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Monster Design Contest Entry: The Glow Bat

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Contest entry for :iconobfusc:
Race: Glow Beasts
Species: Glow Bat

Race Bio:
Glow beasts live in a dimension along side our own.They primarily radiate and feed on light. They can only be fully seen if a creature can see all the spectrum of lights, other than that only the stronger glow beasts can be seen because they radiate a light that is within our level of perception.

-Mating habits are unknown and are found to be spontaneous.

-How they absorb light and use it for fuel is also unknown.

-There are also theroies that blackholes are nothing more that a huge hungry Glow Beast.

Species Bio:
Glow bats are small creatures that are attracted to huge bright cites. They get a constant supply of light from the city and prefer to live in high spaces. They are harmless to humans but do tend to attract more aggressive glow beasts which may cause unknown power outages, electrical storms and a rise in spontaneous actions. Such as drinking, gambling even murder depending on how strong the glow beast is and how mentally sounds the human is.


Inspiration:
I was watching a TV show that had lil' documentaries about paranormal stuff. One was about a light that would appear with no known source. Lots of people thought it was aliens, others ghosts but I thought "Why not beasts?". HP Lovecraft wrote one story about a man who made a machine that could see what we were not suppose to see. A world along side our own, hidden by our limited perception.
Here you can watch a short animated based on the story: [link]
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:star::star::star::star: Overall
:star::star::star::star::star-half: Vision
:star::star::star::star::star-half: Originality
:star::star::star::star::star: Technique
:star::star::star::star-half::star-empty: Impact

Right off i noticed a very lovecraftish impression to the design. This is not a typical bat nor monster, but apparently a hybrid with Cthulhu Mythos influence. It is unique and ingenious, and i may contact you for permission to include it in a story later. The mythos influences are that the bat's wings face and tail are not animal as we know them. I liked that most if all. The face appears eyeless yet it must see perhaps through extrasense. The background was well-matched. This shows good, clear sense. I will definitely await the next.

Btw, one fantasy group i joined before had a contest like this.