User:Palki

Foolish Terrans...

Oh, I'm transcribing!

...

What, you thought I would take back the "foolish" comment? It's true, you know!

Realy, though, enough with the In-character for a while...

About Me
Like many here, I was waiting for Spore nearly two years before it came out. I joined several Spore forums (and lurked, sad to say) and GamingSteve Forums (where I had more sucess as "Darth Grievi")

During those painful/wonderful two years, I produced quite a few creatures, and continued to make more after release. While the Creature Editor did turn out to be about as awesome as I'd hoped, the rest of the game... lacked depth compared to the Role-Plays I had been doing pre-release.(Galactic Adventures will likely change this)

For a few months after this realization hit me, I was in a slight creative depression. Now, though, I'm back!

I hand draw and scan all my own creatures(and used to color them before my Photoshop computer called it quits), but I will try to give the Spore files as well. I honestly think that Spore just isn't capable of recreating some of my creatures. Not that I think I'm awesome, or anything, it's just there's no making true liquid lifeforms in Spore...

My Creatures
Or Races, whichever you prefer...

Exper -- One of my oldest, these fellows were taking shape even before Spore!

Sources of Inspiration
Wayne Barlowe -- More specifically, his book Expedition. Serriously, go out and find it. Now!

H.R. Geiger -- Alien. Need I say more?

Valve Software -- Half-Life creatures!

Bungie Game Studios -- Some of the Covenent races sparked my imagination.

Spirited Away -- Another must-see, and not for the Spore possibilities.

Star Trek -- Mostly DS9, Voyager, and a touch of Enterprise.

Star Wars -- Some excellent stuff outside of the main series.

Lilo and Stitch -- Science Fiction made cute! (Not nausiatingly cute, mind you. That's bad)

Deep Sea Creatures -- Too bad some of the creepiest stuff down there is less than a foot long!

Invertibrates -- From bristle worms, to velvet worms, to worm-eating beetles!

Spore! -- Sometimes just messing with things produces excellent results!

Evolved Dinosaurs -- Many books on the "subject". The New Dinosaurs and The Speculative Dinosaur Project are personal favorites.

Nanotechnology -- Some interesting possibilities for advanced tech.

Predator and related books -- I enjoyed these a bit too much, I think...

Lost in Space (The newer movie) -- Space Spiders!

Ben 10 -- I hate to admit it, but...

Random Doodles -- Scribbles can end up growing into creatures!

My Dreams -- Usually aided by fevers, sometimes bad tacos. :)