“It made swirling motions, accompanied by a bizarre hum that grew into a high pitch cry, and then those vicious blade-like teeth were shining in the hallway’s muted lights, blocking her path of escape. It darted across the floor like a spider and lunged at her feet.”
Revisiting an old acquaintance from a sword and sorcery project (the only concept I have that was serialized into short stories). I may do a novel to conclude it. There is a good chance I am going to do something more with it. I have the original CGI files for the animations I had done with it some years ago and can attempt to upgrade the look with modern techniques.
“From the dissipating cloud four ebony horns emerged, crowning the scalp of a towering cerulean-skinned demon that roared angrily, its iron jaws baring a fierce set of tusks. Powerful claws armed its fists, and hoofs of black ivory tipped the muscular legs as massive and unyielding as the shore rocks that resist the ancient oceans.”
From KORKON AND THE DEMON
“A grotesque and massive triangular head loomed out of the shadows beneath him. It was deformed by creased ridges and blemishes which resembled a human face. The consigliere gasped. It was Malvozzi’s face.
The phantasm, swollen with cunning, filled up the entire expanse of the stairwell. A cruel grin stretched across the wide savage orifice.”
The Hood Monster (big creature) started as a CGI model used in a test animation and now it is in a poster design. I was seeking a retro pre-1977 sci-fi conceptual sensibility, especially with the dimensional astronaut (Dimenaut) uniform. Likely will revisit.
Arrived on the floor.
Crowning the cable-bound and hydraulic-muscled shoulders of the advancing creature was not a head but a protracted weight-bearing column surmounted with the modified frame of the ARM device itself. The body of Cole had been retooled…
From the book *AI Magnum*.
