FINAL LIFEFORM, YIPPEE-I-I-AY!

I have combined front, back and top views here, and have used very basic photoshop effects (painted with a spatter brush and given glowing edges).
It is a deep sea coral.  I'm not overly happy with the white lines but haven't found anything better.
I'm quite pleased with the overall effect though.

Refining the lifeform - 2

I drew my lifeform from front and back and then tried different effects in photoshop.  My lack of skill with photoshop is really holding me back here, I could have drawn the effects I wanted easily with pastels.  I am fairly happy with these two:

FINAL STRUCTURE....YIPPEEEEE!

The final structure...front, back and sides.

Refining the structure 3

Here I tried various combinations of the pattern in light and dark shades.  I made these using the filter gallery.

Refining the structure 2

I have chosen the structure I am going to use and tried to draw it in perspective.

Ive also had a play with photoshop patterns. I wanted to make a surface pattern suitable for an alien tower block.  I tried various planet and stone effects but settled on this blue blended pattern.

Post Four - Refining the Lifeform

I began with the more complex crustacean type creature, but I have been reading other peoples blogs and am really inspired by the way some of the group are creating worlds in their imaginations that they are then able to transfer to their artwork. I love the shape of the vase and the organic coral-like structures I drew from it, and I thought I might be able to do something with them.

Ive started with the basic shape above, and have had a few tries playing with colour and texture in photoshop.

I'm still working on these, but keep getting sidetracked with new ideas!

Post 3 - Refining the Structure

Still struggling with perspective, and also my choice of structure.  As I'm finding both choices difficult to draw I've picked my favourite!

I redrew this and changed the colours in Photoshop.  This my first try alone at photoshop, so although my kids have been laughing at it, I am quite pleased!

And  a couple of tries at perspective having watched Phils link:

I'm still working on this :(