Spec as in speculative

I find the idea of organisms evolving to counter humanity very fascinating. Some of these species, such as the Ghost Buckeye and the bloodbark tree, adapted to man's destruction of the environment by being unsettling. Others, like the Luretail viper, lighthouse mimics, siren alligators, sea beaver, and counterfeit mussel, adapted to trick humans.

EDIT: The copper rot and blackhand spider also adapted to specialize in human structures.

EDIT 2: Some clarification on what each species does:

Ghost buckeye's pattern scares off humans

Bloodbark's sap deters loggers

Copper rot feeds on electricity

Lighthouse mimics mimic lighthouses so sailors serve into rocks to avoid the "lighthouse" where the pack can attack (should have clarified this one, sorry)

Luretail viper mimics sound and look of human baby

Juvenile sirens have markings that look like human faces and thrash in water to bait people into coming in to help. Adults have nose protrusions that look like human heads from afar to lure people into a false sense of safety.

Blackhand spiders live beneath furniture and inject paralyzing venom into heels.

Haunting spiders create complex webs that look like ghosts to deter humans

Sea beavers make dams in shapes to lure in sailors so they can harvest the ship wood

Counterfeit mussel has a lure to attract human hands so they can implant larvae in fingers

I love this design as soon as I saw it. I love her leaf like hair and her more darker colors to her, and her eyes look so good as well. This is probably my favorite PVZ OC design by a landslide, and I already made like 2 fanarts of her. I wish I can show you guys, but I don't want to break a rule in this sub in some way just to be safe.

Examples:

- right ear accessory = mare

- left ear accessory = stallion

- stallions where shorts during pe while mares wear bloomers

The showings of gender diversities from the irl horse counterparts is genuinely interesting

Edit: Also Fine Motion has accessories on both ears because she's intersex irl

All of the ones mentioned are games based on original works, but the sprites they work on always seem to have an added charm. Moreover, the backgrounds are all beautiful, and Scott Pilgrim EX in particular had many places with really wonderful aesthetics that blended various colors. In addition to that, TMNT Shredder's Revenge and Marvel Cosmic Invasion also expressed the locations based on the original works very richly. I like most of what they have made and I hope they release more works in the future.

They are a mix matched of a ton of other sci fi big body aliens but I like them a lot

Mega Malamar elevates it's base form's design by going all in on the 'supervillain' trope, giving him an elongated body and a fresh hairdo. By itself, it stands out like a freak in a good way.

Then you fall down the rabbit-hole of it's design origin. The long frills along the side of it's head resemble shoulder-pads, reminiscent of comicbook villains such as Mr Sinister and Annihilus. It's hairdo resembles a massive head/brain, which it is able to stimulate using toxin's from it's tentacles to grow stronger, similar to characters such as Bane who injects substances into himself to grow larger musclemass. And did I forget that it's body was shaped like a big M? Overall, Mega Malamar highly resembles Mojo Jojo if he was a squid instead of a monkey.

Not to mention, the bioluminescent lights that glow from both the tips of Malamar's tentacles and thin body both serve distinct purposes in it's design. The rainbow lights are evocative of deep sea creatures, which the original Malamar was based on (the giant squid), and these rainbow lights can be seen in comb jellies. As for the Green and Purple rings that sway in hypnotic rhythm, green and purple are colours often associated with super-villains (see Green Goblin, Annihilus, Joker, most of Lex Luthor's armours, and even depictions of Skeletor from He-man). The glowing spots a clever way to elevate an otherwise hit-or-miss design.

Mega Malamar definitely deserves more appreciation, and it was sad that it's hype died down after the release of it's ability.

Yep, he appears in the Fairly Odd Parents movie Abra Catastrophe.

In Timmy's dream, Jar Jar gets thrown off the ledge for being annoying, is later seeing fall off a bridge before Timmy saves him ("Meesa thank you! Meesa no fall and go poo poo!!") and is later seen getting stomped by a dinosaur.

He's voiced by Butch Hartman. And in the credits the Jar Jar character is called the "web eared guy" lol.

So, I'll start with the design in a vacuum. This is - in my opinion - one of the best iterations of the "child born cursed" trope. He strikes that perfect balance between body horror monster and "just a lil' guy." The face and arm are the most striking aspects of the design, and they are both well executed. A 20-foot arm has a nice whimsy to it while the face, twisted strangely, is genuinely startling. It is, as I said previously, a nice balance between fairytale and horror story. Beyond that, the little hand sprouting out of his face and hunchback just tie it together extremely well. And if you didn't notice it, there's a subtle nod to Michael Jackson when he dons his prosthetic arm for a performance; it is covered with a white glove. At least I assume that's an intentional homage given how many MJ-inspired moves Inu-Oh uses during that sequence.

And now let's move on to my favorite part... the way he moves. I absolutely love how lively it is, and I especially enjoy how much it incorporates Inu-Oh's physiology into the choreography; even when he's wearing a disguise, his lanky limbs are put to use (which you can see better in the full video). Sure, it's a little goofy, but it's goofy in a very charismatic way; it essentially abandons the slightly unnerving surface to show you Inu-Oh's very human soul. I can see why so many people in-universe got horny for him after a single performance (though I'm sure the excessive hip thrusts and scantily-clad opener helped).

Judge Holden is the main antagonist of Cormac McCarthy's 1985 horror/thriller crime and anti-Western epic novel Blood Meridian.

He is described as nearly 7 feet tall (2.13 m) and completely lacking body hair, including eyebrows and eyelashes. He is massive in frame, enormously strong, an excellent musician and dancer, a fine draftsman, exceptionally articulate and persuasive in several languages, and an unerring marksman.

