



I created this one to demonstrate how easy it is to generate an unsettling and "alien" impression via a relatively minor morphological deformation, especially a physiognomic deformation--in this case, a distortion in the overall profile of a toucan's bill. Note that the effect isn't even that remarkable if you see the diagonal black band at the jaw's lower right as the dividing line between upper and lower "beak"--interpreted that way, the subject resembles an oviraptorian. But once you realize that the head is bisected by that frowny horizontal mouth at the bill's middle front (think "Beaker" from The Muppets), the context shifts abruptly and becomes much more startling.





Or so I think! : D I'll be curious to see how you all respond to this one.





SHADER CREDITS:

Elephant eye and skin scanned from Andrew Zuckerman's Creature Elephant eye and skin scanned from Andrew Zuckerman's

Toucan bill scanned from A Magic Web (photo by Christian Ziegler) Toucan bill scanned from(photo by Christian Ziegler)





* * * SPECIAL THANKS TO BEN POULSEN FOR PASTING THIS ONTO A GRAYSCALE BACKGROUND! I COULDN'T'A DONE WITHOUTCHOO!! * * *