WIP tree concept art

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So this is a very quick and rough idea of how the same tree would look as the monster gets closer and closer to wakefulness. The idea is to convey 2 things 1) that the influence causing these changes is evil and means to do harm, and 2) that normal bounds of logic do not apply to this creature.

I tried to accomplish the first goal by... well... making it look like the tree wants to eat you... also in my experience, if you start putting weird growths on things, people have a very negative reaction, hence the boil like things that start appearing on the tree.

The second goal I tried to meet by taking the subject out of it's normal state of being. So in this case, taking the tree and making it more animal like. That's not normal, that's not logical, that's cthullu

Could you try something as a parallel to #3? I like the idea that the changes are evil and unnatural, but how about a different perspective: the land itself is suffering rather than turning against you?

I think a mixture of those two things in the world will make the player go "OH FUCK THIS TREE WANTS TO EAT ME I NEED TO FIX THE WORLD" and "Aww this plant looks like its suffering, I need to find a solution to this plague/insanity/thing:

I don't hate your idea, but one thing that we really seem to be trying to drive home is the idea that this entity, by mere contact, makes things evil. I'll try a few drawings with your idea though, but I'm not the best illustrator so who knows

Here's my idea.