His skin is so pale it has almost no pigment. This strange appearance, along with his keen, extremely fast reflexes, strength, agility, apparent immunity to sleep and aging, and multifarious other abilities psuggests he issomething other than a normal human. In the final pages of the novel, McCarthy makes more direct reference to the Judge as a supernatural entity, or even as a concept personified.

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Zeth nailed it with these designs, especially Garchomp with golisopods stone. I really love those four wings and horns. Using Gore Magala was nice too. Falinks looks a like some sort of bike imo.

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i am such a massive speculative biology nerd and these are so goddamn cool i adore the details of stuff like the wings mostly looking like modified arms and hands because that's absolutely how a mammal or reptile would evolve wings (see: bats) and all of the indepth lore about their biologies and behaviors and cultures and how much they just feel like real world animals that could feasibly exist and aaaaaaaaaghhh theyre just so COOL

Honorary mention to the designs of the familiars/monsters as well they are also some of the sickest specbio stuff ive ever seen

A very iconic digimon

It might even be familiar to those who haven't delved deeply into the series.

I love how it looks like an imperfect body covered in metal (and it actually is).

also remind me of Cybermen from Doctor Who

, HI Andromon looks like a power renger, and that's cool

I love how it captures just how truly ridiculous 40k can really be in a way that the modern stuff can't, with vibrant air-brushed colors that look straight out of a metal album of the era.

Yeah, Kaido from One Piece is the type of villain I love a lot, big, intimidating with a lot of detail on him, plus a Dragon Form is a good bonus too.

Its the same reason why I love Z Broly so much.

Also Kaido, Blackbeard and Imu are my favorite One Piece Villains by a long shot.

Yeah, I love Gilgamesh from Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, because he's like a perfect evolution of his designs, also I love his design in Dissidia, and FF13 too.

BTW, I HATE his FF15 design, because he looks like just like a samurai with one arm.

Also im REALLY hyped for him to come back in Final Fantasy VII Revelations.

Also I prefer his Gilgamesh more then his Fate version.

Yeah, I love Omega Weapon from Final Fantasy VII Dirge of Cerberus, because so its unique and different looking, also I love its Final Form in FF14 and FF16 too.

BTW, I would LOVE to see Omega as a bonus Superboss in Final Fantasy VII Revelations.

Jason Voorhees is a Serial Killer and the Antagonist of Friday the 13th VII: The New Blood.

Part 7 Jason is now suited with a rusted chain around his neck given to him by Tommy Jarvis, with an almost ripped apart attire with the sustaining damage from the previous years from the events of Friday the 13th Part 6: Jason Lives, this new appearance now allowing his soaked flesh that has decayed in the zombie state to be revealed, bloated, and even more rotten, and allowing his partially boned back and chest visible this decay also appears around certain areas of the knees, arms, and some areas of the hands and then the mask he wears is the previous version from Part 6 but is now missing the lower left piece, from when the motorboat propeller sliced the mask which was caused by Tommy Jarvis and while also having the chevron decals still missing, while his one whole eye on the left side now has a cataract appearance.

Unmasked Jason: Upon unmasking Part 7 Jason it will reveal a more deformed and more brownish zombified skinned Jason with the machete strike caused by a younger Tommy Jarvis now more visible across his skull, and in the same location his eye is still completely missing, and with having only one eye, that has been completely covered with corneal clouding.

I really love terminator plate in Warhammer 30k . It's bulky exaggerated proportions shoulder chest plates etc gives it this heroic quality like some kind of ancient temple guardian. This really helps to communicate the durability of the armour looks heavy and indestructible. In Terms of its base design it looks almost like a sci fi interpretation of an old diving suit, giant armoured shells bulky life support equipment cables etc. but on top of that you've got lots of historical influences the armoured cowl above the helmet looks like a Gothic arch, the shoulder plates and lower torso have Roman leather Pteruges strips.

It is such a unique design and the way he speaks, the way he sings, the way he acts. It is all perfectly designed. It is by far one of my favourite depictions of Pure Evil. I love how multiple people are aware of the Beast. I love how he is this cryptid kind of thing. Thing you'd tell to children so they don't wander off at night. The songs "Beast is Out There" and "Come, Wayward Souls" are my favourite songs in all cinema. The way how his eyes are colorful. How he is actually a shadow of what he actually is. How his body is non-phsycal and formed from the souls of the people who wandered off to the Unknown is perfect. How his body being non-phsycal but his soul being phsycal is such a great design choice. The plot twist with the lantern is also great. With such short screen time, he does a lot of impact.

But seriously, though. Ooccoo is a very strange yet friendly race of chicken things that show up in dungeons and live in the City in the Sky. Link's face says it all.

They hide in pots and they act like a warp point in case you need to leave a dungeon. Despite its extremely weird design, she's one of the friendliest characters.

And funny story. On my first playthrough of TP, I somehow completely missed ever seeing Ooccoo in the dungeons. So I had no idea about them until she shows up outside the Temple of Time to help you on your quest. I was like "....what the fuck??"

I LOVE this design, possibly my favorite iteration of a cyclops despite its simplicity

What I really love about it and why I think it belongs is the fact that this cyclops has a lot of elephant like features

The reason this is awesome to me is because Elephant skulls throughout history have been mistaken for cyclops skulls due to the trunk hole looking like an eye socket and to take that fun like fact and incorporate it into the cyclops is a lovely attention to detail

Looking at the cyclops here it has elephant like feet, skin, and tusks

All in all, I adore this design