What is your desired aesthetic for the DSD?

[Konig Des Todes.2086]

> @"Dante.1763" said:

> > @"Konig Des Todes.2086" said:

> > And said background image was [made by Daniel Dociu](https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/File:%22Tsunami%22_concept_art.jpg) (and given the date, would have been one of his last works for Anet given his departure in early 2017) and is titled "Tsunami". It was recently found hidden in the depths of ArtStation, offering us a much brighter and larger version, and curiously coupled with other Elder Dragon and dragon statue concept art pieces.

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> Isnt that Zhaitain then? cause when he awoke he created a tsunami, and the multiple heads remind me more of Zhaitan than anything else, i know its a bit late for Zhaitan art but still.

 

Zhaitan caused a tsunami but was not in the waves, and it looks nothing like any depiction of Zhaitan, which always had the same horns (except the very earliest). And all post-release Zhaitan artwork has used his final in-game appearance.

 

It seems to be 2014/2015 artwork, as it was never shown before the HoT website that Aaron linked in 2015 - it was put up on ArtStation "2 years ago" (so ~2016).

 

I imagine it would be for when they were tossing ideas for a post-HoT storyline, before they settled on Balthazar, and Daniel Dociu did some concept art of these various ideas. [Another artpiece](https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/File:%22Mordy_returns%22_concept_art.jpg) is "new" and was added alongside "Tsunami" which is titled "Mordy Returns", which is part of what leads me to think this. I suspect that "Tsunami" was a conceptual piece for "what if the DSD attacked Tyria?" while they were making post-HoT plotlines.

 

Also, here is the link to all these art pieces, since I seemed to have forgotten it earlier: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/QJQvL The top 4 and 6th artworks were for core GW2; the 5th piece - Destroyer Dragon - was from Eye of the North for Primordus as a statue. The last - Mordy returns - is completely unseen outside this posting.

[Penguin.1345]

I do love the idea of the deep sea dragon being too big to comprehend, too alien to understand yet too threatening to leave alone. If all we see of it is individual bodyparts, perhaps a few eyes, a fin and a couple tentacles i will be sated.

 


[Castigator.3470]

> @"Penguin.1345" said:

> I do love the idea of the deep sea dragon being too big to comprehend, too alien to understand yet too threatening to leave alone. If all we see of it is individual bodyparts, perhaps a few eyes, a fin and a couple tentacles i will be sated.

So, I have compiled all those traits into one creature shape. What do you think?

[Edelweiss.4261]

I was looking at different depictions of leviathans when I came across one that had no eyes. For some reason, that just made it more terrifying/alien to me. Probably why the xenomorphs from the Alien franchise don't have visible eyes. It is easier to see yourself in something that has eyes, I think.

[Mara.6782]

I see DSD as big jellyfish or amoeba.