Desert Concept: The Solar Hunting Crocodile

Concept art of a desert-dwelling crocodile, colossal and weathered, half-buried in warm sand. Hyper-detailed scales and rugged armor-like plates along its back, piercing, ancient eyes, and a sun-bleached snout. Subtle biomechanical hints in the creature’s design for a surreal, stylized look. Scene set at golden hour with dramatic lighting: long shadows across rolling dunes, heat haze shimmering over cracked earth, and a distant, ruined temple peeking from the horizon. Color palette of ochre, burnt sienna, gold, and pale blue sky. Cinematic, high-detail digital painting with painterly textures and dynamic perspective to emphasize scale and mood.