 'Katrina' that went around the world. Another was used by a kid to win a photo contest at a county fair but was found out.

Hi Onyx- Is 'Old Footy a Bigfoot? The Chupa would be interesting.

Hi Urisk. Thanks for the compliment. Ther're are better artists than me by far. You may have heard of Rick Baker, the Make-up Artist. He stops in at ZbrushCentral and blows us all away with his work.

Greetings, rosenrot- yeah a kelpie would really be fun. So many creatures to choose from. Yes, I'd like to do the Surgeons photo. That's one that has amazed me it went as far as it has without realizing it's fake. First of all, it's as stiff as a board, the head is very sharply carved, and right infron of the neck is an object sticking out of the water casting a shadow on the surface. That's obviously part of the toy sub it's sitting on.

Thanks to all of you for your support. I appreciate it. More to come.
Richie.

Nice work. I think the mouthfish is my fave.

Hi coldethyl. He may be my favorite too. I shold do one that shows his mouth and teeth coming at you from the depths. Richie.

Great work Rich, I'd like to see you do a "realistic" dragon of a type that may have inspired the depictions of dragons in Sumerian art.

Rose, This creature looks a bit like Lipeurodon, a monstrous short neck, bigger headed version of plesiosaurs that was believed to prey on other marine reptiles. If Nessie was one of these, it would not be a good idea to swim in Loch Ness. It received great populaity after being featured in Walking with Dinosaurs, where it jumped out of the water and swallowed a big theropod dinosuar whole, like an orca would swallow a seal!

This is also the basic form of the monsters from the miniseries Surface, that were created by scientists to devour the human race into extinction while the scientists hid in their underground bunkers.

Gah! You spoiled it! Arrggghhh!!!! I wish I have a cable TV! It's expensive here, you know?

Cool pic Richie, and by the way, thanks for not being a loser and trying to claim it as a real photo like a lot of other people try to do on this site. Now it can truely be enjoyed for the piece of art that it is.

Hi, draconic chronicler, thanks. dragons bring up many possiblities.

capoeiranger,

antigravity, some people live lies.

Thanks everyone. Richie.

Yes please! That would look very cool.

Yeah, that's a neat picture. I like the brown old look it has.

Hi, Urisk, I'll see if I can find the mouth picture.

thanks, plastic woodle. Richie.

Absolutely, were like this*holds two fingers together*, he just asks me to call him 'Ol Footy, were down like dat.

I love your art! My husband really loves your stuff, he's very into monster movies. You should join deviantart and sell prints. I would definitly like to keep track of your work. Keep it up!

~Onyx~

Thanks to you and your husband, fylgja. I've considered an online store. Richie.

you're too good..! scary nessie is my fav..!

Hi there, kenshinx, I'm glad you like her. Richie.

Wow! I love that picture, very well done!

That's a good image. Looks like a 'cap from an old monster movies.

Hi ya, BigDaddy_GFS, thanks alot. I grew up with old monster movies and have been effected somewhat. Richie.

Woah! That's pretty nice! Hey, do you think you can make me a picture of Big Foot fighting aliens while the Loch Ness MonsterElephant looks on in disbelief?

Hi, Sir_Muffonious, thanks, you know, that's not a bad idea. Somekind of composite, all in one thing, hmmmmmmmm, got me thinking.

You could do on of me, ripping a bear in half with my bare hands than eating its baby's whole.

Very nice, good job!