#if you have never seen videos or photos of hydrothermal vents I beg you to look them up right now

[avanii]

The Black Smoker Beast can be found roaming the spreading ridges in the depths of the oceans. Hydrothermal vents support a lot of life, so I wanted this creature to look a bit more friendly than my other geology monsters! The enormous, chimney-like structures are absolutely awe-inspiring and I hope I did them justice. I really wanted the beast to have such a chimney for a shell, and gave it the iron armour and red skin of the volcano snail, and white/red whiskers based on the tube worms that make their home at black smokers. Lots of fun again painting with acrylic inks.

#geology monster #volcano monster #black smoker #hydrothermal vent #deep sea creature #I'm really proud of this one #It went through a few different designs for the concept before I landed on this one #if you have never seen videos or photos of hydrothermal vents I beg you to look them up right now #the sheer size and scale of these things is just amazing #they look like underwater cathedrals in some cases #and I love how there's so much life on them too #avanii's art #traditional art