Bottled: Tiny Elder Thing?

Watercolor, gouache and felt pen

More bottled creatures from the Alchemist's biological collection. Alchemy being the primitive form of chemistry, it seems our guy has gotten a little distracted from transmuting lead into gold!

This creature is a bit like I imagined the Elder Things from At the Mountains of Madness. Pentalateral biological symmetry like a starfish, with legs and tentacles. Obviously much smaller than an adult, and more colorful. If this is an Elder Thing, you can bet that our alchemist doesn't know there's an intelligence at least as sharp as his own behind those five eyes or he might have secured the lid with something a little stronger than a piece of breathable cloth.